Decompensated heart failure in the emergency department of a cardiology hospital [PDF]
, 2008 FUNDAMENTO: Estudos nacionais em insuficiência cardíaca descompensada (ICD) são fundamentais para o entendimento dessa afecção em nosso meio. OBJETIVO: Determinar as características dos pacientes com ICD em uma unidade de emergência.
BACAL, Fernando +9 more
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Predictive value of clinical and electrophysiological variables in patients with chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia [PDF]
, 2000 OBJECTIVE: Risk stratification of patients with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) and chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy (CCC). METHODS: Seventy eight patients with CCC and NSVT were consecutively and prospectively studied.
De Paola, Angelo Amato Vincenzo +5 more
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Maternal mortality due to heart disease [PDF]
, 1991 A retrospective study on maternal mortality in pregnant women with cardiac disease over a period of eleven years (January 1979 to December 1989) was undertaken. The objetive was an analysis of the main aspects of this association.
Almeida, Pedro Augusto Marcondes de +3 more
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2006 OBJETIVO: Descrever as características clínicas e terapêuticas de pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca (IC) secundária a miocardiopatia chagásica crônica, bem como avaliar se estas são diferentes nas demais etiologias.
Julio Cesar Vieira Braga +9 more
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III Diretriz Brasileira de Insuficiência Cardíaca Crônica [PDF]
, 2009 Universidade de São Paulo Faculdade de Medicina Hospital das ClínicasUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Hospital de Clínicas de Porto AlegreUniversidade de Pernambuco Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de PernambucoUniversidade Federal de São Paulo ...
Albanesi, Francisco +40 more
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ASSITÊNCIA DE ENFERMAGEM JUNTO AO CLIENTE PORTADOR DE MIOCARDIOPATIA CHAGÁSICA: UM ESTUDO DE CASO
Revista de Pesquisa Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 2010 INTRODUÇÃO: A miocardiopatia chagásica é provocada pelo agente etiológico, o Trypanossoma cruzi, cujo principal fato clínico desta doença é a diminuição da massa muscular que é ...
Newton Sirigni Moreira +2 more
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Study of the triatomine fauna and occurrence of Chagas disease in Monte Negro, Rondonia, Brazil [PDF]
, 2008 A doença de Chagas tem como agente etiológico o Trypanossoma cruzi, um protozoário flagelado que pode ser encontrado numa grande variedade de mamíferos e triatomíneos.
CAMARGO, Luis Marcelo Aranha +2 more
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Complicações neurológicas em transplantes cardíacos [PDF]
, 2002 OBJECTIVE: Neurologic complications are known as important cause of morbidity and mortality in orthotopic heart transplantation. Our aim was to identify the frequency and outcome of neurologic complications after heart transplantation in a prospective ...
Almeida, Dirceu Rodrigues de +7 more
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Cardiopulmonary responses to exercise in patients of different age group with congestive heart failure [PDF]
, 2006 OBJECTIVES: This paper aims at comparing cardiorespiratory functional capacity during exercise - represented by indicators of functional limitation, maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max), and anaerobic threshold - plus cardiopulmonary responses to maximal ...
Almeida, Dirceu Rodrigues de +5 more
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New auxiliary indicators for the differential diagnosis of functional cardiorespiratory limitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure [PDF]
, 2003 OBJECTIVE: To differentiate the nature of functional cardiorespiratory limitations during exercise in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or congestive heart failure (CHF) and to determine indicators that may help their ...
Barros, Turíbio Leite de +5 more
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