PURPOSE--Prospective evaluation of the effects of the intravenous administration of rt-PA (Alteplase) up to 6 hours after the pain onset on the patency of the AMI related artery, mortality, adverse reactions and complications. METHODS--Open, multicenter, non-comparative study involving 139 patients with ...
PURPOSE--To evaluate both the frequency of myocardial infarction and coronary atherosclerosis as well as the pathology of the later in necropsied chronic chagasic individuals. METHODS--Systematized gross and light microscopy were performed in hearts, especially at the three main coronary arteries. Eighty...
Os autores descrevem um caso de penfigóide bolhoso em paciente idosa. Revisam a literatura e chamam atençäo para dificuldade diagnóstica do mesmo ...
PURPOSE--To evaluate the acute effects of isosorbide mononitrate on circulation, cardiac function and left ventricular segmental motility in patients with isquemic heart disease due to coronary artery disease. METHODS--Twenty-four patients with ischemic heart disease, 10 women, with mean age of 58 years,...
O ceratoacantoma é uma neoplasia benigna que apresenta crescimento rápido, seguido por período estacionário e, finalmente, involuçäo espontânea. O ceratoacantoma gigante pertence ao tipo solitário, com mais de 2 cm de diâmetro. Os autores relatam o caso de um paciente com lesäo de ceratoacantom...
Os envenenamentos por cobras do gênero Bothrops causam lesöes teciduais locais, caracterizadas por mionecrose, hemorragia e edema. O objetivo deste trabalho é demonstrar a eficácia da fasciotomia no tratamento do acidente botrópico, relacionando-o com as complicaçöes imeediatas e tardias, estado g...
Com o objetivo de delinear o perfil de pacientes diabéticos internados no Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto - UERJ, foram revistos 233 prontuários de diabéticos correspondendo a 7,9 por cento de um total de 2.929 pacientes hospitalizados, cujas altas ocorreram em tres meses de 1990. Do grupo estud...
PURPOSE--To evaluate pre and post-hemodynamic changes after thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute pulmonary embolism with multiple pulmonary segments compromised. METHODS--Nine patients, 5 females, aged between 27 and 83 (mean 62 +/- 16) years, with the onset of symptoms preceding 7 days, were subm...
PURPOSE--To evaluate the antihypertensive efficacy and tolerability of captopril 50 mg + hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg daily in mild to moderate primary hypertension. METHODS--Out-patients (n = 471) with mild to moderate hypertension, diastolic blood pressure (DBP) 95-115 mmHg, with 15 days of washout, were ...
