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World Heart Federation cholesterol roadmap: the Portuguese case
Abreu, Ana; Dores, Hélder; Gonçalves, Lino; Franco, Fátima; Silveira, Conceição; Proença, Gonçalo; Timóteo, Ana Teresa; Cardim, Nuno; Pedro, MónicaAtherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) remains the major cause of premature death and disability; effective cardiovascular (CV) risk prevention is fundamental. The World Heart Federation (WHF) Cholesterol Roadmap provides a framework for national policy development and aims to achieve ASCVD prevention. At the invitation of the WHF, a group of experts from the Portuguese Society of Cardiology (SPC), addr...
Preoperative color Doppler ultrasound parameters for surgical decision-making i...
Gomes, António Pedro; Germano, Ana; Sousa, Marta; Martins, Rita; Coelho, Constança; Ferreira, Maria José; Rocha, Evangelista; Nunes, VítorObjective: Current scientific evidence is insufficient to determine the best vascular access for each patient. It is an unmet clinical need because vascular access dysfunction accounts for 20% to 30% of hospital admissions. Our aim was to evaluate preoperative color flow Doppler ultrasound (CDUS)-derived parameters (vein diameter and brachial artery flow and diameter) and their effect interaction with comorbidi...
Tobacco use : more needs to be done to control active and passive smoking
Rocha, EvangelistaThere was a time when tobacco was thought to have medicinal qualities and another time when tobacco consumption was common, fashionable, and ubiquitous, and considered socially acceptable. However, statistical evidence suggesting a relationship between smoking and lung cancer began to emerge in the late 1920s, although scientific evidence of a causal relationship was not available until the mid-twentieth centur...
A prognostic model for the outcome of Nobel Biocare dental implants with peri-i...
Nobre, Miguel de Araújo; Salvado, Francisco; Nogueira, Paulo; Rocha, Evangelista; Ilg, Peter; Maló, PauloBackground: This investigation, based on a 1-year retrospective cohort study, aimed to estimate and validate a prognostic model for ailing and failing implants due to peri-implant disease. Methods: A total of 240 patients (male: 97; female: 143; average age of 57.3 years) with at least one ailing or failing implant were included: 120 patients for model derivation and 120 patients for model validation. The prima...
A peri-implant disease risk score for patients with dental implants: validation...
Nobre, Miguel de Araújo; Salvado, Francisco; Nogueira, Paulo; Rocha, Evangelista; Ilg, Peter; Maló, PauloBackground: There is a need for tools that provide prediction of peri-implant disease. The purpose of this study was to validate a risk score for peri-implant disease and to assess the influence of the recall regimen in disease incidence based on a five-year retrospective cohort. Methods: Three hundred and fifty-three patients with 1238 implants were observed. A risk score was calculated from eight predictors a...
A peri-implant disease risk score for patients with dental implants : validatio...
De Araújo Nobre, Miguel; Salvado, Francisco; Nogueira, Paulo; Rocha, Evangelista; Ilg, Peter; Maló, PauloBackground: There is a need for tools that provide prediction of peri-implant disease. The purpose of this study was to validate a risk score for peri-implant disease and to assess the influence of the recall regimen in disease incidence based on a five-year retrospective cohort. Methods: Three hundred and fifty-three patients with 1238 implants were observed. A risk score was calculated from eight predictors a...
Metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk
Rocha, EvangelistaThe effects of isolated and associated cardiovascular risk factors have been investigated since the mid-twentieth century, but the relationship between the elements of what is now termed the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and cardiovascular risk was paid little attention until 1988, when Reaven described the role of insulin resistance in human disease, which he called syndrome X.1 This did not include obesity, parti...
A prognostic model for the outcome of Nobel Biocare Dental Implants with peri-I...
Nobre, Miguel de Araújo; Salvado, Francisco; Nogueira, Paulo Jorge; Rocha, Evangelista; Ilg, Peter; Maló, PauloBackground: This investigation, based on a 1-year retrospective cohort study, aimed to estimate and validate a prognostic model for ailing and failing implants due to peri-implant disease. Methods: A total of 240 patients (male: 97; female: 143; average age of 57.3 years) with at least one ailing or failing implant were included: 120 patients for model derivation and 120 patients for model validation. The prima...
Use of health care services associated with blood pressure management in hypert...
Pinheiro, Bernardete; Fernandes, Milene; Alarcão, Violeta; Nicola, Paulo; Antunes, Marília; Rocha, EvangelistaIntroduction: Ethnic and cultural diversity in Portugal has reinforced the importance of adjusting healthcare services to the health needs of different populations. This study aims to analyse longitudinally the factors associated with health care use by native Portuguese and African hypersive patients. Methods: Longitudinal study including treated hypertensive patients followed-up in primary care in the Lisbon ...
Utilização de cuidados médicos associados com a tensão arterial em doentes hipe...
Pinheiro, Bernardete; Fernandes, Milene; Alarcão, Violeta; Nicola, Paulo; Antunes, Marília; Rocha, EvangelistaIntroduction: Ethnic and cultural diversity in Portugal has reinforced the importance of adjusting healthcare services to the health needs of different populations. This study aims to analyse longitudinally the factors associated with health care use by native Portuguese and African hypersive patients. Methods: Longitudinal study including treated hypertensive patients followed-up in primary care in the Lisbon ...