Using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring to assess blood pressure of firefighters with parental history of hypertension.

Objective: To evaluate the influence of family history of systemic arterial hypertension (FSAH) on the effect of stress from work in Uniformed Firefighters (BMCs) through Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM).

Methods: A prospective case-control study. Sixty-six healthy BMC underwent ABPM during 12 hours of work at the Communication Center (CC).

[Temporal tendency of in-hospital lethality due to acute myocardial infarction. 1994-2003].

Objective: To analyze the temporal tendency of lethality due to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and if the change in behavior directly interfered in such lethality.

Methods: 1055 non-selected patients, who were hospitalized in coronary unit from 1994 to 2003, were assessed. Clinical and therapeutic profile-related variables were analyzed.