FELIX JOSE ALVAREZ RAMIRES
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Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
LIM/11 - Laboratório de Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Fisiopatologia da Circulação, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/11 - Laboratório de Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Fisiopatologia da Circulação, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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conferenceObject Effects of sympathectomy on myocardium(2014) JORDAO, M.; RAMIRES, F.; PESSOA, F.; FONSECA, K.; ZANONI, F.; SOUZA, L.; SALEMI, V.; MADY, C.- Artéria coronária direita anômala com origem na artéria pulmonar e pericardite constritiva: uma associação inusitada(2013) SILVESTRE, Odilson Marcos; ADAM, Eduardo Leal; MELO, Dirceu Thiago Pessoa de; DIAS, Ricardo Ribeiro; RAMIRES, Felix J. A.; MADY, CharlesThe association of anomalous right coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery and constrictive pericarditis has never been showed in the literature. We present the first case of this unusual association in a patient with right heart failure. After diagnosis, the patient was referred to surgery and underwent phrenic-to-phrenic pericardiectomy; graft implant of right internal thoracic artery to right coronary artery; and ligation of the anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Such procedures solved the potential risk of sudden death related to anomalous right coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery and alleviated the symptoms of heart failure caused by constrictive pericarditis.
- Influence of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Insertion/Deletion Gene Polymorphism in Progression of Chagas Heart Disease(2020) ALVES, Silvia Marinho Martins; ALVARADO-ARNES, Lucia Elena; CAVALCANTI, Maria da Gloria Aureliano de Melo; CARRAZZONE, Cristina de Fatima Velloso; PACHECO, Antonio Guilherme Fonseca; SARTESCHI, Camila; MORAES, Milton Ozorio; OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, Wilson Alves de; MEDEIROS, Carolina de Araujo; PESSOA, Fernanda Gallinaro; MADY, Charles; LANNES-VIEIRA, Joseli; RAMIRES, Felix Jose AlvarezIntroduction: Chagas disease (CD) is a neglected disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. One-third of infected patients will develop the cardiac form, which may progress to heart failure (HF). However, the factors that determine disease progression remain unclear. Increased angiotensin II activity is a key player in the pathophysiology of HF. A functional polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene is associated with plasma enzyme activity. In CD, ACE inhibitors have beneficial effects supporting the use of this treatment in chagasic cardiomyopathy. Methods: We evaluated the association of ACE I/D polymorphism with HF, performing a case-control study encompassing 343 patients with positive serology for CD staged as non-cardiomyopathy (stage A; 100), mild (stage B1; 144), and severe (stage C; 99) forms of Chagas heart disease. For ACE I/D genotyping by PCR, groups were compared using unconditional logistic regression analysis and adjusted for nongenetic covariates: age, sex, and trypanocidal treatment. Results: A marginal, but not significant (p=0.06) higher prevalence of ACE I/D polymorphism was observed in patients in stage C compared with patients in stage A. Patients in stage C (CD with HF), were compared with patients in stages A and B1 combined into one group (CD without HF); DD genotype/D carriers were prevalent in the HF patients (OR = 2; CI = 1.013.96; p = 0.04). Conclusions: Our results of this cohort study, comprising a population from the Northeast region of Brazil, suggest that ACE I/D polymorphism is more prevalent in the cardiac form of Chagas disease with HF.
- Hybrid Approach of Aortic Diseases: Zone 1 Delivery and Volumetric Analysis on the Descending Aorta(2017) DUNCAN, Jose Augusto; DIAS, Ricardo Ribeiro; DINATO, Fabricio Jose; FERNANDES, Fabio; RAMIREZ, Felix Jose Alvares; MADY, Charles; JATENE, Fabio BiscegliIntroduction: Conventional techniques of surgical correction of arch and descending aortic diseases remains as high-risk procedures. Endovascular treatments of abdominal and descending thoracic aorta have lower surgical risk. Evolution of both techniques open debranching of the arch and endovascular approach of the descending aorta - may extend a less invasive endovascular treatment for a more extensive disease with necessity of proximal landing zone in the arch. Objective: To evaluate descending thoracic aortic remodeling by means of volumetric analysis after hybrid approach of aortic arch debranching and stenting the descending aorta. Methods: Retrospective review of seven consecutive patients treated between September 2014 and August 2016 for diseases of proximal descending aorta (aneurysms and dissections) by hybrid approach to deliver the endograft at zone 1. Computed tomography angiography were analyzed using a specific software to calculate descending thoracic aorta volumes pre-and postoperatively. Results: Follow-up was done in 100% of patients with a median time of 321 days (range, 41-625 days). No deaths or permanent neurological complications were observed. There were no endoleaks or stent migrations. Freedom from reintervention was 100% at 300 days and 66% at 600 days. Median volume reduction was of 45.5 cm(3), representing a median volume shrinkage by 9.3%. Conclusion: Hybrid approach of arch and descending thoracic aorta diseases is feasible and leads to a favorable aortic remodeling with significant volume reduction.
