Magnetic resonance imaging is high precision method for diagnosing cardiovascular diseases. Simultaneously with the anatomy and function of right ventricle, magnetic allows to assess pulmonary circulation, which leads widespread use this in diagnosis dynamic monitoring patients arterial hypertension. The article devoted assessment cardiac remodeling risk stratification group patients. Special a...

The genesis of cardiovascular diseases is multifactorial, as it involves several elements, of which I highlight: the epidemiological profile, living with the risk factors for the development of cardiovascular diseases, the complex determination of health-disease process with several possibilities of expression of our genome in relation to the environment. Several publications show that living w...

OBJECTIVE Identify risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adolescents. METHODOLOGY Descriptive cross-sectional study, conducted from May to September 2012, in the public schools of the city of Picos (Piaui State, Brazil). The sample consisted of 320 adolescents 10-19 years. RESULTS As to gender, 60% were female. With regard to blood pressure values, 15.3% of participants had altered blo...

The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases among physicians at a teaching hospital. In total, 203 men and 167 women were included in the study. The participants filled in a questionnaire; their height, weight, blood pressure, serum cholesterol and glucose levels were added. 19.2 % males and 13.8 % females were smokers, hypertension was diagn...

Regular physical exercise is an established recommendation for preventing and treating the main modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Performing physical activity of moderate intensity for a minimum of 30 min 5 days a week or of high intensity for a minimum of 20 min 3 days a week improves functional capacity and is associated with re...

Regular physical exercise is an established recommendation for preventing and treating the main modifiable cardiovascular risk factors, such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Performing physical activity of moderate intensity for a minimum of 30 min 5 days a week or of high intensity for a minimum of 20 min 3 days a week improves functional capacity and is associated with re...