NOEDIR ANTONIO GROPPO STOLF

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Departamento de Cardio-Pneumologia, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
LIM/11 - Laboratório de Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Fisiopatologia da Circulação, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina

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    Quality of life and physical capacity after long-term right ventricular pacing in young adults with congenital atrioventricular block
    (2012) SILVA, K. R.; COSTA, R.; OLIVEIRA JR., R. M.; MARTINELLI FILHO, M.; LACERDA, M. S.; HUANG, A.; ROSSI, M. B.; MATHIAS JR., W.; PIETROBON, R.; STOLF, N. A. G.
    Background: Although several studies have demonstrated the deleterious consequences of chronic right ventricular (RV) pacing on ventricular function and synchronicity, its effects on health-related quality of life (HRQL) and physical capacity remains uncertain. Objectives: To evaluate the effect of RV pacing on HRQL and physical capacity of children and young adults with congenital complete atrioventricular (AV) block. Methods: Fifty consecutive patients with permanent RV cardiac pacing due to congenital AV block and under clinical follow-up for more than one year were enrolled. Multidimensional HRQL was assessed with the Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) and Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ-PF50). Physical capacity was tested by the 6-minute walk distance test (6MWD). The scores for each domain and the distance performed at the 6MWD test were compared with demographic and clinical characteristics of patients, using the Student’s t-test and Qui-squaretest. Results: Domains presenting lower scores were Vitality (63.0±20.6), Pain(66.5±25.1) and Mental Health (67.3±20.4) in the SF-36 questionnaire; General Health Perceptions (64.0±15.0) and Parental Impact-Emotional (69.0±30.0) in the CHQ-PF50. Female gender (P=0.026), DDD pacing mode (0.008) and normal left ventricular ejection fraction (0.002) were associated with higher quality of life scores. The average distance performed at the 6MWD test was 677,2 meters (454,5 to 852,8). The 6MWD showed significant association with age (P=0.004), normal ventricular function (P= 0.031) and the absence of cardiovascular drugs use (P= 0.018). Conclusions: The results of this analysis indicated that chronic RV pacing did not affect the HRQL and physical capacity of young patients. Female gender, DDD pacing, normal ventricular function and the absence of cardiovascular medications were associated with better HRQL scores and with better results at 6MWD test.
  • article 22 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Comparative Analysis of the Complications of 5347 Endomyocardial Biopsies Applied to Patients After Heart Transplantation and With Cardiomyopathies: A Single-center Study
    (2012) FIORELLI, A. I.; BENVENUTI, L.; AIELO, V.; COELHO, A. Q.; PALAZZO, J. F.; ROSSENER, R.; BARRETO, A. C. P.; MADY, C.; BACAL, F.; BOCCHI, E.; STOLF, N. A. G.
    Introduction. Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) plays an important role in allograft surveillance to screen an acute rejection episode after heart transplantation (HT), to diagnose an unknown cause of cardiomyopathies (CMP) or to reveal a cardiac tumor. However, the procedure is not risk free. Objective. The main objective of this research was to describe our experience with EMB during the last 33 years comparing surgical risk between FIT versus no-HT patients. Method. We analyzed retrospectively the data of 5347 EMBs performed from 1978 to 2011 (33 years). For surveillance of acute rejection episodes after HT we performed 3564 (66.7%), whereas 1777 (33.2%) for CMP diagnosis, and 6 (1.0%) for cardiac tumor identification. Results. The main complications due to EMB were divided into 2 groups to facilitate analysis: major complications associated with potential death risk, and minor complications. The variables that showed a significant difference in the HT group were as follows: tricuspid Injury (.0490) and coronary fistula (.0000). Among the no-HT cohort they were insufficient fragment (.0000), major complications (.0000) and total complications (.0000). Conclusions. EMB can be accomplished with a low risk of complications and high effectiveness to diagnose CMP and rejection after HT. However, the risk is great among patients with CMP due to their anatomic characteristics. Children also constitute a risk group for EMB due to their small size in addition to the heart disease. The risk of injury to the tricuspid valve was higher among the HT group.
