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1. Iatrogenic ventricular fibrillation in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

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Alzira Nunes, Ana Lebreiro, Manuel Campelo, Luís Adão, and Maria Júlia Maciel

Subjects
Wolff-Parkinson-White, Via acessória, Fibrilhação auricular pré-excitada, Fibrilhação ventricular, Bloqueadores do nó auriculoventricular, Ablação por cateter, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
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Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is the most common manifestation of ventricular pre-excitation syndrome and is mostly found in individuals with no structural heart disease. Although the risk of malignant arrhythmias is low, sudden cardiac death (SCD) as the first clinical manifestation of WPW syndrome is well documented, and atrial fibrillation (AF) with a rapid ventricular response is the main mechanism involved. Unfortunately, the signs of pre-excitation and arrhythmias are sometimes under-diagnosed and under-treated. We describe the case of a 31-year-old man who was admitted with an irregular wide complex tachycardia consistent with pre-excited AF, which was not promptly diagnosed, and who developed ventricular fibrillation (VF) after administration of atrioventricular (AV) nodal blockers, as a primary manifestation of WPW syndrome. Blocking the AV node in patients with pre-excited AF may increase the ventricular rate and potentially result in hemodynamic instability. Among patients with WPW syndrome who survive an episode of SCD, catheter ablation of the accessory pathway is the treatment of choice. Resumo: A síndrome de Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) é a manifestação mais comum da síndrome de pré-excitação ventricular e está presente maioritariamente em indivíduos sem cardiopatia estrutural. Embora o risco de arritmias malignas seja baixo, a morte súbita cardíaca (MSC) como primeira manifestação clínica da síndrome de WPW é uma ocorrência bem documentada e a fibrilhação auricular (FA) com resposta ventricular rápida é o principal mecanismo envolvido. Infelizmente, às vezes, os sinais de pré-excitação e as arritmias são subdiagnosticados e subtratados. Descrevemos o caso de um homem de 31 anos admitido com uma taquicardia irregular de complexos largos consistente com FA pré-excitada, não diagnosticada de imediato, que evoluiu para fibrilhação ventricular (FV) após a administração de bloqueadores do nó auriculoventricular (AV), como manifestação inaugural da síndrome de WPW. O bloqueio do nó AV, em pacientes com FA pré-excitada, pode aumentar a frequência ventricular e potencialmente resultar em instabilidade hemodinâmica. Entre os pacientes com síndrome de WPW que sobrevivem a um episódio de MSC, a ablação por cateter de via acessória (VA) é o tratamento de escolha.

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2022
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2. Cardiac rehabilitation in older patients: Indication or limitation?

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Marta Braga, Helena Nascimento, Roberto Pinto, Paulo Araújo, Alzira Nunes, Joana Rodrigues, Vítor Araújo, Fernando Parada-Pereira, Maria Júlia Maciel, and Afonso Rocha

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Programa de reabilitação cardíaca, Idosos, Capacidade de exercício, Perfil metabólico, Qualidade de vida, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
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Objective: To assess the clinical impact of a cardiac rehabilitation program in an older population. Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of 731 coronary patients who attended phase 2 of a cardiac rehabilitation program between January 2009 and December 2016. We compared the response to the program of older (≥65 years) and younger (

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2021
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7. Iatrogenic left main and right coronary ostial occlusion following surgical aortic valve replacement

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Alzira Nunes, Teresa Pinho, Maria Júlia Maciel, Paula Dias, C X Resende, and Paulo Sérgio Ramos de Araújo

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medicine.medical_specialty, Aortic valve replacement, business.industry, Internal medicine, Occlusion, medicine, Cardiology, medicine.disease, business
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RESUMO A substituicao cirurgica da valvula aortica e o padrao-ouro para o tratamento da estenose aortica sintomatica grave. Complicacoes diretamente relacionadas ao procedimento cirurgico sao relativamente pouco frequentes. A estenose ostial da arteria coronaria e uma complicacao rara, mas potencialmente fatal, cujo exato mecanismo patogenico e desconhecido, embora algumas hipoteses ja tenham sido propostas. Apresentamos um caso de sindrome coronariana aguda recorrente nos primeiros 12 meses apos substituicao cirurgica da valvula aortica realizada simultaneamente com cirurgia de revascularizacao do miocardio, [...]

