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Portuguese National Registry of Interventional Cardiology
Calé, Rita; Pereira, Hélder; Luz, André; Campante Teles, Rui; Costa, Marco; Silva, João Carlos; Braga, Pedro; Pinto Cardoso, Pedro; Cruz Ferreira, RuiFunding Information: We would like to thank Maria F\u00E1tima Loureiro, who was the biostatistician at the National Center for Data Collection in Cardiology (CNCDC) at the time of the study, for her collaboration in processing the data from the Portuguese National Registry of Interventional Cardiology. Additionally, we extend our gratitude to all healthcare professionals who diligently record data in the regist...
Worrisome trends of ST-elevation myocardial infarction during the Covid-19 pand...
Oliveira, Luís; Teles, Rui Campante; Machado, Carina; Madeira, Sérgio; Vale, Nélson; Almeida, Carla; Brito, João; Leal, Sílvio; Raposo, Luís© 2022 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U.; INTRODUCTION: During the Covid-19 pandemic there has been a general belief that hospital admissions for non-infectious causes, especially cardiovascular disease, have fallen. OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of the pandemic on admissions for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) during the first pandemic wave. METHODS: We per...
Thrombus aspiration in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Pereira, Hélder; Caldeira, Daniel; Teles, Rui Campante; Costa, Marco; da Silva, Pedro Canas; da Gama Ribeiro, Vasco; Brandão, Vítor; Martins, DinisBackground: We aimed to evaluate the impact of thrombus aspiration (TA) during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (P-PCI) in 'real-world' settings. Methods: We performed a retrospective study, using data from the National Registry of Interventional Cardiology (RNCI 2006-2012, Portugal) with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients treated with P-PCI. The primary outcome, in-hospital mortality...