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Valvular disorders in carcinoid heart disease

Abstract Carcinoid heart disease is a rare but important cause of intrinsic right heart valve disorders leading to right heart failure. Occasionally, left-sided heart valves may also be involved. The characteristic cardiac pathological findings of carcinoid heart disease are endocardial thickening as a r...

Atrial Strain and Strain Rate: A Novel Method for the Evaluation of Atrial Stunning

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (4), 2016
Abstract Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia seen in adults. Atrial stunning is defined as the temporary mechanical dysfunction of the atrial appendage developing after AF has returned to sinus rhythm (SR). Objectives: We aimed to evaluate atrial contractile functions by ...

Symmetrical peripheral gangrene complicating ventricular pseudoaneurysm: a report of an unusual case and a brief review of the literature

An. bras. dermatol; 91 (5,supl.1), 2016
Abstract Symmetrical peripheral gangrene is an ischemic necrosis simultaneously involving the distal portions of two or more extremities without any proximal arterial obstruction or vasculitis. It may occur as a result of a large number of infectious and non-infectious causes. A few cases of symmetrical ...

Semiologia Cardiovascular: As Personalidades por Detrás dos Epônimos

Desde seus primórdios, a medicina sempre se baseou na observação de sinais e achados específicos de pacientes doentes. A semiologia é, portanto, um estudo milenar. A semiologia cardíaca, apesar de mais recente, é mais complexa no seu aprendizado devido à dificuldade na interpretação dos achados...

Relationship Between Neck Circumference and Epicardial Fat Thickness in a Healthy Male Population

Arq. bras. cardiol; 107 (3), 2016
Abstract Background: Epicardial fat is an upper body visceral fat depot that may play a significant role in the development of adverse metabolic and cardiovascular risk profiles. There is a significant direct relationship between the amount of epicardial fat and general body adiposity (body mass index, ...

Deformación sistólica longitudinal del ventrículo izquierdo en pacientes pediátricos con antecedente de enfermedad de Kawasaki

Arch. cardiol. Méx; 86 (3), 2016
Resumen Objetivo La enfermedad de Kawasaki (EK) es una vasculitis sistémica cuya complicación más grave es la formación de lesiones coronarias, las cuales pueden llevar a infarto del miocardio y muerte súbita. El estudio ecocardiográfico es parte del seguimiento obligado de los pacientes con EK. L...

What are the benefits of two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography for diagnosis and treatment follow-up of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus myocarditis?

Deformação miocárdica radial por meio do speckle tracking bidimensional em suínos com hipertensão pulmonar induzida e tratados com angiotensina-(1-7)

A hipertensão arterial pulmonar (HAP) é uma doença complexa, caracterizada por disfunção endotelial, que resulta em remodelamento vascular pulmonar e elevação da pressão arterial pulmonar, com consequente insuficiência cardíaca direita. O speckle tracking bidimensional (2D-STE) é uma das mais ...

Características ecocardiográficas de la disfunción diastólica en pacientes con tratamiento hemodialítico
Echocardiographic characteristics of the diastolic dysfunction in patients with hemodialytic treatment

Medisan; 20 (8), 2016
Se realizó una investigación descriptiva y transversal de 64 pacientes (muestra de tamaño calculado) con insuficiencia renal crónica, dependientes del tratamiento hemodialítico, y atendidos en el Servicio de Hemodiálisis del Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico "Saturnino Lora Torres" de ...