Cardiovascular Statistics from the Good Practices in Cardiology Program - Data from a Brazilian Tertiary Public Hospital.

Background: The Good Practices in Cardiology Program is an initiative created by the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC) to improve the quality of care of cardiovascular disease patients in Brazilian public hospitals.

Objectives: To characterize patients admitted to a tertiary public hospital with diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or heart failure (HF) and to evaluate performance indicators in both ACS and HF arms, with a pre-established target of 85% adherence to the SBC recommendations.

Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study through data collection of patients hospitalized between May 2016 and September 2019.

Prevalence and severity levels of post-radical prostatectomy incontinence: different assessment instruments.

Objectives: to analyze urinary incontinence prevalence and severity in prostatectomized men assessed by three different instruments.

Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted with 152 men. The pad test, pad used, and International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire - Short Form (self-report) were considered.

Novel role of TLR4 in NAFLD development: Modulation of metabolic enzymes expression.

The rise in the prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome turned NAFLD as the most common cause of chronic liver diseases worldwide. Although the role of toll like receptors, especially TLR4, as activators of inflammatory pathways in liver diseases is well established, our goal was to investigate if TLR4 activation could modulate metabolic lipid pathways and alter the onset of NAFLD. We used LDL receptor-deficient mice (LDLrKO) fed with an atherogenic diet as a model.