de Oliveira Almeida, Gustavo;
Balieiro, Caroline;
Bertoli, Edmundo Damiani;
Moreira, Maria Eduarda Liporaci;
Silva, Ana Laura Soares;
Minucci, Bárbara Silvestre;
Zapparoli, Isabella;
Maluf, Marcela Silva;
Carvalho, Henrique Champs Porfírio;
Dos Santos Borges, Rafael;
Pasqualotto, Eric;
Nienkötter, Thiago;
Alves, Vinícius;
Guida, Camila Mota.
BACKGROUND: The efficacy of adding ezetimibe to statin therapy for event reduction in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) remains a topic of ongoing debate.
METHODS: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing ezetimibe plus statin versus s...
Tuma Junior, Jose;
Morales, Paul Salvador;
Bispo, Isabela B;
Zampa, Hugo Bizetto;
Rassi, Amanda Marsiaj;
Darze, Alice Cunha;
Paladino Filho, Antonio Tito;
Caneschi, João Marcelo;
Hendges, Rafael de Castro;
Senra, Tiago;
Pinto, Ibraim Masciarelli Francisco.
DESCRIPTION OF CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A 47-year-old man with a history of hypertension presented to the emergency department with reports of dyspnea on mild exertion, tachycardic palpitations, bendopnea, and mild lower limb edema. Eight weeks prior to hospital admission, he experienced intense precordial...
Junior, Jose Tuma;
Bispo, Isabela B;
Morales, Paul Salvador;
Zampa, Hugo Bizetto;
Rassi, Amanda Marsiaj;
Darze, Alice Cunha;
Paladino Filho, Antonio Tito;
Caneschi, João Marcelo;
Hendges, Rafael de Castro;
Pinto, Ibraim Masciarelli Francisco;
Senra, Tiago.
DESCRIPTION OF CLINICAL PRESENTATION: A 66-year-old female patient with a history of CABG in 2009 presented to the emergency department with chest pain. Diagnostic Techniques and Their Most Important Findings: She underwent an echocardiogram, which revealed a cardiac mass compressing the left main corona...
Trata-se de um protocolo assistencial gerenciado para o atendimento a pacientes com queixas de dor torácica aguda ou de seus equivalentes, ou seja, sintomas compatíveis com a possibilidade de serem decorrentes de uma síndrome coronária aguda (SCA) ou de outras doenças cardiovasculares graves.
Este p...
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...
Diretrizes médicas recomendam avaliar o risco cardiovascular usando escores para auxiliar a tomada de decisão clínica. A efetiva comunicação do risco ao paciente pode melhorar a conscientização sobre sua condição e a adesão ao tratamento. Vários escores de risco cardiovascular foram desenvolvi...
BACKGROUND: Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) is a nonlacunar ischemic stroke with no clear cause, having a 4%-5% annual recurrence rate. The potential benefits of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) relative to aspirin in patients with ESUS remain unclear. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to perform a syst...
Defante, Maria Luiza Rodrigues;
Mendes, Beatriz X;
Queiroz, Ivo;
Mazetto, Roberto;
Barbosa, Lucas;
Romeiro, Pedro;
Antunes, Vanio;
Bulhoes, Elisio;
Silva, Catarina;
Guida, Camila.
BACKGROUND: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) have demonstrated cardiovascular benefits in various settings. However, their impact after myocardial infarction (MI) in patients without prior heart failure remains unclear. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis comparing SGLT2i to placebo...
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...
A generation ago thrombolytic therapy led to a paradigm shift in myocardial infarction (MI), from Q-wave/non-Q-wave to ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) vs non-STEMI. Using STE on the electrocardiogram (ECG) as a surrogate marker for acute coronary occlusion (ACO) allowed for rapid diagnosis and treatment....