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2020

8. Contemporary Management of Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis

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Marc Eugène, Piotr Duchnowski, Bernard Prendergast, Olaf Wendler, Cécile Laroche, Jean-Luc Monin, Yannick Jobic, Bogdan A. Popescu, Jeroen J. Bax, Alec Vahanian, Bernard Iung, Jeroen Bax, Michele De Bonis, Victoria Delgado, Michael Haude, Gerhard Hindricks, Aldo P. Maggioni, Luc Pierard, Susanna Price, Raphael Rosenhek, Frank Ruschitzka, Stephan Windecker, Souad Mekhaldi, Katell Lemaitre, Sébastien Authier, Magdy Abdelhamid, Astrid Apor, Gani Bajraktari, Branko Beleslin, Alexander Bogachev-Prokophiev, Daniela Cassar Demarco, Agnes Pasquet, Sait Mesut Dogan, Andrejs Erglis, Arturo Evangelista, Artan Goda, Nikolaj Ihlemann, Huseyin Ince, Andreas Katsaros, Katerina Linhartova, Julia Mascherbauer, Erkin Mirrakhimov, Vaida Mizariene, Shelley Rahman-Haley, Regina Ribeiras, Fuad Samadov, Antti Saraste, Iveta Simkova, Elizabeta Srbinovska Kostovska, Lidia Tomkiewicz-Pajak, Christophe Tribouilloy, Eliverta Zera, Mimoza Metalla, Ervina Shirka, Elona Dado, Loreta Bica, Jorida Aleksi, Gerti Knuti, Lidra Gjyli, Rudina Pjeci, Eritinka Shuperka, Erviola Lleshi, Joana Rustemaj, Marsjon Qordja, Mirald Gina, Senada Husi, Daniel Basic, Regina Steringer-Mascherbauer, Charlotte Huber, Christian Ebner, Elisabeth Sigmund, Andrea Ploechl, Thomas Sturmberger, Veronica Eder, Tanja Koppler, Maria Heger, Andreas Kammerlander, Franz Duca, Christina Binder, Matthias Koschutnik, Leonard Perschy, Lisa Puskas, Chen-Yu Ho, Farid Aliyev, Vugar Guluzada, Galib Imanov, Firdovsi Ibrahimov, Abbasali Abbasaliyev, Tahir Ahmedov, Fargana Muslumova, Jamil Babayev, Yasmin Rustamova, Tofig Jahangirov, Rauf Samadov, Muxtar Museyibov, Elnur Isayev, Oktay Musayev, Shahin Xalilov, Saleh Huseynov, Madina Yuzbashova, Vuqar Zamanov, Vusal Mammadov, Gery Van Camp, Martin Penicka, Hedwig Batjoens, Philippe Debonnaire, Daniel Dendooven, Sebastien Knecht, Mattias Duytschaever, Yves Vandekerckhove, Luc Missault, Luc Muyldermans, René Tavernier, Tineke De Grande, Patrick Coussement, Joyce DeTroyer, Katrien Derycker, Kelly De Jaegher, Antoine Bondue, Christophe Beauloye, Céline Goffinet, Daniela Corina Mirica, Frédéric Vanden Eynden, Philippe Van de Borne, Béatrice Van Frachen, David Vancraeynest, Jean Louis Vanoverschelde, Sophie Pierard, Mihaela Malanca, Florence Sinnaeve, Séverine Tahon, Marie De Clippel, Frederic Gayet, Jacques Loiseau, Nico Van de Veire, Veronique Moerman, Anne-Marie Willems, Bernard Cosyns, Steven Droogmans, Andreea Motoc, Dirk Kerkhove, Daniele Plein, Bram Roosens, Caroline Weytjens, Patrizio Lancellotti, Elena Raluca Dulgheru, Ilona Parenicova, Helena Bedanova, Frantisek Tousek, Stepanka Sindelarova, Julia Canadyova, Milos Taborsky, Jiri Ostransky, null Ivona simkova, Marek Vicha, Libor Jelinek, Irena Opavska, Miroslav Homza, Miriam Kvrayola, Radim Brat, Dan Mrozek, Eva Lichnerova, Iveta Docekalova, Marta Zarybnicka, Marketa Peskova, Patrik Roucka, Vlasta Stastna, Dagmar Jungwirtova Vondrackova, Alfred Hornig, Matus Niznansky, Marian Branny, Alexandra Vodzinska, Miloslav Dorda, Libor Snkouril, Krystyna Kluz, Jana Kypusova, Radka Nezvalova, Niels Thue Olsen, Hosam Hasan Ali, Salma Taha, Mohamed Hassan, Ahmed Afifi, Hamza Kabil, Amr Mady, Hany Ebaid, Yasser Ahmed, Mohammad Nour, Islam Talaat, CairoMaiy El Sayed, Ahmad Elsayed Mostafa, CairoYasser Sadek, CairoSherif Eltobgi, Sameh Bakhoum, Ramy Doss, Mahmoud Sheashea, Abd Allah Elasry, Ahmed Fouad, Mahmoud Baraka, Sameh Samir, Alaa Roshdy, Yasmin AbdelRazek, Mostafa M. 