Resultados: 56

Evidências fracas para progressão lenta da onda R na doença coronariana: uma revisão de escopo
Weak evidence for slow R-wave progression in coronary artery disease: a scoping review

INTRODUÇÃO: A Progressão Lenta da Onda R (PRWP) e a Progressão Invertida de Onda R (RRWP) são achados eletrocardiográficos de definição heterogênea, que se caracterizam, em sentido amplo, pela redução ou pela ausência do incremento esperado na amplitude das ondas R dos complexos QRS mais à e...

Ischemia severity, coronary artery disease extent, and exercise capacity in ischemia

Circulation; 150 (2), 2024

Troca valvar aórtica transcateter e doença arterial coronária – experiência de um centro terciário de cardiologia
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement and coronary artery disease – experience from a tertiary cardiology center

INTRODUÇÃO: A troca valvar aórtica transcateter (TAVI) está estabelecida para o tratamento da estenose aórtica, independente do risco cirúrgico. Estudos demonstram prevalência variável de doença arterial coronária (DAC) nesta população, podendo chegar a até 81% dos pacientes tratados. A pres...

The ability of contemporary cardiologists to judge the ischemic impact of a coronary lesion visually

BACKGROUND: Landmark trials showed that invasive pressure measurement (Fractional Flow Reserve, FFR) was a better guide to coronary stenting than visual assessment. However, present-day interventionists have benefited from extensive research and personal experience of mapping anatomy to hemodynamics. AIM...

Caracterização anatômica e funcional da doença coronária obstrutiva e escores de risco para a tomada de decisão terapêutica
Functional anatomic characterization of obstructive coronary artery disease and risk scores for therapeutic decision-making

A doença arterial coronariana (DAC) permanece como uma das principais causas de mortalidade no mundo e o exame padrão-ouro para o seu diagnóstico é a angiografia coronariana invasiva. A quantificação do percentual de obstrução pode ser realizada por estimativa visual ou por angiografia coronária...

Critérios para indicação e resultados clínicos tardios da intervenção coronária percutânea na doença coronária crônica
Criteria of indications and long-term outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with chronic coronary artery disease

Nesta revisão, os autores apresentam os resultados dos mais recentes estudos comparando tratamento médico otimizado com intervenção coronária percutânea a ele adicionada na doença coronária estável. O conjunto de resultados permite concluir que a intervenção assim executada é superior para ...

Intra-myocardial dissecting hematoma: late complication of cocaine-induced myocardial infarction

Intra-myocardial dissecting hematoma (IDH) is a rare and unusual form of myocardial rupture that can be secondary to complicate acute myocardail infarction (MI). It is usually caused by a hemorrhagic dissection between the layers of myocardial fibers that can occur during the acute injury or the remodel...

Factors that influence health literacy in patients with coronary artery disease

OBJECTIVE: to investigate the factors that exert an influence on health literacy in patients with coronary artery disease. METHODS: a cross sectional study, including 122 patients with coronary diseases (60.7% male; 62.07 ± 8.8 years old). Health literacy and specific knowledge about the disease were ev...

Left atrial strain as a predictor of left ventricular filling pressures in coronary artery disease with preserved ejection fraction: a comprehensive study with left ventricular end-diastolic and pre-atrial contraction pressures

Assessing left ventricular (LV) filling pressure (LVFP) is challenging in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and preserved LV ejection fraction (LVEF). We aimed to correlate left atrial strain (LAS) with two invasive complementary parameters of LVFP and compared its accuracy to other echocardiog...

A randomized controlled trial comparing BioMime Sirolimus-Eluting Stent with Everolimus-Eluting Stent: two-year outcomes of the meriT-V trial

Cardiol Res.; 14 (4), 2023
BACKGROUND: Drug-eluting stents (DESs) based on biodegradable polymers (BPs) have been introduced to reduce the risk for late and very late stent thrombosis (ST), which were frequently observed with earlier generations of DES designs based on durable polymers (DPs); however, randomized controlled trials ...