• Sonothrombolysis Improves Myocardial Dynamics and Microvascular Obstruction Preventing Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients With ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction 

  AGUIAR, Miguel O. D.; TAVARES, Bruno G.; TSUTSUI, Jeane M.; FAVA, Agostina M.; BORGES, Bruno C.; OLIVEIRA JR., Mucio T.; SOEIRO, Alexandre; NICOLAU, Jose C.; RIBEIRO, Henrique B.; CHIANG, Hsu P.; SBANO, Joao C. N.; GOLDSWEIG, Andrew; ROCHITTE, Carlos E.; LOPES, Bernardo B. C.; RAMIREZ, Jose A. F.; KALIL FILHO, Roberto; PORTER, Thomas R.; MATHIAS JR., Wilson (LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, PHILADELPHIA, USA, 2020)

  Background: It has recently been demonstrated that high-energy diagnostic transthoracic ultrasound and intravenous microbubbles dissolve thrombi (sonothrombolysis) and increase angiographic recanalization rates in patients ...
• Initial Invasive or Conservative Strategy for Stable Coronary Disease 

  MARON, David J.; HOCHMAN, Judith S.; REYNOLDS, Harmony R.; BANGALORE, Sripal; O'BRIEN, Sean M.; BODEN, William E.; CHAITMAN, Bernard R.; SENIOR, Roxy; LOPEZ-SENDON, Jose; ALEXANDER, Karen P.; LOPES, Renato D.; SHAW, Leslee J.; BERGER, Jeffrey S.; NEWMAN, Jonathan D.; SIDHU, Mandeep S.; GOODMAN, Shaun G.; RUZYLLO, Witold; GOSSELIN, Gilbert; MAGGIONI, Aldo P.; WHITE, Harvey D.; BHARGAVA, Balram; MIN, James K.; MANCINI, G. B. John; BERMAN, Daniel S.; PICARD, Michael H.; KWONG, Raymond Y.; ALI, Ziad A.; MARK, Daniel B.; SPERTUS, John A.; KRISHNAN, Mangalath N.; ELGHAMAZ, Ahmed; MOORTHY, Nagaraja; HUEB, Whady A.; DEMKOW, Marcin; MAVROMATIS, Kreton; BOCKERIA, Olga; PETEIRO, Jesus; MILLER, Todd D.; SZWED, Hanna; DOERR, Rolf; KELTAI, Matyas; SELVANAYAGAM, Joseph B.; STEG, P. Gabriel; HELD, Claes; KOHSAKA, Shun; MAVROMICHALIS, Stavroula; KIRBY, Ruth; JEFFRIES, Neal O.; HARRELL JR., Frank E.; ROCKHOLD, Frank W.; BRODERICK, Samuel; FERGUSON JR., T. Bruce; WILLIAMS, David O.; HARRINGTON, Robert A.; STONE, Gregg W.; ROSENBERG, Yves (MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC, WALTHAM, USA, 2020)

  Background Among patients with stable coronary disease and moderate or severe ischemia, whether clinical outcomes are better in those who receive an invasive intervention plus medical therapy than in those who receive ...
• Hypertonic saline reduces cell infiltration into the lungs after brain death in rats 

  CORREIA, Cristiano de Jesus; SILVA, Raphael dos Santos Coutinho e; SOARES, Rafaela Garcia Ferreira; JR, Roberto Armstrong; RICARDO-DA-SILVA, Fernanda Yamamoto; SANNOMIYA, Paulina; BREITHAUPT-FALOPPA, Ana Cristina; MOREIRA, Luiz Felipe P. (ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, LONDON, ENGLAND, 2020)

  Background: Lung transplantation is a treatment method for end stage lung disease, but the availability of donor lungs remains a major constraint. Brain death (BD) induces hemodynamic instability with microcirculatory ...
• Valve Heart Surgery in Brazil - The BYPASS Registry Analysis 

  ZILLI, Alexandre Cabral; GUIZILINI, Solange; ROCCO, Isadora S.; SANTO, Jose Amalth Espirito; BERWANGER, Otavio; KALIL, Renato Abdala Karam; JATENE, Fabio Biscegli; CAVALCANTI, Alexandre Biasi; SANTOS, Renato Hideo Nakagawa; GOMES, Walter J. (SOC BRASIL CIRURGIA CARDIOVASC, SAO PAULO SP, BRAZIL, 2020)

