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O difícil cotidiano dos pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca

Objective: The study’s purpose has been to assess the main limitations reported by heart failure bearing patients. Methods: It is a secondary analysis of an exploratory study with a qualitative approach. This study was performed with 15 patients with heart failure, out of the 167 undergoing ambulatory ...

Complete Resolution of Electrocardiographic Changes Induced by Acute Chagas Myocarditis

We present a case of a female adolescent with severe acute Chagas myocarditis, acquired by oral transmission in an endemic area in the Brazilian western Amazon, who had electrocardiographic changes normalized after empirical treatment with the antiparasitic drug benznidazole combined with conventional tr...

Impact of Obesity and Bariatric Surgery in the Outcome of Patients with Heart Failure

Currently, the association between obesity and heart failure (HF) is increasingly known. Patients with advanced obesity who suffer from HF without an identifiable cause can be diagnosed as having obesity-associated cardiomyopathy. Although data suggest that obesity may reduce mortality in HF, weight loss...

Increased Left Atrial Volume and Its Relationship to Vitamin D in Primary Care

The study is based on the fact that left atrial (LA) volume measurement is a marker of the presence of diastolic dysfunction and that Vitamin D deficiency may be associated with ventricular remodeling, worsening of left ventricular (LV) diastolic and systolic function, and activation of the renin-angiote...

Association between Morphodynamic Variables by Transesophageal Echocardiography and CHA2DS2-Vasc Values

In atrial fibrillation (AF), the CHA2DS2-VASc score calculates the risk for stroke. Di Biase classified the left atrial appendage (LAA), using magnetic resonance imaging, into 4 morphological types and correlated it with cerebrovascular events. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) also evaluates LAA an...

Visión de la insuficiencia cardiaca avanzada. ¿Es demasiado tarde?

Rev. colomb. cardiol; 26 (5), 2019
Detectar el punto de no retorno en muchas de las enfermedades médicas a las que se enfrenta el clínico en su práctica diaria, es un “arte” que se desarrolla a partir de la experiencia y la frecuencia con la que está expuesto a tratar pacientes con una dolencia en particular. En muchas oportunidad...

Cost-utility analysis of an implantable cardioverterdefibrillator for the treatment of patients with ischemic or non-ischemic New York Heart Association class II or III heart failure in Colombia

Biomédica (Bogotá); 39 (3), 2019
Abstract Introduction: The use of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator reduces the probability of sudden cardiac death in patients with heart failure. Objective: To determine the cost-utility relationship of an implantable cardioverterdefibrillator compared to optimal pharmacological therapy for p...

Antecedentes de insuficiência cardíaca se associam a tratamento com menor volume de fluidos em pacientes sépticos

RESUMO Objetivo: Identificar os fatores de base que afetam a ressuscitação com fluidos em pacientes sépticos. Métodos: Estudo de caso-controle com 181 pacientes consecutivos admitidos a uma unidade de terapia intensiva clínica entre 2012 e 2016 com diagnóstico de sepse. Analisaram-se os dados dem...

Pacientes con Influenza A subtipo H3N2 y soporte ventilatorio durante el brote estacional en una central de emergencias en Argentina

Rev. am. med. respir; 19 (4), 2019
Objetivo: Describir las características de los pacientes con Influenza A subtipo H3N2 y requerimiento de soporte ventilatorio durante el brote del 2017, así como la evolución y los resultados clínicos. Materiales y métodos: Cohorte retrospectiva. Se incluyeron todos los pacientes con diagnóstico co...