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A Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Patient with Severe Anorexia Nervosa [PDF]

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2021
There are a variety of cardiac complications of anorexia nervosa including arrythmias, valvopathies, and myopathies. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) has not been widely reported among this patient population.
Jessica O’Neil, Soumyaa Mazumder, Danita Yoerger Sanborn, Samantha Wu   +3 more
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Tratamento cirúrgico das valvopatias: parte 2 Valvopathies: surgical treatment. Part 2

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 1994
Esta segunda parte abordará técnica operatória, conduta pós-operatória e reoperações de pacientes com valvopatias. Em Técnica Operatória são descritos os procedimentos de anestesia, a abordagem cirúrgica, que inclui a instalação da circulação ...
Domingo M Braile, Marco A Volpe, Serginando L Ramin, Dorotéia R. S Souza   +3 more
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A review of fenfluramine for the treatment of Dravet syndrome patients [PDF]

Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery, 2022
Introduction: Dravet Syndrome (DS) is a rare epileptiform disorder typically presenting within the first year of life of a normally developing infant. It is characterized by several prolonged seizures that are often resistant to current anti-epileptic ...
Kayla Simon, Hunter Sheckley, Christopher L. Anderson, Zhao Liu, Paul R. Carney   +4 more
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Risk factors for depresion and anxiety in the patient with aortic valve stenosis

Mexican Journal of Medical Research ICSA, 2023
Anxiety disorders and depression are common along with negative effects in different areas of the patient such as lower quality of life, lower adherence to treatment, negative perception of oneself along with underlying comorbidities and mortality, which
Emmanuel M. Téllez-Girón
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3D Echocardiography for Rheumatic Heart Disease Analysis: Ready for Prime Time

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains to be a very important health issue worldwide, mainly in underdeveloped countries. It continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout developing countries.
Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira, Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira, Carlos Eduardo de Barros Branco, Alessandra Santos Lima Gazola, Paulo Pinto Alves Campos Vieira, Luiz Alberto Benvenuti, Léa Maria Macruz Ferreira Demarchi, Paulo Sampaio Gutierrez, Vera Demarchi Aiello, Flávio Tarasoutchi, Flávio Tarasoutchi, Roney Orismar Sampaio, Roney Orismar Sampaio   +12 more
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The Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Infective Endocarditis: A Multicentric Retrospective Analysis

Medicina, 2023
Background and Objectives: Multidrug-resistant microorganisms have made treating bacterial infections challenging. Resistance to antibiotics is expected to overcome efforts to produce new, effective antibacterial medication that is lifesaving in many ...
Camelia Melania Budea, Marius Pricop, Ion Cristian Mot, Florin George Horhat, Kakarla Hemaswini, Raja Akshay, Rodica Anamaria Negrean, Andrada Licinia Oprisoni, Cosmin Citu, Bogdan Andrei Bumbu, Abduljabar Adi, Ibrahim Khan, Adelina Mavrea, Iulia Bogdan, Adrian Vasile Bota, Roxana Manuela Fericean, Iosif Marincu   +16 more
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Efeitos da pentoxifilina sobre as plaquetas e hemodinâmica de pacientes com valvopatias adquiridas, operados com circulação extracorpórea Effects of pentoxifylline on platelets and hemodynamic of patients with acquired valvopathies, operated on with extracorporeal circulation

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 1996
Pentoxifilina (Trental®), vasodilatador com ação reológica, foi administrada a valvopatas adquiridos (7 pacientes - 2 reoperações), antes (1.200mg v.o./dia/3 dias) e durante a operação (1 mg/kg/90 min e.v.) a fim de avaliar seus efeitos sobre as ...
José Manoel Tannus Filho, João José Carneiro, Carlos Eli Piccinato, Walter Villela Andrade Vicente, Alfredo José Rodrigues, Solange Basseto, Albert Amin Sader   +6 more
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Pressão de pulso obtida por monitorização residencial da pressão arterial e sua relação com o índice de massa do ventrículo esquerdo Pulse pressure measured by home blood pressure monitoring and its correlation to left ventricular mass index

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2007
OBJETIVO: Medir as pressões arteriais sistólica (PAS), diastólica (PAD) e de pulso (PP) por monitorização residencial da pressão arterial (MRPA) e correlacionar os seus valores com o do índice de massa do ventrículo esquerdo (IMVE).
André De Marco, Audes Magalhães Feitosa, Marco Mota Gomes, Giordano Bruno Parente, Edgar Guimarães Victor   +4 more
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Distinct Mitral Valve Proteomic Profiles in Rheumatic Heart Disease and Myxomatous Degeneration

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology, 2014
Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) affects heart-valve tissue and is the most serious consequence of group A Streptococcus infection. Myxomatous degeneration (MXD) is the most frequent valvopathy in the western world.
Carlo De Oliveira Martins, Keity Souza Santos, Frederico Moraes Ferreira, Priscila Camillo Teixeira, Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzeff, Carlos M. A. Brandão, Roney Orismar Sampaio, Guilherme S. Spina, Jorge Kalil, Luiza Guilherme, Edecio Cunha-Neto   +10 more
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Insuficiência cardíaca grave em unidade de terapia intensiva: existe um índice prognóstico ideal? Severe heart failure at intensive therapy unit: is there an ideal prognostic index?

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2006
OBJETIVO: Avaliar a aplicabilidade de três índices prognósticos - APACHE II, SAPS II e Unicamp II, em um subgrupo de pacientes críticos, portadores de insuficiência cardíaca (IC).
Cristina Bueno Terzi, Silvia G. Lage, Desanka Dragosavac, Renato G. G. Terzi   +3 more
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