PURPOSE--To evaluate the acute hemodynamic effects of ibopamine (IBO), captopril (CAP) and placebo (PLA) in patients with severe congestive heart failure at rest. METHODS--Twelve male patients in sinus rhythm with dilated cardiomyopathy and NYHA class IV were studied with Swan-Ganz hemodynamics. Drugs we...
Investigamos a hipotese que, em pacientes com doenca do musculo cardiaco e grave comprometimento da funcao sistolica, ocorre maior reducao do encurtamento ventricular esquerdo nas regioes proximas ao apex. Com este objetivo, estudamos cineventriculografias de 20 pacientes com cardiomiopatia dilatada (CMD...
We studied five patients with acquired ventricular septal defect during the course of an infective endocarditis. All patients were male and had a previous aortic valve disease associated with an aortic ring abscess. Clinical examination was useful for the diagnosis of 4 cases, emphasizing the following f...
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...
