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Infections in heart transplant recipients in Brazil: the challenge of Chagas' disease
(Elsevier B.V., 2010-03-01)
BACKGROUND: Despite the high incidence of infections after heart transplantation, there is limited information about its epidemiology in patients from countries where Chagas' disease is endemic.METHODS: We analyzed the ...
Insuficiente control de factores de riesgo en prevención secundaria cardiovascular
(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2005)
Improvement of heart rate variability after exercise training and its predictors in COPD
(W B Saunders Co Ltd, 2011-07-01)
Background: Current literature lacks solid evidence on the improvement of heart rate variability (HRV) after exercise training in patients with COPD.Objectives: We aimed to investigate changes in HRV after two exercise ...
Cor pulmonale in a patient with Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome: A case report
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2011)
Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome (BVVLS) is a rare neurological disease characterized by sensorineural hearing loss and multiple cranial nerve palsies, usually involving the VIIth and IXth to XIIth cranial nerves. We ...
Abnormal chronotropic reserve and heart rate recovery in patients with SLE: a case-control study
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2011)
Abnormal heart-rate (HR) response during or after a graded exercise test has been recognized as a strong and an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in healthy and diseased subjects. The purpose of the present study ...
Pulmonary hypertension diagnosed by right heart catheterisation in sickle cell disease
(EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTDSHEFFIELD, 2012)
Recent studies have recognised the importance of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in sickle cell disease (SCD). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and prognostic impact of PH and its features in patients with ...
Evidence that the degree of obstructive sleep apnea may not increase myocardial ischemia and arrhythmias in patients with stable coronary artery disease
(Faculdade de Medicina / USP, 2009)
There is controversy regarding whether obstructive sleep apnea is responsible for triggering myocardial ischemia, arrhythmias and heart rate variability in patients with coronary artery disease. OBJETIVE: The objective of ...
Gastrointestinal changes associated to heart failure
(2012-03-01)
Over the last decade, several studies were conducted on the gastrointestinal changes associated to chronic heart failure. This article presents a literature review on the physiopathology and clinical consequences of ...