Avalia as repercussöes dos estrogênios e progestogênios sobre as lesöes ateroscleróticas da aorta e das artérias coronárias em 50 coelhas, da raça New-Zealand, ooforectomizadas e submetidas a dieta hipercolesterolêmica. Os animais foram divididos em cinco grupos de dez cada, ingerindo seguintes ...
PURPOSE: To evaluate the presence of risk factors (RF) for coronary disease in a group of university students (US). METHODS: We studied 123 US, 88 (71.55) females, mean age 21 +/- 3.52 years, submitted to questionary, interview, physical examination and serum analises. Eighty six women informed about ora...
Comparative study between two brothers with diabetes mellitus type I: the importance of the metabolic control in the evolution of the chronic complications
Foram estudados, clínica e laboratorialmente, dois irmaos diabéticos do tipo I, HLA-idênticos (A3B x A9B14) acompanhados desde o diagnóstico pela Disciplina de Diabetes da U.E.R.J. quanto à evoluçao para complicaçoes macro e microvasculares da doença. O paciente do sexo masculino (idade de 28 ano...
Forty-three Caucasian heart transplantation (HT) patients were evaluated in a late evolutional phase (27 mais ou menos 20 months, median 24 months). They were on a stable immunosuppressive triple drug regime and were compared with 45 controls (NL). Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], apolipoprotein (apo) AI, B (n=27...
PURPOSE--To evaluate the effects of gemfibrozil and pravastatin in coronary artery disease patients with HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) < 35 mg/dl). METHODS--Twenty-nine patients (20 males, 60 +/- 9) were divided in a gemfibrozil group (G) (1200 mg/day n = 15) and a pravastatin group (P) (10 or 20 mg n = 10 and...
Analiza brevemente el estado actual del conocimiento sobre el papel de la nutrición y la alimentación en la etiopatogenia de la ateroesclerosis. De las tres clases de aterioesclerosis (endurecimiento de las arterias) la ateroesclerosis es la más común y la que tiene efectos más graves. La caracterí...