{"title":"Vasoplegic Syndrome under Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Successful Treatment with Methylene Blue.","authors":"Ahmet Aydin, Banu Katlan, Selman Kesici","doi":"10.36660/abc.20250070","DOIUrl":"10.36660/abc.20250070","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A vasoplegic syndrome is a state of hypotension that develops due to low systemic vascular resistance and is associated with a high mortality rate. Methylene blue is known to improve hypotension and reduce vasopressor requirements by increasing resistance in vasoplegia by inhibiting nitric oxide synthase. Here, we aimed to report on the use and effectiveness of methylene blue to treat severely hypotensive five vasoplegic syndrome cases despite extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. We concluded that Methylene blue can be used as a lifesaving treatment for vasoplegic syndrome refractory to standard supportive treatments, including ECMO.</p>","PeriodicalId":93887,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia","volume":"122 5","pages":"e20250070"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12212369/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144610573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond Limits: What 366 Consecutive Marathons Reveal about the Human Heart.","authors":"Fabricio Braga, Ricardo Stein","doi":"10.36660/abc.20250231","DOIUrl":"10.36660/abc.20250231","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93887,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia","volume":"122 5","pages":"e20250231"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12212385/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144610570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Echoes of the Past: The Intriguing Link between Chagas Disease and Insulin.","authors":"Marcia M Noya-Rabelo, Olga Souza","doi":"10.36660/abc.20250295","DOIUrl":"10.36660/abc.20250295","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93887,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia","volume":"122 5","pages":"e20250295"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12212383/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144610571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Cardiology Can No Longer Ignore Sexual Health?","authors":"Ricardo Stein, Filipe Ferrari","doi":"10.36660/abc.20250326","DOIUrl":"10.36660/abc.20250326","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93887,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia","volume":"122 6","pages":"e20250326"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12212391/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144610577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hospitalizations and In-Hospital Mortality from Heart Failure in Brazil: An Updated Overview.","authors":"Adriana Lopes Latado","doi":"10.36660/abc.20250284","DOIUrl":"10.36660/abc.20250284","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93887,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia","volume":"122 6","pages":"e20250284"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12212390/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144610576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Murat Gök, Alparslan Kurtul, Orçun Demir, Kenan Yalta
{"title":"Association between Glucose/lymphocytes Ratio and Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Myocardial Infarction without Diabetes Mellitus.","authors":"Murat Gök, Alparslan Kurtul, Orçun Demir, Kenan Yalta","doi":"10.36660/abc.20240869","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20240869","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Glucose metabolism and systemic inflammation appears to be strongly related to many cardiovascular diseases. Glucose to lymphocyte ratio (GLR), a novel promising marker, has been recognized as a reliable predictor of prognosis in various cancers. However, there are still no studies on the association of cardiovascular disease with GLR.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This analysis aimed to uncover the potential association between GLR and the risk for contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in a ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Clinical data of 592 nondiabetic STEMI patients managed with PPCI from February 2021 to February 2023 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients with end-stage kidney disease, missing laboratory data, cancers, inflammatory/infectious diseases, or died during the procedure or within 24 hours after the procedure were excluded. The receiver operating characteristic curve was used to determine the optimal cutoff of GLR in CI-AKI. Based on the cutoff value, the study population was categorized into high-GLR (≥4.16) and low-GLR (<4.16) groups. The level of significance adopted in the statistical analysis was 5%.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall CI-AKI incidence was 7.4%. The high-GLR group showed a higher CI-AKI incidence in comparison to the low-GLR group (30.9%vs1.3%, p<0.001). Following adjustment for potential confounders, high-GLR still served as an independent predictor for CI-AKI (odds ratio [OR] 45.100, 95% confidence interval [CI] 7.312-278.174, p<0.001), as well as creatinine at admission (OR:10.459, 95%CI 1.169-93.583, p=0.036).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In conclusion, a high GLR level served as an independent risk factor for CI-AKI evolution after PPCI in subjects with STEMI without diabetes mellitus.</p>","PeriodicalId":93887,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia","volume":"122 8","pages":"e20240869"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144982253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José Nunes de Alencar, Bruno Robalinho Cavalcanti, Guilherme Augusto Teodoro Athayde
