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Training and attitudes concerning cardiac rehabilitation in Portugal
Vilela, Eduardo M; Bento, Luísa; Oliveira, Luís; Abreu, Ana; Dores, Helder; Teixeira, Madalena; Mendes, Miguel; Fontes, Paulo; Fontes-Carvalho, RicardoCopyright © 2024. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U.; INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a central component in the management of cardiovascular disease. While its potential benefits have been extensively explored and confirmed, its implementation is still suboptimal, due to various possible barriers. This study aimed to assess training and attitudes concerning CR among physicians in...
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in clinical practice
Dores, Helder; Mendes, Miguel; Abreu, Ana; Durazzo, Anaí; Rodrigues, Cidália; Vilela, Eduardo; Cunha, Gonçalo; Gomes Pereira, José; Bento, LuísaPublisher Copyright: © 2024 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia; Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) provides a noninvasive and integrated assessment of the response of the respiratory, cardiovascular, and musculoskeletal systems to exercise. This information improves the diagnosis, risk stratification, and therapeutic management of several clinical conditions. Additionally, CPET is the gold standard test f...
Predicting obstructive coronary artery disease in heart failure with reduced ej...
Albuquerque, Francisco; Oliveira, Afonso Félix; de Araújo Gonçalves, Pedro; Campante Teles, Rui; de Sousa Almeida, Manuel; Gonçalves, MarianaCopyright © 2022 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.; INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) remains the most common etiology of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). However, there is controversy whether invasive coronary angiography (ICA) should be used initially to exclude CAD in patients presenting wi...
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...
Achieving higher efficacy without compromising safety with factor XI inhibitors...
Presume, João; Ferreira, Jorge; Ribeiras, Regina; Mendes, MiguelPublisher Copyright: © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis.; Background: In recent years, many important advances have been seen in anticoagulation therapy. However, bleeding risk is still a major concern. Factor XI (FXI) inhibition has emerged as a potential advantageous target to minimize th...
Prevalência e determinantes da utilização da avaliação funcional invasiva da do...
Raposo, Luís; Gonçalves, Mariana; Roque, David; Gonçalves, Pedro Araújo; Magno, Pedro; Brito, João; Leal, Sílvio; Madeira, Sérgio; Santos, MiguelFunding Information: The authors wish to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of Paulo Leal regarding data acquisition and management, and John Henderson for statistical consultancy. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia; Introduction and Objectives: Use of invasive physiological assessment in patients with coronary artery disease varies widely and is perceived to be low. We aimed ...
O doente cardiovascular durante a pandemia SARS-CoV2
Félix-Oliveira, Afonso; de Sousa Almeida, Manuel; Ferreira, Jorge; Campante Teles, Rui; Mesquita Gabriel, Henrique; Cavaco, Diogo; Mendes, Miguel
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Trials of Drug Therapy for Heart Fai...
Gama, Francisco; Ferreira, Jorge; Carmo, João; Costa, Francisco Moscoso; Carvalho, Salomé; Carmo, Pedro; Cavaco, Diogo; Morgado, Francisco BeloBACKGROUND Medical therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction evolved since trials validated the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). We sought to evaluate the performance of ICDs in reducing mortality in the era of modern medical therapy by means of a systematic review and meta-analysis of contemporary randomized clinical trials of drug therapy for heart failure with reduced eje...
Critérios mandatórios para programas de reabilitação cardíaca
Abreu, Ana; Mendes, Miguel; Dores, Helder; Silveira, Conceição; Fontes, Paulo; Teixeira, Madalena; Santa Clara, Helena; Morais, JoãoCardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a multidisciplinary process for patients recovering after an acute cardiac event or with chronic cardiovascular disease that reduces mortality and morbidity and improves quality of life. It is considered a cost-effective intervention and is expressly indicated in the guidelines of the major medical societies. In Portugal, only 8% of patients discharged from hospital after myocardi...
Acute coronary syndrome in the oncology patient
Félix-Oliveira, Afonso; Vale, Nélson; Madeira, Sérgio; Mendes, MiguelCopyright © 2018 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.; 5-Flurouracil is a first-line agent in several cancer-therapy regimens. Cardiotoxicity is common, with coronary artery disease being an important risk factor. We report the case of an acute coronary syndrome presumably induced by 5-FU, in a patient with previously unknown and asymptomatic coronary a...