Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia最新文献

{"title":"Analysis of low-density lipoprotein in diabetic patients using the Martin/Hopkins and Sampson equationsReply.","authors":"Cristian Rodrigues do Nascimento, Rodrigo Mendes, Carlos Alberto de Lima Botelho Filho, Romero Henrique de Almeida Barbosa, Pedro Pereira Tenório","doi":"10.36660/abc.20220859","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20220859","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8399,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia","volume":"120 5","pages":"e20220859"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10348386/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10176074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Erratum.","authors":"","doi":"10.36660/abc.20230306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20230306","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article doi: 10.36660/abc.20230203] [This corrects the article doi: 10.36660/abc.20220734].</p>","PeriodicalId":8399,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia","volume":"120 5","pages":"e20230306"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10348381/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10176073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Influence of Arm Fat on the Indirect Measurement of Blood Pressure: A Statistical and Machine Learning Approach.","authors":"Paôla de Oliveira Souza,&nbsp;José Maria Parente de Oliveira,&nbsp;Letícia Helena Januário","doi":"10.36660/abc.20220484","DOIUrl":"10.36660/abc.20220484","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The indirect measurement of blood pressure (BP) is known to be influenced by many factors such as the technique, observer, and equipment; however, the influence of arm composition has not been investigated yet.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify the influence of arm fat on the indirect measurement of blood pressure using statistical inference and machine learning models.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional study, with 489 healthy young adults aged from 18 to 29 years old. Measurements of arm length (AL), arm circumference (AC) and arm fat index (AFI) were taken. BP was measured in both arms simultaneously. Data were processed using Python 3.0 and its specific packages for descriptive analysis, regression and cluster analysis. Significance levels: 5% for all calculations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>BP and anthropometric measurements were different between the hemi-bodies. In the right arm, systolic blood pressure (SBP), AL and AFI were higher, while AC was similar compared with the left arm. AL and AC showed positive correlation with SBP. According to the regression model, for a fixed value of AC and AL, SBP readings could be reduced by a mean of 1.80 mmHg in the right arm, and 1.62 mmHg in the left arm for every 10% increase in AFI. Clustering analysis corroborated the regression results.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There was a significant influence of AFI on BP readings. SBP had a positive correlation with AL and AC, and a negative correlation with AFI, suggesting the need for further investigations on the relationship between BP and percentages of arm muscle and fat.</p>","PeriodicalId":8399,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia","volume":"120 5","pages":"e20220484"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10348388/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10232428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"mRNA, miRNA, lncRNA, ceRNA: The Future of Cardiovascular Research?","authors":"Gustavo Augusto Ferreira Mota,&nbsp;Mariana Gatto,&nbsp;Cristina Schmitt Gregolin,&nbsp;Sérgio Luiz Borges de Souza,&nbsp;Marina Politi Okoshi","doi":"10.36660/abc.20230209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20230209","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8399,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia","volume":"120 4","pages":"e20230209"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10263425/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10232427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Human Development Index and Chronic Diseases in Brazil between 1980 and 2019.","authors":"Alfredo José Mansur,&nbsp;Lucia Pereira Barroso","doi":"10.36660/abc.20230213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20230213","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8399,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia","volume":"120 4","pages":"e20230213"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10263422/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10178458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intermittent Fasting and Blood Pressure Reduction: Related Mechanisms.","authors":"Rui Póvoa","doi":"10.36660/abc.20230265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20230265","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8399,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia","volume":"120 5","pages":"e20230265"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10263398/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10174605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Electrocardiogram of Brazilian Elite Football Players: Filling a Gap.","authors":"Ricardo Stein,&nbsp;Filipe Ferrari,&nbsp;Anderson Donelli da Silveira","doi":"10.36660/abc.20230090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20230090","url":null,"abstract":"Ricardo