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The Use of Two-Dimensional Strain Measured by Speckle Tracking in the Identific...
Rodrigues,Ronaldo Campos; Azevedo,Katia Martins Lopes de; Moscavitch,Samuel Datum; Setubal,Sergio; Mesquita,Claudio TinocoAbstract Background: Most cardiovascular abnormalities in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have been associated with myocardial damage directly caused by the virus. Some cases, however, may be associated with adverse effects from antiretroviral therapy (ART). New ventricular function assessment techniques are capable of detecting early changes in the cardiac function of HIV-infected...
Evaluation of Quality of Life in Patients with and without Heart Failure in Pri...
Jorge,Antonio José Lagoeiro; Rosa,Maria Luiza Garcia; Correia,Dayse Mary da Silva; Martins,Wolney de Andrade; Ceron,Diana Maria MartinezAbstract Background: Heart failure (HF) is a major public health issue with implications on health-related quality of life (HRQL). Objective: To compare HRQL, estimated by the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), in patients with and without HF in the community. Methods: Cross-sectional study including 633 consecutive individuals aged 45 years or older, registered in primary care. The subjects were selected from a...
Gender and obesity interaction in quality of life in adults assisted by family ...
Torres,Karla Dala Paula; Rosa,Maria Luiza Garcia; Moscavitch,Samuel DatumAbstract Obesity impacts the quality of life (HRQL). Studies about the effects of a possible interaction between gender and body mass are rare. The objective of the present paper is to estimate the biological interaction between gender and obesity on HRQL. This was a cross-sectional study based on data from CAMELIA study with population assisted by the Family Doctor Program of Niteroi visited between June 2006 ...
Seasonal variation in hospitalizations due to heart failure in Niterói city, So...
Jorge,Jose Eduardo Loureiro; Cagy,Mauricio; Mesquita,Evandro Tinoco; Costa,Thiago L M da; Moscavitch,Samuel Datum; Rosa,Maria Luiza GarciaThe objective of the study was to describe seasonality of hospitalizations for heart failure in tropical climate as it has been described in cold climates. Seasonal Auto-regressive Integrated Moving-Average model was applied to time-series data of heart failure hospitalizations between 1996 and 2004 in Niteroi (Southeastern Brazil), collected from the Brazilian National Health Service Database. The standard sea...