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Thyroxine-induced cardiac hypertrophy: influence of adrenergic nervous system versus renin-angiotensin system on myocyte remodeling by Hu, L W, Benvenuti, L A, Liberti, E A, Carneiro-Ramos, M S, Barreto-Chaves, M L M

“…The present study assessed the possible involvement of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) in thyroxine (T4)-induced…”
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Tricuspid Valve Injury After Heart Transplantation Due to Endomyocardial Biopsy: An Analysis of 3550 Biopsies by Fiorelli, A.I, Coelho, G.H.B, Aiello, V.D, Benvenuti, L.A, Palazzo, J.F, Santos Júnior, V.P, Canizares, B, Dias, R.R, Stolf, N.A.G

“…Abstract Introduction Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is the most commonly valvular dysfunction found after heart transplantation (HTx). It may be related to…”
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Endomyocardial Biopsy as Risk Factor in the Development of Tricuspid Insufficiency After Heart Transplantation by Fiorelli, A.I, Coelho, G.H.B, Oliveira, J.L, Aiello, V.D, Benvenuti, L.A, Santos, A, Chi, A, Tallans, A, Igushi, M.L, Bacal, F, Bocchi, E.A, Stolf, N.A.G

“…Abstract Objective Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB), which is used to monitor for rejection, may cause tricuspid regurgitation (TR) after orthotopic heart…”
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Association of an increase in CD8+ T cells with the presence of Trypanosoma cruzi antigens in chronic, human, chagasic myocarditis by Higuchi, M D, Ries, M M, Aiello, V D, Benvenuti, L A, Gutierrez, P S, Bellotti, G, Pileggi, F

“…The role of Trypanosoma cruzi in the pathogenesis of myocarditis in the chronic phase of Chagas' disease is still controversial, with autoimmune mechanisms…”
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Myocardial necrosis after envenomation by the scorpion Tityus serrulatus by Benvenuti, L.A., Douetts, K.V., Cardoso, J.L.C.

“…A 4 years old boy died a few hours after he had been stung by a scorpion ( Tityus serrulatus). At necropsy, there were multiple foci of coagulative…”
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Treatment with Encapsulated Hsp60 Peptide (p277) Prolongs Skin Graft Survival in a Murine Model of Minor Antigen Disparity by Luna, E., Postol, E., Caldas, C., Benvenuti, L. A., Rodrigues, J. M., Lima, K., Kalil, J., Coelho, V.

“…The increased expression of heat shock protein (Hsp)60 in different kinds of graft tissues has been associated with a proinflammatory role and rejection…”
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Reactivation of Chagas' disease in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient leading to severe heart disease with a late positive direct microscopic examination of the blood by Sartori, A M, Lopes, M H, Benvenuti, L A, Caramelli, B, di Pietro, A, Nunes, E V, Ramirez, L P, Shikanai-Yasuda, M A

“…We report a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected man with chronic Chagas' disease who developed a congestive heart failure that could not be clinically…”
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Immunohistochemical Quantification of Inflammatory Cells in Endomyocardial Biopsy Fragments After Heart Transplantation: A New Potential Method to Improve the Diagnosis of Rejection After Heart Transplantation by Bocchi, E.A, Tanigawa, R.Y, Brandão, S.M.G, Cruz, F, Issa, V, Ayub-Ferreira, S, Chizzola, P, Souza, G, Fiorelli, A.I, Bacal, F, Pomerantzeff, P.M.A, Honorato, R, Lourenço-Filho, D, Guimarães, G, Benvenuti, L.A

“…Abstract Inconsistencies in cardiac rejection grading systems corroborate the concept that the evaluation of inflammatory intensity and myocyte damage seems to…”
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Histological evidence of concomitant intramyocardial and epicardial vasculitis in necropsied heart allografts : A possible relationship with graft coronary arteriosclerosis by DE LOURDES HIGUCHI, M, BENVENUTI, L. A, MACRUZ DEMARCHI, L. M, LIBBY, P

“…The significance of medial lymphocytic vasculitis in intramural coronary vessels in heart transplantation is very poorly understood. This study was designed to…”
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Cutaneous leucocytoclastic vasculitis from contact with Hylesia moths (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) by Benvenuti, L.A., Cardoso, J.L.C., Moraes, R.H.P.

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Chronic American trypanosomiasis: parasite persistence in endomyocardial biopsies is associated with high-grade myocarditis by Benvenuti, L. A., Roggério, A., Freitas, H. F. G., Mansur, A. J., Fiorelli, A., Higuchi, M. L.

“…Myocyte diameter, fractional area of collagen, intensity of myocarditis and parasite persistence (explored by immunohistochemistry and PCR) were evaluated in…”
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TAP1 mutant mice reject heart grafts from donors with no MHC disparity by Coelho, V, Marrero, I, Noronha, I, Benvenuti, L.A, Van Kaer, L, Kalil, J

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Collagen content, but not the ratios of collagen type III/I mRNAs, differs among hypertensive, alcoholic, and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy by Soufen, H N, Salemi, V M C, Aneas, I M S, Ramires, F J A, Benício, A M D, Benvenuti, L A, Krieger, J E, Mady, C

“…Cardiac interstitial fibrosis may contribute to ventricular dysfunction and the prognosis of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. The objective of the present…”
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Different cell types within the sinoatrial node by Benvenuti, L A, Aiello, V D, de L Higuchi, M

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Atrial natriuretic peptide, ventricular myocyte hypertrophy, and hemodynamic overload by Benvenuti, L A, Higuchi, M L, Aiello, V D

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P4219Increase of Trypanosoma cruzi parasitic load in endomyocardial biopsies anticipates Chagas disease reactivation after heart transplantation by Benvenuti, L A, Roggerio, A, Nishiya, A S, Levi, J E

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Post-ischemic rupture of the anterior papillary muscle of the right ventricle associated with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: a case report by Benvenuti, L A, Aiello, V D, Cury, A J, Ebaid, M

“…We report the case of a six-day-old male infant exposed in utero to a prostaglandin synthetase inhibitor, who presented pulmonary arterial hypertension,…”
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An in situ quantitative immunohistochemical study of cytokines and IL-2R+ in chronic human chagasic myocarditis : Correlation with the presence of myocardial Trypanosoma cruzi antigens by MARTINS REIS, M, HIGUCHI, M. de L, BENVENUTI, L. A, DEMARCHI AIELLO, V, SAMPAIO GUTIERREZ, P, BELLOTTI, G, PILEGGI, F

“…Inflammatory cells positive for the cytokines IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma and for IL-2R, as well as CD8+ and CD4+ T cells and B cells were…”
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Dyspnea and pain in the left lower limb in a 52-year-old male patient by Alvarenga, G S, Benvenuti, L A

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A sixty-four-year-old woman with Chagas' disease, who underwent implantation of a permanent cardiac pacemaker and evolved with rapidly progressive heart failure by Medeiros, F, Benvenuti, L A, Costa, R

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