Search Results - "POMERANTZEFF, Pablo M. A"
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Predictive performance of six mortality risk scores and the development of a novel model in a prospective cohort of patients undergoing valve surgery secondary to rheumatic fever
Published in PloS one (06-07-2018)“…Mortality prediction after cardiac procedures is an essential tool in clinical decision making. Although rheumatic cardiac disease remains a major cause of…”
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Mimicry in Recognition of Cardiac Myosin Peptides by Heart-Intralesional T Cell Clones from Rheumatic Heart Disease
Published in Journal of Immunology (01-05-2006)“…Molecular mimicry between Streptococcus pyogenes Ags and human proteins has been considered as a mechanism leading to autoimmune reactions in rheumatic fever…”
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CXCL9/Mig Mediates T cells Recruitment to Valvular Tissue Lesions of Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease Patients
Published in Inflammation (01-08-2013)“…Rheumatic fever (RF) is an autoimmune disease triggered by Streptococcus pyogenes infection frequently observed in infants from developing countries. Rheumatic…”
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The use of a high-power laser on swine mitral valve chordae tendineae
Published in Lasers in medical science (01-08-2016)“…Worldwide, rheumatic fever remains a significant cause of mitral valve insufficiency. It is responsible for approximately 90 % of early childhood valvular…”
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Oxidant Generation Predominates Around Calcifying Foci and Enhances Progression of Aortic Valve Calcification
Published in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (01-03-2008)“…OBJECTIVE—We hypothesized that reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to progression of aortic valve (AV) calcification/stenosis. METHODS AND RESULTS—We…”
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Risk prediction in patients with classical low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis undergoing surgical intervention
Published in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine (12-06-2023)“…Classical low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis (LFLG-AS) is an advanced stage of aortic stenosis, which has a poor prognosis with medical treatment and a…”
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Time-related distribution, risk factors and prognostic influence of embolism in patients with left-sided infective endocarditis
Published in International journal of cardiology (28-06-2006)“…Few studies evaluated systemic arterial embolism after beginning of symptoms of infective endocarditis in a large series of patients. We studied 629 patients…”
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Do We Need to Personalize Renal Function Assessment in the Stratification of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery?
Published in Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (01-10-2017)“…Renal dysfunction is an independent predictor of morbidity and mortality in cardiac surgery. For a better assessment of renal function, calculation of…”
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Thrombocytopenia After Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve Implantation: Prognostic Marker or Mere Finding?
Published in Revista brasileira de cirurgia cardiovascular (01-01-2018)“…To analyze the behavior of platelets after transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation for the treatment of degenerated bioprosthesis and how they correlate with…”
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PDIA3, HSPA5 and vimentin, proteins identified by 2-DE in the valvular tissue, are the target antigens of peripheral and heart infiltrating T cells from chronic rheumatic heart disease patients
Published in Journal of autoimmunity (01-09-2008)“…Abstract Rheumatic fever (RF) is a post-infectious autoimmune disease due to sequel of group A streptococcus (GAS) pharyngitis. Rheumatic heart disease (RHD),…”
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Rheumatic heart disease: 15 years of clinical and immunological follow-up
Published in Vascular health and risk management (2007)“…Rheumatic fever (RF) is a sequel of group A streptococcal throat infection and occurs in untreated susceptible children. Rheumatic heart disease (RHD), the…”
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Postoperative myocardial fibrosis assessment in aortic valvular heart diseases—a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
Published in European heart journal cardiovascular imaging (21-06-2023)“…Abstract Aims Left ventricular remodelling occurs during the chronic course of aortic regurgitation (AR) and aortic stenosis (AS), leading to myocardial…”
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Update of the Brazilian Guidelines for Valvular Heart Disease - 2020
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T cell response in rheumatic fever: crossreactivity between streptococcal M protein peptides and heart tissue proteins
Published in Current protein & peptide science (01-02-2007)“…Molecular mimicry between streptococcal and human proteins has been proposed as the triggering factor leading to autoimmunity in rheumatic fever (RF) and…”
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Relation of mitral valve morphology to surgical repair results in patients with mitral valve prolapse: A three‐dimensional transesophageal echocardiography study
Published in Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (01-09-2018)“…Background The identification of predictors of mitral valve (MV) repair results is important for quality improvement in cardiac surgery. The aim of this study…”
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Rheumatic Heart Disease: Proinflammatory Cytokines Play a Role in the Progression and Maintenance of Valvular Lesions
Published in The American journal of pathology (01-11-2004)“…Heart lesions of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) patients contain T-cell clones that recognize heart proteins and streptococcal M peptides. To functionally…”
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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Analysis of Mitral Annular Dynamics after Mitral Valve Repair
Published in Clinics (São Paulo, Brazil) (01-01-2020)“…The aim of this study was to analyze mitral annulus (MA) dynamics using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) in patients with degenerative mitral insufficiency who…”
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Atualização das Diretrizes Brasileiras de Valvopatias – 2020
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Total surgical correction of Lutembacher syndrome associated with partial anomalous connection of the pulmonary veins and tricuspid regurgitation
Published in American journal of cardiovascular disease (15-08-2021)“…Lutembacher syndrome is characterized by the association of mitral stenosis and atrial septal defect (ASD), usually of the ostium secundum type. The…”
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InsCor: a simple and accurate method for risk assessment in heart surgery
Published in Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia (01-03-2013)“…Risk scores show difficulties to attain the same performance in different populations. To create a simple and accurate risk assessment model for patients…”
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