Impacto do uso pr évio de estatinas nos resultados da intervenção coronária percutânea na síndrome coronariana aguda
Conclusions ACS patients undergoing PCI who previously used statins had better in‐hospital clinical outcomes; however, statin use was not an independent predictor of MACCE. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - July 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Impacto da cirurgia de revasculariza ção miocárdica prévia em desfechos clínicos de pacientes submetidos à intervenção coronária percutânea primária
Conclusions In this contemporary analysis, patients with prior CABG undergoing primary PCI had a more severe clinical profile and lower angiographic success, but showed no differences regarding 30‐day clinical outcomes. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - July 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Diferen ças de gênero nos resultados da intervenção coronariana percutânea primária em pacientes com infarto do miocárdio com elevação de ST
Conclusions Women with STEMI had a more severe clinical profile and longer pain‐to‐door and door‐to‐balloon times than men. Females had higher in‐hospital mortality after pPCI, but the female gender was not identified as an independent predictor of death. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - July 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Perfil cl ínico e angiográfico de pacientes jovens submetidos à intervenção coronária percutânea primária
Conclusions Patients aged ≤ 45 years accounted for approximately 10% of cases of ST‐segment elevation acute myocardial infarction and exhibited high prevalence of modifiable risk factors. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - July 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Denerva ção simpática renal em pacientes com cardiodesfibrilador implantável e tempestade elétrica
Conclusions In patients with ICDs and electrical storm refractory to optimal medical treatment, renal sympathetic denervation significantly reduced arrhythmia load and, consequently, antitachycardia pacing and shocks. Randomized clinical trials in the context of renal sympathetic denervation to control refractory cardiac arrhythmias are needed to further support these findings. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - July 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Tratamento transcateter da insufici ência mitral grave no Brasil: uma novidade na área
Publication date: August–September 2015 Source:Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva, Volume 23, Issue 2 Author(s): Guilherme F. Attizzani, Corrado Tamburino (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - July 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Obstru ção coronária pós‐TAVI
Publication date: August–September 2015 Source:Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva, Volume 23, Issue 2 Author(s): Juan A. Terré, Ziad Sergie, George D. Dangas (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - July 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Interven ções transcateter em doenças cardíacas valvares
Publication date: August–September 2015 Source:Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva, Volume 23, Issue 2 Author(s): Áurea J. Chaves (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - July 20, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Tratamento percutâneo da insuficiência mitral por MitraClip®: relato dos dois primeiros procedimentos no Brasil
This report describes the first two procedures performed in Brazil using this device. Two female patients considered to be at high surgical risk due to advanced age and presence of comorbidities were treated, with degenerative mitral regurgitation due to prolapse/flail, associated with chordae tendineae rupture. In both cases, significant mitral regurgitation intensity reduction was obtained using the MitraClipTM, demonstrating the great potential of this innovative technology for the percutaneous treatment of mitral valve regurgitation. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Oclusão coronariana após TAVI: relato de estratégia de segurança
Publication date: August–September 2015 Source:Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva, Volume 23, Issue 2 Author(s): Fabio Rodrigo Furini, Valter Correia de Lima, Fabio Sândoli de Brito, Alessandra Teixeira de Oliveira, Marcela da Cunha Sales, Fernando Antonio Lucchese O implante de valva aórtica transcateter (TAVI) é uma alternativa para pacientes com estenose aórtica de alto risco cirúrgico e para muitos daqueles considerados inoperáveis. Apesar de sua característica minimamente invasiva, podem ocorrer complicações relacionadas ao procedimento. Obstrução coronária durante o TAVI é uma c...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Obstrução extrínseca do tronco da coronária esquerda causada por dilatação da artéria pulmonar associada à esquistossomíase
This report describes a patient with pulmonary hypertension secondary to schistosomiasis, who sought emergency care due to chest pain at rest. The clinical presentation and other information related to the case raised the suspicion of acute coronary failure, and a severe obstruction was identified in the left main coronary artery. The case report aimed to highlight the need for a differential diagnosis of chest pain complaints in these patients, and emphasizes the choice of percutaneous coronary intervention as an effective and safe treatment in this scenario. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Abordagem endovascular de paciente com fibrodisplasia de artéria renal bilateral associada a volumoso aneurisma renal
Publication date: August–September 2015 Source:Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva, Volume 23, Issue 2 Author(s): Patrick Bastos Metzger, Antonio Massamitsu Kambara, Heraldo Antônio Barbato, Fabio Henrique Rossi, Nilo Mitsuru Izukawa A fibrodisplasia muscular renal é de etiologia desconhecida, de origem não inflamatória e não aterosclerótica, estando associada ao desenvolvimento de estenoses e de aneurismas. Relatamos um caso de fibrodisplasia muscular renal bilateral associada a aneurisma volumoso de artéria renal tratado com angioplastia com balão e stent multicamadas. Renal artery fibrom...
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Uso de stents recobertos no tratamento da coarctação da aorta
Conclusions: The use of CS was safe and effective in this small case series. Further studies focusing on the long‐term evolution and the possibility of CS redilation are needed to support its use in children. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Reconstrução tridimensional de artérias coronárias a partir da integração do ultrassom intracoronário e da angiografia convencional
Conclusions This new methodology, which integrates conventional angiography and intravascular ultrasound, has increased the practicality of the reconstructions, with a gain in volumetric accuracy of the vessel and overall visualization of key aspects of atherosclerotic disease, such as plaque remodeling and distribution. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Diferenças entre as dimensões sistólica e diastólica do anel valvar aórtico na angiotomografia computadorizada em pacientes submetidos a implante percutâneo de prótese valvar aórtica por cateter
Conclusions Small differences were observed in the systolic and diastolic dimensions of the aortic valve annulus with computed tomography scan, which, although statistically significant, probably do not impact the selection of prosthesis or the procedure outcome. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research