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Conduction Disorders And Their Clinical Impact After Sutureless/Rapid Deploymen...

Introduction: Aortic stenosis remains the number one heart valve pathology. The drive to improve the surgical outcomes brought to focus rapid deployment valves (RDV), which reduce aortic cross-clamping and cardio-pulmonary bypass (CPB) times. However, some centers have reported a higher rate of conduction abnormalities and permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation. The aim of this study was to investigate the inci...

Multimorbidity profile of COVID-19 deaths in Portugal during 2020

Background: COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection and has reached pandemic proportions. Since then, several clinical characteristics have been associated with poor outcomes. This study aimed to describe the morbidity profile of COVID-19 deaths in Portugal. Methods: A study was performed including deaths certificated in Portugal with “COVID-19” (ICD-10: U07.1 or U07.2) coded as the underlying cause of death...

Left ventricular remodelling in bicuspid aortic valve disease

Aims: Characterization of left ventricular (LV) geometric pattern and LV mass could provide an important insight into the pathophysiological adaptations of the LV to pressure and/or volume overload in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and significant (≥moderate) aortic valve (AV) disease. This study aimed to characterize LV remodelling and its prognostic impact in patients with BAV according to the pred...

COVID-19: Implications for People with Chagas Disease

As the global COVID-19 pandemic advances, it increasingly impacts the vulnerable populations who already bear a heavy burden of neglected tropical diseases. Chagas disease (CD), a neglected parasitic infection, is of particular concern because of its potential to cause cardiac, gastrointestinal, and other complications which could increase susceptibility to COVID-19. The over one million people worldwide with c...

Impact of public health initiatives on acute coronary syndrome fatality rates i...

Introduction and objective: Every year cardiovascular disease (CVD) causes 3.9 million deaths in Europe. Portugal has implemented a set of public health policies to tackle CVD mortality: a smoking ban in 2008, a salt reduction regulation in 2010 and the coronary fast-track system (FTS) for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in 2007. Our goal in this study was to analyze the impact of these three public health polici...

The patient safety journey in Portugal: challenges and opportunities from a pub...