- Diretriz de Assistência Circulatória Mecânica da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia(2016) AYUB-FERREIRA, Silvia Moreira; SOUZA NETO, Joao David de; ALMEIDA, Dirceu Rodrigues; BISELLI, Bruno; AVILA, Monica Samuel; COLAFRANCESCHI, Alexandre Siciliano; STEFANELLO, Bianca; CARVALHO, Braulio Matias de; POLANCZYK, Carisi Anne; GALANTINI, Danilo Ribeiro; BOCCHI, Edimar Alcides; CHAMLIAN, Eduardo Gregorio; HOJAIJ, Elaine Marques; GAIOTTO, Fabio Antonio; PINTON, Fabio Augusto; JATENE, Fabio Biscegli; RAMIRES, Felix Jose Alvarez; ATIK, Fernando Antibas; FIGUEIRA, Fernando; BACAL, Fernando; GALAS, Filomena Regina Barbosa Gomes; BRITO, Flavio de Souza; CONCEICAO-SOUZA, Germano Emilio; RIBEIRO, Gustavo Calado de Aguiar; PINHEIRO JUNIOR, Jairo Alves; SOUZA, Januario Manoel de; ROSSI NETO, Joao Manoel; LIMA, Jose Lindemberg da Costa; MEJIA, Juan Cosquillo; FERNANDES, Juliana Rolim; BAUMWORCEL, Leonardo; MOURA, Lidia Ana Zytynski; HAJJAR, Ludhmila Abrahao; BECK-DA-SILVA, Luis; ROHDE, Luis Eduardo Paim; SEGURO, Luis Fernando Bernal da Costa; PINHEIRO, Mabel Leite; PARK, Marcelo; FERNANDES, Marcelo Ramalho; MONTERA, Marcelo Westerlund; ALVES, Marco Stephan Lofrano; WANDERLEY JUNIOR, Mauro Rogerio de Barros; HOSSNE, Nelson; FERNANDES, Paulo Manuel Pego; LEMOS, Pedro; SCHNEIDEWIND, Rafael Otto; UCHOA, Ricardo Barreira; HONORATO, Ronaldo; MANGINI, Sandrigo; FALCAO, Sandra Nivea dos Reis Saraiva; LOPES, Sergio Augusto Veiga; STRABELLI, Tania Mara Varejao; GUIMARAES, Tereza Cristina Felippe; CAMPANILI, Ticiane Carolina Goncalves Faustino; ISSA, Victor Sarli
- Omecamtiv mecarbil in chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: GALACTIC-HF baseline characteristics and comparison with contemporary clinical trials(2020) TEERLINK, John R.; DIAZ, Rafael; FELKER, G. Michael; MCMURRAY, John J. V.; METRA, Marco; SOLOMON, Scott D.; ADAMS, Kirkwood F.; ANAND, Inder; ARIAS-MENDOZA, Alexandra; BIERING-SORENSEN, Tor; BOHM, Michael; BONDERMAN, Diana; CLELAND, John G. F.; CORBALAN, Ramon; CRESPO-LEIRO, Maria G.; DAHLSTROM, Ulf; CORREA, Luis E. Echeverria; FANG, James C.; FILIPPATOS, Gerasimos; FONSECA, Candida; GONCALVESOVA, Eva; GOUDEV, Assen R.; HOWLETT, Jonathan G.; LANFEAR, David E.; LUND, Mayanna; MACDONALD, Peter; MAREEV, Vyacheslav; MOMOMURA, Shin-ichi; O'MEARA, Eileen; PARKHOMENKO, Alexander; PONIKOWSKI, Piotr; RAMIRES, Felix J. A.; SERPYTIS, Pranas; SLIWA, Karen; SPINAR, Jindrich; SUTER, Thomas M.; TOMCSANYI, Janos; VANDEKERCKHOVE, Hans; VINEREANU, Dragos; VOORS, Adriaan A.; YILMAZ, Mehmet B.; ZANNAD, Faiez; SHARPSTEN, Lucie; LEGG, Jason C.; ABBASI, Siddique A.; VARIN, Claire; MALIK, Fady I.; KURTZ, Christopher E.Aims The safety and efficacy of the novel selective cardiac myosin activator, omecamtiv mecarbil, in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is being tested in the Global Approach to Lowering Adverse Cardiac outcomes Through Improving Contractility in Heart Failure (GALACTIC-HF) trial. Here we describe the baseline characteristics of participants in GALACTIC-HF and how these compare with other contemporary trials. Methods and results Adults with established HFrEF, New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class >= II, ejection fraction <= 35%, elevated natriuretic peptides and either current hospitalization for heart failure or history of hospitalization/emergency department visit for heart failure within a year were randomized to either placebo or omecamtiv mecarbil (pharmacokinetic-guided dosing: 25, 37.5, or 50 mg bid). A total of 8256 patients [male (79%), non-white (22%), mean age 