» Vol. 94, Nº 2, February 2010
President’s Page
President’s Message
:. Jorge Ilha Guimarães
Editorial
Evolution of Cardiovascular Surgery. The Brazilian Saga. A History of
Work, Pioneering Experience and Success
:. Domingo M. Braile e Walter J. Gomes
Original Articles
Pathological Anatomy
Frequency of Acute Plaque Ruptures and Thin Cap Atheromas at Sites of
Maximal Stenosis
:. Fabio Tavora, Nathaniel Cresswell, Ling Li, David Fowler, Allen
Burke
Clinical Arrhythmia
Cardiovascular Repercussion of Lodenafil Carbonate, a New PDE5 Inhibitor,
with and without Alcohol Consumption
:. Adauto Carvalho Silva, Odaly Toffoletto, Luiz Antonio Galvão
Lucio, Paula Ferreira dos Santos, Jorge Barros Afiune, João Massud
Filho, Sergio Tufik
Molecular Biology
ENPP1 K121Q Polymorphism and Ischemic Heart Disease in Diabetic Patients
:. Milene Moehlecke, Caroline K. Kramer, Cristiane B. Leitão, Ana
Luiza Krahe, Ivaldir Balbosco, Mirela Jobim de Azevedo, Jorge L. Gross,
Luis Henrique Canani
Heart Surgery - Adults
Evolution of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Instituto do Coração:
Analysis of 71,305 Surgeries
:. Luiz Augusto F. Lisboa, Luiz Felipe P. Moreira, Omar Vilca Mejia,
Luís Alberto O. Dallan, Pablo M. A. Pomerantzeff, Roberto Costa, Luiz B.
Puig, Fabio B. Jatene, Miguel Barbero Marcial, Noedir A. G. Stolf
Acute Coronary Artery Disease
Prevalence of Carotid Stenosis in Patients Referred to Myocardial
Revascularization Surgery
:. Marcelo Pereira da Rosa e Vera Lúcia Portal
Myocardial Bridging: Therapeutic and Clinical Development
:. Aline Braz Pereira, Danilo Spricigo Peressoni Castro, Emanuela
Todeschini Menegotto, Wladimir Maia do Amaral, Gustavo Spricigo
Peressoni Castro
Duplex Scan/Vascular Doppler Ultrasound
Flow-mediated Dilatation in the Differential Diagnosis of Preeclampsia
Syndrome
:. Edson Vieira da Cunha Filho, Carolina Mohr, Breno José Acauan
Filho, Giovani Gadonski, Leticia Germany Paula, Ivan Carlos Ferreira
Antonello, Carlos Eduardo Poli-de-Figueiredo, Bartira Ercilia
Pinheiro-da-Costa
Epidemiology
Global and Cardiovascular Mortality and Risk Factors in Patients Under
Hemodialysis Treatment
:. Fátima Aparecida A. Almeida, Felipe Carrhá Machado, José Andrade
Moura Junior, Armênio Costa Guimarães
Overweight and Cardiovascular Risk among Young Adults Followed-up for 17
Years: The Rio de Janeiro Study, Brazil
:. Flávia Lopes Fonseca, Andréa Araújo Brandão, Roberto Pozzan, Érika
Maria Gonçalves Campana, Oswaldo Luiz Pizzi, Maria Eliane Campos
Magalhães, Elizabete Vianna de Freitas, Ayrton Pires Brandão
Determinants of C-Reactive Protein in Individuals with Very Low
Socioeconomic Status
:. Luis C. L. Correia, Rafaela Penalva, Helena Correia, Ana M.
