2004;83(4) – ABC CARDIOL

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Acute myocarditis secondary to pheochromocytoma

Lucélia Cunha Magalhães et al. Eduardo S. Darze Antônio Ximenes Oto Santana … Jorge Bastos Armênio Guimarães

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Acute myocarditis secondary to pheochromocytoma

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Cryopreserved aortic homograft for aortic valve replacement: immediate results

Luís Roberto Gerola et al. Wesley Araújo Hyong C. Kin Gabriela E. F. Silva … Armindo Pereira Filho Guilherme Flora Vargas Enio Buffolo

OBJECTIVE: To assess immediate clinical and echocardiographic results of the use of cryopreserved aortic homografts for aortic valve replacement. METHODS: Eighteen patients with aortic valve disease underwent aortic valve replacement, receiving a cryopreserved aortic homograft, 15 were male, 10 had aortic regurgitation, and 8 had aortic stenosis. Age ranged from 18 to 65 years (mean, 44.5 ± 18.14 years). Four patients had infective endocarditis, 12 patients were in functional class II, and 6 patients were in functional class III (NYHA). Left ventricular function was normal in 15 patients. RESULTS: Hospital mortality was 5.5% (1 patient) due to respiratory distress; the other patients were discharged from the hospital between the fifth and eighth postoperative days in functional class I. Maximal aortic transvalvular gradient, on echocardiography, ranged from 0 to 30 mmHg, with a mean of 10.9 ± 9.2 mmHg. Five patients did not have any degree of regurgitation through the aortic homograft, 11 patients (61.1%) had minimal regurgitation, and 2 had mild regurgitation. Duration of extracorporeal circulation ranged from 130 to 220 minutes (mean, 183.9 ± 36.7 minutes). Duration of aortic clamping ranged from 102 to 168 minutes (mean, 139.14 ± 25.10 minutes). Bleeding in the postoperative period ranged from 210 to 1220 mL, with a mean of 511.4 ± 335.1 mL. Reoperations were not necessary. Duration of orotracheal intubation ranged from 2 hours 50 minutes to 17 hours with a mean of 9.14 ± 3.6 hours. CONCLUSION: Cryopreserved aortic homografts may be routinely used with low hospital morbidity and mortality.

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Stem cell therapy with retrograde coronary perfusion in acute myocardial infarction: a new technique

Stans Murad-Netto et al. Rogério Moura Luiz José Martins Romeo Antônio Manoel Neto … Neison Duarte Fernando Barreto André Jensen Roberto Fernandez Viña Francisco Vraslovik Andrin Oberdan Frederico Benetti Jorge Saslavsky Marcelo Fernandez Viña José Geraldo Amino

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Stem cell therapy with retrograde coronary perfusion in acute myocardial infarction. A new technique

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Mobility of the Septum primum does not depend on the foramen ovale diameter in normal fetuses

Paulo Zielinsky et al. Marcelo Sallum Fabíola Satler Eduardo Ioschpe Gus … Luiz Henrique Nicoloso João Luiz Mânica Antônio Luiz Piccoli Jr

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that a correlation exists between the maximum foramen ovale diastolic diameter and the excursion index (EI) of the septum primum in normal fetuses. METHODS: One hundred and two normal fetuses with gestational ages ranging from 20 to 40 weeks were submitted to echocardiography. The foramen ovale diameter and the “maximal excursion” of the septum primum were measured in a 4-chamber view. The data were analyzed by Pearson’s correlation coefficient. RESULTS: The mean foramen ovale (FO) diameter was 5.06 ± 1.29 mm; the maximal excursion of the septum primum was 5.42 ± 1.41 mm; the left atrium diameter 11.47 ± 2.76 mm; the septum primum “excursion index” was 0.48 ± 0.09. Mean FO/EI ratio was 11.35 ± 3.94 mm. No FO/EI correlation (r = -0.03) existed, and a weak foramen ovale/left atrium correlation (r = 0.31) was observed, as well as a weak foramen ovale/excursion of septum primum correlation (r = 0.21). CONCLUSION: Septum primum mobility does not depend on the foramen ovale diameter in normal fetuses, suggesting that the modifications of its diastolic displacement is not influenced by the size of the interatrial opening.

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Complications of hypertension in men and women seen in a referral outpatient care unit

Antonio Carlos Beisl Noblat et al. Marcelo Barreto Lopes Gildete Barreto Lopes Antonio Alberto Lopes

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between sex and left ventricular hypertrophy, stroke, and renal failure in hypertensive patients in a referral outpatient care unit. METHODS: This study assessed 622 hypertensive patients diagnosed with left ventricular hypertrophy based on electrocardiography, renal failure based on serum creatinine level > 1.4 mg/dL, and stroke based on a previous history and physical examination. Logistic regression was used to estimate the odds ratio of the association between sex and target-organ lesions in hypertension adjusted for race, age, and duration of the disease. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 48.4±13.8 years; 74.1% were women, and 84.9% were mulattos or blacks. Almost half of the men and more than 40% of the women had had at least 1 definite event involving a target-organ lesion. The incidence of renal failure was greater among men [adjusted OR (ORa) = 2.73, P= 0.002]. In white patients, the incidence of stroke was significantly (P= 0.017) greater among men (4/33) than among women (0/56), and, in the age group > 49 years, the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy was significantly greater among men (ORa = 1.99, P= 0.024). CONCLUSION: The data obtained suggest a greater prevalence of renal failure in men than in women, of stroke in white men than in white women, and of left ventricular hypertrophy in men than in women aged 49 years and above.