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Athanasios Koutsoukis, Lampros Michalis, Ioannis Goudevenos, Vasileios Bellos, Michail Papafaklis, Lampros Lakkas, George Hahalis, Athanasios Makris, Haralampos Karvounis, Vasileios Kamperidis, Vlasis Ninios, Vasileios Sachpekidis, Pavlos Rouskas, Leonidas Poulimenos, Georgios Charalampidis, Eftihia Hamodraka, Athanasios Manolis, Robert Gabor Kiss, Tunde Borsanyi, Zoltan Jarai, Andras Zsary, Elektra Bartha, Annamaria Kosztin, Alexandra Doronina, Attila Kovacs, Barabas Janos Imre, Chun Chao, Kalman Benke, Istvan Karoczkai, Kati Keltai, Zsolt Förchécz, Zoltán Pozsonyi, Zsigmond Jenei, Adam Patthy, Laszlo Sallai, Zsuzsanna Majoros, Tamás Pál, Jusztina Bencze, Ildiko Sagi, Andrea Molnar, Anita Kurczina, Gabor Kolodzey, Istvan Edes, Valeria Szatmari, Zsuzsanna Zajacz, Attila Cziraki, Adam Nemeth, Reka Faludi, Laszlone Vegh, Eva Jebelovszki, Geza Karoly Lupkovics, Zsofia Kovacs, Andras Horvath, Gezim Berisha, Pranvera Ibrahimi, Luan Percuku, Rano Arapova, Elmira Laahunova, Kseniia Neronova, 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Fontes-Oliveira, Alzira Nunes, Paulo Araújo, Vasco Gama Ribeiro, Joao Almeida, Alberto Rodrigues, Pedro Braga, Sonia Dias, Sofia Carvalho, Catarina Ferreira, Alberto Ferreira, Pedro Mateus, Miguel Moz, Silvia Leao, Renato Margato, Ilidio Moreira, Jose Guimanaes, Joana Ribeiro, Fernando Goncalves, Jose Cabral, Ines Almeida, Luisa Goncalves, Mariana Tarusi, Calin Pop, Claudia Matei, Diana Tint, Sanziana Barbulescu, Sorin Micu, Ioana Pop, Costica Baba, Doina Dimulescu, Maria Dorobantu, Carmen Ginghina, Roxana Onut, Andreea Popescu, Brandusa Zamfirescu, Raluca Aflorii, Mihaela Popescu, Liviu Ghilencea, Andreeea Rachieru, Monica Stoian, Nicoleta Oprescu, Silvia Iancovici, Iona Petre, Anca Doina Mateescu, Andreea Calin, Simona Botezatu, Roxana Enache, Monica Rosca, Daniela Ciuperca, Evelyn Babalac, Ruxandra Beyer, Laura Cadis, Raluca Rancea, Raluca Tomoaia, Adela Rosianu, Emese Kovacs, Constantin Militaru, Alina Craciun, Oana Mirea, Mihaela Florescu, Lucica Grigorica, Daniela Dragusin, Luiza Nechita, Mihai Marinescu, Teodor Chiscaneanu, Lucia Botezatu, Costela Corciova, Antoniu Octavian Petris, Catalina Arsenescu-Georgescu, Delia Salaru, Dan Mihai Alexandrescu, Carmjen Plesoianu, Ana Tanasa, Ovidiu Mitu, Irina Iuliana Costache, Ionut Tudorancea, Catalin Usurelu, Gabriela Eminovici, Ioan Manitiu, Oana Stoia, Adriana Mitre, Dan-Octavian Nistor, Anca Maier, Silvia Lupu, Mihaela Opris, Adina Ionac, Irina Popescu, Simina Crisan, Cristian Mornos, Flavia Goanta, Liana Gruescu, Oana Voinescu, Madalina Petcu, Ramona Cozlac, Elena Damrina, Liliya Khilova, Irina Ryazantseva, Dmitry Kozmin, Maria Kiseleva, Marina Goncharova, Kamila Kitalaeva, Victoria Demetskay, Artem Verevetinov, Mikhail Fomenko, Elena Skripkina, Viktor Tsoi, Georgii Antipov, Yuri Schneider, Denis Yazikov, Marina Makarova, Aleksei Cherkes, Natalya Ermakova, Aleksandr Medvedev, Anastasia Sarosek, Mikhail Isayan, Tatyana Voronova, Oleg Kulumbegov, Alina Tuchina, Sergei Stefanov, Margarita Klimova, Konstantin Smolyaninov, Zhargalma Dandarova, Victoriya Magamet, Natalia Spiropulos, Sergey Boldyrev, Kirill Barbukhatty, Dmitrii Buyankov, Vladimir Yurin, Yuriy Gross, Maksim Boronin, Mariya Mikhaleva, Mariya Shablovskaya, Alex Zotov, Daniil Borisov, Vasily Tereshchenko, Ekaterina Zubova, A. Kuzmin, Ivan Tarasenko, Alishir Gamzaev, Natalya Borovkova, Tatyana Koroleva, Svetlana Botova, Ilya Pochinka, Vera Dunaeva, Victoria Teplitskaya, Elena I. Semenova, Olga V. Korabel'Nikova, Denis S. Simonov, Elena Denisenko, Natalia Harina, Natalia Yarohno, Svetlana Alekseeva, Julia Abydenkova, Lyubov Shabalkina, Olga Mayorova, Valeriy Tsechanovich, Igor Medvedev, Michail Lepilin, PenzaEvgenii Nemchenko, Vadim Karnahin, Vasilya Safina, Yaroslav Slastin, Venera Gilfanova, Roman Gorbunov, Ramis Jakubov, Aigul Fazylova, Mansur Poteev, Laysan Vazetdinova, Indira Tarasova, Rishat Irgaliyev, Olga Moiseeva, Mikhail Gordeev, Olga Irtyuga, Raisa Moiseeva, Nina Ostanina, Dmitry Zverev, Patimat Murtazalieva, Dmitry Kuznetsov, Mariya Skurativa, Larisa