INTRODUCTION: ALCAPA Syndrome (Anomalous Left Coronary from the Pulmonary Artery) is the anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Also known as BlandWhite-Garland Syndrome, it is a rare congenital heart defect, present in 0.25-0.5% of patients with congenital heart defects....
INTRODUCTION: Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is the gold standard to evaluate severity of coronary stenosis. Quantitative flow ratio (QFR) is a new angiography-based method used to infer FFR. Studies have shown >90% agreement between QFR and FFR. OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review and diagnostic ac...
INTRODUCTION: Despite significant scientific advances and public prevention policies, acute myocardial infarction corresponds to a high rate of hospitalizations and morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE: To analyze and describe the profile of patients who are hospitalized in the city of São Paulo for Acute...
INTRODUCTION: In Brazil, arterial hypertension has a high prevalence and low control rate, being a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, which implies large public health expenses related to hospitalizations resulting from complications. OBJECTIVE: To quantitatively analyze the hospitalizations result...
Valente, Barbara Porto;
Souto, Maria Júlia Silveira;
Aguiar, Manuela Gomes de;
Naranjo, Gabriela Carolina Santamaría;
Lijeron, Ismar Junior Peinado;
Urdan, Rodrigo;
Lemos, Lucas Ferreira Marcondes;
Alves, César Henrique Morais;
Vilalva, Kelvin Henrique;
Del Monaco, Maria Isabel;
Uint, Luciana;
Pavanello, Ricardo.
INTRODUCTION: Late intervention of a chronic total occlusion (CTO) in stable patients is not routinely recommended by randomized trials. Previous studies have confirmed the negative effect of CTOs on prognosis. Purpose: To evaluate if a strategy of viability assessment (VA) to guide revascularization in ...
Congenital third degree block (CHB) is a relative rare disorder. The manifestations of CHB can vary according to many aspects, including ventricular rate of the escape rhythm and ventricular function. The main therapeutic decision is the need for and the ideal timing of permanent pacemaker insertion. Pat...
Fungal endocarditis is an uncommon affliction with high mortality rate; it represents 2% of infectious endocarditis cases with a mortality rate of about 50% and many times diagnosed post-mortem.¹² It most frequently affects an adult’s aortic or mitral valves. Standardized treatment requires antifunga...
Moreno, Rafael Alexandre Meneguz;
Gomes, Nisia Lira;
Ferreira-Neto, Alfredo Nunes;
Ramos, Auristela I. O;
Meneghelo, Zilda;
Franca, J. Italo;
Sousa, Amanda G. M. R;
Braga, Sérgio Luiz Navarro;
Siqueira, Dimytri;
Costa Jr, J. Ribamar.
BACKGROUND: Mitral valve stenosis (MVS) is one of the most common structural heart diseases in developing countries, primarily due to rheumatic disease. Percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty (PMBV) has been, since its introduction in 1984, the preferred option of treatment for such disease. However, ...
INTRODUCTION: Chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury (AKI) are important complications of heart diseases. In developing countries, epidemiological and cost information on the interaction of these conditions are scarce. OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence, costs and outcomes of patients admitt...
