… Álvaro Avezum Junior, André Feldman, Antônio Carlos de Camargo Carvalho, Antônio
Carlos Sobral Sousa, Antônio de Pádua Mansur, Augusto Elias Zaffalon Bozza, Breno de …

One of the most challenging situations in contemporary medicine is, doubtlessly, the approach
and treatment of patients presenting with severe left ventricle failure. Since its first clinical …

OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the behavior of serum albumin concentrations in response to
metabolic stress that is associated with cardiac surgery and the role of this protein as a …

BACKGROUND: Myocardial performance index (MPI) has been used to assess global
ventricular function in different types of cardiac disease. Thyroid hormones influence cardiac …

Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction harbingers adverse prognosis in pulmonary arterial
hypertension (PAH). Although conventional two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) is limited …

Objective: To evaluate the impact of a short-term neuromuscular electrical stimulation
program on exercise tolerance in hospitalized patients with advanced heart failure who have …

Purpose To characterize the phenotypes of older adults with low lean mass and osteoporosis,
concomitantly or isolated, in regards to poor physical performance and frailty status. …

Purpose To assess the nutritional status of children with congenital heart disease with left-to-right
shunt and the nutritional disturbances related to the presence of pulmonary …

BACKGROUND: Despite numerous studies on endotracheal tube cuff pressure (CP)
management, the literature has yet to establish a technique capable of adequately filling the cuff …

Background A pharmacodynamic comparison between ticagrelor and prasugrel after
fibrinolytic therapy has not yet been performed. Methods In the single-center SAMPA trial, 50 …