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Hospitalização por Infarto Agudo do Miocárdio: Um Registro de Base Populacional

Arq. bras. cardiol; 115 (5), 2020
Resumo Fundamento: O infarto agudo do miocárdio com supradesnivelamento do segmento ST (STEMI) é uma das principais apresentações clínicas da cardiopatia isquêmica. Dados de base populacional são relevantes para entendimento contemporâneo da epidemiologia da doença. Objetivo: Descrever incidê...

Giant cell arteritis: a diagnostic challenge in an older adult

Giant cell arteritis is a large-vessel vasculitis usually seen in older adults. The inflammatory process results in systemic, ophthalmic, and neurological lesions. It is difficult to diagnose in older adults and may present as a medical emergency. Here, we report the case of an 83-year-old woman who pres...

Habilidades dos enfermeiros no uso terapêutico do alteplase em unidade de pronto atendimento

Nursing (Ed. bras., Impr.); 23 (269), 2020
Objetivo: avaliar as habilidades dos enfermeiros, no uso terapêutico do Alteplase, como terapia fibrinolítica, em pacientes com diagnóstico de infarto agudo do miocárdio. Método: A pesquisa foi realizada por meio de um estudo descritivo transversal, quantitativo, realizado por meio de...

Association between Mean Platelet Volume-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and the Presence of Apical Mural Thrombus in Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients

Abstract Background Left ventricular apical thrombus (AT) is generally associated with ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathies. The thrombo-inflammatory process plays an important role in the pathophysiology of acute coronary syndromes and post-myocardial thromboembolic complications. Mean platelet ...

Manejo del síndrome coronario agudo durante pandemia por COVID – 19

Rev. méd. Maule; 35 (1), 2020
INTRODUCTION: Acute Myocardial Infarction is a medical emergency, being his early and adequate treatment highly effective mainly in relation to reperfusion therapy. Unfortunately, COVID – 19 pandemic, has brought changes in its management due to availability of conditioned hemodynamic rooms, infection ...

Valor de la resonancia magnética cardíaca para el diagnóstico diferencial en pacientes con sospecha de infarto agudo de miocardio con elevación del segmento ST y arterias coronarias normales

Rev. méd. Chile; 148 (10), 2020
Background: Patients hospitalized with suspected ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who have normal coronary arteries (CAs) on invasive coronary angiography (ICA) may have an AMI or another acute cardiac disease that mimics it. Aim: To evaluate the usefulness of cardiac magnetic resonance...

Importancia del electrocardiograma en el diagnóstico del infarto agudo al miocardio por obstrucción del tronco común de arteria coronaria izquierda

Rev. méd. Chile; 148 (10), 2020
Acute myocardial infarction caused by thrombosis of left main coronary artery generate acute cardiac failure, cardiogenic shock and death. Along with the clinical history, the electrocardiogram (EKG) is the most useful tool for its recognition and timely management. Classically the EKG shows ST elevation...

Gaps between supply and demand of acute myocardial infarction treatment in Mexico

Salud pública Méx; 62 (5), 2020
Abstract Objective: To analyze acute myocardial infarction (AMI) admissions and in-hospital mortality rates and evaluate the competence of the Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals to provide AMI treatment. Materials and methods: We used a mixed-methods approach: 1) Joinpoint analysis of hospitalizations ...

Infarto de miocardio tras la administración de adrenalina intragingival ¿Una nueva causa de infarto agudo de miocardio sin enfermedad coronaria aterosclerótica obstructiva?

Rev. colomb. cardiol; 27 (5), 2020
Resumen Es frecuente la relación entre la adrenalina administrada por vía intramuscular y el desarrollo de cardiopatía isquémica. La adrenalina potencia las hemostasias primaria y secundaria -puede producir trombosis intracoronaria- y causa vasoconstricción transitoria arteriolar. Se presenta un cas...

Effect of age on clinical outcomes following on-/off-pump coronary artery bypass: meta-analysis and meta-regression

Abstract Objective: There is currently much debate about which patients would benefit more after on- or off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The aim of this meta-analysis and meta-regression is to investigate the effect of age on short-term clinical outcomes after these approaches. Methods:...