Desfechos de curto e médio prazos de pacientes com e sem disfunção ventricular esquerda submetidos ao implante transcateter de prótese valvar aórtica
Conclusions TAVI in patients with severe AoS and LVEF ≤ 40% does not increase the risk of complications and is associated with LVEF improvement. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Prevalência, etiologia e características dos pacientes com infarto agudo do miocárdio tipo 2
Conclusions Few patients with STEMI were classified as type‐2; they had structural abnormalities, isolated or associated with the absence of significant lesions; showed little difference regarding the clinical and laboratory profile, and similar clinical outcomes at 30 days, when compared to patients with type‐1 AMI. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Resultados iniciais e tardios de pacientes tratados com stent híbrido eluidor de sirolimus ou stent eluidor de everolimus
Conclusions Orsiro and Xience™ V stents showed similar performance, with low rates of early and late clinical and angiographic events. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Impacto do uso prévio 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 - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Impacto da cirurgia de revascularização 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 - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Diferenças 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 - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Perfil clínico 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 - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Denervação 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 - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Tratamento transcateter da insuficiência 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 - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Obstrução 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 - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Intervenções 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 - January 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Tratamento percutâneo de pseudoaneurismas do ventrículo esquerdo e da aorta: série de três casos
We present two cases of left ventricular pseudoaneurysms treated by transapical approach without need for cardiopulmonary bypass, and one case of aortic pseudoaneurysm treated by femoral approach, in which a snare was introduced by contralateral access, to allow for adequate support and guidance of the long sheath for accessing the defect. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - August 14, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Artéria coronária única com origem no seio de Valsalva direito
We report the case of a 75 year‐old woman who underwent cardiac catheterization, which showed the left main coronary artery with an anomalous origin next to the right coronary artery in the right coronary sinus and with a retroaortic course. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - August 14, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Intervenção coronária percutânea primária em paciente com artéria descendente anterior dupla
We report a patient with type I dual left anterior descending artery, with acute anterior wall ST elevation myocardial infarction, referred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - August 14, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Procedimentos percutâneos combinados em defeitos estruturais e congênitos
Conclusions The small number of reported cases showed that the combined procedures were safe and effective and can be reproduced by experienced operators in specialized centers and may be considered as the first therapeutic option in these patients. (Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva)
Source: Revista Brasileira de Cardiologia Invasiva - August 14, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research