[The impact of direct access to primary angioplasty on reducing the mortality associated with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the experience of the Algarve region of Portugal] [0.03%]
急性前壁心肌梗死直接冠脉介入治疗的开通效果及影响-阿尔加维地区经验报告
Nuno Marques,Ricardo Faria,Pedro Sousa et al.
Nuno Marques et al.
Introduction: There are few published data on mortality in anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in Portugal, particularly in centers with direct access to primary angioplasty. We present the experie...
Rita Calé,Maria José Rebocho,Carlos Aguiar et al.
Rita Calé et al.
The major limitation of long-term survival after cardiac transplantation is allograft vasculopathy, which consists of concentric and diffuse intimal hyperplasia. The disease still has a significant incidence, estimated at 30% five years aft...
Anomalous insertion of the papillary muscle in a patient with sickle cell disease: a normal variant with no left ventricular outflow obstruction [0.03%]
镰状细胞病患者乳头肌异常植入：无左心室流出道梗阻的正常变异型
Inês Zimbarra Cabrita,Julia Grapsa,David Dawson et al.
Inês Zimbarra Cabrita et al.
Cássia Eliana Basei Rossa,Paulo Ricardo Avancini Caramori,Waldomiro Carlos Manfroi
Cássia Eliana Basei Rossa
Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a major health problem, and has economic effects on enterprises. The workplace is thus an important environment for primary prevention of risk factors for cardiovascular disease. ...
Ana Rita Santos,Bruno Stuart,Carlos Cotrim et al.
Ana Rita Santos et al.
We describe the case of a 76-year-old woman, diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor of the cecum in 2004, with liver metastases and carcinoid syndrome since September 2010. The patient had been treated intermittently with chemotherapy cycles...
Paulo Torres-Ramalho,José Paulo Araújo,Paulo Bettencourt et al.
Paulo Torres-Ramalho et al.
Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most prevalent valvular heart disease in developed countries. Diagnosis, risk stratification and monitoring are usually based on clinical and echocardiographic parameters. Complementary methods are needed to impr...
Renal artery aneurysm: an endovascular treatment for a rare cause of hypertension [0.03%]
肾动脉瘤：一种罕见的高血压病因的血管内治疗方法
Nádia Moreira,Mariano Pêgo,Vítor Carvalheiro et al.
Nádia Moreira et al.
Renal artery aneurysms are a rare cause of secondary hypertension. Endovascular treatment with a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-coated stent can exclude aneurysms and treat hypertension. We report the case of a 23-year-old man with hyperten...
[Primary PCI in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: mode of referral and time to PCI] [0.03%]
[急性ST段抬高型心肌梗死急诊PCI的转诊方式和门球时间]
Pedro Jerónimo Sousa,Rui Campante Teles,João Brito et al.
Pedro Jerónimo Sousa et al.
Introduction: According to the current guidelines for treatment of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) should be performed within 90 min of first medical contact and total ...
Paolo G Pino,Amedeo Pergolini,Giordano Zampi
Paolo G Pino
Pedro de Araújo Gonçalves,Manuel de Sousa Almeida,Patricia Branco et al.
Pedro de Araújo Gonçalves et al.
Hypertension is an important cardiovascular risk factor and although there have been many improvements in pharmacological treatment, a significant percentage of patients are still considered resistant. The authors describe two cases of radi...