  Objective: To analyze the profile and outcomes of patients who underwent valve heart surgery in Brazil, using information retrieved from the Brazilian Registry of Cardiovascular Surgeries in Adults (BYPASS Registry) database. ...
• Infra-Abdominal Muscles Activation Brings Benefits to the Pulmonary Function of Patients with Sternal Instability after Cardiac Surgery 

  NOZAWA, Emilia; GONCALVES, Cristiane Domingues; ALMEIDA, Patricia Oliva de; HAJJAR, Ludhmila Abrahao; GALAS, Filomena Regina Gomes; FELTRIM, Maria Ignez Zanetti (SOC BRASIL CIRURGIA CARDIOVASC, SAO PAULO SP, BRAZIL, 2020)

  Objective: To compare physical therapy strategies involving abdominal muscle stabilization, with and without upper limb movement, in patients with sternal instability after heart surgery and during in-hospital care. Methods: ...
• Hypotheses, rationale, design, and methods for prognostic evaluation of a randomized comparison between patients with coronary artery disease associated with ischemic cardiomyopathy who undergo medical or surgical treatment: MASS-VI (HF) 

  REZENDE, Paulo Cury; HUEB, Whady; BOCCHI, Edimar Alcides; FARKOUH, Michael; SERRANO JUNIOR, Carlos Vicente; LIMA, Eduardo Gomes; SILVA, Expedito Eustaquio Ribeiro; DALLAN, Luis Alberto Oliveira; GAIOTTO, Fabio Antonio; GARZILLO, Cibele Larrosa; ROCHITTE, Carlos Eduardo; NOMURA, Cesar Higa; SCUDELER, Thiago Luis; SOARES, Paulo Rogerio; JATENE, Fabio Biscegli; RAMIRES, Jose Antonio Franchini; KALIL FILHO, Roberto (BMC, LONDON, ENGLAND, 2020)

  BackgroundIschemic cardiomyopathy and severe left ventricular dysfunction are well established to represent the main determinants of poor survival and premature death compared with preserved ventricular function. However, ...
• Mechanisms of exercise limitation in patients with chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis 

  DIAS, Olivia Meira; BALDI, Bruno Guedes; FERREIRA, Jeferson George; CARDENAS, Leticia Zumpano; PENNATI, Francesca; SALITO, Caterina; CARVALHO, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro; ALIVERTI, Andrea; ALBUQUERQUE, Andre Luis Pereira de (EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, 2018)

  Small airway and interstitial pulmonary involvements are prominent in chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (cHP). However, their roles on exercise limitation and the relationship with functional lung tests have not been ...
• A new dawn for managing dyslipidemias: The era of ma-based therapies 

  MACCHI, C.; SIRTORI, C. R.; CORSINI, A.; SANTOS, R. D.; WATTS, G. F.; RUSCICA, M. (ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, LONDON, ENGLAND, 2019)

  The high occurrence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events is still a major public health issue. Although a major determinant of ASCVD event reduction is the absolute change of low-density lipoproteincholesterol ...
• Effect of High vs Low Doses of Chloroquine Diphosphate as Adjunctive Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection A Randomized Clinical Trial 

  BORBA, Mayla Gabriela Silva; VAL, Fernando Fonseca Almeida; SAMPAIO, Vanderson Souza; ALEXANDRE, Marcia Almeida Araujo; MELO, Gisely Cardoso; BRITO, Marcelo; MOURAO, Maria Paula Gomes; BRITO-SOUSA, Jose Diego; BAIA-DA-SILVA, Djane; GUERRA, Marcus Vinitius Farias; HAJJAR, Ludhmila Abrahao; PINTO, Rosemary Costa; BALIEIRO, Antonio Alcirley Silva; PACHECO, Antonio Guilherme Fonseca; SANTOS JR., James Dean Oliveira; NAVECA, Felipe Gomes; XAVIER, Mariana Simao; SIQUEIRA, Andre Machado; SCHWARZBOLD, Alexandre; CRODA, Julio; NOGUEIRA, Mauricio Lacerda; ROMERO, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra; BASSAT, Quique; FONTES, Cor Jesus; ALBUQUERQUE, Bernardino Claudio; DANIEL-RIBEIRO, Claudio-Tadeu; MONTEIRO, Wuelton Marcelo; LACERDA, Marcus Vinicius Guimaraes (AMER MEDICAL ASSOC, CHICAGO, USA, 2020)

  Importance There is no specific antiviral therapy recommended for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In vitro studies indicate that the antiviral effect of chloroquine diphosphate (CQ) requires a high concentration of ...
• Does Prior Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Influence the Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery? 

