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THE ROLE OF THE RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH IN CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE
Duarte-Gamas, Luis; Pereira-Neves, António; Fragão-Marques, Mariana; Vilaça, Isabel; Rocha-Neves, João P.; Teixeira, JoséIntroduction: Carotid disease affects 3-4% of the general population. The association between systemic low-grade inflammation and atherosclerosis has led to the study of blood biomarkers, such as red blood cell distribution width – coefficient of variation (RDW-CV), and their role in the pathophysiology and prognosis of carotid artery disease. The aim of this study was to review the literature regarding the rel...
POPLITEAL VENOUS ANEURYSM — REGARDING A CLINICAL CASE
Machado, Luís; Vilaça, Isabel; Mansilha, Armando; Teixeira, JoséAneurysms of the popliteal vein are rare, but with potential to cause serious thromboembolic complications, such as pulmonary embolism. A large majority are detected in the context of thromboembolic disease, only a few are found incidentally or because of other type symptomatology. Symptomatic aneurysms of the popliteal vein should be treated surgically, because of the high risk of recurrent pulmonary embolism,...
Provas cognitivas centradas nos traços e nos processos: construção e validação
Almeida, Leandro S.; Morais, Maria de Fátima; Rosário, Pedro; Vilaça, Isabel; Antunes, Ana Maria PereiraNo quadro de um projecto de investigação tendo em vista uma análise diferencial da capacidade preditiva do desempenho escolar por parte de testes clássicos de inteligência e testes mais voltados para uma avaliação processual do desempenho cognitivo, descreve-se aqui os procedimentos de construção das versões iniciais das provas de resolução de problemas por insight, de descoberta de problemas (problem -finding)...