INTRODUÇÃO: As doenças cardiovasculares são uma das principais causas de mortalidade em escala mundial. Dentre os tratamentos, as intervenções coronarianas percutâneas (ICP) desempenham um papel crucial oferecendo uma abordagem menos traumática e mais segura, além de promover uma recuperação m...
INTRODUÇÃO: Os balões farmacológicos representam uma alternativa aos stents farmacológicos (SFs) a realização de intervenção coronária percutânea (ICP). São dispositivos capazes de entrega de droga anti-proliferativa na lesão-alvo de forma homogênea, com a vantagem da ausência de suporte m...
Queiroz, Ivo;
Barbosa, Lucas;
Defante, Maria Luiza Rodrigues;
Mendes, Beatriz X;
Tavares, Arthur;
Mesquita, Cynthia;
Mazetto, Roberto;
Junior Antunes, Vanio do Livramento;
Guida, Camila;
Caceres, Billy.
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of death globally, yet disparities in CVD outcomes among sexual minorities compared to heterosexual adults are under-researched. Sexual minorities face unique stressors, discrimination, and barriers to healthcare, which may contribute to hi...
In daily clinical practice, cardiologists are confronted with patients with HIV/AIDS and this population needs special attention due to their higher cardiovascular risk. Studies show an increase in cardiovascular disease (CVD) among people with HIV/AIDS and one of the main causes of death in this group. ...
FUNDAMENTO: Estudos de coorte internacionais têm consistentemente demonstrado ao longo das últimas décadas um prognóstico desfavorável em pacientes do sexo feminino após o primeiro infarto agudo do miocárdio. No entanto, dados nacionais sobre esse tema são limitados.
OBJETIVOS: O presente estudo ...
Kelly, F. Alves;
Lobo, A. Oliveira Macena;
Moraes, F.C. Aquino de;
Morbach, V;
Sano, V. Kendi Tsuchiya;
Almeida, A. Menegaz de;
Consolim-Colombo, F. Marciano;
Laurinavicius, A;
Sousa, M. Goncalves de;
Souza, J. Batista.
BACKGROUND: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), affects approximately 18.6 million individuals worldwide, poses an important healthcare challenge. Despite the established efficacy of both high-intensity statin monotherapy (HIS) and moderate-intensity statin plus ezetimibe (MIS+EZT) in ASCVD m...
Xie, Feng;
Yan, Jiajun;
Eikelboom, John;
Anand, Sonia;
Muehlhofer, Eva;
Pullenayegum, Eleanor;
Wang, Yang;
Avezum, Alvaro;
Bhatt, Deepak L;
Yusuf, Salim;
Bosch, Jackie.
AIMS: This study aimed to compare the effects of the combination of rivaroxaban and aspirin with aspirin alone on health-related quality of life in the Cardiovascular Outcomes for People Using Anticoagulation Strategies (COMPASS) trial.
METHODS and results: Health-related quality of life assessed using t...
INTRODUCTION: Southern Hemisphere countries have been underrepresented in epidemiological studies on acute kidney injury (AKI). The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency, risk factors, and outcomes of AKI in adult hospitalized patients from the emergency department of a public high-com...
Castro, Stellanny Cilene Rodrigues;
Souza, Dilma do Socorro Moraes de;
Gonçalves, Julle Kelle Pereira;
Sano, Vitor Kendi Tsuchiya;
Almeida, Artur Menegaz de;
Morbach, Victória;
Kelly, Francinny Alves;
Moraes, Francisco Cezar Aquino de;
Silva, Ana Laura Soares;
Silva, Barbara Lins;
Lobo, Artur de Oliveira Macena.
Breast Cancer (BC) is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in population femmale and it has several subtypes, one of them being theexpressing human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive (HER2 +), one of the treatments for HER2+ breast cancer consists of chemotherapy plus trastuzumab deruxtecan....
BACKGROUND: Contemporary understanding characterizes cardiotoxicity as a reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) by at least 10%, resulting in a final value below 53% in successive assessments. Nevertheless, breast cancer therapy can impact the cardiovascular system through various avenues...