  V, Gade S. Miguel; SOUSA, Alexandre G.; SILVA, Gilmara S.; COLOSIMO, Flavia C.; STOLF, Noedir A. G. (SOC BRASIL CIRURGIA CARDIOVASC, SAO PAULO SP, BRAZIL, 2020)

  Introduction: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been increasingly performed to treat coronary artery disease. The performance of multiple PCI has also been increasing. Consequently, the percentage of patients ...
• Effect of Dapagliflozin on Worsening Heart Failure and Cardiovascular Death in Patients With Heart Failure With and Without Diabetes 

  PETRIE, Mark C.; VERMA, Subodh; DOCHERTY, Kieran F.; INZUCCHI, Silvio E.; ANAND, Inder; BELOHLAVEK, Jan; BOEHM, Michael; CHIANG, Chern-En; CHOPRA, Vijay K.; BOER, Rudolf A. de; DESAI, Akshay S.; DIEZ, Mirta; DROZDZ, Jaroslaw; DUKAT, Andre; GE, Junbo; HOWLETT, Jonathan; KATOVA, Tzvetana; KITAKAZE, Masafumi; LJUNGMAN, Charlotta E. A.; MERKELY, Bela; NICOLAU, Jose C.; O'MEARA, Eileen; VINH, Pham Nguyen; SCHOU, Morten; TERESHCHENKO, Sergey; KOBER, Lars; KOSIBOROD, Mikhail N.; LANGKILDE, Anna Maria; MARTINEZ, Felipe A.; PONIKOWSKI, Piotr; SABATINE, Marc S.; SJOSTRAND, Mikaela; SOLOMON, Scott D.; JOHANSON, Per; GREASLEY, Peter J.; BOULTON, David; BENGTSSON, Olof; JHUND, Pardeep S.; MCMURRAY, John J. V. (AMER MEDICAL ASSOC, CHICAGO, USA, 2020)

  Importance Additional treatments are needed for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors may be an effective treatment for patients with HFrEF, even those ...
• Robotic thoracic surgery for non-small cell lung cancer: initial experience in Brazil 

  TERRA, Ricardo Mingarini; BIBAS, Benoit Jacques; HADDAD, Rui; MILANEZ-DE-CAMPOS, Jose Ribas; NABUCO-DE-ARAUJO, Pedro Henrique Xavier; TEIXEIRA-LIMA, Carlos Eduardo; SANTOS, Felipe Braga dos; LAURICELLA, Leticia Leone; PEGO-FERNANDES, Paulo Manuel (SOC BRASILEIRA PNEUMOLOGIA TISIOLOGIA, BRASILIA DF, BRAZIL, 2020)

  Objective: To describe the morbidity, mortality, and rate of complete resection associated with robotic surgery for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer in Brazil, as well as to report the rates of overall survival ...
• Impact of Vacuum-Assisted Venous Drainage on Forward Flow in Simulated Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuits Utilizing a Centrifugal Arterial Pump Head 

  GUIMARAES, Daniel Peres; CANEO, Luiz Fernando; MATTE, Gregory S.; CARLETTO, Luciana P.; POLICARPO, Valeria Camargo; CASTRO, Ana Vitoria C. X.; MIRANDA, Matheus H. C.; COSTA, Priscila S.; JATENE, Marcelo B.; CESTARI, Idagene; JATENE, Fabio B. (SOC BRASIL CIRURGIA CARDIOVASC, SAO PAULO SP, BRAZIL, 2020)

  Objective: To analyze the impact of vacuum-assisted venous drainage (VAVD) on arterial pump flow in a simulated pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass circuit utilizing a centrifugal pump (CP) with an external arterial filter. ...
• Intraoperative support with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for complex thoracic oncologic resection 