65 years] were enrolled with a mean ejection fraction 27%, ischaemic aetiology in 54%, NYHA class II 53% and III/IV 47%, and median N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide 1971 pg/mL. Heart failure therapies at baseline were among the most effectively employed in contemporary heart failure trials. GALACTIC-HF randomized patients representative of recent heart failure registries and trials with substantial numbers of patients also having characteristics understudied in previous trials including more from North America (n = 1386), enrolled as inpatients (n = 2084), systolic blood pressure <100 mmHg (n = 1127), estimated glomerular filtration rate <30 mL/min/1.73 m(2) (n = 528), and treated with sacubitril/valsartan at baseline (n = 1594). Conclusions GALACTIC-HF enrolled a well-treated, high-risk population from both inpatient and outpatient settings, which will provide a definitive evaluation of the efficacy and safety of this novel therapy, as well as informing its potential future implementation.
- Air Pollution's Impact on Cardiac Remodeling in an Experimental Model of Chagas Cardiomyopathy(2022) FONSECA, Keila Cardoso Barbosa; PESSOA, Fernanda Gallinaro; RIBEIRO, Orlando do Nascimento; HOTTA, Viviane Tiemi; IANNI, Barbara Maria; FERNANDES, Fabio; RIVERO, Dolores Helena Rodriguez Ferreira; SALDIVA, Paulo Hilario Nascimento; MADY, Charles; RAMIRES, Felix Jose AlvarezBackgroundChagas disease is characterized by intense myocardial fibrosis stimulated by the exacerbated production of inflammatory cytokines, oxidative stress, and apoptosis. Air pollution is a serious public health problem and also follows this same path. Therefore, air pollution might amplify the inflammatory response of Chagas disease and increase myocardial fibrosis. MethodsWe studied groups of Trypanosoma cruzi infected Sirius hamsters (Chagas=CH and Chagas exposed to pollution=CH+P) and 2 control groups (control healthy animals=CT and control exposed to pollution=CT+P). We evaluated acute phase (60 days post infection) and chronic phase (10 months). Echocardiograms were performed to assess left ventricular systolic and diastolic diameter, in addition to ejection fraction. Interstitial collagen was measured by morphometry in picrosirius red staining tissue. The evaluation of inflammation was performed by gene and protein expression of cytokines IL10, IFN-gamma, and TNF; oxidative stress was quantified by gene expression of NOX1, MnSOD, and iNOS and by analysis of reactive oxygen species; and apoptosis was performed by gene expression of BCL2 and Capsase3, in addition to TUNEL analysis. ResultsChagas groups had increased collagen deposition mainly in the acute phase, but air pollution did not increase this deposition. Also, Chagas groups had lower ejection fraction in the acute phase (p = 0.002) and again air pollution did not worsen ventricular function or dilation. The analysis of the inflammation and oxidative stress pathways were also not amplified by air pollution. Apoptosis analysis showed increased expression of BCL2 and Caspase3 genes in chagasic groups in the acute phase, with a marginal p of 0.054 in BCL2 expression among infected groups, and TUNEL technique showed amplified of apoptotic cells by pollution among infected groups. ConclusionsA possible modulation of the apoptotic pathway was observed, inferring interference from air pollution in this pathway. However, it was not enough to promote a greater collagen deposition, or worsening ventricular function or dilation caused by air pollution in this model of Chagas cardiomyopathy.