  • article 7 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Comparative experimental study of myocardial protection with crystalloid solutions for heart transplantation
    (2012) LIMA, Melchior Luiz; FIORELLI, Alfredo Inacio; VASSALLO, Dalton Valentim; PINHEIRO, Bruno Botelho; STOLF, Noedir Antonio Groppo; GOMES, Otoni Moreira
    Background: There is a growing need to improve myocardial protection, which will lead to better performance of cardiac operations and reduce morbidity and mortality. Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of myocardial protection solution using both intracellular and extracellular crystalloid type regarding the performance of the electrical conduction system, left ventricular contractility and edema, after being subjected to ischemic arrest and reperfusion. Methods: Hearts isolated from male Wistar (n=32) rats were prepared using Langendorff method and randomly divided equally into four groups according the cardioprotective solutions used Krebs-Henseleit-Buffer (KHB), Bretschneider-HTK (HTK), St. Thomas-1 (STH-1) and Celsior (CEL). After stabilization with KHB at 37 degrees C, baseline values (control) were collected for heart rate (HR), left ventricle systolic pressure (LVSP), maximum first derivate of rise left ventricular pressure (+dP/dt), maximum first derivate of fall left ventricular pressure (-dP/dt) and coronary flow (CF). The hearts were then perfused at 10 degrees C for 5 min and kept for 2 h in static ischemia at 20 degrees C in each cardioprotective solution. Data evaluation was done using analysis of variance in completely randomized One-Way ANOVA and Tukey's test for multiple comparisons. The level of statistical significance chosen was P<0.05. Results: HR was restored with all the solutions used. The evaluation of left ventricular contractility (LVSP, +dP/dt and -dP/dt) showed that treatment with CEL solution was better compared to other solutions. When analyzing the CF, the HTK solution showed better protection against edema. Conclusion: Despite the cardioprotective crystalloid solutions studied are not fully able to suppress the deleterious effects of ischemia and reperfusion in the rat heart, the CEL solution had significantly higher results followed by HTK>KHB>STH-1.
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    Comparative Study between Cavopulmonary Anastomosis Associated with Left Ventricular Assist Device Support and Biventricular Circulatory Assistance in Acute Biventricular Failure
    (2012) SANTOS, L. A. S.; MOREIRA, L. F. P.; BENICIO, A.; CESTARI, I.; MATTOS JR., E.; STOLF, N. G.
    Purpose: Right ventricular failure during left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support can result in severe hemodynamic compromise with high mortality. This study investigated the acute effects of cavopulmonary anastomosis on LVAD performance and right ventricular myocardial compromise in comparison with biventricular circulatory support, in a model of severe biventricular failure. Methods and Materials: LVAD support was performed by means of centrifugal pump implantation in 21 anesthetized pigs (20-30 kg) with biventricular failure obtained by ventricular fibrillation induction. Animals were randomized to be submitted to modified cavopulmonary anastomosis, to biventricular circulatory support or to control group. They were maintained under circulatory support and hemodynamic monitoring for 3h. Venous lactate and cytokines serum levels were also determined. Endocardium samples of the ventricles were collected and analyzed by electronic microscopy. Results: Ventricular fibrillation was responsible for acute LVAD performance impairment after 180 min in the control group. Cavopulmonary anastomosis resulted in non-significant improvement of LVAD pump flow in relation to control group (+55±14 ml/kg/min, p=0.072), while animals under biventricular support maintained higher LVAD flow performance (+93±17 ml/kg/min, p=0.012). Mean arterial pressure remained constant only in biventricular group (p<0.001), which also presented significant decrease of right atrial and ventricular pressures. Similar increases in lactate and cytokines levels were observed in the three groups. Ultrastructural analysis documented the presence of higher levels of myocardial mitochondrial swelling in control group (p=0.018). Conclusions: Concomitant use of cavopulmonary anastomosis during LVAD support in a pig model of severe biventricular failure resulted in non-significant improvement of hemodynamic performance and it did not effectively replace the use of biventricular support.
