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Wearable Devices for Physical Activity and Healthcare Monitoring in Elderly Peo...
Teixeira, E; Fonseca, H; Diniz-Sousa, F; Veras, L; Boppre, G; Oliveira, J; Pinto, D; Alves, AJ; Barbosa, A; Mendes, R; Marques-Aleixo, IThe availability of wearable devices (WDs) to collect biometric information and their use during activities of daily living is significantly increasing in the general population. These small electronic devices, which record fitness and health-related outcomes, have been broadly utilized in industries such as medicine, healthcare, and fitness. Since they are simple to use and progressively cheaper, they have als...
Intracardiac leiomyomatosis presenting as an intraoperative consultation.
Alves, AJ; Ferreira, MA; Gallego-Poveda, J; Matos, A; Costa-Silva, A; Nobre, A; Lopez-Beltran, AIntravenous leiomyomatosis (IVL) is an extremely rare variant of leiomyoma in which nodular masses of tumor grow within venous channels. Rarely, the tumor can reach the vena cava and right heart. We present a case of a 45-year-old woman, admitted with rapidly evolving exertional dyspnea. Cardiac ultrasonography revealed a "mass in the right chambers". She was submitted to right atriotomy plus tumorectomy, with ...