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Potential Pathogenic and Opportunistic Oral Bacteria in Early Life: The Role of...
Fernandes, M; Azevedo, MJ; Campos, C; Ferreira, AF; Azevedo, A; Falcão-Pires, I; Zaura, E; Ramalho, C; Campos, J; Sampaio-Maia, BIn early life, maternal factors are of the utmost relevance for oral microbiome acquisition and maturation. Therefore, our study explored the impact of maternal factors, such as saliva and breastmilk colonization, cardiovascular risk factors (CRF), type of delivery, oral health, and caregiving habits on the prevalence of potential pathogenic and opportunistic oral bacteria in early life. A total of 26 healthy m...
Pericardial NT-Pro-BNP and GDF-15 as Biomarkers of Atrial Fibrillation and Atri...
Fragão-Marques, M; Barroso, I; Farinha, R; Miranda, IM; Martins, D; Mancio, J; Rocha-Neves, J; Guimarães, JT; Leite-Moreira, A; Falcão-Pires, IAims: This study aimed to evaluate the association of GDF-15 and NT-pro-BNP in two different biological matrices with AF in severe aortic stenosis patients undergoing aortic valve replacement surgery (AVR), its association with atrial matrix remodeling, as well as with 30-day postoperative outcomes. Main Methods: One hundred and twenty-six patients between 2009 and 2019 with severe aortic stenosis undergoing AV...
Atrial matrix remodeling in atrial fibrillation patients with aortic stenosis
Fragão-Marques, M; Miranda, I; Martins, D; Barroso, I; Mendes, C; Pereira-Neves, A; Falcão-Pires, I; Leite-Moreira, ABackground. This study aimed to evaluate atrium extracellular matrix remodeling in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with severe aortic stenosis, through histological fibrosis quantification and extracellular matrix gene expression analysis, as well as serum quantification of selected protein targets. Methods. A posthoc analysis of a prospective study was performed in a cohort of aortic stenosis patients. Betwe...
Lower Free Triiodothyronine Levels Within the Reference Range Are Associated wi...
Neves, JS; Leitão, L; Baeta Baptista, R; Bigotte Vieira, M; Magriço, R; Viegas Dias, C; Oliveira, A; Falcão-Pires, I; Lourenço, A; Carvalho, DThyroid hormones play a central role in cardiovascular homeostasis. Lower free triiodothyronine (FT3) levels have been associated with worse prognosis in several conditions. However, contrary to thyrotropin (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4), the role of FT3 in morbidity and mortality in the general population remains uncertain. Our objective was to evaluate the association between within the normal range FT3 level...
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...