Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Introduction Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is one the most common health problems in world, and leading cause death. The goals this study are to determine ACS incidence seasonal distribution ocurrence (Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter) as well clinical outcomes per season. Methods Retrospective observational analysis consecutive patien...

OBJECTIVE To assess the morbidity and mortality after Jatene's operation using lactate as the main marker. METHODS We performed a historical cohort with infants admitted in a pediatric intensive care unit during 1995 to 2005 who underwent this surgery. We assessed the preoperative, immediate (IPD), third hour (3h), six hour (6h) and first day (POD1) serum lactate as well as other factors such...

Introduction In diabetes mellitus there is frequently an elevation of the levels of plasma fatty acids (FA) (Hales & Randle, 1963), and even when these are normal there is an increase in their turnover (Lewis, Mancini, Mattock, Chait & Fraser, 1972). The abnormality of plasma FA metabolism may contribute to a variety of complications. For example an increase in plasma FA flux stimulates hepatic...

In a sample of 25 psychiatric in-patients at Tokyo Musashino Hospital, Institute of Psychiatry, Tokyo, ECG examination were performed before medication and followed up. The mean period of observation was ten weeks. The following were observed: 1) The heart rate was in the normal range at the examination before medi tion. The younger patients tended to increase heart rate, whereas the elder tend...

OBJECTIVES To determine the safety of intramyocardial injection of autologous bone marrow cells in patients undergoing surgical myocardial revascularization (CABG) for severe coronary artery disease. INTRODUCTION There is little data available regarding the safety profile of autologous bone marrow cells injected during surgical myocardial revascularization. Potential risks include arrythmias,...

The sharp high-frequency discrete potentials recorded during mapping of ventricular arrhythmias from pulmonary sinus cusps (PSCs) often indicate site origin and target for ablation, which can be located beyond or below sinuses. To understand the by investigating relationship between local anatomic structures in PSC arrhythmias. Patients undergoing ablation idiopathic using 3-D system intracardi...

Abstract Introduction Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been associated with bradycardic arrythmias and cases of transient heart block. Heart block occurring during described in up to 10% patients obstructive apnea, most commonly stage R through a mechanism known as vagal activation. Stage is desynchronization respiratory cardiovascular functions, the excessive autonomic response (vagal activat...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of direct current cardioversion therapy on the plasma concentration of atrial natriuretic peptide and to determine the main factors that influence the change in plasma atrial natriuretic peptide levels in patients with atrial fibrillation. BACKGROUND In atrial arrythmias, whether the fast atrial rate itself or the associated elev...