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... Conclusion: The performance of the VAD-InCor, in the hemodynamic behavior of the studied patients, was adequate for the maintenance of a satisfactory circulatory state during the studied period. There was improvement in ... See full document

... Coronary angiography (May 25, 2006) showed no evidence of obstructive coronary artery disease, but left ventriculography revealed moderate, diffuse hypokinesis.. On physical examinatio[r] ... See full document

... As compared with patients covered by other health insurance plans, patients covered by government insurance present a similar mortality rate during hospital stay, but have a worse pro[r] ... See full document

... Conclusion: These results indicate that gender differences in serum ACE activity exist in the children from this study. This activity was lower and decreased with age in girls, while BP increased. Because sexual ... See full document

... Conclusion: Chagas disease patients admitted with decompensated heart failure had worse prognoses than patients with heart failure of other etiologies. This may be owing to a greater degree of cardiac impairment (lower ... See full document

... Additionally, we observed a significant decrease in the number of NSVT episodes at the end of the study and it is known in the literature that the NSVT behavior is the independent mark[r] ... See full document

... Conclusion: PAD prevalence was markedly high, considering the low mean age of the studied population (44±14.7 yrs). IC was detected in a minority of PAD subjects, indicating a considerable number of asymptomatic ... See full document

... 3. Sobrinho S, Correia LC, Cruz C, Santiago M, Paim AC, Meireles B, et al. Ocorrência e preditores clínicos de pseudocrise hipertensiva no atendimento de emergência. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2007; 88 (5): ... See full document

... Imaging endpoints include changes in luminal stenosis assessed with angiography, carotid intima-media thickness using ultrasound, coronary calcium content assessed with computed tomog[r] ... See full document

... We present the case of a patient with a descending aorta aneurysm rupture into the esophagus, which, after aortoplasty with Dacron tube interposition and suture of esophageal lacerati[r] ... See full document

... We face the effort to improve the health conditions of the Brazilian people and to prevent projections, such as the one by the World Health Organization (WHO) that Brazil will be, in 2[r] ... See full document

... 1 - Echocardiogram (A) and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (B) in four-chamber view showing a large ventricular septal defect encompassing approximately 2/3 of th[r] ... See full document

... 10. Moss A, Hall J, Cannom D, Daubert JP, Higgins SL, Klein H, et al. Improved survival with an implantable defibrillator in patients with coronary disease at high risk of ventricular arrhythmias. N Eng J Med. 1996; 335: ... See full document

... Objective: To demonstrate yet one more treatment option for aortic abscess for selected cases: a valved conduit placed in infra-coronary position.. Methods: We employed the technique in[r] ... See full document

... Therefore, we tried to assess changes in pulmonary function by measuring lung compliance and airway resistance in patients with congenital heart disease and pulmonary hy[r] ... See full document

... The main finding of the present study was the indication that the parameters derived from the tissue Doppler obtained as early as after the first outpatient clinic visit can [r] ... See full document

... the chances of students being more active, and that physical activity may contribute to maintaining healthy body weight, normal body fat proportions and blood pressure levels, this st[r] ... See full document

... The statistical analyses used were Cronbach’s alpha to measure internal consistency reliability, intra-class correlation coefficient (R) for external consistency, and the Ka[r] ... See full document

... Background: Surgical techniques of myocardial revascularization without the use of extracorporeal circulation (ECC) have raised hopes of attaining operative results with less systemic d[r] ... See full document

... After adjustments for the study variables, we observed that age and overweight remained associated with hypertension for both genders; the intake of fruit, vegetables and beans remain[r] ... See full document