A5017193735- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade
- Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
Hospital de São João
2016-2025
Universidade do Porto
2015-2025
Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia
2021-2024
Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro (Portugal)
2024
Algarve Biomedical Center
2023
Terra
2023
Technologies pour la Santé
2022
Centre for Health Technology and Services Research
2022
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra
2022
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2021
Social support may be particularly important in countering depression among systematically disadvantaged groups. Latino immigrants are an example of a population that has better than expected mental health outcomes. One explanation put forth for this pattern is strong social from kin networks. Studies on the effect often assess quantity ties rather quality they provide. In addition, such studies rarely specify source and how family versus friends differentially impact health.In study, data...
Abstract Shotgun lipidomic analysis of 203 lipids in 13 lipid classes performed on blood plasma donors who had just suffered an acute coronary syndrome (ACS, n = 74), or ischemic stroke (IS, 21), suffer from stable angina pectoris (SAP, 78), and age-matched control cohort ( 52), showed some the highest inter-lipid class correlations between cholesteryl esters (CE) phosphatidylcholines (PC) sharing a common fatty acid. The concentration lysophospatidylcholine (LPC) ratios concentrations CE to...
Abstract Background: Increased levels of platelet distribution width (PDW) can predict cardiac death and infarction recurrence in acute myocardial infarction. PDW appears to be a prognosis marker heart failure (HF); however, its impact on chronic HF is still unknown. We investigated the HF. Methods: retrospectively analyzed outpatients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) from January 2012 May 2018. Patients no data or preserved recovered ejection fraction were excluded. The...
Abstract Background: The impact of systolic blood pressure (SBP) variation on chronic heart failure (HF) is largely unknown. We assessed the SBP in patients with HF. Methods: This a retrospective analysis adult ambulatory HF left ventricular dysfunction (LVSD). = at index visit – 1-year visit. Patients dying first year or missing data concerning were excluded. increase ≥10 mmHg during compared remaining. Determinants by binary logistic regression analysis. followed up from to 5 years....
INTRODUÇÃO: A pneumonia adquirida na comunidade (PAC) é uma infecção aguda do parênquima pulmonar, contraída fora ambiente hospitalar. Apesar dos avanços imunização, a PAC segue figurando entre as causas principais de internações pediátricas no mundo. OBJETIVO: Analisar e descrever o perfil epidemiológico das crianças internadas por região Sudeste Brasil, 2020 2024. METODOLOGIA: Trata-se um estudo epidemiológico, descritivo, retrospectivo quantitativo acerca Sudeste, janeiro dezembro As...
In heart failure (HF), lower total cholesterol (TC) levels associate with poor outcomes. Whether TC variations portend prognostic implication is unknown. We aimed to evaluate the impact of variation in HF. retrospectively analyzed adult outpatients chronic HF systolic dysfunction evaluated between January/2012 and December/2020. Patients no measurement at baseline or 1-year follow-up visit were excluded. Variation during first year = [(baseline - visit)/baseline TC] × 100. followed-up until...
Acute heart failure (AHF) is one of the main causes unplanned hospitalization in patients >65 years age and associated with adverse outcomes this population. Observational studies suggest that intravenous diuretic therapy given first hour presentation for AHF was favorable outcomes.To study short-term prognostic associations timing admitted to emergency department (ED) acute AHF.Patients treated ED diuretics were selected from Estratificação de Doentes com InsuFIciência Cardíaca Aguda...
Primary heart neoplasms are rare occurring with an estimated incidence of 0.0017-0.19%. Myxoma is the most prevalent primary tumor. The right atrium unusual localization, only in 15-20% myxoma cases. We report a case massive atrial causing tricuspid valve obstruction and presenting as syncope exertional dyspnea. This illustrates influence myxoma's size, position mobility well patient's body posture respiration to development signs symptoms. Three-dimensional echocardiography proved useful...
BackgroundLocalized stress and cell death in chronic inflammatory diseases may release tissue-specific lipids into the circulation causing blood plasma lipidome to reflect type of inflammation. However, deep lipid profiles major have not been compared.MethodsPlasma lipidomes patients suffering from two etiologically distinct diseases, atherosclerosis-related vascular disease, including cardiovascular (CVD) ischemic stroke (IS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), were screened by a top-down...
In patients with established heart failure (HF) low total cholesterol levels associate worse prognosis. Evidence concerning the impact of Low-density lipoprotein (LDL-c) in HF is scarce. We aimed to evaluate prognostic LDL-c HF, both and without diabetes mellitus (DM). retrospectively analyzed outpatients chronic systolic dysfunction followed our clinic from January/2012 May/2018. was calculated using Friedewald's formula. Patients a complete lipid profile were excluded. The endpoint under...
Papillary fibroelastoma (PFE) is a rare primary benign tumor of cardiac origin that predominantly affects the valves. Although most patients are asymptomatic, serious complications may result given their propensity for embolization. Advances in imaging technology have enabled earlier detection and more accurate characterization these tumors. We report case series, describing clinical presentation, treatment outcome. Institutional records tertiary center between 1997 2015 were reviewed all...
Cardiac metastases are more common than primary tumors. Several types of malignant tumors have been reported to metastasize the heart, mainly lung cancer, but in setting esophageal myocardial metastasis is comparatively rare. We report a case cardiac from squamous cell carcinoma detected 9 months after surgically curative esophagectomy, which presented mimicking acute infarction. The use different imaging modalities was fundamental correct diagnosis considering challenging presentation.
Multicentric Castleman disease (MCD) is a poorly understood, heterogeneous lymphoproliferative disorder with benign hyperplastic lymph nodes and systemic inflammatory symptoms. Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) may be associated MCD, whether or not the patient infected human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A 74-year-old man presented anaemia, thrombocytopenia bilateral axillary adenomegaly of unknown origin. The was admitted to hospital two years ago clinical signs weight loss, asthenia, anorexia...
Nondipper hypertensive patients have higher levels of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, a new studied inflammatory biomarker in primary hypertension. Furthermore, these risk cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to assess the relationship between ratio pattern (dipper vs nondipper) association major adverse events.A retrospective analysis was performed. One hundred fifty-three were included classified as dipper or nondipper according 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure...
New models of aortic bioprostheses have proven excellent early haemodynamic profile, but their mid and long-term performance warrants further systematic assessment. The aim this study is to report clinical St. Jude Medical Trifecta bioprosthesis during 5 years implantation.We performed a single centre, retrospective, observational descriptive including all 556 individuals who underwent valve replacement (AVR) with the (between July 2011 June 2016). Survival re-intervention were censored in...