Ladeia, Marta Menezes, Isaac Suzart, Agnaluce Moreira, José Carlos Lima,
Bernardo Galvão, Armênio C. Guimarães
Experimental
Remodeling Pattern and Ventricular Function in Rats Exposed to Cigarette
Smoke
:. Paula S. Azevedo, Marcos F. Minicucci, Beatriz B. Matsubara, Luiz
S. Matsubara, Daniella R. Duarte, Sergio A. R. Paiva, Leonardo A. M.
Zornoff
Physiology
Vasopressin Intravenous Infusion Causes Dose Dependent Adverse
Cardiovascular Effects in Anesthetized Dogs
:. Luiz Cláudio Martins, Maricene Sabha, Maria Ondina Paganelli,
Otávio Rizzi Coelho, Silvia Elaine Ferreira-Melo, Marcos Mello Moreira,
Adriana Camargo de Cavalho, Sebastião Araujo, Heitor Moreno Junior
Heart Failure
Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Add-On Therapy for Low Cardiac Output in
Decompensated Heart Failure
:. Marcelo E. Ochiai, Antonio C. P. Barretto, Juliano N. Cardoso,
Robinson T. Munhoz, Paulo C. Morgado, José A. F. Ramires
Reduction of Central Sleep Apnea in Heart Failure Patients with
Beta-Blockers Therapy
:. Christiano Pereira Silva, Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho, Bianca Marcondes,
Gilmar Osmundo Junior, Sandrigo Mangini, Aguinaldo Figueiredo Freitas
Junior, Phillipe Vieira Pires, Edimar Alcides Bocchi, Fernando Bacal
Cardiovascular Rehabilitation
Incentive Spirometry with Expiratory Positive Airway Pressure Brings
Benefits after Myocardial Revascularization
:. Glória Menz Ferreira, Mauren Porto Haeffner, Sérgio Saldanha Menna
Barreto, Pedro Dall’Ago
Tomography/Sounding
Coronary Calcium Score as Predictor of Stenosis and Events in
Pretransplant Renal Chronic Failure
:. Miguel Abraão Rosário, José Jayme de Lima, José R. Parga, Luiz F.
Ávila, Luis H. Gowdak, Pedro A. Lemos, Carlos E. Rochitte
Cardiac Transplantation
Experience with Heterotopic Heart Transplantation in Patients with
Elevated Pulmonary Vascular Resistance. Late Follow-Up
:. Jose Henrique Andrade Vila, José Pedro da Silva, Luciana da
Fonseca, José Francisco Baumgratz, Américo Tangari Jr, Weverton Ferreira
Leite, Claudia Jesus Guilhen, Egas Armelin
REVIEW ARTICLE
Use of Optical Coherence Tomography for Accurate Characterization of
Atherosclerosis
:. John Coletta, Nobuaki Suzuki, Bruno R. Nascimento, Hiram G.
Bezerra, Noah Rosenthal, Giulio Guagliumi, Andrew M. Rollins, Marco A.
Costa
Obesity and Coronary Artery Disease: Role of Vascular Inflammation
:. Fernando Gomes, Daniela F. Telo, Heraldo P. Souza, José Carlos
Nicolau, Alfredo Halpern, Carlos V. Serrano Jr.
Letter to the Editor
Comments on the article by Girard et al: Costs in Cardiac Surgery
:. Paulo R. Benchimol-Barbosa
Anatomoclinical Correlation
59-year-old Male Patient with Severe Obesity, Arterial Hypertension and
Heart Failure Submitted to Anticoagulation Therapy for Atrial
Fibrillation, Presented Cerebrovascular Accident and Septicemia
:. Pedro Veronese, Luiz Alberto Benvenuti
ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS DE CARDIOLOGIA - ELETRONIC PAGES
Case Report
Tricuspid Valve Lesion due to Penetrating Chest Trauma
:. Renata de Carvalho Bicalho Carneiro, Fernanda de Azevedo
Figueiredo, Luciana Campomizzi Calazans, Marcelo Martins Pinto Filho,
Daniel Furtado Vidigal, Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes
Left Ventricular Papillary Fibroelastoma
:. Renato Jorge Alves, Alexandre H. Borin, Carlos Renato De Oliveira,
Raphael Puig, Ana Carolina Mercê, Kenji Nakiri
Acute Coronary Artery Dissection after Aortic Valve Replacement
:. Fernando de Paula Machado, Roney Orismar Sampaio, Fernanda Lopez
Mazzucato, Flávio Tarasoutchi, Guilherme Sobreira Spina, Max Grinberg