Search Results - "Providencia, L."

Therapeutic association of atorvastatin and insulin in cardiac ischemia: Study in a model of type 2 diabetes with hyperlipidemia by Matafome, P., Monteiro, P., Nunes, E., Louro, T., Amaral, C., Moedas, A.R., Gonçalves, L., Providência, L., Seiça, R.

“…Combination therapy recently emerged as a potential therapeutic option in order to improve cardiovascular risk in diabetics, since therapies commonly used in…”
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Carvedilol: just another Beta-blocker or a powerful cardioprotector? by Carreira, R S, Monteiro, P, Gon Alves, L M, Providência, L A

“…Beta-blockers have been used to treat ischemic heart disease, due to negative chronotropic and inotropic properties, thus inducing a decrease in myocardial…”
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Complications of Endomyocardial Biopsy in Heart Transplant Patients: A Retrospective Study of 2117 Consecutive Procedures by Saraiva, F, Matos, V, Gonçalves, L, Antunes, M, Providência, L.A

“…Abstract Background Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of graft rejection after heart transplantation (HT). Our purpose…”
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The mutation C677T in the methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase gene as a risk factor for myocardial infarction in the Portuguese population by Ferrer-Antunes, C, Palmeiro, A, Morais, J, Lourenço, M, Freitas, M, Providência, L

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P-677: CT-guided percutaneous ethanol induced ablation of adrenal adenomas in secondary hypertension: First results in 34 patients by Almeida, P. A., Pego, G., Costa-Alves, F., Pinto, P. O., Diniz, M., Gaivao, F. M., Providencia, L.

“…Purpose: Hiperaldostoronism in adrenal adenoma is a curable cause of secondary high blood pressure (HBP). Primary hiperaldosteronism characterised by raised…”
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Efficacy of perindopril in reduction of cardiovascular events among patients with stable coronary artery disease: randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial (the EUROPA study) by Fox, K M

“…Treatment with angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors reduces the rate of cardiovascular events among patients with left-ventricular dysfunction and…”
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Diagnosis and management of aortic dissection by Erbel, R., Alfonso, F., Boileau, C., Dirsch, O., Eber, B., Haverich, A., Rakowski, H., Struyven, J., Radegran, K., Sechtem, U., Taylor, J., Zollikofer, Ch, Klein, W.W., Mulder, B., Providencia, L.A.

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Effect of vorapaxar on myocardial infarction in the thrombin receptor antagonist for clinical event reduction in acute coronary syndrome (TRA·CER) trial by Leonardi, Sergio, Tricoci, Pierluigi, White, Harvey D, Armstrong, Paul W, Huang, Zhen, Wallentin, Lars, Aylward, Philip E, Moliterno, David J, Van de Werf, Frans, Chen, Edmond, Providencia, Luis, Nordrehaug, Jan E, Held, Claes, Strony, John, Rorick, Tyrus L, Harrington, Robert A, Mahaffey, Kenneth W

“…The TRA·CER trial compared vorapaxar, a novel platelet protease-activated receptor (PAR)-1 antagonist, with placebo in 12 944 patients with high-risk…”
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True double aortic lumen in tetralogy of Fallot by Marinho-da-Silva, Antonio J, Sá-e-Melo, Antonio M, Providência, Luis A

“…In an infant with tetralogy of Fallot submitted to angiographic study, a double aortic lumen was found. Although no particular complaints were related to the…”
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Circumferential ascending aortic strain and aortic stenosis by Teixeira, Rogério, Moreira, Nádia, Baptista, Rui, Barbosa, António, Martins, Rui, Castro, Graça, Providência, Luís

“…Two-dimensional speckle tracking (2D-ST) echocardiography for the measurement of circumferential ascending thoracic aortic strain (CAAS) in the context of…”
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Identification of 'super-responders' to cardiac resynchronization therapy: the importance of symptom duration and left ventricular geometry by António, Natália, Teixeira, Rogério, Coelho, Lourenço, Lourenço, Carolina, Monteiro, Pedro, Ventura, Miguel, Cristóvão, João, Elvas, Luís, Gonçalves, Lino, Providência, Luís A.