  • article 20 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Risk Factor Analysis of Late Survival After Heart Transplantation According to Donor Profile: A Multi-Institutional Retrospective Study of 512 Transplants
    (2012) FIORELLI, A. I.; BRANCO, J. N.; DINKHUYSEN, J. J.; OLIVEIRA JUNIOR, J. L.; PEREIRA, T. V.; DINARDI, L. F. L.; SANTOS, M. M.; DIAS, R. R.; PEREIRA, L. A.; STOLF, N. A. G.
    Introduction. Patients with terminal heart failure have increased more than the available organs leading to a high mortality rate on the waiting list. Use of Marginal and expanded criteria donors has increased due to the heart shortage. Objective. We analyzed all heart transplantations (HTx) in Sao Paulo state over 8 years for donor profile and recipient risk factors. Method. This multi-institutional review collected HTx data from all institutions in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. From 2002 to 2008 (6 years), only 512 (28.8%) of 1777 available heart donors were accepted for transplantation. All medical records were analyzed retrospectively; none of the used donors was excluded, even those considered to be nonstandard. Results. The hospital mortality rate was 27.9% (n = 143) and the average follow-up time was 29.4 +/- 28.4 months. The survival rate was 55.5% (n = 285) at 6 years after HTx. Univariate analysis showed the following factors to impact survival: age (P = .0004), arterial hypertension (P = .4620), norepinephrine (P = .0450), cardiac arrest (P = .8500), diabetes mellitus (P = .5120), infection (P = .1470), CKMB (creatine kinase MB) (P = .8694), creatinine (P = .7225), and Na+ (P = .3273). On multivariate analysis, only age showed significance; logistic regression showed a significant cut-off at 40 years: organs from donors older than 40 years showed a lower late survival rates (P = .0032). Conclusions. Donor age older than 40 years represents an important risk factor for survival after HTx. Neither donor gender nor norepinephrine use negatively affected early survival.
  • article 6 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini: uma biografia
    (2012) STOLF, Noedir A. G.; BRAILE, Domingo M.
  • article 16 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Tricuspid Valve Injury After Heart Transplantation Due to Endomyocardial Biopsy: An Analysis of 3550 Biopsies
    (2012) FIORELLI, A. I.; COELHO, G. H. B.; AIELLO, V. D.; BENVENUTI, L. A.; PALAZZO, J. F.; SANTOS JUNIOR, V. P.; CANIZARES, B.; DIAS, R. R.; STOLF, N. A. G.
    Introduction. Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is the most commonly valvular dysfunction found after heart transplantation (HTx). It may be related to endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) performed for allograft rejection surveillance. Objective. This investigation evaluated the presence of tricuspid valve tissue fragments obtained during routine EMB performed after HTx and its possible effect on short-term and long-term hemodynamic status. Method. This single-center review included prospectively collected and retrospectively analyzed data. From 1985 to 2010, 417 patients underwent 3550 EMB after HTx. All myocardial specimens were reviewed to identify the presence of tricuspid valve tissue by 2 observers initially and in doubtful cases by a third observer. The echocardiographic and hemodynamic parameters were only considered for valvular functional damage analysis in cases of tricuspid tissue inadvertently removed during EMB. Results. The 417 HTx patients to 3550 EMB, including 17,550 myocardial specimens. Tricuspid valve tissue was observed in 12 (2.9%) patients corresponding to 0.07% of the removed fragments. The echocardiographic and hemodynamic parameters of these patients before versus after the biopsy showed increased TR in 2 cases (2/12; 16.7%) quantified as moderate without progression in the long term. Only the right atrial pressure showed a significant increase (P = .0420) after tricuspid injury; however, the worsening of the functional class was not significant enough in any of the subjects. Thus, surgical intervention was not required. Conclusions. Histological evidence of chordal tissue in EMB specimens is a real-world problem of relatively low frequency. Traumatic tricuspid valve injury due to EMB rarely leads to severe valvular regurgitation; only a minority of patients develop significant clinical symptoms. Hemodynamic and echocardiographic alterations are also less often observed in most patients.
