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Prognostic value of NT-proBNP, adrenomedullin, copeptin and proenkephalin in pa...
Agostinho, J. A. Ribeiro; Plácido, R.; Gonçalves, I.; Guimarães, T.; Ferreira, P. Carrilho; Marques, J. S.; Silva, D.; Lousada, N.; Pinto, F. J.Introduction: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) comprises a group of progressive diseases characterized by an increase in pulmonary vascular resistance, leading to right ventricular dysfunction. Risk stratification is essential for prognostic evaluation and therapeutic decision, making the determination of new biomarkers important. Purpose: To assess the prognostic value of new biomarkers in the prognostic evaluation...
Longitudinal impact of the smoking ban legislation in acute coronary syndrome a...
Abreu, D.; Sousa, P.; Dias, C. Matias; Pinto, F. J.Background and Purpose: The association between smoking and CV has been proved; however smoking is still the first preventable cause of death in the EU. We aim to evaluate the potential impact of the smoke ban on the number of ACS events in the Portuguese population. In addition, we evaluate the longitudinal effects of the smoking ban several years after its implementation. Methods: We analyzed the admission ra...
Validation of the isovolumetric relaxation time for the estimation of pulmonary...
Cabrita, Inês Zimbarra; Ruisanchez, C.; Grapsa, J.; Dawson, D.; North, B.; Pinto, F. J.; Gibbs, J. S. R.; Nihoyannopoulos, P.Aims: Transthoracic echocardiography is a useful technique for non-invasive detection of pulmonary arterial systolic pressure (PASP). Isovolumic relaxation time (IVRT) measured by Doppler tissue imaging (DTI) is a sensitive measurement of changes in pulmonary vasculature. Our aim was to validate IVRT in the echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients. Methods and results: We studied 196...