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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Arq Bras Cardiol</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Arq. Bras. Cardiol.</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0066-782X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1678-4170</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36660/abc.20230630</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Minieditorial</subject>
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        <article-title>A Forma Correta de Identificar a M&#225; Aptid&#227;o Cardiorrespirat&#243;ria: Olhar Para a Direita</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Menegazzo</surname>
            <given-names>Willian R.</given-names>
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            <sup>1</sup>
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          <name>
            <surname>Silveira</surname>
            <given-names>Anderson Donelli da</given-names>
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        <institution content-type="orgname">Hospital de Cl&#237;nicas de Porto Alegre</institution>
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          <named-content content-type="city">Porto Alegre</named-content>
          <named-content content-type="state">RS</named-content>
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        <country country="BR">Brasil</country>
        <institution content-type="original">Hospital de Cl&#237;nicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS &#8211; Brasil</institution>
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        <institution content-type="orgname">Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul</institution>
        <institution content-type="orgdiv1">Programa de P&#243;s-Gradua&#231;&#227;o em Cardiologia e Ci&#234;ncias Cardiovasculares</institution>
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          <named-content content-type="city">Porto Alegre</named-content>
          <named-content content-type="state">RS</named-content>
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        <country country="BR">Brasil</country>
        <institution content-type="original">Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Programa de P&#243;s-Gradua&#231;&#227;o em Cardiologia e Ci&#234;ncias Cardiovasculares, Porto Alegre, RS &#8211; Brasil</institution>
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        <corresp id="c01"><bold>Correspond&#234;ncia: Willian R. Menegazzo</bold> &#8226; Servi&#231;o de Cardiologia - Unidade de M&#233;todos N&#227;o Invasivos - Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350. CEP 90035-903, Porto Alegre, RS - Brasil. E-mail: <email>wmenegazzo@gmail.com</email> </corresp>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic">
        <day>27</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2023</year>
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      <pub-date date-type="collection" publication-format="electronic">
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2023</year>
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      <volume>120</volume>
      <issue>9</issue>
      <elocation-id>e20230630</elocation-id>
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        <date date-type="received">
          <day>06</day>
          <month>09</month>
          <year>2023</year>
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        <date date-type="rev-recd">
          <day>13</day>
          <month>09</month>
          <year>2023</year>
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        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>13</day>
          <month>09</month>
          <year>2023</year>
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        <kwd>Disfun&#231;&#227;o Ventr&#237;culo Direito</kwd>
        <kwd>Aptid&#227;o Cardiorespirat&#243;ria</kwd>
        <kwd>Infarto do Mioc&#225;rdio</kwd>
        <kwd>Reabilita&#231;&#227;o Card&#237;aca</kwd>
        <kwd>Teste de Esfor&#231;o/m&#233;todos</kwd>
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    <p>O ventr&#237;culo direito (VD), anteriormente conhecido como ventr&#237;culo esquecido, vem ganhando cada vez mais aten&#231;&#227;o como forte indicador de pior progn&#243;stico em doen&#231;as card&#237;acas.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> Al&#233;m das implica&#231;&#245;es progn&#243;sticas, a disfun&#231;&#227;o do VD est&#225; associada &#224; pior aptid&#227;o cardiorrespirat&#243;ria (ACR), independentemente de outras vari&#225;veis anat&#244;micas e funcionais.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup> Infelizmente, as estrat&#233;gias atuais de tratamento para a insufici&#234;ncia do VD n&#227;o conferem os mesmos benef&#237;cios cl&#237;nicos e progn&#243;sticos da insufici&#234;ncia do ventr&#237;culo esquerdo (VE),<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup> o que justifica novas estrat&#233;gias de tratamento.</p>