{"title":"Medical Reversals, Spins and Divergent Results in Cardiology Trials.","authors":"José Nunes de Alencar, Bruno Robalinho Cavalcanti, Guilherme Augusto Teodoro Athayde","doi":"10.36660/abc.20240884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20240884","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cardiovascular medicine has witnessed remarkable breakthroughs, yet even highly regarded interventions can be undermined by flawed reasoning, excessive mechanistic assumptions, and the selective reporting of data. This article examines crucial pitfalls in contemporary cardiology, such as medical reversals, the impact of spin, and how bayesian methods can offer greater clarity in evaluating evidence, as they integrate prior knowledge with new data to generate more probabilistic, context-driven conclusions. This review advocates for a measured, critical approach to research appraisal, cautioning cardiologists against uncritically accepting trial conclusions at face value. Adopting this vigilant stance will help ensure that emerging therapies and interventions genuinely advance patient outcomes, guiding physicians toward more credible, transparent, and beneficial strategies in the ever-evolving field of cardiovascular medicine. Such vigilance is important to preserve the integrity of scientific inquiry and meaningful progress in patient care. This approach promotes reliability of published data.</p>","PeriodicalId":93887,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia","volume":"122 7","pages":"e20240884"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144982308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zenia Brasil, Francisco Antonio H Fonseca, Marco Antonio Curiati, Sandra Obikawa Kyosen, Vanessa Gonçalves Pereira, Waleria Toledo Fonzar, João Bosco Pesquero, Francy Reis da Silva Patrício, Marcelo Hideki Yamamoto, Joyce Umbelino Yamamoto, Vania D'Almeida, Ana Maria Martins, Maria Cristina Izar
{"title":"Screening for Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency in a Lipid Clinic.","authors":"Zenia Brasil, Francisco Antonio H Fonseca, Marco Antonio Curiati, Sandra Obikawa Kyosen, Vanessa Gonçalves Pereira, Waleria Toledo Fonzar, João Bosco Pesquero, Francy Reis da Silva Patrício, Marcelo Hideki Yamamoto, Joyce Umbelino Yamamoto, Vania D'Almeida, Ana Maria Martins, Maria Cristina Izar","doi":"10.36660/abc.20240825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36660/abc.20240825","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D) is a rare autosomal recessive disease, with massive accumulation of cholesteryl esters and triglycerides in many organs, leading to hepatosplenomegaly, microvesicular steatosis, cirrhosis and premature death. Early recognition is crucial for timely enzyme replacement therapy.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To screen for LAL-D in subjects with dyslipidemias and/or liver disease at an outpatient lipid clinic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively assessed records from 2,018 adults and children using a screening algorithm including ALT/AST elevation >1.5 x upper limit of normality, LDL-C>160 mg/dL, HDL-C<40 (males) or <50 mg/dL (females) in adults, and LDL-C>130 mg/dL, HDL-C<45 mg/dL, in children. High-risk patients for LAL-D were selected for LAL enzymatic activity assay in dried blood spots using LAL inhibitor, Lalistat-2.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 2,018 screened patients, 21 (0.92%) were selected for LAL activity test, but only eight performed the test with normal results [mean LAL activity 0.077 ± 0.03 nmol/punch/h (reference value >0.024 nmol/punch/h)]. A child whose mother did not perform the test, had a post-mortem undetectable LAL activity. Further, the mother and three half-brothers confirmed LAL-D. Sequencing (NGS) of LIPA gene did not find pathogenic variants, not allowing to discard changes in non-coding region of the gene analyzed.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Identifying LAL-D remains a challenge, and an algorithm based on clinical and laboratory criteria may assist in selecting patients for LAL-D screening. Given its rarity and overlapping features with other genetic dyslipidemias, LAL-D is primarily a diagnosis of exclusion, often considered when other conditions have been ruled out.</p>","PeriodicalId":93887,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia","volume":"122 7","pages":"e20250825"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144982342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Artificial Intelligence Assistance in the Peer Review Analysis of Medical Articles: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Ethical Considerations.","authors":"André Zimerman, Andre d'Avila","doi":"10.36660/abc.20250315","DOIUrl":"10.36660/abc.20250315","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93887,"journal":{"name":"Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia","volume":"122 8","pages":"e20250315"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144982311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}