Polyaeva, Kirill Mihaiilov, Biljana Obrenovic-Kircanski, Svetozar Putnik, Dragan Simic, Milan Petrovic, Natasa Markovic Nikolic, Ljiljana Jovovic, Dimitra Kalimanovska Ostric, Milan Brajovic, Milica Dekleva Manojlovic, Vladimir Novakovic, Danijela Zamaklar-Trifunovic, Bojana Orbovic, Olga Petrovic, Marija Boricic-Kostic, Kristina Andjelkovic, Marko Milanov, Maja Despotovic-Nikolic, Sreten Budisavljevic, Sanja Veljkovic, Nataša Cvetinovic, Daniijela Lepojevic, Aleksandra Todorovic, Aleksandra Nikolic, Branislava Borzanovic, Ljiljana Trkulja, Slobodan Tomic, Milan Vukovic, Jelica Milosavljevic, Mirjana Milanovic, Vladan Stakic, Aleksandra Cvetkovic, Suzana Milutinovic, Olivera Bozic, Miodrag Miladinovic, Zoran Nikolic, Dinka Despotovic, Dimitrije Jovanovic, Anastazija Stojsic-Milosavljevic, Aleksandra Ilic, Mirjana Sladojevic, Stamenko Susak, Srdjan Maletin, Salvo Pavlovic, Vladimir Kuzmanovic, Nikola Ivanovic, Jovana Dejanovic, Dusan Ruzicic, Dragana Drajic, Danijel Cvetanovic, Marija Mirkovic, Jon Omoran, Roman Margoczy, Katarina Sedminova, Adriana Reptova, Eva Baranova, Tatiana Valkovicova, Gabriel Valocik, Marian Kurecko, Marianna Vachalcova, Alzbeta Kollarova, Martin Studencan, Daniel Alusik, Marek Kozlej, Jana Macakova, Sergio Moral, Merce Cladellas, Daniele Luiso, Alicia Calvo, Jordi Palet, Juli Carballo, Gisela Teixido Tura, Giuliana Maldonado, Laura Gutierrez, Teresa Gonzalez-Alujas, Rodriguez Palomares Jose Fernando, Nicolas Villalva, Ma Jose Molina-Mora, Ramon Rubio Paton, Juan Jose Martinez Diaz, Pablo Ramos Ruiz, Alfonso Valle, Ana Rodriguez, Edgardo Alania, Emilio Galcera, Julia Seller, Gonzalo de la Morena Valenzuela, Daniel Saura Espin, Dolores Espinosa Garcia, Maria Jose Oliva Sandoval, Josefa Gonzalez, Miguel Garcia Navarro, Maria Teresa Perez-Martinez, Jose Ramon Ortega Trujillo, Irene Menduina Gallego, Daniel San Roman, Eliu David Perez Nogales, Olga Medina, Rodolfo Antonio Montiel Quintero, Pablo Felipe Bujanda Morun, Marta Lopez Perez, Jimmy Plasencia Huaripata, Juan Jose Morales Gonzalez, Veronica Quevedo Nelson, Jose Luis Zamorano, Ariana Gonzalez Gomez, Alfonso Fraile, Maria Teresa Alberca, Joaquin Alonso Martin, Covadonga Fernandez-Golfin, Javier Ramos, Sergio Hernandez Jimenez, Cristina Mitroi, Pedro L. Sanchez Fernandez, Elena Diaz-Pelaez, Beatriz Garde, Luis Caballero, Fermin Martinez Garcia, Francisco Cambronero, Noelia Castro, Antonio Castro, Alejandro De La Rosa, Pastora Gallego, Irene Mendez, David Villagomez Villegas, Manuel Gonzalez Correa, Roman Calvo, Francisco Florian, Rafael Paya, Esther Esteban, Francisco Buendia, Andrés Cubillos, Carmen Fernandez, Juan Pablo Cárdenas, José Leandro Pérez-Boscá, Joan Vano, Joaquina Belchi, Cristina Iglesia-Carreno, Francisco Calvo Iglesias, Aida Escudero-Gonzalez, Sergio Zapateria-Lucea, Juan Sterling Duarte, Lara Perez-Davila, Rafael Cobas-Paz, Rosario Besada-Montenegro, Maribel Fontao-Romeo, Elena Lopez-Rodriguez, Emilio Paredes-Galan, Berenice Caneiro-Queija, Alba Guitian Gonzalez, Abdi Bozkurt, Serafettin Demir, Durmus Unlu, Caglar Emre Cagliyan, Muslum Firat Ikikardes, Mustafa Tangalay, Osman Kuloglu, Necla Ozer, Ugur Canpolat, Melek Didem Kemaloglu, Abdullah Orhan Demirtas, Didar Elif Akgün, Eyup Avci, Gokay Taylan, Mustafa Adem Yilmaztepe, Fatih Mehmet Ucar, Servet Altay, Muhammet Gurdogan, Naile Eris Gudul, Mujdat Aktas, Mutlu Buyuklu, Husnu Degirmenci, Mehmet Salih Turan, Kadir Ugur Mert, Gurbet Ozge Mert, Muhammet Dural, Sukru Arslan, Nurten Sayar, Batur Kanar, Beste Ozben Sadic, Ahmet Anil Sahin, Ahmet Buyuk, Onur Kilicarslan, Cem Bostan, Tarik Yildirim, Seda Elcim Yildirim, Kahraman Cosansu, Perihan Varim, Ersin Ilguz, Recep Demirbag, Asuman Yesilay, Abdullah Cirit, Eyyup Tusun, Emre Erkus, Muhammet Rasit Sayin, Zeynep Kazaz, Selim Kul, Turgut Karabag, Belma Kalayci, Clinical sciences, Cardio-vascular diseases, and Cardiology