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Combined transplantation of skeletal myoblasts and mesenchymal cells (cocultivation) in ventricular dysfunction after myocardial infarction

Luiz Cesar Guarita Souza et al. Katherine Athayde Teixeira de Carvalho Carmen Rebelatto Alessandra Senegaglia … Marcus Furuta Nelson Miyague Paula Hansen Julio C Francisco Paulo Roberto Slud Brofman

OBJECTIVE: Cell therapy in the myocardium has been mainly performed with satisfactory results using 2 cell types: skeletal myoblasts (myogenic) and mesenchymal cells (angiogenic). This study assessed the combined transplantation of those 2 cell types (SMM) into infarcted rats. METHODS: Myocardial infarction was induced by ligature of the left coronary artery in 26 Wistar rats. After one week, the animals underwent echocardiography for assessing ejection fraction (EF%) and left ventricular end-diastolic and systolic volumes (EDV, ESV, mL). After 2 days, the animals were reoperated on and divided into 2 groups: 1) control (n=10), which received 0.15 mL of culture medium; and 2) SMM (n=16), which received 7.5×10(6) heterologous skeletal myoblasts and mesenchymal cells in the infarcted region. The cells were obtained from puncture of the iliac crest and biopsy of skeletal muscle, and were cultured in vitro. After one month, the animals underwent a new echocardiography. RESULTS: No significant difference in EF, EDV, and ESV was observed between the 2 groups on baseline echocardiographic values. One month after transplantation, the following was observed: a reduction in EF in the control group (29.31 ± 5.6% to 23.54 ± 6.51%; P=0.048); and an increase in EF in the SMM group (24.03 ± 8.68% to 31.77 ± 9.06%; P=0.011). The presence of neovascularization and muscle fibers was identified in the regions of myocardial fibrosis in the SMM group. CONCLUSION: Cocultivation of skeletal myoblasts and mesenchymal cells is functionally effective.

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Assessment of the ventricular function of patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by using magnetic resonance imaging

Nazareth de Novaes Rocha et al. Rafael Stelmach Alberto Cukier José Rodrigues Parga … Luiz Francisco Ávila Márcia Caldas Paula Buck Charles Mady

OBJECTIVE: To assess the mechanisms that may be involved in the evolution of right and left ventricular dysfunction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS: Magnetic resonance imaging was used in 11 control patients (group C) and 27 patients with COPD, who were divided into 2 groups, COPDc and COPDs, according to the presence or absence of right ventricular dysfunction, respectively. Doppler echocardiography was used for assessing the degree of pulmonary hypertension. RESULTS: The right ventricular diameter was similar in the 3 groups, COPDs, COPDc and C (29±8 mm; 31±7 mm; and 30±6 mm; respectively, P=NS). Right ventricular hypertrophy was observed only in the COPD groups (8±2 mm and 9±3 mm vs 5±1 mm; P<0.01). The percentage of systolic right ventricular lateral wall thickening (%RVLWT) in the 3 groups were as follows: 86±82% vs 41±35% vs 86±89%; P=NS). Different left ventricular ejection fractions were observed in the groups as follows: 69±9% vs 55±16% vs 76±6%; P < 0.01. A positive and significant linear correlation was observed between the left ventricular (LV) diastolic diameter and the LV systolic volume (r = 0.72; P < 0.01). No correlation was observed between the pulmonary volumes, arterial blood gas analysis, and ventricular function. CONCLUSION: No correlation was observed between the severity of pulmonary function and the degree of ventricular function impairment. Whether a preserved %RVLWT means the possibility of reversibility of right ventricular function remains to be elucidated. However, the presence of the phenomenon of ventricular interdependence was confirmed.

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Acute myocarditis secondary to pheochromocytoma

Cryopreserved aortic homograft for aortic valve replacement: immediate results

Stem cell therapy with retrograde coronary perfusion in acute myocardial infarction: a new technique

Mobility of the Septum primum does not depend on the foramen ovale diameter in normal fetuses

Complications of hypertension in men and women seen in a referral outpatient care unit

Combined transplantation of skeletal myoblasts and mesenchymal cells (cocultivation) in ventricular dysfunction after myocardial infarction

Assessment of the ventricular function of patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by using magnetic resonance imaging

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