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Heart Failure: An Overview of Morbidity and Mortality in Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract Background: Heart failure (HF) is the final pathway of most cardiac diseases. Although the prevalence of HF has increased, due to the ageing of the population, more comprehensive data have shown a reduction in the percentage of HF hospital admissions over the last years. Objective: Assess the ...

Association Between Chocolate Consumption and Severity of First Infarction

Abstract Background: Cardiovascular diseases, such as acute myocardial infarction, are the main causes of death in the world. The flavonoids present in chocolate can have benefits for people who have risk factors to the development of cardiovascular diseases and have a coadjuvant effect on known therapi...

Challenges and Opportunities in the use of Ionizing Radiation for Cardiovascular Diseases

Actualización del modelo de políticas en enfermedad cardiovascular en Argentina
Update of the cardiovascular disease policy model to predict cardiovascular events in Argentina

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (6), 2019
La enfermedad cardiovascular (ECV) es la principal causa de muerte en Argentina. Los modelos de simulació;n por computadora permiten extrapolar evidencia a poblaciones más amplias que las originalmente estudiadas, a lo largo de períodos prolongados, y comparar diferentes subpoblaciones. El Cardiovascu...

Update of the cardiovascular disease policy model to predict cardiovascular events in Argentina

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (6), 2019
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in Argentina. Computer simulation models allow to extrapolate evidence to broader populations than the originally studied, over longer timeframes, and to compare different subpopulations. The Cardiovascular Disease Policy Model (CVDPM) is a compu...

Association between peripheral perfusion, microcirculation and mortality in sepsis: a systematic review

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 69 (6), 2019
Abstract Although increasing evidence supports the monitoring of peripheral perfusion in septic patients, no systematic review has been undertaken to explore the strength of association between poor perfusion assessed in microcirculation of peripheral tissues and mortality. A search of the most important...

Bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement in <50 years old patients - where is the evidence?

Abstract Aortic valve disease is one of the most common valvular heart diseases in the cardiovascular category. Surgical replacement of the diseased aortic valve remains the definitive intervention for most diseases. There is a clear consensus that in young patients who require aortic valve replacement, ...

The role of quadratus lumborum block in the hemodynamic management during hepatic resection surgery

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 69 (6), 2019

Perioperative complications and mortality in elderly patients following surgery for femoral fracture: prospective observational study

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 69 (6), 2019
Abstract Background and objectives: Perioperative management of femoral fractures in elderly patients has been studied to determine modifiable causes of complications and death. The aim of this study was to evaluate the mortality rate and its causes in the elderly population with FF. We also evaluated p...