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Inovar a praxe: integração numa escola de enfermagem promotora de saúde – Escol...
Pedroso, R; Perdigão, A; Armando, S; Brito, I; Paiva, L; Simões, M; Simões, C; Margalho, M; Neves, M; Cristina, R; Lopes, R; Coutinho, V; Parola, Vítor
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in the elderly: rationale and specific ...
Barra, S; Providência, R; Paiva, L; Heck, P; Agarwal, SDespite the increasingly high rate of implantation of cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) in elderly patients, data supporting their clinical and cost-effectiveness in this age stratum are ambiguous and contradictory. We comprehensively reviewed the state-of-the-art data regarding the applicability, safety, clinical- and cost-effectiveness of the ICD in elderly patients, and analysed which patients in this age st...
Improving risk stratification in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction...
Paiva, L; Providência, R; Barra, S; Dinis, P; Faustino, AC; Costa, M; Gonçalves, LBACKGROUND: Risk assessment is fundamental in the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), enabling estimation of prognosis. AIMS: To evaluate whether the combined use of GRACE and CRUSADE risk stratification schemes in patients with myocardial infarction outperforms each of the scores individually in terms of mortality and haemorrhagic risk prediction. METHODS: Observational retrospective single-centre co...
Overview of resistant hypertension: A glimpse of the cardiologist's current sta...
Paiva, L; Cachulo, MC; Providência, R; Barra, S; Dinis, P; Leitão-Marques, AHypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, resulting in increased incidence of cerebrovascular events, ischaemic heart disease, heart failure, and renal impairment. Thus, it is one of the most important preventable causes of premature morbidity and mortality. Despite current knowledge on the management of hypertension and the availability of several effective antihypertensive medications, u...