Rose Mary Ferreira Lisboa da Silva, Jéssica Silva de Paula, Daniela Tereza Gonçalves Manso, Gabriela Veloso de Freitas, Marcelo Augusto Antunes de Carvalho, Paulo Victor Alves Pinto, Pollyanna Antônia Duarte Vitor & Leonardo Roever·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2020
Background: Syncope is a common sign with an inpatient rate of up to 83%. Data on sex differences of patients with syncope in the emergency and hospitalization are scarce. Aim: The present study aimed to verify sex differences regarding clinical profile, risk scores, causes of sy...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2020/v9i230133
Heart valve replacements are commonly performed these days in India with mitral valve replacement being most common of all. Thromboemboli are a major source of morbidity in patients with prosthetic heart valves. The incidence of clinically recognizable events ranges from 0.6% to...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2020/v9i230130
Rose Mary Ferreira Lisboa da Silva, Sara Magro Borigato, Ítala Ferreira de Jesus, Giovanni Oliveira Carvalho, Mariana Alves Gomes, Raissa Alves Pinto Moura & Isabella Capobiango Rodrigues·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2020
Background: Tachycardiomyopathy is a non-familial cause of heart failure that can be reversible. A high index of suspicion is necessary for its diagnosis and for a rational approach in the management of patients. Aims: To describe the clinical profile and verify the treatment and...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2020/v9i230131
Aims: Hemorheologic and microvascular dysfunction are interdependent in type 2 diabetic patients. However, exact mechanisms explaining this interaction remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the impairment of erythrocyte deformability under concurrent recording of elect...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2020/v9i130127
Gabriel Fazzi Costa, Daniele Melo Sardinha, Virgínia Mercês Lara Pessoa Oliveira, Faena Santos Barata, Paulo Henrique Viana da Silva, Ingrid Naiana Pinto Mafra, Larysse Caldas de Oliveira, Tatiana Fabíola da Silva Lima & Maria Catarina Anselmo Nunes·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2020
Aims: To verify the scientific evidence in the literature about nursing care after coronary transluminal angioplasty, from 2005 to 2019. Methodology: This is an Integrative Review, performed in the LILACS, MEDLINE and Google Scholar databases, including original and review articl...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2020/v9i130126
Daniele Melo Sardinha, Leila de Massena e Neiva Assis, Alexsandro Soares Amoedo, Katia Regina de Oliveira Gonçalves, Renato Hugo Dias Melo, Cassia Andreia Silva Lima, Jessica da Silva Ferreira, Jaqueline Cristina da Silva Belém, Jaqueline Dantas Neres Martin, Gabriel Fazzi Costa, Aurenice Monteiro Pinto Gualdez & Alziney Simor·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2020
Heart Failure is characterized by a complex clinical syndrome in which the myocardium has an inability to adequately pump blood to meet tissue metabolic needs, or can do so only at high filling pressures. Thus, the aim of this study is to describe the Nursing Diagnostics in patie...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2020/v9i230129
The truncus arteriosus communis is a very complex congenital cardiac malformation occurring in less than 1% of all congenital heart disease patients. Early repair remains one of the most challenging procedures in congenital cardiac surgery. Due to improvement in surgical reconstr...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2020/v9i130123
Background: Exercise stress test (EST) is recommended as the first-line investigation in major guidelines. It believed as a safe procedure. However, there is unignorable complications include hospitalisation, acute myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death. Case Presentation...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2020/v9i130124
Daniele Melo Sardinha, Ana Gracinda Ignácio Da Silva, Sandra Gouveia Gomes, Fabricia Carvalho Pamplona, Adriana Letícia Dos Santos Gorayeb, Milena Farah Damous Castanho Ferreira, Milene do Socorro Bastos de Carvalho & Juliana Conceição Dias Garcez·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2020
Background: Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in Brazil and worldwide, being influenced by the presence of risk factors. In the current life context, these factors are increasingly present in individuals, also related to occupation, which require extensive workl...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2020/v9i130125
Patent ductus arteriosus accounts for 5 – 10% of all congenital heart disease in children. Currently, transcatheter closure is standard of care. Device closure in PDA is usually done by an antegrade technique where PDA is crossed from the PA side. In some patients, this universa...
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