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Multivariate analysis, Clinical Decision-Making, Risk Assessment, Severity of Illness Index, decision making, surgery, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Intervention (counseling), medicine, Clinical endpoint, Humans, 03.02. Klinikai orvostan, guidelines, Symptomatic aortic stenosis, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Aged, 80 and over, business.industry, valvular heart disease, Disease Management, aortic stenosis, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Europe, Stenosis, Treatment Outcome, Echocardiography, Aortic Valve, Charlson comorbidity index, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, Female, Morbidity, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Follow-Up Studies, surgical aortic valve replacement
Abstract

BACKGROUND There were gaps between guidelines and practice when surgery was the only treatment for aortic stenosis (AS). OBJECTIVES This study analyzed the decision to intervene in patients with severe AS in the EORP VHD (EURObservational Research Programme Valvular Heart Disease) II survey. METHODS Among 2,152 patients with severe AS, 1,271 patients with high-gradient AS who were symptomatic fulfilled a Class I recommendation for intervention according to the 2012 European Society of Cardiology guidelines; the primary end point was the decision for intervention. RESULTS A decision not to intervene was taken in 262 patients (20.6%). In multivariate analysis, the decision not to intervene was associated with older age (odds ratio [OR]: 1.34 per 10-year increase; 95% CI: 1.11 to 1.61; P = 0.002), New York Heart Association functional classes I and II versus III (OR: 1.63; 95% CI: 1.16 to 2.30; P = 0.005), higher age adjusted Charlson comorbidity index (OR: 1.09 per 1-point increase; 95% CI: 1.01 to 1.17; P = 0.03), and a lower transaortic mean gradient (OR: 0.81 per 10-mm Hg decrease; 95% CI: 0.71 to 0.92; P < 0.001). During the study period, 346 patients (40.2%, median age 84 years, median EuroSCORE II [European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II] 3.1%) underwent transcatheter intervention and 515 (59.8%, median age 69 years, median EuroSCORE II 1.5%) underwent surgery. A decision not to intervene versus intervention was associated with lower 6-month survival (87.4%; 95% CI: 82.0 to 91.3 vs 94.6%; 95% CI: 92.8 to 95.9; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS A decision not to intervene was taken in 1 in 5 patients with severe symptomatic AS despite a Class I recommendation for intervention and the decision was particularly associated with older age and combined comorbidities. Transcatheter intervention was extensively used in octogenarians. (J Am Coll Cardiol 2021;78:2131-2143) (c) 2021 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.

