Queiroz, Ivo;
Defante, Maria Luiza Rodrigues;
Barbosa, Lucas;
Mendes, Beatriz X;
Antunes, Vanio do Livramento Junior;
Mazetto, Roberto;
Bulhoes, Elisio;
Silva, Catarina;
Romeiro, Pedro;
Guida, Camila.
BACKGROUND: With the rising use of artificial sweeteners as sugar substitutes, concerns regarding their impact on cardiovascular health have emerged. Despite approval by national food regulatory agencies, evidence of their association with clinically significant cardiovascular events remains inconclusive...
Pivatto Júnior, Fernando;
Santos, Ângela Barreto Santiago;
Englert, Eduarda Foresti;
Mazzutti, Géris;
Costa, Guilherme Oliveira Magalhães;
Saffi, Marco Aurélio Lumertz;
Siebert, Marina;
Liedke, Pedro Emanuel Rubini;
Fritsch, Vinícius Henrique;
Biolo, Andreia.
BACKGROUND: The classic biomarkers troponin and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), as well as the currently available risk scores, are far from being considered ideal for predicting cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are promising biomarkers for better identification of ...
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...
BACKGROUND: Patients with an active or past medical history of cancer have an increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) and drug-refractory AF. However, evidence for the safety and efficacy of catheter ablation in this population remains limited. HYPOTHESIS: Catheter ablation is a safe and effective str...
Pelanda, Julia De Conti;
Santos, Manuel Felipe De Morais;
Bignoto, Tiago;
Farsky, Pedro Silvio;
Farran, Jorge;
Maldi, Carolina;
Friolani, Silmara Cristina;
Souza, André;
Alves, Viviane;
Carlesso, Vinícius Batista;
França, João Italo Dias;
Amato, Vivian Lerner.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of early Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) (i.e., patients under 45 years) is increasing, which entails an equal rise in disability-adjusted life years due to disease burden. Risk factors in this population are not entirely elucidated. Hence, our objectives were to evaluate the cli...
Objectives: Although the majority of older adults experience sexual satisfaction regardless of their sexual activity, there are few studies that address sexuality in aging, especially in Latin America. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of sexual activity and satisfaction among olde...
Mente, Andrew;
Mohan, Viswanathan;
Iqbal, Romaina;
Gupta, Rajeev;
Lear, Scott;
Wentzel-Viljoen, Edelweiss;
Avezum, Alvaro;
Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio;
Mony, Prem;
Varma, Ravi Prasad;
Kumar, Rajesh;
Chifamba, Jephat;
Alhabib, Khalid F;
Mohammadifard, Noushin;
Oguz, Aytekin;
Lanas, Fernando;
Rozanska, Dorota;
Yusoff, Khalid;
Bostrom, Kristina Bengtsson;
Tsolkile, Lungiswa P;
Dans, Antonio;
Yusufali, AfzalHussein;
Orlandini, Andres;
Poirier, Paul;
Khatib, Rasha;
Deeraili, Ai;
Yeates, Karen;
Yusuf, Rita;
Ismail, Noorhassim;
Mozaffarian, Dariush;
Hu, Bo;
Wei, Li;
Yin, Lu;
Dehghan, Mahshid;
Rangarajan, Sumathy;
Sheridan, Patrick;
Teo, Koon;
Anand, Sonia S;
Yusuf, Salim.
BACKGROUND: Dietary guidelines recommend minimising consumption of whole-fat dairy products, as they are a source of saturated fats and presumed to adversely affect blood lipids and increase cardiovascular disease and mortality. Evidence for this contention is sparse and few data for the effects of dairy...
Nas últimas três décadas a leishmaniose visceral (LV) tem expandindo para os grandes centros urbanos no Brasil. Dentre os fatores que contribuíram para esta urbanização, encontram-se as dificuldades na execução das medidas de controle, principalmente aquelas relacionadas ao reservatório canino a...
