[PDF] Top 20 Arq. Bras. Cardiol. vol.87 número1 en a01v87n1

... It should be considered that even modest weight losses such as a 5% loss of the initial weight have a profound impact on the control of some risk factors and that successful weight r[r] ... See full document

... An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study using the Framingham score was conducted with 107 public transportation drivers in the city of Teresina, Piauí, to assess level of[r] ... See full document

... The following preoperative variables were evaluated as prognostics for myocardial revascularization during the acute phase of myocardial infarction: age, gender, history of diabetes m[r] ... See full document

... Based on the data presented in table 2 it was verified that the mean obtained for the mild/moderate atheromatosis group was almost three times higher than the mean obtained for the co[r] ... See full document

... Prolonged hospital stay and high mortality rate suggest that infectious complication has a great impact on AMI patients admitted to the coronary care unit.. In the present study, the [r] ... See full document

... In conclusion, data from this study indicate that CRP determination in evaluating patients admitted to the emergency room with chest pain may be useful to rule out AMI diagnosis, in a[r] ... See full document

... In conclusion, preoperative serum fibrinogen level did not show any association with the occurrence of myocardial infarction in the perioperative period of surgical myocardial revascu[r] ... See full document

... The objective of this study is to evaluate whether or not TnI concentrations after elective PCI are associated with adverse cardiac events (ACE) which are defined as death, acute myoc[r] ... See full document

... Among the clinical variables of interest, a history of previous AMI has been demonstrated to be an independent predictive risk factor for cardiac events, and also a prognostic factor [r] ... See full document

... Hence, the objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of cardiovascular events secondary to an atherosclerotic process in a population of SLE patients who are treated at a u[r] ... See full document

... This study revealed three findings of special interest. 1) The cut-off points determined by the ROC curve had a significantly higher diagnostic efficiency than those recommended by med[r] ... See full document

... a high incidence of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death in 54 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and an altered signal-averaged electrocardiogram using the following criteria f[r] ... See full document

... Our results demonstrate that the addition of metoprolol tartrate to the usual therapy in patients with HF promote cardiac frequency reduction, increase of the left ventricular ejectio[r] ... See full document

... We aimed at prospectively evaluating ventricular arrhythmia and left ventricular dysfunction prevalence, as well as BNP plasma levels, in asymptomatic patients with chronic Chagas’ di[r] ... See full document

... Keeping in mind the large number of hospital admissions for severe refractory heart failure in our unit, our purpose was to assess the applicability of three prognostic indexes (APACH[r] ... See full document

... Two hundred and eighty-three admissions of 239 patients (age = 64 ± 15 years) were evaluated; approximately 50% of the patients were male and 37% had heart failure of ischemic etiolog[r] ... See full document

... 3. Bonow RO, Carabello B, de Leon AC Jr, et al. ACC/AHA Guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association Task Force on ... See full document

... Sodium nitroprusside is a more potent vasodilator than nitroglycerine. The data on its safety and efficacy in the management of DHF is based only on surrogate endpoints, and there are[r] ... See full document

... Wang et al 101 conducted a randomized, placebo- controlled study to evaluate the effectiveness of a mixed ETA/ETB receptor antagonist, (SB290670), to prevent MCIN. The sample comprise[r] ... See full document

... Considering only family history of sudden death, abnormal blood pressure response during exercise, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and massive left ventricle hypertrophy, the pre[r] ... See full document