[PDF] Top 20 Arq. Bras. Cardiol. vol.86 número2 en a02v86n2

... In the issue of January/06 of the Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Vol 86, pages 52-55), Mendonça et al report the fi rst bone marrow-derived stem cell transplant in human ischemic stroke. Even though ... See full document

... infarction who had undergone coronary intravascular ultrasound during the fi rst six hours of the onset of symptoms, and suggested that the elevation of serum CRP may be linked with a[r] ... See full document

... This study was intended to evaluate renal function at admission and its clinical course during hospitalization as prognostic marker for 30-day outcome and at one-year follow-up in pat[r] ... See full document

... 16. Lang CC, McAlpine HM, Choy AM, Pringle TH, Coutie WJ, Struthers AD. Effect of pericardiocentesis on plasma levels of brain natriuretic peptide in cardiac tamponade. Am J Cardiol 1992; 15; 70: 1628-9. 17. ... See full document

... Although diabetics in our series have reported adverse clinical and angiographic profi le, another factor that may have infl uenced unfavorable results was low use of GP IIb/IIIA inhi[r] ... See full document

... Elevations of CPK, CK-MB activity, CK-MB mass and myoglobin result from skeletal muscle injury and are positively correlated with the CE delivered or with the number of shocks.. K EY [r] ... See full document

... where normal ergometric tests of 158 subjects not using any drugs and of 46 individuals who took ranitidine or cimetidine were reviewed, shows that the group taking no medication reac[r] ... See full document

... only 86% of the population underwent primary angioplasty; it included those with cardiogenic shock, and patients being treated with thrombolytics, and even patients who had not been treated with any type of ... See full document

... The metabolic profi le of hypertensive patients has as one of its criteria the measurement of fasting glycemia, and in this study, it was observed that 35.4% of the males and 31.9% of[r] ... See full document

... Confi rming the previous statements regarding the increase in ventilation work, we can notice that only the patients undergoing treatment with CPAP presented mild dyspnea and increase[r] ... See full document

... For those who are unaware of what this signifi es, the impact factor is a ratio between the number of times the Archives are cited and the number of articles published in the journal [r] ... See full document

... 6. Sabatine MS, Morrow DA, Cannon CP et al. Relationship between baseline white blood cell count and degree of coronary artery disease and mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes: a TACTICS- TIMI 18 (Treat ... See full document

... Therefore, more than an effort to preserve the legacy of Professor Jairo Ramos, Archives takes pride in narrating the story of a pioneering cardiologist that dedicated himself toward [r] ... See full document

... the other hand, diagnostic performance of scintigraphy, when only images were analyzed, showed regular sensitivity and optimal negative predictive value (NPV), but restricted specifi city when the discriminatory limit of ... See full document

... A study of asymptomatic chronic chagasic patients with CRBBB and non-chagasic patients with CRBBB or a complete left bundle branch block revealed that an alteration in the CSNRT was a[r] ... See full document

... To verify and classify, according to the JNC 7, the blood pressure levels (BPL) of the employees of University of Brasilia, a public university in Brazil, who are older than 40 years [r] ... See full document

... The analysis of the progression of cardiac involvement from the acute phase to the chronic phase, according to clinical evaluation aided by electrocardiography and chest X-ray studies[r] ... See full document

... Thus, although we could achieve pressure levels similar to those observed with the fi xed combination by using amlodipine at high doses (more than double the dose used in the fi xed c[r] ... See full document

... 2A – Single-photon emission computed tomography performed before bone marrow mononuclear cell infusion, showing hypoperfusion in the left temporal region. Fig[r] ... See full document

... The pulsatile component of blood pressure curve is dependent on arterial stiffness of large arteries and on wave refl ections 1.. These components have not been taken into account in [r] ... See full document