- Position Statement on Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiac Amyloidosis-2021(2021) V, Marcus Simoes; FERNANDES, Fabio; MARCONDES-BRAGA, Fabiana G.; SCHEINBERG, Philip; CORREIA, Edileide de Barros; ROHDE, Luis Eduardo P.; BACAL, Fernando; ALVES, Silvia Marinho Martins; MANGINI, Sandrigo; BIOLO, Andreia; BECK-DA-SILVA, Luis; SZOR, Roberta Shcolnik; MARQUES JUNIOR, Wilson; OLIVEIRA, Acary Souza Bulle; CRUZ, Marcia Waddington; BUENO, Bruno Vaz Kerges; HAJJAR, Ludhmila Abrahao; ISSA, Aurora Felice Castro; RAMIRES, Felix Jose Alvarez; COELHO FILHO, Otavio Rizzi; SCHMIDT, Andre; PINTO, Ibraim Masciarelli Francisco; ROCHITTE, Carlos Eduardo; VIEIRA, Marcelo Luiz Campos; MESQUITA, Claudio Tinoco; RAMOS, Celso Dario; SOARES-JUNIOR, Jose; ROMANO, Minna Moreira Dias; MATHIAS JUNIOR, Wilson; GARCIA, Marcelo Iorio; MONTERA, Marcelo Westerlund; MELO, Marcelo Dantas Tavares de; SILVA, Sandra Marques E; GARIBALDI, Pedro Manoel Marques; ALENCAR, Aristoteles Comte de; LOPES, Renato Delascio; AVILA, Diane Xavier de; VIANA, Denizar; SARAIVA, Jose Francisco Kerr; CANESIN, Manoel Fernandes; OLIVEIRA, Glaucia Maria Moraes de; MESQUITA, Evandro Tinoco
- SBC Guideline on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Cardiomyopathy of Chagas Disease-2023(2023) MARIN-NETO, Jose Antonio; JR, Anis Rassi; OLIVEIRA, Glaucia Maria Moraes; CORREIA, Luis Claudio Lemos; RAMOS JUNIOR, Alberto Novaes; LUQUETTI, Alejandro Ostermayer; HASSLOCHER-MORENA, Alejandro Marcel; SOUSA, Andrea Silvestre de; PAOLA, Angelo Amato Vincenzo de; SOUSA, Antonio Carlos Sobral; RIBEIRO, Antonio Luiz Pinho; CORREIA FILHO, Dalmo; SOUZA, Dilma do Socorro Moraes de; CUNHA-NETO, Edecio; RAMIRES, Felix Jose Alvarez; BACAL, Fernando; NUNES, Maria do Carmo Pereira; MARTINELLI FILHO, Martino; SCANAVACCA, Maurici Ibrahim; SARAIVA, Roberto Magalhaes; OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, Wilson Alves de; LORGA-FILHO, Adalberto Menezes; GUIMARAES, Adriana de Jesus Benevides de Almeida; BRAGA, Adriana Lopes Latado; OLIVEIRA, Adriana Sarmento de; SARABANDA, Alvaro Valentim Lima; PINTO, Ana Yece das Neves; CARMO, Andre Assis Lopes do; SCHMIDT, Andre; COSTA, Andrea Rodrigues da; IANNI, Barbara Maria; MARKMAN FILHO, Brivaldo; ROCHITT, Carlos Eduardo; MACEDO, Carolina The; MADY, Charles; CHEVILLARD, Christophe; VIRGENS, Claudio Marcelo Bittencourt das; CASTRO, Cleudson Nery de; BRITTO, Constanca Felicia De Paoli de Carvalho; PISANI, Cristiano; RASSI, Daniel do Carmo; SOBRAL FILHO, Dario Celestino; ALMEIDA, Dirceu Rodrigues de; BOCCHI, Edimar Alcides; MESQUITA, Evandro Tinoco; MENDES, Fernanda de Souza Nogueira Sardinha; GONDIM, Francisca Tatiana Pereira; SILVA, Gilberto Marcelo Sperandio da; PEIXOTO, Giselle de Lima; LIMA, Gustavo Glotz de; VELOSO, Henrique Horta; MOREIRA, Henrique Turin; LOPES, Hugo Bellotti; PINTO, Ibraim Masciarelli Francisco; FERREIRA, Joao Marcos Bemfica Barbosa; NUNES, Joao Paulo Silva; BARRETO-FILHO, Jose Augusto