Abstract Background: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after cardiac surgery has great clinical and economic implications. Many attempts have been made to identify risk factors aiming at a better evaluation of prophylactic treatment strategies. Objective: To perform an internal validation of a r...
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the intervening factors in the process of reference and counter-reference of the individual with heart disease in the scenario of high complexity in the health care network. Method: Research anchored in the Grounded Theory (Teoria Fundamentada nos Dados). It totaled 21...
Abstract Introduction: Few reports in the world have shown a differential effect of hypothyroidism in relation to morbidity and mortality following cardiac surgery. Objective: To determine the association between preoperative hypothyroidism, composite and disaggregated outcomes of mortality and complic...
Roubo coronariano da subclávia (RCS) é um fenômeno raro que ocorre em pacientes
submetidos a cirurgia de revascularização miocárdica com enxerto de artéria torácica
interna esquerda (ATIE) e que causa estenose da artéria subclávia ipsilateral e
proximal à origem da ATIE. Relatamos o caso de um...
Abstract Background: The high prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the postoperative period of myocardial revascularization surgery increases morbidity and mortality. Objective: To assess the efficacy of colchicine to prevent AF in the postoperative period of myocardial revascularization surgery, ...
Introducción: Se ha demostrado que bajos niveles de colesterol HDL (C-HDL) se asocian a una mayor incidencia de fibrilación auricular y de mortalidad global y cardiovascular. En un estudio observacional previo en nuestro centro, encontramos que un bajo nivel de C-HDL se asoció a mayor riesgo de fibril...
Com o objetivo de demonstrar a experiência cirúrgica do Hospital Biocor com as dissecçoes agudas da aorta torácica no per-operatório, foram analisados, retrospectivamente, 7.251 pacientes submetidos a cirurgia cardíaca com o emprego de circulaçao extracorpórea, no período de janeiro de 1988 a ja...