Published
2021

9. Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus in a cardiac arrest survivor

Author

Maria Júlia Maciel, Alzira Nunes, Sofia Torres, Carla A. Sousa, Mariana Vasconcelos, and Paulo T. Araujo

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, Aftercare, Conservative Treatment, Multimodal Imaging, Text mining, Internal medicine, Atrial Fibrillation, medicine, Humans, Mitral annulus, Survivors, General Environmental Science, Aged, business.industry, Calcinosis, medicine.disease, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Heart Arrest, Echocardiography, lcsh:RC666-701, Cardiology, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Mitral Valve, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Calcification
Published
2020

10. Um Caso de Doença Cardíaca Metastática Revelada após Infarto Agudo do Miocárdio e Pericardite

Author

Maria Júlia Maciel, Sofia Torres, Mariana Vasconcelos, Carla A. Sousa, António J. Madureira, and Alzira Nunes

Subjects
Metástases Cardíacas, medicine.medical_specialty, Lung Neoplasms, Ressonância Magnética Cardíaca, Myocardial Infarction, Case Report, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Imagem Multimodal, 03 medical and health sciences, Pericarditis, Computed Tomography, 0302 clinical medicine, Pericardite, medicine, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, Infarto do Miocárdio, Cardiac metastases, Myocardial infarction, Gynecology, Tomografia Computadorizada, business.industry, Relato de Caso, Multimodality Imaging, medicine.disease, RC666-701, Neoplasias Pulmonares, Cardiac Magnetic Ressonance, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract

Introducao As metastases no coracao e pericardio sao muito mais comuns que os tumores cardiacos primarios e geralmente estao associadas a mau prognostico. , Embora sejam mais frequentemente assintomaticas, as metastases cardiacas podem simular doencas cardiacas primarias, como sindromes coronarias agudas, insuficiencia cardiaca congestiva e pericardite. , O câncer de pulmao e a fonte mais frequente de doenca cardiaca metastatica, seja por extensao direta ou por uma combinacao de disseminacao linfatica, hematogenica e transvenosa. , […] Um Caso de Doenca [...]

Published
2020

11. Benefits of Cardiac Rehabilitation in Coronary Artery Disease

Author

Vitor Araujo, Afonso Rocha, Maria Júlia Maciel, Joana Rodrigues, Fernando Parada-Pereira, Paulo T. Araujo, Helena Nascimento, Alzira Nunes, Roberto Pinto, and Marta Braga

Subjects
Male, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Chronotropic, medicine.medical_specialty, Acute coronary syndrome, medicine.medical_treatment, Coronary Artery Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Body Mass Index, Coronary artery disease, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Heart Rate, Interquartile range, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Obesity, Retrospective Studies, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Exercise Tolerance, Rehabilitation, business.industry, Body Weight, Retrospective cohort study, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, 030228 respiratory system, Cardiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Body mass index
Abstract

Purpose To evaluate the response of patients with obesity to a cardiac rehabilitation program (CRP), compared with patients without obesity. Methods We performed a retrospective analysis of 731 patients who completed phase II of a CRP after an acute coronary syndrome. The response to the CRP was assessed using the relative changes in exercise capacity (EC), resting heart rate (HR), and chronotropic index (CI). Results Only 23% of patients had obesity. Patients with obesity showed lower EC and CI at baseline and at the end of phase II of the CRP. Despite that, we reported a higher relative improvement for EC in patients with obesity (median [interquartile range], 23.9% [5.2, 40.8] vs 17.6% [8.1, 35.9], P = .043) and similar improvements in CI (10.9% [-1.4 to 34.2] vs 7.1% [-7.1 to 28.2], P = .100), compared with patients without obesity. There were no significant changes in resting HR. Conclusion Regardless of their lower exercise performance at baseline, patients with obesity had a remarkably positive response to the CRP compared with patients without obesity.

Published
2019

12. Temporal trends of lipid control in very high cardiovascular risk patients

Author

Sofia Torres, Maria Júlia Maciel, Sandra Amorim, Manuel Campelo, Paulo M. Araújo, Joana Rodrigues, Elisabete Martins, Alzira Nunes, Sérgio Machado Leite, and C X Resende

Subjects
Male, Acute coronary syndrome, medicine.medical_specialty, Coronary artery disease, C-LDL, Risk Factors, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, medicine, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, Humans, Lipid control, Medical prescription, Stroke, General Environmental Science, Aged, Dyslipidemias, Controlo lipídico, business.industry, Retrospective cohort study, Risco cardiovascular, medicine.disease, Lipids, Terapêutica hipolipemiante, Treatment Outcome, Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Disease Risk Factors, RC666-701, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Biomarkers, Kidney disease
Abstract

Introduction: Since 2011, the European guidelines have included a specific low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) target

Published
2019

13. Interação entre isolados de rizóbios e genótipos de tomateiro (Solanum lycopersicum)

Author

Benjamin Dias Osorio Filho, Bruno Treichel dos Santos, Felipe Henrique Huff, Patrick Thiago Lopes, Caren Alessandra da Rosa, Viviane Milbradt Prade, Alzira Nunes de Oliveira Neta, and Jéssica Maciel Machado