Soares; SARAIVA, Jose Francisco Kerr; LANNES-VIEIRA, Joseli; OLIVEIRA, Joselina Luzia Menezes; ARMAGANIJAN, Luciana Vidal; MARTINS, Luiz Claudio; SANGENIS, Luiz Henrique Conde; BARBOSA, Marco Paulo Tomaz; ALMEIDA-SANTOS, Marcos Antonio; SIMOES, Marcos Vinicius; YASUDA, Maria Aparecida Shikanai; MOREIRA, Maria da Consolacao Vieira; HIGUCHI, Maria de Lourdes; MONTEIRO, Maria Rita de Cassia Costa; MEDIANO, Mauro Felippe Felix; LIMA, Mayara Maia; OLIVEIRA, Maykon Tavares de; ROMANO, Minna Moreira Dias; ARAUJO, Nadjar Nitz Silva Lociks de; MEDEIROS, Paulo de Tarso Jorge; ALVES, Renato Vieira; TEIXEIRA, Ricardo Alkmim; PEDROSA, Roberto Coury; ARAS JUNIOR, Roque; TORRES, Rosalia Morais; POVOA, Rui Manoel dos Santos; RASSI, Sergio Gabriel; ALVES, Silvia Marinho Martins; TAVARES, Suelene Brito do Nascimento; PALMEIRA, Swamy Lima; SILVA JUNIOR, Telemaco Luiz da; RODRIGUES, Thiago da Rocha; MADRINI JUNIOR, Vagner; BRANT, Veruska Maia da Costa; DUTRA, Walderez Ornelas; DIAS, Joao Carlos Pinto
- Impacto da mortalidade da doença da aorta torácica no estado de São Paulo no período de 1998 a 2007(2013) DIAS, Ricardo Ribeiro; MEJIA, Omar Asdrubal Vilca; FERNANDES, Fábio; RAMIRES, Félix José Alvarez; MADY, Charles; STOLF, Noedir Antonio Groppo; JATENE, Fabio BiscegliBACKGROUND: The epidemiological characteristics of thoracic aortic diseases (TAD) in the State of São Paulo and in Brazil, as well as their impact on the survival of these patients have yet to be analyzed. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the mortality impact of TAD and characterize it epidemiologically. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of data from the public health system for the TAD registry codes of hospitalizations, procedures and deaths, from the International Code of Diseases (ICD-10), registered at the Ministry of Health of São Paulo State from January 1998 to December 2007. RESULTS: They were 9.465 TAD deaths, 5.500 men (58.1%) and 3.965 women (41.9%); 6.721 dissections (71%) and 2.744. aneurysms. In 86.3% of cases the diagnosis was attained during autopsy. There were 6.109 hospitalizations, of which 67.9% were males; 21.2% of them died (69% men), with similar proportions of dissection and aneurysm between sexes, respectively 54% and 46%, but with different mortality. Men with TAD die more often than women (OR = 1.5). The age distribution for deaths and hospitalizations was similar with predominance in the 6th decade. They were 3.572 surgeries (58% of hospitalizations) with 20.3% mortality (patients kept in clinical treatment showed 22.6% mortality; p = 0.047). The number of hospitalizations, surgeries, deaths of in-patients and general deaths by TAD were progressively greater than the increase in population over time. CONCLUSIONS: Specific actions for the early identification of these patients, as well as the viability of their care should be implemented to reduce the apparent progressive mortality from TAD seen among our population.