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Prevalence, risk factors and survival in dogs with myxomatous valve degeneration

The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence, survival time, and risk factors of myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) in dogs by a retrospective observational cohort study design of a Brazilian veterinary center, admitted from 2012 to 2018 (2.585 days). Considering the 105 dog files confi...

Disfunción miocárdica y su utilidad pronóstica en sepsis y choque séptico

Introducción: la sepsis es una disfunción orgánica poten- cialmente mortal que está asociada a una infección; tiene alta morbilidad y mortalidad. La disfunción miocárdica aso- ciada a sepsis es frecuente y se asocia con desenlaces desfavorables. Objetivo: describir la distribución de la disfunciÃ...

Avaliação da função cardiovascular e qualidade de vida em pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca com e sem comportamento sedentário

RESUMO: Fundamentos e objetivos: Apesar dos reconhecidos benefícios da prática de atividade física em pacientes com doença cardiovascular, acredita-se que pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca e fração de ejeção reduzida com comportamento não sedentário, mesmo que não pratiquem exercício fí...

Prenatal Diagnosis of Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery: Association with Genetic Abnormalities

Abstract Objective The objective of the present study was to determine the frequency of malformations and chromosomal abnormalities in a population of fetuses with an aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA). Methods This is a 6-year retrospective study of fetuses with a prenatal diagnosis of ARSA con...

Resumen de Caso Clínico: Curioso caso de ruptura de músculo papilar manifestado cómo síndrome de insuficiencia respiratoria aguda Caso #5, Junio 2021

Rev. costarric. cardiol; 23 (1), 2021

The Impact of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) on Serum Apelin Levels in Patients with Aortic Valvular Stenosis

Abstract Introduction: In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) on serum apelin levels in patients with severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis (AS). Methods: Forty-six consecutive patients (76.9±7.4 years, n=27 women) who underwent TAVI and ...

Importancia de la cardiooncología. Cómo detectar la insuficiencia cardiaca subclínica

Arch. cardiol. Méx; 91 (2), 2021
Resumen Hoy una de las principales causas de mortalidad es el cáncer. La supervivencia en pacientes con cáncer ha incrementado de 1970 (25%) a la actualidad (80%). A raíz de la introducción de las antraciclinas como tratamiento de cáncer desde 1960-1970, más del 60% de los pacientes son tratados co...

Echocardiographic prognostication of new onset heart failure in a cohort of ischemic heart disease patients

Background: Echocardiographic predictors for new onset heart failure in patients with ischemic heart disease with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF) or with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF) in Ethiopian and Sub-Saharan African is not well-known.Methods: T...

Correlation between Epicardial Fat Thickness and Clinical and Anthropometric Variables in an Elderly Population

Abstract Background Epicardial fat (EF) thickness is a marker of visceral adiposity and consequently considered an important predictive marker of cardiovascular and metabolic risk. Objective To describe echocardiographic features of the heart in an elderly population and to study the correlation betw...