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III SBC Guidelines on the Analysis and Issuance of Electrocardiographic Reports - Executive Summary

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (5), 2016
Abstract The third version of the guidelines covers recently described topics, such as ion channel diseases, acute ischemic changes, the electrocardiogram in athletes, and analysis of ventricular repolarization. It sought to revise the criteria for overloads, conduction disorders, and analysis of data fo...

Atrial Function in Patients with Breast Cancer After Treatment with Anthracyclines

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (5), 2016
Abstract Background: Atrial electromechanical delay (EMD) is used to predict atrial fibrillation, measured by echocardiography. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess atrial EMD and mechanical function after anthracycline-containing chemotherapy. Methods: Fifty-three patients with breast canc...

Evidências atuais sobre a síndrome da apneia obstrutiva do sono na gênese das arritmias noturnas

Ainda subdiagnosticada, a síndrome da apneia obstrutiva do sono, desde a década de 1970, tem despertado o interesse científico de muitos autores, que tentam explicar e/ou comprovar os mecanismos fisiopatológicos que façam desencadear arritmias e distúrbios do ritmo, principalmente em pacientes do s...

Miocarditis de células gigantes

Rev. colomb. cardiol; 23 (5), 2016
Resumen La miocarditis de células gigantes es una enfermedad rara, con gran impacto en cuanto a la mortalidad de pacientes usualmente jóvenes y sanos, que provoca diversas presentaciones clínicas como: la falla cardiaca, las arritmias ventriculares refractarias y los bloqueos. Su diagnóstico se estab...

Envolvimento do Ventrículo Esquerdo na Displasia Arritmogênica do Ventrículo Direito

Chronic Heart Disease after Treatment of Oral Acute Chagas Disease

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (2), 2016
Abstract We describe the recurrence of cardiac abnormalities in a patient treated during the acute phase of Chagas disease after outpatient follow-up of 5 years....

Low Prevalance of Major Events Adverse to Exercise Stress Echocardiography

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (2), 2016
Abstract Background: Stress echocardiography is well validated for diagnosis and risk stratification of coronary artery disease. Exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) has been shown to be the most physiological among the modalities of stress, but its safety is not well established. Objective: To study...

Avaliação do desempenho de dois aparelhos automáticos de medida da pressão arterial com ou sem alteração do ritmo cardíaco

A mortalidade cardiovascular aumenta com a elevação da pressão arterial; sua aferição deve ser precisa e pode ser feita com aparelhos manuais ou automáticos. Estes equipamentos têm seu uso difundido por serem de fácil manuseio e custo acessível. Em decorrência da tecnologia da oscilometria, con...

Carlos Chagas Discoveries as a Drop Back to Scientific Construction of Chronic Chagas Heart Disease

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (1), 2016
Abstract The scientific construction of chronic Chagas heart disease (CCHD) started in 1910 when Carlos Chagas highlighted the presence of cardiac arrhythmia during physical examination of patients with chronic Chagas disease, and described a case of heart failure associated with myocardial inflammation ...

A diagnostic approach for neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation: clinical features, genetics and brain imaging

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 74 (7), 2016
ABSTRACT Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation (NBIA) represents a heterogeneous and complex group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by excessive iron accumulation, particularly in the basal ganglia. Common clinical features of NBIA include movement disorders, particularly p...