“…Aims Some patients show such an important clinical improvement and reverse remodelling after cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) that anatomy and function…”
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Lateral Line Versus Septal Line for Ablation of Isthmus Dependent Atrial Flutter - Efficacy, Safety by VENTURA, M, ELVAS, L, PROVIDENCIA, L

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ACE inhibition and endothelial function : Main findings of PERFECT, a sub-study of the EUROPA trial by BOTS, M. L, REMME, W. J, LIISCHER, T. F, FOX, K. M, BERTRAND, M, FERRARI, R, SIMOONS, M. L, GROBBEE, D. E

“…ACE inhibition results in secondary prevention of coronary artery disease (CAD) through different mechanisms including improvement of endothelial dysfunction…”
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Cor triatriatum: a new case asymptomatic until adult life by Providencia, L A, Providencia, L M, Beja, M L

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Imaging in dysynchrony and ventricular function: Techniques by Grabka, M., Wita, K., Bochenek, T., Paraniak-Gieszczyk, B., Elzbieciak, M., Teixeira, R., Moreira, N., Soares, F., Ribeiro, N., Martins, R., Elvas, L., Providencia, L., Duchateau, N., Piella, G., Doltra, A., Silva, E., Frangi, A., Brugada, J., Mont, L., Sitges, M., De Craene, M., Cho, E., Choi, K., Kwon, B., Kim, D., Jang, S., Park, C., Jung, H., Jeon, H., Youn, H., Kim, J., Bijnens, B., Gabrielli, L., Fernandez-Armenta, J., Rigol, M., Solanes, N., Barcelo, A., Forsha, D., Risum, N., Samad, Z., Smith, P., Rajagopal, S., Kropf, A., Barker, P., Kisslo, J., Lindqvist, P., Henein, M., Soderberg, S., Tossavainen, E., Gonzalez, M., Sidorenko, I., Ostrovski, U., Shumovech, V., Udina, O., Freed, B., Tsang, W., Bhave, N., Yamat, M., Dill, K., Spencer, K., Mor-Avi, V., Patel, A., Gomberg-Maitland, M., Lang, R.

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Autonomic function in chronic liver disease assessed by Heart Rate Variability Study by Coelho, L, Saraiva, S, Guimaräes, H, Freitas, D, Providência, L A

“…Chronic liver disease is associated with cardiovascular changes, including hyperdynamic circulation with increased blood volume and cardiac output, and with…”
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Cardiac lymphatic dynamics after ischemia and reperfusion—experimental model by Santos, A.C, de Lima, J.J.P, Botelho, M.F, Pacheco, M.F, Sousa, P, Bernardo, J, Ferreira, N, Gonçalves, L, Aguiar, J, Providência, L.A, Pauwels, E.K.J

“…The aim of the present study was to investigate the lymphatic cardiac circulation in an experimental model of ischemia plus reperfusion in mongrel dogs ( Canis…”
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Exposure to warming and CO2 enrichment promotes greater above-ground biomass, nitrogen, phosphorus and arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in newly established grasslands by Zavalloni, Costanza, Vicca, Sara, Büscher, Manu, de la Providencia, Ivan E., Dupré de Boulois, Hervé, Declerck, Stéphane, Nijs, Ivan, Ceulemans, Reinhart

“…Aims In view of the projected increase in global air temperature and CO 2 concentration, the effects of climatic changes on biomass production, CO 2 fluxes and…”
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P-079 Ablation of isthmus-dependent atrial flutter: Comparison of results with two types of 8mm tip catheters by Ventura, M., Elvas, L., Cristovao, J., Providencia, L.

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P-007 Tilt in permanent pacemaker carriers: Results in a population of patients with and without familial amiloid polineuropathy by Ventura, M., Elvas, L., Cristovao, J., Providencia, L.

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