[PDF] Top 20 Arq. Bras. Cardiol. vol.91 número1 en a05v91n1

... 10. Organização Mundial da Saúde. Cuidados inovadores para as condições crônicas: componentes estruturais de ação: relatório mundial. Brasília, 2003. 11. Souza ARA, Costa A, Nakamura D, Mocheti LN, Stevenato Fº PR, ... 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

... 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

... 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

... 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

... 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

... This year the journal promotes the IV BSC Scientific Productivity Award, an initiative aiming to stimulate the research in Cardiovascular Sciences in Brazil by selecting the best origin[r] ... See full document

... 14. Scanlon PJ, Faxon DP, Audet AM, Carabello B, Dehmer GJ, Eagle KA, et al. ACC/AHA guidelines for coronary angiography: a report if the American College of Cardiology / AHA. Task Force on practice guidelines (Committee ... See full document

... Background: Due to the existing controversies in literature about the potential benefits of resistance exercise training (RT) on arterial blood pressure (BP) at rest, and the lack of s[r] ... See full document

... Conclusion: Based on the risk-benefit analysis, warfarin prophylaxis for cardioembolic stroke in Chagas’ disease is recommended for patients with a score of 4-5 points, in whom the risk of CE overweighs the risk of a ... See full document

... Conclusion: A significant percentage of the dissertations were published, and in the group studied, publication took place within increasingly short times after their defense. This fact may be related to the success of ... See full document

... 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

... 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

... Conclusions: HF remains a condition associated with high mortality and high hospital readmission rates. At the end of the first year, 44.5% of these patients had not needed to visit the ER or had died, which indicates ... See full document