Subjects
General Engineering
Abstract

Com o melhoramento vegetal, as plantas de tomateiro (Solanum lycopersicum) são selecionadas com vistas a expressar o máximo do seu rendimento, tornando-se mais exigentes em fertilizantes e agrotóxicos. Na busca por sistemas mais sustentáveis de produção, necessita-se entender melhor as interações entre plantas e microrganismos promotores de crescimento. Estes podem ser utilizados como insumos biológicos, no entanto, sua eficiência pode depender da interação entre os genótipos dos organismos envolvidos. Dentre os microrganismos promotores de crescimento, estão os rizóbios, que realizam a fixação biológica de nitrogênio quando associados simbioticamente com leguminosas, que também podem estimular o crescimento de outras famílias botânicas por outros mecanismos. Assim, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi avaliar a produção de diferentes genótipos de tomateiros quando inoculados com quatro isolados de rizóbios. Foi realizado um experimento a campo, bifatorial, com delineamento experimental em blocos casualizados, com três repetições. Cada bloco continha 15 unidades experimentais com oito plantas inoculadas com meio de cultura contendo rizóbios. Foram utilizadas duas variedades crioulas e uma cultivar híbrida, inoculadas com os isolados UFRGS-VP16, UFRGS-Lc336, UFRGS-Lc348 e SEMIA-3007. Os frutos foram colhidos no começo da maturação, pesados e medidos. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de variância e teste Dunnett. As cultivares Cereja e Rosa, ambas crioulas, tiveram aumento de produção com a inoculação com rizóbios, enquanto a variedade Serato, híbrida, não obteve incremento de produção com essa prática.

Published
2017

14. An abnormal electrocardiogram in a hypothermic man

Author

Sofia Torres, Pedro G. Diogo, Manuel Campelo, Paulo M. Araújo, C X Resende, Maria Júlia Maciel, and Alzira Nunes

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, business.industry, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, Hypothermia, Electrocardiography, Text mining, lcsh:RC666-701, Internal medicine, RC666-701, Cardiology, Medicine, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, Humans, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, General Environmental Science
Published
2021

15. Embolization of a left atrial appendage closure device

Author

Diana Pissarra, Alzira Nunes, Maria Júlia Maciel, João Carlos Silva, Marta Tavares Silva, and Pedro Bernardo Almeida

Subjects
Appendage, medicine.medical_specialty, lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Closure (topology), Surgery, Left atrial, lcsh:RC666-701, Atrial Fibrillation, medicine, Humans, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Atrial Appendage, Embolization, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, General Environmental Science
Published
2021

16. Role of Left Ventricle Function in Cardiac Rehabilitation Outcomes in Stage B Heart Failure Patients

Author

Alzira Nunes, Fernando Parada-Pereira, Helena Nascimento, Paulo T. Araujo, Vitor Araujo, Roberto Pinto, Marta Braga, Afonso Rocha, Maria Júlia Maciel, and Joana Rodrigues

Subjects
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Chronotropic, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Risk Assessment, 03 medical and health sciences, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, 0302 clinical medicine, Interquartile range, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Myocardial infarction, Retrospective Studies, Heart Failure, Ejection fraction, Cardiac Rehabilitation, business.industry, Rehabilitation, Cardiorespiratory fitness, Retrospective cohort study, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Exercise Therapy, medicine.anatomical_structure, Treatment Outcome, 030228 respiratory system, Ventricle, Heart failure, Cardiology, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract

Purpose To study the role of left ventricle systolic function in cardiac rehabilitation program (CRP) response in stage B heart failure patients. Methods A retrospective analysis was completed of 691 patients with previous myocardial infarction that underwent a CRP, classified in 3 groups: preserved ejection fraction (pEF), mid-range ejection fraction (mrEF), and reduced ejection fraction (rEF). We compared the response to CRP analyzing the relative changes of estimated cardiorespiratory fitness (CRFe), resting heart rate (HR), and chronotropic index (CI). Results After exercise training (median [interquartile range]) mrEF (23.9% [9.7, 40.8]) and rEF (23.9% [9.7, 41.2]) groups had a better CRFe response to CRP than pEF groups (17.6% [0.0, 35.9]), P = .009. CI increased similarly in all groups. We found a small effect of CRP on resting HR. Conclusion Exercise-based CRP yields notable benefits to mrEF and rEF groups and the magnitude of its benefits is, at least, similar to that found in pEF patients.

Published
2019

17. The Role of Patent Foramen Ovale Closure in the Secondary Prevention of Cryptogenic Stroke: a Meta-Analysis Report

Author

Alzira Nunes, Sónia P. Pinto Pereira, José Pedro L. Nunes, Cristina Santos, and Scott E. Kasner

Subjects
Secondary prevention, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, MEDLINE, 020206 networking & telecommunications, Atrial fibrillation, 02 engineering and technology, medicine.disease, Clinical trial, Meta-analysis, Internal medicine, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, medicine, Patent foramen ovale, Cardiology, 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing, cardiovascular diseases, Closure (psychology), business, Stroke
Abstract

Background: Patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure has been compared to medical therapy for secondary prevention of recurrent cryptogenic stroke. Objectives: To produce an updated meta-analysis including only data from the primary analyses of clinical trials and to evaluate the role of PFO closure in the secondary prevention of recurrent stroke. Methods: Search in Medline (PubMed) and in ISI Web of Knowledge. Parameters under analysis and meta-analyses were: stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA) and atrial fibrillation (AF). Comprehensive Meta-analysis Software V.2.0 [...]