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    PERFORMANCE OF LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION ON PATIENTS WITH STABLE MULTIVESSEL CORONARY DISEASE SUBMITTED TO MEDICINE, ANGIOPLASTY OR SURGERY: 10 YEARS FOLLOW-UPFROM MASS II TRIAL
    (2012) GARZILLO, Cibele L.; HUEB, Whady; LIMA, Eduardo Gomes; REZENDE, Paulo Cury; FAVARATO, Desiderio; SOARES, Paulo; HUEB, Alexandre Ciappina; STOLF, Noedir A. G.; RAMIRES, Jose; KALIL-FILHO, Roberto
    Background Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are assumed as effective therapeutic options for the protection of the ischemic myocardium. However, it is not established if those procedures are effective for left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) preservation. In this setting, we evaluated the evolution of LVEF in patients with stable multivessel coronary disease, submitted to CABG, PCI or medical treatment (MT) alone, after ten years of follow-up. Methods Echocardiography was performed on patients participants of MASS II trial, previously to randomization for CABG, PCI or MT, and after 10 years. LVEF was measured by the biplane method (Simpson), when regional wall-motion abnormalities were present, or by the Teichholz method. Results After a follow-up of 10.32 (±1.43) years, 350 patients had LVEF reassessed: 108 patients on MT, 111 on CABG and 131 on PCI group. Main baseline characteristics and the occurrence of AMI were similar among the three groups. There was no difference of LVEF either at the beginning (0.61 + 0.07, 0.61 + 0.08 e 0.61 + 0.09 respectively for PCI, CABG and MT, p=0.675) and the end of follow up (0.56 + 0.11, 0.55 + 0.11 e 0.55 + 0.12 respectively for PCI, CABG and MT, p=0.675). The impact of other variables over LVEF evolution, such as gender, age, diabetes and arterial pattern, were also analyzed, and no relevance was demonstrated. However, the presence of previous AMI (OR 2.50, 95% CI 1.40-4.45; p= 0.0007) and the occurrence of AMI during follow up (OR 2.73, 95% IC 1.25-5.92; p=0.005) were associated with an increased risk of developing LVEF < 45%. Also, AMI during follow-up was responsible for a greater reduction of LVEF (reduction delta of 18.29 ± 21.22% and 6.63 ± 18.91%, respectively for patients with and without AMI, p=0.001). Conclusion Thus, compared with PCI or CABG patients, patients in the medical group with unprotected coronary artery disease by mechanical revascularization without adverse cardiac events showed no differences in the left ventricular function after 10 years of follow up. Moreover, whatever of interventional therapeutic strategies applied, the left ventricular function remained unchanged in absence of MACE. ACC Moderated Poster Contributions McCormick Place South, Hall A Monday, March 26, 2012, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Session Title: Fresh CABG: Good for SIHD? Abstract Category: 3. Chronic CAD/Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: Therapy Presentation Number: 1208-410
  • article 87 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Myocardial Chemokine Expression and Intensity of Myocarditis in Chagas Cardiomyopathy Are Controlled by Polymorphisms in CXCL9 and CXCL10
    (2012) NOGUEIRA, Luciana Gabriel; SANTOS, Ronaldo Honorato Barros; IANNI, Barbara Maria; FIORELLI, Alfredo Inacio; MAIRENA, Eliane Conti; BENVENUTI, Luiz Alberto; FRADE, Amanda; DONADI, Eduardo; DIAS, Fabricio; SABA, Bruno; WANG, Hui-Tzu Lin; FRAGATA, Abilio; SAMPAIO, Marcelo; HIRATA, Mario Hiroyuki; BUCK, Paula; MADY, Charles; BOCCHI, Edimar Alcides; STOLF, Noedir Antonio; KALIL, Jorge; CUNHA-NETO, Edecio