    <p>Ramirez et al.,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> acessaram esse importante t&#243;pico estudando a fun&#231;&#227;o do VD em 109 pacientes com infarto agudo do mioc&#225;rdio com supradesnivelamento do segmento ST (IAMCSST), sua associa&#231;&#227;o com ACR e sua melhora ap&#243;s reabilita&#231;&#227;o card&#237;aca (RC) em um centro em Monterrey, M&#233;xico. Seu objetivo principal foi avaliar a associa&#231;&#227;o entre a fun&#231;&#227;o do VD e a ACR nesta popula&#231;&#227;o, e os objetivos secund&#225;rios foram analisar a ACR antes e depois de um programa de RC em pacientes com ou sem disfun&#231;&#227;o do VD. A toler&#226;ncia ao exerc&#237;cio foi avaliada atrav&#233;s do teste de esfor&#231;o cardiopulmonar, a fun&#231;&#227;o longitudinal do VD por meio da medida ecocardiogr&#225;fica da onda S&#8217; Doppler do anel tric&#250;spide e da excurs&#227;o sist&#243;lica do plano do anel tric&#250;spide e a fun&#231;&#227;o radial do VD por meio da varia&#231;&#227;o da &#225;rea fracionada do VD. A popula&#231;&#227;o era predominantemente do sexo masculino (83%), com IAMCSST da parede anterior (55%), com mediana da fra&#231;&#227;o de eje&#231;&#227;o do VE de 49% e com fun&#231;&#227;o normal do VD (90%). Eles demonstraram associa&#231;&#227;o e correla&#231;&#227;o entre disfun&#231;&#227;o radial e longitudinal do VD e ACR antes e depois da RC. O principal achado do estudo &#233; que a disfun&#231;&#227;o do VD, seja radial ou longitudinal, ap&#243;s IAMCSST e antes da RC, foi associada &#224; aus&#234;ncia na melhora de pelo menos 1 Equivalente Metab&#243;lico (MET) ap&#243;s um programa de RC (p = 0,028 para disfun&#231;&#227;o radial do VD e p = 0,008 para disfun&#231;&#227;o longitudinal do VD). Os autores conclu&#237;ram que a disfun&#231;&#227;o do VD em pacientes com IAMCSST est&#225; associada e correlacionada com pior capacidade de exerc&#237;cio e classe funcional antes da RC e que a RC melhorou a ACR. Isto ajuda a identificar um subgrupo de pacientes com maior risco de serem sintom&#225;ticos, com pior progn&#243;stico e possivelmente melhores candidatos &#224; RC.</p>
    <p>O estudo de Ramirez et al.,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> merece alguns coment&#225;rios. Primeiro, a amostra &#233; pequena, especialmente de pacientes com disfun&#231;&#227;o do VD, o que poderia limitar compreens&#227;o real da associa&#231;&#227;o da disfun&#231;&#227;o do VD e da ACR ap&#243;s IAMCSST. Em segundo lugar, as conclus&#245;es foram sem uma an&#225;lise multivariada: existem vari&#225;veis concorrentes, como a fun&#231;&#227;o do VE, que tamb&#233;m est&#227;o associadas &#224; ACR, e n&#227;o poder&#237;amos concluir com precis&#227;o se apenas a disfun&#231;&#227;o do VD poderia explicar a m&#225; ACR e a aus&#234;ncia de melhora ap&#243;s a RC independentemente de outros fatores. Terceiro, mais recentemente, a deforma&#231;&#227;o longitudinal (strain) da parede livre do VD &#233; considerada uma vari&#225;vel superior na avalia&#231;&#227;o da disfun&#231;&#227;o do VD devido &#224; sua capacidade de detectar disfun&#231;&#227;o precoce do VD e com menor variabilidade inter e intraobservador.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup> A avalia&#231;&#227;o da disfun&#231;&#227;o do VD com este m&#233;todo ecocardiogr&#225;fico poderia influenciar as conclus&#245;es.</p>
    <p>De fato, algumas limita&#231;&#245;es poderiam dificultar a interpreta&#231;&#227;o e aplica&#231;&#227;o das conclus&#245;es destes autores. No entanto, os resultados est&#227;o alinhados com outros estudos que confirmam a import&#226;ncia da fun&#231;&#227;o do VD nas doen&#231;as card&#237;acas e o impacto combinado da disfun&#231;&#227;o do VD e da ACR.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup></p>
    <p>Pesquisas futuras nesta &#225;rea deveriam incluir a avalia&#231;&#227;o combinada do teste de exerc&#237;cio cardiopulmonar e da ecocardiografia para melhor compreender a fisiopatologia da disfun&#231;&#227;o do VD na limita&#231;&#227;o do exerc&#237;cio e outros mecanismos concorrentes que poderiam explicar uma pior ACR<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup> para reconhecer e tratar esta popula&#231;&#227;o adequadamente.</p>
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          <italic>Minieditorial referente ao artigo: Fun&#231;&#227;o Ventricular Direita e Toler&#226;ncia ao Exerc&#237;cio em Pacientes com Infarto Agudo do Mioc&#225;rdio com Supradesnivelamento do Segmento ST</italic>
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          <subject>Short Editorial</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>The Right Way to Identify Bad Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Look to the Right</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Menegazzo</surname>
            <given-names>Willian R.</given-names>
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            <sup>1</sup>
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          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2001">
            <sup>2</sup>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Silveira</surname>
            <given-names>Anderson Donelli da</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1001">
            <sup>1</sup>
          </xref>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2001">
            <sup>2</sup>
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        <label>1</label>
        <country country="BR">Brazil</country>
        <institution content-type="original">Hospital de Cl&#237;nicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil</institution>
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      <aff id="aff2001">
        <label>2</label>
        <country country="BR">Brazil</country>
