Semilunar Valvar Stenosis Associated With Congenital Rubella Syndrome.

We studied four children who were born with congenital rubella syndrome, in whom cardiac malformations including semilunar valvar stenosis were present. These children attended the Pediatric Cardiology Unit of Hospital Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará. The diagnosis was made clinically and by laboratory results.

Clinical predictors of prognosis in severe aortic stenosis in unoperated patients > or = 75 years of age.

In elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis, clinical evaluation can dictate decision making. Asymptomatic patients in normal sinus rhythm, without left atrial enlargement and without bundle branch block, can be safely followed clinically, regardless of echocardiographic findings.

Detection of cardiovascular abnormalities in the nursery of a general hospital in the Amazon region: correlation with potential risk factors.

Congenital heart diseases have been studied much more extensively in children than in neonates. In this study, we report on the findings from 57 neonates seen from June of 1995 through June 1996 in the nursery of a large public hospital in Belém, Pará, Brazil. All were routinely examined by a paediatrician just after birth, and, when indicated, these babies were referred to the cardiology unit of our Hospital for assessment by a paediatric cardiologist.

[Clinical profile of aged patients with severe aortic stenosis].

Purpose: To evaluate clinical symptoms and echocardiographic findings in elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis and possible gender differences.

Methods: We studied 54 patients, 24 (44.5%) males and 30 (55.

[Safety rules for patients with artificial cardiac pacemaker].

The recent progress in cardiac pacing increased the usefulness of artificial pacemakers. The initial purpose of avoiding Stokes-Adams attacks, was changed by a complex way to completely give back the physiologic response of cardiac rate and atrioventricular synchronism. However, this process forced the patients to take care of their pacemakers, and to spend more time in follow-up procedures.