    Background: Chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC), a life-threatening inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy, affects 30% of the approximately 8 million patients infected by Trypanosoma cruzi. Even though the Th1 T cell-rich myocarditis plays a pivotal role in CCC pathogenesis, little is known about the factors controlling inflammatory cell migration to CCC myocardium. Methods and Results: Using confocal immunofluorescence and quantitative PCR, we studied cell surface staining and gene expression of the CXCR3, CCR4, CCR5, CCR7, CCR8 receptors and their chemokine ligands in myocardial samples from end-stage CCC patients. CCR5+, CXCR3+, CCR4+, CCL5+ and CXCL9+ mononuclear cells were observed in CCC myocardium. mRNA expression of the chemokines CCL5, CXCL9, CXCL10, CCL17, CCL19 and their receptors was upregulated in CCC myocardium. CXCL9 mRNA expression directly correlated with the intensity of myocarditis, as well as with mRNA expression of CXCR3, CCR4, CCR5, CCR7, CCR8 and their ligands. We also analyzed single-nucleotide polymorphisms for genes encoding the most highly expressed chemokines and receptors in a cohort of Chagas disease patients. CCC patients with ventricular dysfunction displayed reduced genotypic frequencies of CXCL9 rs10336 CC, CXCL10 rs3921 GG, and increased CCR5 rs1799988CC as compared to those without dysfunction. Significantly, myocardial samples from CCC patients carrying the CXCL9/CXCL10 genotypes associated to a lower risk displayed a 2-6 fold reduction in mRNA expression of CXCL9, CXCL10, and other chemokines and receptors, along with reduced intensity of myocarditis, as compared to those with other CXCL9/CXCL10 genotypes. Conclusions: Results may indicate that genotypes associated to reduced risk in closely linked CXCL9 and CXCL10 genes may modulate local expression of the chemokines themselves, and simultaneously affect myocardial expression of other key chemokines as well as intensity of myocarditis. Taken together our results may suggest that CXCL9 and CXCL10 are master regulators of myocardial inflammatory cell migration, perhaps affecting clinical progression to the life-threatening form of CCC.
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    Evaluation of Surgical Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease in Patients Aged Above 16 Years
    (2012) CANEO, Luiz Fernando; JATENE, Marcelo B.; RISO, Arlindo A.; TANAMATI, Carla; PENHA, Juliano; MOREIRA, Luiz Felipe; ATIK, Edmar; TRINDADE, Evelinda; STOLF, Noedir A. G.
    Background: The increasing number of children with evolving congenital heart diseases demands greater preparation of professionals and institutions that handle them. Objective: To describe the profile of patients aged over 16 years with congenital heart disease, who have undergone surgery, and analyze the risk factors that predict hospital mortality. Methods: One thousand five hundred twenty patients (mean age 27 +/- 13 years) were operated between January 1986 and December 2010. We performed a descriptive analysis of the epidemiological profile of the study population and analyzed risk factors for hospital mortality, considering the complexity score, the year in which surgery was performed, the procedure performed or not performed by the pediatric surgeon and reoperation. Results: There was a significant increase in the number of cases from the year 2000. The average complexity score was 5.4 and the septal defects represented 45% of cases. Overall mortality was 7.7% and most procedures (973 or 61.9%) with greater complexity were performed by pediatric surgeons. Complexity (OR 1.5), reoperation (OR 2.17) and pediatric surgeon (OR 0.28) were independent risk factors influencing mortality. Multivariate analysis showed that the year in which the surgery was performed (OR 1.03), the complexity (OR 1.44) and the pediatric surgeon (OR 0.28) influenced the result. Conclusion: There is an increasing number of patients aged 16 years which, despite the large number of simple cases, the most complex ones were referred to pediatric surgeons, who had lower mortality, especially in recent years. (Arq Bras Cardiol 2012;98(5):390-397)