        <institution content-type="original">Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Programa de P&#243;s-Gradua&#231;&#227;o em Cardiologia e Ci&#234;ncias Cardiovasculares, Porto Alegre, RS &#8211; Brazil</institution>
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        <corresp id="c01001"><bold>Mailing Address: Willian R. Menegazzo &#8226;</bold> Servi&#231;o de Cardiologia - Unidade de M&#233;todos N&#227;o Invasivos - Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350. Postal Code 90035-903, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil. E-mail: wmenegazzo@gmail.com </corresp>
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        <kwd>Ventricular Dysfunction, Right</kwd>
        <kwd>Cardiorespiratory Fitness</kwd>
        <kwd>Myocardial Infarction</kwd>
        <kwd>Cardiac Rehabilitation</kwd>
        <kwd>Exercise Test/methods</kwd>
        <kwd>Echocardiography Doppler/methods</kwd>
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      <p>The right ventricle (RV), previously known as the forgotten ventricle, is progressively gaining attention as a strong indicator of poorer prognosis in heart disease.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup> Besides prognostic implications, RV dysfunction is associated with worse cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), independently of other anatomic and functional variables.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup> Unfortunately, the current treatment strategies for RV failure do not confer the same clinical and prognostic benefits of the left ventricle (LV) failure,<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">5</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">6</xref></sup> which limits its management and warrants new treatment strategies.</p>
      <p>Ramirez et al.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> accessed this important topic by studying the RV function on 109 patients with ST-elevation myocardial (STEMI), its association with CRF, and its improvement after cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in a single center in Monterrey, Mexico. Their primary goal was to evaluate the association between RV function and CRF in this population, and the secondary objectives were to analyze the CRF before and after a program of CR in patients with or without RV dysfunction. They evaluated exercise tolerance through cardiopulmonary exercise testing and RV longitudinal function through echocardiographic measurement of the S&#8217; Doppler wave of the tricuspid annulus and the tricuspid annular posterior systolic excursion and RV radial function through RV fractional area change. The population was mainly male gender (83%), with anterior STEMI (55%), median LV ejection fraction of 49%, and normal RV function (90%). They have shown an association and correlation between RV radial and longitudinal dysfunction and CRF before and after CR. The main finding is that RV dysfunction evaluated after STEMI and before CR, being radial or longitudinal, was associated with a lack of improvement of at least 1 Metabolic Equivalent Task after a program of CR (p = 0.028 for RV radial dysfunction and p = 0.008 for RV longitudinal dysfunction). The authors concluded that RV dysfunction in STEMI patients is associated and correlated with poorer exercise capacity and functional class before CR and that CR improved CRF. This helps to identify a subgroup of patients with a higher risk of being symptomatic, with a worse prognosis and possibly better candidates for CR.</p>
      <p>The study of Ramirez et al.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">7</xref></sup> warrants a few comments. First, there were a small number of patients, especially with RV dysfunction, which could limit the actual understanding of RV dysfunction and CRF after STEMI. Second, the conclusions were done without a multivariate analysis: there are competing variables, such as LV function, that are also associated with CRF, and we could not conclude with precision if only RV dysfunction could explain the bad CRF and worse improvement after CR. Third, nowadays, RV-free wall longitudinal strain is emerging as a superior variable when evaluating RV dysfunction because of its ability to detect subtle RV dysfunction and less inter and intraobserver variability.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">8</xref></sup></p>
      <p>Evaluating RV dysfunction with this echocardiographic method might influence the conclusions. Indeed, some caveats could limit the interpretation and application of these authors&#8217; conclusions. However, the results align with other studies confirming the importance of accessing RV function on cardiac diseases and the powerful and additive prognostic impact of RV dysfunction and CRF.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref>,<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">9</xref></sup></p>
      <p>Future research in this field should include a combined evaluation of cardiopulmonary exercise testing and echocardiography to better understand the physiopathology of RV dysfunction in exercise limitation and other competing mechanisms that could explain worse CRF<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">10</xref></sup> to recognize and treat this population adequately.</p>
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            <italic>Short Editorial related to the article: Right Ventricular Function and Exercise Tolerance in Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction</italic>
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