Published
2019

18. Cardiac rehabilitation in older patients: Indication or limitation?

Author

Paulo T. Araujo, Maria Júlia Maciel, Alzira Nunes, Vitor Araujo, Fernando Parada-Pereira, Joana Rodrigues, Helena Nascimento, Roberto Pinto, Marta Braga, and Afonso D. Rocha

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, Waist, medicine.medical_treatment, Perfil metabólico, Older population, 03 medical and health sciences, Qualidade de vida, 0302 clinical medicine, Idosos, Older patients, medicine, Retrospective analysis, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Triglycerides, General Environmental Science, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Programa de reabilitação cardíaca, Rehabilitation, Cardiac Rehabilitation, business.industry, Cholesterol, LDL, 030228 respiratory system, Male patient, lcsh:RC666-701, Cohort, Capacidade de exercício, Physical therapy, Quality of Life, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Rehabilitation interventions
Abstract

Objective: To assess the clinical impact of a cardiac rehabilitation program in an older population. Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of 731 coronary patients who attended phase 2 of a cardiac rehabilitation program between January 2009 and December 2016. We compared the response to the program of older (≥65 years) and younger (

Published
2018

19. Prevalence of auto-antibodies associated to pulmonary arterial hypertension in scleroderma - A review

Author

Alzira Nunes, Paulo M. Araújo, Carlos D. Vaz, José Pedro L. Nunes, Eduardo M. Vilela, Tiago Meirinhos, Ana Rita Godinho, and André C. Cunha

Subjects
Anti-nuclear antibody, Immunology, Human leukocyte antigen, Scleroderma, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Prevalence, Immunology and Allergy, Medicine, Humans, Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension, 030212 general & internal medicine, Receptor, Autoantibodies, 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, Scleroderma, Systemic, biology, business.industry, Autoantibody, medicine.disease, Pulmonary hypertension, biology.protein, Antibody, business, Anti-SSA/Ro autoantibodies
Abstract

The prevalence of auto-antibodies associated to pulmonary arterial hypertension in scleroderma patients was reviewed, based on reports cited in two major scientific databases. Data were collected on the following types of antibodies: antinuclear, anti-double-stranded DNA, anticentromere, anti-CENP-A, anti-CENP-B, anti-bicaudal D2, anti-nucleolar, anti-Scl-70 (anti-topoisomerase I), anti-topoisomerase II α, anti-RNP, anti-U1RNP, anti-U3RNP, anti-RNA polymerase III, anti-Th/To, anti-histone, antiphospholipid, anti-PmScl, anti-Sm, anti SSA (anti-Ro),anti SSB (La), anti-Ro52 (TRIM 21), anti-Ku, anti-B23, anti-RuvBL1, anti-RuvBL2, anti-fibrin bound tissue plasminogen activator, anti-endothelial cell, anti-phosphatidylserine-prothrombin complex, anti-endothelin-1 type A receptor, anti-angiotensin II type 1 receptor, anti‑carbonic anhydrase II, anti-fibroblast, anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide, anti-4-sulfated N-Acetyl-lactosamine, class I and II anti-human leukocyte antigen. Auto-antibodies were shown by different authors to be associated to this condition, with different prevalence values for each type of auto-antibody. Antinuclear antibodies, anti-centromere antibodies, antiphospholipid antibodies, anti-U3 RNP antibodies and anti-Th/To antibodies would appear to show a particularly important prevalence in scleroderma patients with pulmonary hypertension, appearing in about 8/10 (antinuclear), 1/ 2 (anti-centromere, anti-phospholipid), and 1/4 (anti-U3RNP, anti-Th/To) of patients. The available evidence points in the direction of a strong association between auto-immune mechanisms and pulmonary hypertension in the setting of scleroderma.

Published
2018

20. Cardiac pauses during sleep in a patient with sleep obstructive apnea and atrial fibrillation

Author

Isabel G, Junqueiro, Paulo M, Araújo, Alzira, Nunes, João, Quinaz, Delfim, Souteiro, Manuel, Campelo, Marta, Drummond, and José Pedro L, Nunes

Subjects
Original Article
Abstract

Cardiac rhythm disturbances are common in sleep apnea patients. The authors report on a 74-year-old female patient with atrial fibrillation, with a background history of arterial hypertension, obesity, and obstructive sleep apnea. Holter monitoring was performed, on 5 different occasions. Pauses were seen in every Holter monitoring, the number of which varied between 10 and 72. All pauses occurred during the sleeping period and adjacent hours (23:00–8:59 hours) with a single exception. In this patient, we can speculate that parasympathetic may predominate over sympathetic activity during sleep.

Published
2018

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