Direct Oral Anticoagulants versus Vitamin K Antagonists for Left Ventricular Thrombus: A Meta-Analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis.

Background: Vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) are the recommended first-line treatment for left ventricular thrombus (LVT); however, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have been considered an alternative therapy.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of DOACs compared with VKAs therapy in patients with LVT.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane were systematically searched for randomized clinical trials or cohort studies that compared DOACs versus VKAs for LVT.

Issuing electrocardiographic reports remotely: experience of the telemedicine network of Santa Catarina.

Background: A growing use of telemedicine has been observed, especially as regards the sending and evaluation of electrocardiograms (ECG); this is a low-cost procedure with a high potential to save lives.

Objectives: To describe the form of systematic analysis and user profile of the Telemedicine Network of Santa Catarina during the time when the report was issued freely.

Methods: Observational cross-sectional study determining the associations between patient characteristics and electrocardiographic diagnoses issued among users of the Telemedicine Network of Santa Catarina during the time when the report was issued freely.

[Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in the adult urban population of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2003].

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of systemic arterial hypertension in the adult urban population of Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The cross-sectional approach used a stratified sample, based on an initial list of electric power connections, resulting in the selection of 707 individuals over 18 years of age. A questionnaire was applied and arterial blood pressure was measured twice by medical students during home visits, using a mercury sphygmomanometer.

[Serum lipids in school kids and adolescents from Florianópolis, SC, Brazil--Healthy Floripa 2040 study].

Objective: To determine the distribution of serum lipids in children and adolescents of Florianopolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. To determine the association between undesirable levels for total cholesterol (>170 mg/dL) and others coronary heart disease risks factors.

Methods: A questionnaire, physical examination and blood analyses were collected from randomized sample from school kids aged range from 7 to 18 years old.