Stein,1,2,3 Filipe Ferrari,1,2 Anderson Donelli da Silveira1,2 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Cardiologia e Ciências Cardiovasculares, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,1 Porto Alegre, RS – Brasil Grupo de Pesquisa em Cardiologia do Exercício do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (CardioEx-HCPA),2 Porto Alegre, RS – Brasil Departamento de Clínica Médica da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,3 Porto Alegre, RS – Brasil","PeriodicalId":8399,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia","volume":"120 4","pages":"e20230090"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10263416/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10176901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can Intermittent Fasting Associated with a Low-Carb Diet Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in Pre-Diabetics?","authors":"Luciana Nicolau Aranha","doi":"10.36660/abc.20230182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20230182","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8399,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia","volume":"120 4","pages":"e20230182"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10263434/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10178445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MINOCA Phenotypes - A Challenge for Patient-Specific Management.","authors":"Sofiya Lypovetska","doi":"10.36660/abc.20220705","DOIUrl":"10.36660/abc.20220705","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) is a puzzling clinical phenomenon with an unclear prognosis, characterized by evidence of myocardial infarction (MI) with normal or near-normal coronary arteries on angiography1. Currently, there are no guidelines for management, and many patients are discharged without a determined etiology, often meaning that optimal treatment gets postponed.We report three MINOCA case studies with main pathophysiological cardiac causes, particularly epicardial, microvascular, and non-ischemic, prompting differential management. The patients presented with acute chest pain, troponin raise, and no angiographically significant coronary disease.In this study, we analyzed the etiology, clinical diagnosis, and treatment of MINOCA concerning the relevant literature.MINOCA is considered to be a dynamic working diagnosis, including coronary, myocardial, and non-coronary disorders. Prospective studies and registries are needed to improve patient care and outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":8399,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia","volume":"120 6","pages":"e20220705"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10263403/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10174598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prognostic Assessment of Fractional Flow Reserve in Different Strata in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.","authors":"Denise Pellegrini,&nbsp;Paulo R A Caramori,&nbsp;Ricardo Czarnobai Soccol,&nbsp;Ricardo Lasevitch,&nbsp;Gustavo Luís Agostini,&nbsp;Alice Dussin,&nbsp;Flavio Vinicius Costa Ferreira,&nbsp;Mario Bernardes Wagner,&nbsp;Luiz Carlos Bodanese","doi":"10.36660/abc.20211051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20211051","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There are limited real-world data on the clinical course of untreated coronary lesions according to their functional severity.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the 5-year clinical outcomes of patients with revascularized lesions with fractional flow reserve (FFR) ≤ 0.8 and patients with non-revascularized lesions with FFR > 0.8.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The FFR assessment was performed in 218 patients followed for up to 5 years. Participants were classified based on FFR into ischemia group (≤ 0.8, intervention group, n = 55), low-normal FFR group (> 0.8-0.9, n = 91), and high-normal FFR group (> 0.9, n = 72). The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiac events (MACEs), a composite of death, myocardial infarction, and need for repeat revascularization. The significance level was set at 0.05; therefore, results with a p-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most patients were male (62.8%) with a mean age of 64.1 years. Diabetes was present in 27%. On coronary angiography, the severity of stenosis was 62% in the ischemia group, 56.4% in the low-normal FFR group, and 54.3% in the high-normal FFR group (p<0.05). Mean follow-up was 3.5 years. The incidence of MACEs was 25.5%, 13.2%, and 11.1%, respectively (p=0.037). MACE incidence did not differ significantly between the low-normal and high-normal FFR groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients with FFR indicative of ischemia had poorer outcomes than those in non-ischemia groups. There was no difference in the incidence of events between the low-normal and high-normal FFR groups. Long-term studies with a large sample size are needed to better assess cardiovascular outcomes in patients with moderate coronary stenosis with FFR values between 0.8 and 1.0.</p>","PeriodicalId":8399,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia","volume":"120 6","pages":"e20211051"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10263408/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10174602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}