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Multimodality Imaging in Cardiac Amyloidosis: State‐of‐the‐Art Review
Timóteo, AT; Aguiar Rosa, S; Garcia Brás, P; Vidigal Ferreira, MJ; Bettencourt, NAmyloidosis is a systemic disease, characterized by deposition of amyloid fibrils in various organs, including the heart. For the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis (CA) it is required a high level of clinical suspicion and in the presence of clinical, laboratorial, and electrocardiographic red flags, a comprehensive multimodality imaging evaluation is warranted, including echocardiography, magnetic resonance, sc...
Metabolic syndrome severity score is associated with diastolic dysfunction and ...
Ladeiras-Lopes, R; Teixeira, P; Azevedo, A; Leite-Moreira, A; Bettencourt, N; Fontes-Carvalho, RMetabolic syndrome (MetS) affects approximately one out of three adults in western countries and it combines a cluster of cardiovascular risk factors. A continuous gender and race/ethnicity-specific MetS severity score was recently described and validated, and is an independent predictor of cardiovascular events, beyond individual MetS components. We aimed to assess if this score was associated with subclinical...
Meta-Analysis of Relation of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Volume to Left Atrial Di...
Mancio, J; Azevedo, D; Fragão-Marques, M; Falcão-Pires, I; Leite-Moreira, A; Lunet, N; Fontes-Carvalho, R; Bettencourt, NMany studies have explored the hypothesis that epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) accumulation adversely affects cardiac remodeling. We assessed, through a systematic review and meta-analysis, whether EAT is linked to left atrial (LA) and left ventricular (LV) structure and function, irrespective of global or abdominal visceral adiposity. We searched MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science for studies evaluating the a...
Epicardial adipose tissue volume assessed by computed tomography and coronary a...
Mancio, J; Azevedo, D; Saraiva, F; Azevedo, A; Pires-Morais, G; Leite-Moreira, A; Falcao-Pires, I; Lunet, N; Bettencourt, NTo conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis on the crude and adjusted associations between epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume determined by computed tomography (CT) and coronary artery disease (CAD). MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science databases were screened for all observational studies assessing the association between EAT volume and CAD. We calculated pooled odds ratio (OR) or hazard ratio (HR) and...
Atypical presentation of an intracardiac mass
Abreu, G; Azevedo, P; Bettencourt, N; Vieira, C; Arantes, C; Quina, C; Vilaça, A; Marques, J
Será o que parece?
Abreu, G; Rocha, S; Bettencourt, N; Quina-Rodrigues, C; Arantes, C; Martins, J; Fonseca, S; Vieira, C; Barbosa, L; Azevedo, P; Marques, J
An unusual trigger causing Takotsubo Syndrome
Abreu, G; Rocha, S; Bettencourt, N; Azevedo, P; Vieira, C; Rodrigues, C; Arantes, C; Braga, C; Martins, J; Marques, J
The impact of neck and abdominal fat accumulation on the pathogenesis of obstru...
Franco, I; Reis, R; Ferreira, D; Xará, S; Ferreira, W; Bettencourt, N; Antunes, A
Noninvasive anatomical and functional assessment of coronary artery disease.
Ramos, V; Bettencourt, N; Silva, J; Ferreira, N; Chiribiri, A; Schuster, A; Leite-Moreira, A; Silva-Cardoso, J; Nagel, E; Gama, VINTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: In suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), invasive coronary angiography (ICA) is traditionally the diagnostic tool of choice. However, patients often have no significant disease. Moreover, assessment of fractional flow reserve (FFR) has been shown to have prognostic implications. Recently, coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) myocardia...
The Effect of Exercise Training on Diastolic and Systolic Function After Acute ...
Fontes-Carvalho, R; Azevedo, AI; Sampaio, F; Teixeira, M; Bettencourt, N; Campos, L; Gonçalves, FR; Ribeiro, VG; Azevedo, A; Leite-Moreira, AAfter acute myocardial infarction (AMI), diastolic dysfunction is frequent and an important determinant of adverse outcome. However, few interventions have proven to be effective in improving diastolic function. We aimed to determine the effect of exercise training on diastolic and systolic function after AMI.One month after AMI, 188 patients were prospectively randomized (1:1) to an 8-week supervised program o...