Search Results - "Nunes, Maria C.P"

Secondary Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease by Beaton, Andrea, Okello, Emmy, Rwebembera, Joselyn, Grobler, Anneke, Engelman, Daniel, Alepere, Juliet, Canales, Lesley, Carapetis, Jonathan, DeWyer, Alyssa, Lwabi, Peter, Mirabel, Mariana, Mocumbi, Ana O, Murali, Meghna, Nakitto, Miriam, Ndagire, Emma, Nunes, Maria C.P, Omara, Isaac O, Sarnacki, Rachel, Scheel, Amy, Wilson, Nigel, Zimmerman, Meghan, Zühlke, Liesl, Karthikeyan, Ganesan, Sable, Craig A, Steer, Andrew C

“…In a randomized trial of secondary antibiotic prophylaxis in Ugandan children and adolescents with latent rheumatic heart disease, penicillin G benzathine…”
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Focused Cardiac Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Heart Valve Disease in Resource-Limited Settings by Klassen, Sheila L., Nunes, Maria C.P., Johri, Amer, McClanahan, Carlene, Picard, Michael H.

“…Purpose of reviews There are many places in the world where comprehensive echocardiography is not available, including remote or rural regions of high-income…”
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Prothymosin Alpha: A Novel Contributor to Estradiol Receptor Alpha–Mediated CD8+ T-Cell Pathogenic Responses and Recognition of Type 1 Collagen in Rheumatic Heart Valve Disease by Passos, Livia S.A., Jha, Prabhash K., Becker-Greene, Dakota, Blaser, Mark C., Romero, Dayanna, Lupieri, Adrien, Sukhova, Galina K., Libby, Peter, Singh, Sasha A., Dutra, Walderez O., Aikawa, Masanori, Levine, Robert A., Nunes, Maria C.P., Aikawa, Elena

“…Rheumatic heart valve disease (RHVD) is a leading cause of cardiovascular death in low- and middle-income countries and affects predominantly women. The…”
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Severe Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis During Pregnancy by Mutarelli, Antonio, Pantaleao, Alexandre Negrao, Nunes, Maria C.P.

“…A 28-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1, with previously unknown severe rheumatic mitral stenosis presented with progressive dyspnea at 26 weeks of gestation…”
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Safety and efficacy of new potassium binders on hyperkalemia management in patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Carvalho, Pedro E. P., Veiga, Thiago M. A., Lacerda, Henrique, Tofanelli, Matheus R., Gewehr, Douglas M., Nunes, Maria C. P., Simões e Silva, Ana C.

“…Background Hyperkalemia leads to suboptimal use of evidence-based therapies in patients with heart failure (HF). Therefore, we aimed to assess whether new…”
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Myocardial fibrosis in chagas disease and molecules related to fibrosis by Chaves, Ana T., Menezes, Cristiane A. S., Costa, Henrique S., Nunes, Maria C. P., Rocha, Manoel O. C.

“…Chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC) is responsible for the disease's greater morbidity and poor prognosis. Although understanding the pathophysiology of CCC…”
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A focussed single-view hand-held echocardiography protocol for the detection of rheumatic heart disease by Diamantino, Adriana, Beaton, Andrea, Aliku, Twalib, Oliveira, Kaciane, Oliveira, Cassio, Xavier, Luciana, Perlman, Lindsay, Okello, Emmy, Nascimento, Bruno, Ribeiro, Antonio L P, Nunes, Maria C P, Sable, Craig

“…Echocardiographic screening represents an opportunity for reduction in the global burden of rheumatic heart disease. A focussed single-view screening protocol…”
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Impaired Coronary Flow Reserve in Patients with Indeterminate Form of Chagas' Disease by Rabelo, Daniel R., Rocha, Manoel Otávio da Costa, de Barros, Márcio V. L., Silva, José Luiz Padilha da, Tan, Timothy C., Nunes, Maria C. P.

“…Background Previous studies suggest that microvascular abnormalities may contribute to the pathogenesis of Chagas’ heart disease. Coronary flow reserve (CFR)…”
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