INTRODUÇÃO: INOCA é uma condição subdiagnosticada e pouco reconhecida, devido à heterogeneidade das populações e dos mecanismos de isquemia propostos. As mulheres são mais suscetíveis a essa condição, apresentando mais sintomas de angina e um maior número de hospitalizações recorrentes. No...
There's limited evidence of the potential benefits of cardiopulmonary and metabolic rehabilitation (CPMR) in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) or mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF) and coronary artery disease (CAD). The aim of this study was to investigate the im...
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 ...
BACKGROUND: Exercise tests are an important tool in the investigation of myocardial ischemia. The ramp protocol has gained increasing importance in clinical practice because of the possibility of individualizing its exercise intensity. OBJECTIVE: To assess and compare the sensitivity, specificity, and ac...
INTRODUCTION: Acute coronary syndromes are a major health problem worldwide. The Speckle Tracking Imaging has been proposed as ad-junctive for diagnosis and prognosis purposes in the context of NSTE-ACS. Purpose: We sought to determine the regional myocardial strain in ischemic versus non-ischemic segmen...
BACKGROUND: Coronary computed tomography angiography is a noninvasive anatomic test for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. The coronary fractional flow reserve is the gold standard method to determine if coronary stenosis is hemodynamically significant but requires an invasive procedure. Fractiona...
