Managing Patients with Infectious Endocarditis and Neurological Complication — The Big Dilemma that Persists Until these Days
Conclusions: In this population, embolization to the CNS was common, more often presented as ischemic stroke, and was associated with longer hospitalization, although without significant differences in mortality. In patients with CNS embolization, those submitted to surgery had a good clinical evolution, while patients with septic shock and HIV infection had a worse outcome. These results should be interpreted with caution, taking into consideration that patients with more severe complications or more fragile were probably less often considered for surgery, resulting in selection bias. (Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Neurological Complications in Patients with Infective Endocarditis: Insights from a Tertiary Centre
Conclusions: In this population, embolization to the CNS was common, more often presented as ischemic stroke, and was associated with longer hospitalization, although without significant differences in mortality. In patients with CNS embolization, those submitted to surgery had a good clinical evolution, while patients with septic shock and HIV infection had a worse outcome. These results should be interpreted with caution, taking into consideration that patients with more severe complications or more fragile were probably less often considered for surgery, resulting in selection bias. (Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Radi Macruz – The Legacy of an Icon
(Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - April 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Three-dimensional Echocardiography Reveals the True Enemy in a Young Male with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Severe Mitral Regurgitation: Posterior Mitral Valve “Pseudo-Cleft” and Prolapse
(Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - February 5, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Isolated Right Ventricle Myocardial Infarction - Is the Right Ventricle Still the Forgotten Ventricle?
(Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - February 5, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

When Everything goes Wrong
(Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - February 5, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Very Long Apneas during Prone Position in a Lean Patient with Coronary Artery Disease: Implications for the Cardiovascular Risk
(Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - February 5, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Systematic Staged Percutaneous Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in Severe Inoperable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
(Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - February 5, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Dilated Cardiomyopathy Reversibility in Sheehan's Syndrome: A Case Report
(Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - February 5, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Pericardial Masses: A Rare Presentation of Tuberculous Pericarditis Documented by 3D Echocardiography
(Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - February 5, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Coronary Vasoreactivity after Complete Bioresorption of Absorb BVS at 5-Year Follow-Up
(Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - February 5, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Antenatal Diagnosis of Double Aortic Arch
(Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - February 5, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Covid-19 in Heart Transplant Recipients in São Paulo: A Case Series
(Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia)
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - February 5, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Position Statement on Fat Consumption and Cardiovascular Health – 2021
Resumo A fibrila ção atrial é a arritmia sustentada mais comum na prática clínica com predileção pelas faixas etárias mais avançadas. Com o envelhecimento populacional, as projeções para as próximas décadas são alarmantes. Além de sua importância epidemiológica, a fibrilação atrial é destacada po r suas repercussões clínicas, incluindo fenômenos tromboembólicos, hospitalizações e maior taxa de mortalidade. Seu mecanismo fisiopatológico é complexo, envolvendo uma associação de fatores hemodinâmicos, estruturais, eletrofisiológicos e autonômicos. Desde os anos 1990, o estudo Frami ngham em an...
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - February 4, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Confounding Factors in the Analysis of the Relationship between Aortic Arch Calcification with a Non-Dipper Blood Pressure Pattern
Resumo A fibrila ção atrial é a arritmia sustentada mais comum na prática clínica com predileção pelas faixas etárias mais avançadas. Com o envelhecimento populacional, as projeções para as próximas décadas são alarmantes. Além de sua importância epidemiológica, a fibrilação atrial é destacada po r suas repercussões clínicas, incluindo fenômenos tromboembólicos, hospitalizações e maior taxa de mortalidade. Seu mecanismo fisiopatológico é complexo, envolvendo uma associação de fatores hemodinâmicos, estruturais, eletrofisiológicos e autonômicos. Desde os anos 1990, o estudo Frami ngham em an...
Source: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - February 4, 2021 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research