Apesar dos grandes avanços farmacológicos no tratamento das miocardiopatias, com os inibidores da ECA e os antagonistas do receptor da angiotensina, vislumbra-se, em casos especiais, a utilizaçao de marcapasso, cardiomioplastia, ventriculectomia, laser e transplante. Entretanto, säo grandes os percal...
A surgical experimental investigation is being carried out in an attempt to provide a viable alternative to the current approaches to cardiac resection of the left ventricular myocardium in cases of cardiomyopathies with dilated ventricle. The experiments are based upon the presence of anatomicosurgical ...
A ICC de difícil controle necessita, além das medidas conservadoras de suporte circulatório, que inclui baläo intra-aórtico, bomba centrífuga e transplante cardíaco....
OBJETIVO: Relatar as características do transplante cardíaco neonatal e pediátrico em crianças portadoras de cardiopatias complexas e cardiomiopatias refratárias à terapêutica convencional. O presente trabalho mostra a experiência de três anos e meio deste procedimento no Instituto do Coraçao H...
Since 1990 forty-one cardiomyoplasty procedures (CMP) were performed in 35 patients with ischemic and in 6 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. All surviving patients (n=33) revealed decreased functional NYHA class from III to I-II, increased ejection fraction (EF) by a mean of 10 por cento. Results of ...
PURPOSE--To analyze patients operated on in Brazil from May 1968 until June 1993. METHODS--Three patients were transplanted in the historical period of 1968 and 1969. In the modern period from 1984-1993, 380 transplants were performed in 379 patients. These patients were transplanted in 23 services in 20...