AVALIAÇÃO DO NÍVEL DE CONHECIMENTO DOS PACIENTES SOBRE O TRATAMENTO DE SÍNDROME CORONARIANA AGUDA BASEADO NO MAUGERL CARDIAC PREVENTION-QUESTIONNAIRE

RESUMO Objetivos: descrever o nível de conhecimento do paciente em tratamento de síndrome coronariana aguda (SCA) Método: estudo transversal com aplicação do Maugerl Cardiac Prevention-Questionnaire aos pacientes com SCA submetidos ao cateterismo cardíaco (CATE) após alta da unidade coronariana de cuidados intensivos. Resultados: amostra composta de 50 pacientes, 76% do sexo masculino, com média de idade de 58 anos (±10.2), sendo que 72% apresentaram como principal fator de risco a hipertensão arterial sistêmica. Os pacientes apresentaram, de modo geral, bom índice de desempenho no questionário, apesar do baixo nível de escolaridade. A pontuação média no questionário foi proporcional à renda familiar (p=0,002) e ao nível de escolaridade (p=0,007) Conclusão: a utilização do instrumento O Micro-Q permitiu constatar que a escolaridade e o nível socioeconómico influenciam no entendimento do paciente sobre a própria doença. O instrumento foi uma ferramenta útil para a avaliação do nível de conhecimento do paciente acometido pela SCA, pois a adequada caracterização do perfil dos pacientes atendidos em cada instituição torna-se uma ferramenta facilitadora para planejamentos assistenciais e programas de vigilância em saúde

Cardiovascular Statistics - Brazil 2021.

This is the 2021 edition of the Cardiovascular Statistics – Brazil , a multi-institutional effort to periodically provide updated information on the epidemiology of heart diseases and stroke in Brazil. The report incorporates official statistics provided by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and other government agencies, by the GBD project led by the IHME of the University of Washington, as well as data generated by other sources and scientific studies, such as cohorts and registries, on CVDs and their risk factors. The document is directed to researchers, clinicians, patients, healthcare policy makers, media professionals, the public, and others who seek comprehensive national data available on heart disease and stroke

Identificação por métodos moleculares de organismos diazotróficos endofíticos e de solo

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Assessment of ventricular function in adults with sickle cell disease : role of two-dimensional speckle-tracking strain.

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hemoglobinopathy that is common worldwide. It usually presents with cardiac involvement, although data on systolic function are somewhat controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the value of speckle-tracking strain, a deformation index, in detecting ventricular dysfunction in SCD. Methods: Ninety adult patients with SCD were compared with 20 healthy controls. Doppler echocardiography with Doppler tissue imaging was performed in all, and the left and right ventricles were analyzed by the use of two-dimensional speckle-tracking strain. Results: The mean age of the patients with SCD was 26 years, and 43% were men. Left ventricular (LV) dimensions and mass were higher in patients with SCD, whereas LV ejection fraction did not differ from the controls. E and A waves, as well as E/e0 ratio, were also higher in patients with SCD. Two-dimensional speckle-tracking strain of both ventricles in the patients with SCD was not different from that of controls. The factors independently associated with LV longitudinal strain were age (P = .009), oximetry (P = .001), lactate dehydrogenase (P = .014), LV ejection fraction (P < .001), and right ventricular systolic annular velocity (P = .010). Conclusions: Ventricular enlargement with normal ventricular function was a frequent finding in SCD. Twodimensional speckle-tracking strain of both ventricles was similar in patients and controls, suggesting normal myocardial contractility in patients with SCD. LV global longitudinal strain was associated with age, intensity of hemolysis, and ventricular function. (J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2014;27:1216-22.

Clinical outcomes and progression rate of tricuspid regurgitation in patients with rheumatic mitral valve disease

Objective A substantial proportion of patients with rheumatic heart disease (RHD) have tricuspid regurgitation (TR). This study aimed to identify the impact of functional TR on clinical outcomes and predictors of progression in a large population of patients with RHD.Methods A total of 645 patients with RHD were enrolled, mean age of 47±12 years, 85% female. Functional TR was graded as absent, mild, moderate or severe. TR progression was defined either as worsening of TR degree from baseline to the last follow-up echocardiogram or severe TR at baseline that required surgery or died. Incidence of TR progression was estimated accounting for competing risks.Results Functional TR was absent in 3.4%, mild in 83.7%, moderate in 8.5% and severe in 4.3%. Moderate and severe functional TR was associated with adverse outcome (HR 1.91 (95% CI 1.15 to 3.2) for moderate, and 2.30 (95% CI 1.28 to 4.13) for severe TR, after adjustment for other prognostic variables. Event-free survival rate at 3-year follow-up was 91%, 72% and 62% in patients with no or mild, moderate and severe TR, respectively. During mean follow-up of 4.1 years, TR progression occurred in 83 patients (13%) with an overall incidence of 3.7 events (95% CI 2.9 to 4.5) per 100 patient-years. In the Cox model, age (HR 1.71, 95% CI 1.34 to 2.17), New York Heart Association functional class III/IV (HR 2.57, 95% CI 1.54 to 4.30), right atrial area (HR 1.52, 95% CI 1.10 to 2.10) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction (HR 2.02, 95% CI 1.07 to 3.84) were predictors of TR progression. By considering competing risk, the effect of RV dysfunction on TR progression risk was attenuated.Conclusions In patients with RHD, functional TR was frequent and associated with adverse outcomes. TR may progress over time, mainly related to right-sided cardiac chambers remodelling