Abstract Objective: To characterize the behavior of cardiac autonomic modulation in individuals with different times after orthotopic heart transplantation (HTx) using symbolic dynamics analysis. Methods: Sixty patients were evaluated after HTx. We recorded their instantaneous R-R intervals (RRi) by ca...
Abstract Heart transplantation (HTx) is considered an efficient and gold-standard procedure for patients with end-stage heart failure. After surgery, patients have lower aerobic power (VO2max) and compensatory hemodynamic responses. The aim of the present study was to assess through a systematic review w...
Abstract Objective: To evaluate a possible evolutionary post-heart transplant return of autonomic function using quantitative and qualitative information from recurrence plots. Methods: Using electrocardiography, 102 RR tachograms of 45 patients (64.4% male) who underwent heart transplantation and that...
Abstract Introduction: Heart transplantation is the therapeutic procedure indicated to increase the survival of patients with refractory heart failure. Improvement in overall functioning and quality of life are expected factors in the postoperative period. Objective: To identify and evaluate mental dis...
RESUMO Objetivo Identificar como os cuidados clínicos e educativos de enfermagem, fundamentados na Teoria Human Becoming, contribuem para o processo de transcendência das pessoas transplantadas cardíacas na busca do bem viver. Método Pesquisa-intervenção desenvolvida com quatro transplantados c...
O diagnóstico de cardiomiopatia chagásica crônica deve ser considerado em todo paciente proveniente de áreas endêmicas, que apresente história de doença cardíaca e anormalidades no exame cardiológico, na vigência de duas reações sorológicas positivas (ELISA, imunofluorescência indireta ou h...
INTRODUCCIÓN: Antecedentes: El presente dictamen expone la evaluación de tecnología de la eficacia y seguridad de Bosentan en pacientes con hipertensión pulmonar asociada a insuficiencia cardiaca avanzada, candidatos a trasplante cardiaco. Esta evaluación es específica para pacientes con insuficien...