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Five years of Stent for Life in Portugal
Pereira, Hélder; Calé, Rita; Pereira, Ernesto; Mello, Sofia; Vitorino, Sílvia; Jerónimo de Sousa, Pedro; Monteiro, Sílvia; Pinto, Fausto J.Objective: To analyze changes in performance indicators five years after Portugal joined the Stent for Life (SFL) initiative. Methods: National surveys were carried out annually over one-month periods designated as study Time Points between 2011 (Time Zero) and 2016 (Time Five). In this study, 1340 consecutive patients with suspected ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who underwent coronary angiography,...
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty protocol in a Portuguese pulmonary hypertension e...
Calé, Rita; Ferreira, Filipa; Pereira, Ana Rita; Saraiva, Carla; Santos, Ana; Alegria, Sofia; Repolho, Débora; Vitorino, Sílvia; Santos, PedroIntroduction: Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) has emerged as a promising therapeutic option for patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who are not eligible for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PEA) or who have recurrent or persistent pulmonary hypertension after surgery. There is no standardized technique for BPA and, its complexity and high risk of severe complications, require...
The stent for life initiative : factors predicting system delay in patients wit...
Pereira, Hélder; Pinto, Fausto J.; Calé, Rita; Pereira, Ernesto; Mello, Sofia; Vitorino, Sílvia; Sousa, Pedro Jerónimo de; Brochado, BrunoIntroduction and Aims: System delay (time between first medical contact and reperfusion therapy) is an indicator of quality of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients. This study aimed to assess changes in system delay between 2011 and 2015, and to identify its predictors. Methods: The study included 838 patients admitted to 18 Portuguese ...
Factors influencing patient delay before primary percutaneous coronary interven...
Pereira, Hélder; Calé, Rita; Pinto, Fausto J.; Pereira, Ernesto; Caldeira, Daniel; Mello, Sofia; Vitorino, Sílvia; Almeida, Manuel de SousaIntroduction and Aims: Shorter patient delays are associated with a better prognosis for patients diagnosed with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This study aimed to identify predictors of patient delay in the Portuguese population. Methods: Data on 994 patients with suspected STEMI of less than 12 hours’ duration and referred for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) and admitted...
Long-term follow-up of patients with deferred coronary intervention guided by m...
Pereira, Luísa Vilalonga; Pereira, Hélder; Vinhas, Hugo; Martins, Cristina; Calé, Rita; Pereira, Ernesto; Vitorino, Sílvia; Esteves, RicardoIntroduction and Aims: The functional significance of coronary lesions can be assessed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory by determination of fractional flow reserve (FFR), thus overcoming one of the major limitations of conventional angiography. The aim of this study was to analyze the long-term clinical course of patients with intermediate coronary stenosis (50---70%) deferred for intervention based on...