Abstract Backgrund: New-onset atrial fibrillation complicating acute myocardial infarction represents an important challenge, with prognostic significance. Objective: To study the incidence, impact on therapy and mortality, and to identify predictors of development of new-onset atrial fibrillation duri...
Las fístulas arteriovenosas durales medulares son malformaciones vasculares adquiridas que constituyen una causa muy infrecuente de mielopatía progresiva (5-10 casos por millón de habitantes por año). La resonancia magnética es el estudio por imágenes de elección para su diagnóstico. A continuaci...
Las arritmias cardiacas son complicaciones frecuentes en el embarazo, son más frecuentes las supraventriculares, con gran importancia la fibrilación auricular con compromiso hemodinámico, que pone en peligro al binomio madre hijo, asociado al efecto dañino de los medicamentos antiarrítmicos. El auto...
Catheter ablation did not reduce mortality or risk of cardiovascular events but did lead to improvement in quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation
ABSTRACT Objectives: To compare warfarin and dabigatran for thromboembolic event prevention in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort of participants with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter using either warfarin or dabiga...
Abstract Background and objective: Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia, which may occur during the perioperative period and lead to hemodynamic instability due to loss of atrial systolic function. During atrial fibrillation management, electrical cardioversion is one of the therape...
Introducción: la fibrilación auricular es la arritmia cardiaca más frecuente que se trata en la práctica clínica y produce un 33 por ciento de las hospitalizaciones asociadas a arritmias. Objetivo: identificar factores de
riesgo de complicaciones tromboembólicas cerebrales en pacientes con fibrilac...
ABSTRACT Large population campaigns have been conducted in Brazil to improve knowledge about the signs and symptoms of stroke and the importance of time to care. Objective: Parallel to these important actions, we aimed to evaluate the lay knowledge of patients with atrial fibrillation, a well-recognized...
OBJETIVO: Analisar o perfil e o seguimento clínico de pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca. MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo observacional de pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca, que comparou a população geriátrica (≥ 65 anos) com o restante da amostra (18 a 64 anos). Todos eram acompanhados ambul...
