GUILHERME SOBREIRA SPINA
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Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
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article 17 Citação(ões) na Scopus Natriuretic Peptides and Long-Term Mortality in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis(2012) KATZ, Marcelo; TARASOUTCHI, Flavio; PESARO, Antonio Eduardo Pereira; LOPES, Renato D.; SPINA, Guilherme Sobreira; VIEIRA, Marcelo Luiz Campos; GRINBERG, MaxBackground and aim of the study: The natriuretic peptides, brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and its N-terminal prohormone (NT-proBNP), can be used as diagnostic and prognostic markers for aortic stenosis (AS). However, the association between BNP, NT-proBNP, and long-term clinical outcomes in patients with severe AS remains uncertain. Methods: A total of 64 patients with severe AS was prospectively enrolled into the study, and underwent clinical and echocardiographic assessments at baseline. Blood samples were drawn for plasma BNP and NT-proBNP analyses. The primary outcome was death from any cause, through a six-year follow up period. Cox proportional hazards modeling was used to examine the association between natriuretic peptides and long-term mortality, adjusting for important clinical factors. Results: During a mean period of 1,520 681 days, 51 patients (80%) were submitted to aortic valve replacement, and 13 patients (20%) were medically managed without surgical interventions. Mortality rates were 13.7% in the surgical group and 62% in the medically managed group (p <0.001). Patients with higher plasma BNP (>135 pg/ml) and NT-proBNP (>1,150 pg/ml) levels at baseline had a greater risk of long-term mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 3.2, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1-9.1; HR 4.3, 95% CI 1.4-13.5, respectively). After adjusting for important covariates, both BNP and NT-proBNP remained independently associated with long-term mortality (HR 2.9, 95%CI 1.5-5.7; HR 1.8, 95%CI 1.1-3.1, respectively). Conclusion: In patients with severe AS, plasma BNP and NT-proBNP levels were associated with long-term mortality. The use of these biomarkers to guide treatment might represent an interesting approach that deserves further evaluation. The Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2012;21:331-336- Effect of Penicillin G Every Three Weeks on Oral Microflora by Penicillin Resistant Viridans Streptococci(2012) AGUIAR, Andre Andrade de; SAMPAIO, Roney Orismar; SAMPAIO, Jorge Luiz de Mello; SPINA, Guilherme Sobreira; NEVES, Ricardo Simoes; MOREIRA, Luiz Felipe Pinho; GRINBERG, MaxBackground: Benzathine penicillin G every 3 weeks is the standard protocol for secondary prophylaxis for recurrent rheumatic fever. Objective: Assess the effect of Benzathine penicillin G on Streptococcus sanguinis and in patients with cardiac valvular disease due to rheumatic fever receiving secondary prophylaxis. Methods: Oral streptococci were evaluated before (baseline) and 7 days (day 7) after Benzathine penicillin G in 100 patients receiving routine secondary rheumatic fever prophylaxis. Saliva samples were evaluated for colony count and presence of S. sanguinis and S. oralis. Chewing-stimulated saliva samples were serially diluted and plated onto both nonselective and selective 5% sheep blood agar containing penicillin G. The species were identified using conventional biochemical tests. Minimal inhibitory concentrations were determined with the Etest. Results: No statistical differences were found in the presence of S. sanguinis comparing baseline and day 7 (p = 0.62). However, the existing number of positive cultures of S. oralis on day 7 after Benzathine penicillin G presented a significant increase compared to baseline (p = 0.04). No statistical difference was found between baseline and day 7 concerning the number of S. sanguinis or S. oralis CFU/mL and median minimal inhibitory concentrations. Conclusion: This study showed that Benzathine penicillin G every 3 weeks did not change the colonization by S. sanguinis, but increased colonization of S. oralis on day 7 of administration. Therefore, susceptibility of Streptococcus sanguinis and Streptococcus oralis to penicillin G was not modified during the penicillin G routine secondary rheumatic fever prophylaxis. (Arq Bras Cardiol 2012;98(5):452-458)
- Association between Immunological Diseases and their Similar Clinical Manifestations(2012) SOEIRO, Alexandre de Matos; ALMEIDA, Maria Carolina Feres de; ACCORSI, Tarso Augusto Duenhas; SPINA, Guilherme Sobreira; SERRANO JR., Carlos Vicente; TARASOUTCHI, FlavioWe report on a 30-year-old female patient, with biological mitral valve prosthesis due to symptomatic mitral stenosis and a history of acute myocardial infarction and generalized tonic-clonic seizure episodes, visual hallucinations, cerebral thromboembolic events and, at present, chorea and acute carditis. The patient was diagnosed with active rheumatic fever (RF), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). The combination of three unusual diagnoses in the same patient makes this a unique case, modifying patient treatment and prognosis.