  REIS, Flavio Pola dos; COSTA, Andre Nathan; LAURICELLA, Leticia Leone; TERRA, Ricardo Mingarini; PEGO-FERNANDES, Paulo Manoel (SOC BRASILEIRA PNEUMOLOGIA TISIOLOGIA, BRASILIA DF, BRAZIL, 2020)
• 50 Years of Children's HeartLink and the Partnerships in Brazil 

  CROTI, Ulisses; CAVALCANTE JUNIOR, Valdester; JATENE, Marcelo Biscegli; TSAKISTOS, Andreas; ZHELEVA, Bistra (SOC BRASIL CIRURGIA CARDIOVASC, SAO PAULO SP, BRAZIL, 2020)
• Brazilian cardio-oncology: the 10-year experience of the Instituto do Cancer do Estado de Sao Paulo 

  COSTA, Isabela B. S. da S.; BITTAR, Cristina S.; FONSECA, Silvia M. R.; SILVA, Carolina M. P. D. e; REHDER, Marilia H. H. dos Santos; RIZK, Stephanie I.; CRUZ, Cecilia B. B. V.; FIGUEIREDO, Clara S.; ANDRADE, Fernanda T. de A.; BARBERINO, Ludmila de A.; COSTA, Fernanda A. de S.; MACHADO, Letticya P.; GONZALEZ, Thalita B.; ALMEIDA, Marcel P. C.; FUKUSHIMA, Julia T.; KALIL FILHO, Roberto; HAJJAR, Ludhmila Abrahao (BMC, LONDON, ENGLAND, 2020)

  BackgroundIn recent years, the field of cardio-oncology has grown worldwide, bringing benefits to cancer patients in terms of survival and quality of life. This study reports the experience of a pioneer cardio-oncology ...
• Robotic thoracic surgery for resection of thymoma and tumors of the thymus: technical development and initial experience 

  TERRA, Ricardo Mingarini; MILANEZ-DE-CAMPOS, Jose Ribas; HADDAD, Rui; TRINDADE, Juliana Rocha Mol; LAURICELLA, Leticia Leone; BIBAS, Benoit Jacques; PEGO-FERNANDES, Paulo Manuel (SOC BRASILEIRA PNEUMOLOGIA TISIOLOGIA, BRASILIA DF, BRAZIL, 2020)

  Objective: To evaluate the results of resection of tumors of the thymus by robotic thoracic surgery, analyzing the extent of resection, postoperative complications, time of surgery, and length of stay. Methods: Retrospective ...
• Transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve implantation: reports of the first 50 cases from a Latin American Centre 

  COSTA, Leonardo Paim Nicolau da; PALMA, Jose Honorio; RIBEIRO, Henrique Barbosa; SAMPAIO, Roney Orismar; VIOTTO, Guilherme; SANTOS, Romullo Medeiros; TENORIO, Davi Freitas; SAITO, Victor Tadami; ROSA, Vitor Emer Egypto; MOREIRA, Luiz Felipe Pinho; TARASOUTCHI, Flavio; POMERANTZEFF, Pablo Maria; JATENE, Fabio Biscegli (OXFORD UNIV PRESS, OXFORD, ENGLAND, 2020)

  OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to analyse the initial results of the first 50 transapical transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve procedures performed in a single Latin American centre. METHODS: A prospective, single centre, database ...
• Afferent innervation of the ischemic kidney contributes to renal dysfunction in renovascular hypertensive rats 

  LOPES, Nathalia R.; MILANEZ, Maycon I. O.; MARTINS, Beatriz S.; VEIGA, Amanda C.; FERREIRA, Giovanna R.; GOMES, Guiomar N.; GIRARDI, Adriana C.; CARVALHO, Polliane M.; NOGUEIRA, Fernando N.; CAMPOS, Ruy R.; BERGAMASCHI, Cassia T.; NISHI, Erika E. (SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY, 2020)

  The ablation of renal nerves, by destroying both the sympathetic and afferent fibers, has been shown to be effective in lowering blood pressure in resistant hypertensive patients. However, experimental studies have reported ...
• The Importance of Scientific Publications in Times of Pandemic Crisis 

  MOREIRA, Luiz Felipe Pinho (HOSPITAL CLINICAS, UNIV SAO PAULO, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL, 2020)

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