Results: 55

Case 6/2017 - Extensive Giant Left Coronary Artery Aneurysm Due to Kawasaki Vasculitis in Asymptomatic 48-Year-Old Man

Arq. bras. cardiol; 109 (5), 2017

High frequency of silent brain infarcts associated with cognitive deficits in an economically disadvantaged population

Clinics; 72 (8), 2017
OBJECTIVE: Using magnetic resonance imaging, we aimed to assess the presence of silent brain vascular lesions in a sample of apparently healthy elderly individuals who were recruited from an economically disadvantaged urban region (São Paulo, Brazil). We also wished to investigate whether the findings w...

Asymptomatic and symptomatic embolic events in infective endocarditis: associated factors and clinical impact

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Background: Embolic complications of infective endocarditis are common. The impact of asymptomatic embolism is uncertain. Objectives: To determine the frequency of emboli due to IE and to identify events associated with embolism. Methods: Retrospective analysis of an endocarditis database, pr...

Hiperparatiroidismo primario asintomático en mujeres
Asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism in women

Medicina (B.Aires); 77 (3), 2017
El hiperparatiroidismo primario puede tener diferentes características. Una de ellas es la forma asintomática. Esta es una variante leve del hiperparatiroidismo primario hipercalcémico, que se caracteriza por una calcemia no mayor a 1 mg/dl sobre el límite superior del método, hormona paratiroidea i...

Predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis evaluated by carotid intima-media thickness in asymptomatic young women with type 1 diabetes mellitus

ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to evaluate the occurrence and clinical predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic, young adult women with type 1 DM. Subjects and methods The study included 45 women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) (aged 36 ± 9 years) who underwent carotid Doppl...

Why is quaternary prevention important in prevention?

ABSTRACT Quaternary prevention consists in the identification of persons at risk of excessive medicalization and their protection against new unnecessary interventions, avoiding iatrogenic damages. Here, we argue about the importance of quaternary prevention in specific primary and secondary prevention. ...

Chronic and asymptomatic diseases influence the control of hypertension treatment in primary care

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (5), 2016
Abstract OBJECTIVE To identify the association between blood pressure control and the following variables: a) bio-social and lifestyle characteristics of hypertensive patients; and b) factors related to the antihypertensive treatment. METHODS This is an exploratory study with 290 people with hypertensi...

Granular cell tumor of anal border

The objective of this report is to describe a case of granular cell tumor of the anal border and to review the most relevant topics of the literature on the subject. Ours is a female patient, 57 years old, with an asymptomatic nodule in the anal border for 2 years. Surgical excision was performed, with a...

Transmisión materno-fetal de Trypanosoma cruzi, un problema de salud poco estudiado en México: caso Chiapas

Salud pública Méx; 58 (3), 2016
Resumen: Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de infección de Trypanosoma cruzi en 1 125 mujeres embarazadas y la frecuencia con que éstas la transmiten a sus hijos en Tapachula y Palenque, Chiapas. Material y métodos: Se determinó la prevalencia materna por serología, la frecuencia de transmisión...

Mid- and long-term anxiety levels associated with presymptomatic testing of Huntington's Disease, Machado-Joseph Disease, Machado-Joseph disease, and familial amyloid polyneuropathy

Objective: To study anxiety as a variable of the mid- and long-term psychological impact of pre-symptomatic testing for three autosomal dominant late-onset disorders – Huntington’s disease (HD), Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) and familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) TTR V30M – in a Portu...