Atrial thrombi in elective patients considered for atrial fibrillation rhythm control: Risk factors and prognostic value.

The prognostic value of atrial thrombi (AT) among elective patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) referred for a rhythm control strategy is unclear. In this study, clinical variables were correlated with the presence of AT and long term survival among 205 patients submitted to transesophageal echocardiography before elective AF cardioversion or ablation. Atrial thrombi were present in 7.

Up to 15-Year Survival of Men and Women after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Paid by the Brazilian Public Healthcare System in the State of Rio de Janeiro, 1999-2010.

Background: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most frequently used invasive therapy for ischemic heart disease (IHD). Studies able to provide information about PCI's effectiveness should be conducted in a population of real-world patients.

Objectives: To assess the survival rate of IHD patients treated with PCI in the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ).

Complications after elective percutaneous coronary interventions: A comparison between public and private hospitals.

Objective: Complications after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) are associated with significant morbidity and mortality, although institutional discrepancies can occur when public and private hospitals coexist within the healthcare system. The aim of this study was to compare the in-hospital complication rates and mortality in addition to long-term survival following elective PCI in two reference public and private cardiology hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Methods: From January 1st 2013 to December 31st 2014, a total of 440 procedures were identified in both hospitals (public: 328 vs.

Troponin I elevation after elective percutaneous coronary interventions: Prevalence and risk factors.

Troponin elevation after coronary angioplasty is a prognostic marker associated with significant morbidity and mortality, although its prevalence varies according to clinical and procedural characteristics. We analyzed the frequency of post-procedural enzyme elevation among 112 elective interventions between 2013 and 2014 in a private hospital in Brazil. Troponin increase was observed in 62.

Major Depression and Acute Coronary Syndrome-Related Factors.

Background: Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is one of the most common mental illnesses in psychiatry, being considered a risk factor for Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS).

Objective: To assess the prevalence of MDD in ACS patients, as well as to analyze associated factors through the interdependence of sociodemographic, lifestyle and clinical variables.

Methods: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, case-series study conducted on patients hospitalized consecutively at the coronary units of three public hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro over a 24-month period.

Troponin I elevation and all-cause mortality after elective percutaneous coronary interventions.

Background/purpose: Although troponin I (TnI) elevation and myocardial injury after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) are frequent findings, their prognoses remain controversial. We aimed to determine the association between any or ≥5 times TnI elevation after elective PCI and subsequent one year mortality rates and long term survival.

Methods: Consecutive patients admitted for elective PCI between January 2013 and December 2014 were retrospectively analyzed by chart review in two hospitals in Rio de Janeiro.

Progression of Mortality due to Diseases of the Circulatory System and Human Development Index in Rio de Janeiro Municipalities.

Background: Diseases of the circulatory system (DCS) are the major cause of death in Brazil and worldwide.

Objective: To correlate the compensated and adjusted mortality rates due to DCS in the Rio de Janeiro State municipalities between 1979 and 2010 with the Human Development Index (HDI) from 1970 onwards.

Methods: Population and death data were obtained in DATASUS/MS database.

[Causes of death after revascularization of the lower limbs through surgery and angioplasty in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 2006 and 2011].

Introduction: The underlying cause of death is the single diagnosis to which the cause of death is attributed. Other diagnostic codes written in the death certificate are the multiple causes. The study of the multiple causes allows the identification of the diseases present in the death.

Cardiovascular mortality among a cohort of hypertensive and normotensives in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - 1991-2009.

Background: Although there is strong evidence of the benefits of antihypertensive treatment, the high prevalence of this important cardiovascular risk factor and its complications, as well as the low control rates of hypertension observed in many studies justify the investigation of these relationships in population studies. The objective was to investigate the ratio of cardiovascular disease mortality between hypertensives (non-treated, controlled and uncontrolled) and non-hypertensives in a cohort of a population sample of adults living in Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, who were classified in a survey conducted in 1991 and 1992 and whose death certificates were sought 19 years later.

Methods: A cohort study was performed on probabilistic linkage between data from an epidemiological study of hypertension performed in Ilha do Governador, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1991 to 1992) and data from the Mortality Information System of Rio de Janeiro (1991 to 2009).

Evolution of Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality in the Counties of the State of Rio de Janeiro from 1979 to 2010.

Background: Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death in Brazil.

Objective: To estimate total CVD, cerebrovascular disease (CBVD), and ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality rates in adults in the counties of the state of Rio de Janeiro (SRJ), from 1979 to 2010.

Methods: The counties of the SRJ were analysed according to their denominations stablished by the geopolitical structure of 1950, Each new county that have since been created, splitting from their original county, was grouped according to their former origin.

[Survival analysis after open vascular surgery and angioplasty in lower limbs vascularization in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2006-2013].

Unlabelled: Objective -The aim of this study is survival analysis after lower limb revascularization according to sex, age and procedures.

Method: Were analysed in-hospital administrative database coming from the Public Health System of Rio de Janeiro (SUS-RJ) from 2006 through 2010 and the Public Registers of death of Rio de Janeiro (SIM-RJ) from 2006 through 2013. Both groups of information had linkaged using the Stata program of statistics.

[Hospital Lethality Following Lower Limbs Revascularization in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 2006/10].

Introduction: Ischemic peripheral arterial disease is a form of presentation of systemic atherosclerosis and can be treated by angioplasty or open vascular surgery Objective: To find in-hospital lethality after revascularization according to sex, age, procedures and hospitalization conditions.

Method: The data comes from authorizations to hospitalize from The State of Rio De Janeiro´s Public Healthcare System from the years 2006/10. We performed a search using the International Code of Diseases tenth revision (ICD-10) to identify codes of revascularization by angioplasty or open vascular surgery.

Assessment of myocardial infarction by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and long-term mortality.

Background: Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging provides detailed anatomical information on infarction. However, few studies have investigated the association of these data with mortality after acute myocardial infarction.

Objective: To study the association between data regarding infarct size and anatomy, as obtained from cardiac magnetic resonance imaging after acute myocardial infarction, and long-term mortality.

Survival and predictive factors of lethality in hemodialysis: D/I polymorphism of the angiotensin I-converting enzyme and of the angiotensinogen M235T genes.

Background: End-stage kidney disease patients continue to have markedly increased cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. Analysis of genetic factors connected with the renin-angiotensin system that influences the survival of the patients with end-stage kidney disease supports the ongoing search for improved outcomes.

Objective: To assess survival and its association with the polymorphism of renin-angiotensin system genes: angiotensin I-converting enzyme insertion/deletion and angiotensinogen M235T in patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Free and open-source software application for the evaluation of coronary computed tomography angiography images.

Background: The standardization of images used in Medicine in 1993 was performed using the DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) standard. Several tests use this standard and it is increasingly necessary to design software applications capable of handling this type of image; however, these software applications are not usually free and open-source, and this fact hinders their adjustment to most diverse interests.

Objective: To develop and validate a free and open-source software application capable of handling DICOM coronary computed tomography angiography images.

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery performance and costs by the Brazilian Public Health System (SUS) in the State of Rio de Janeiro, from 1999 to 2008.

Background: Expenses with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery and coronary angioplasty (CA) represented a significant cost to SUS.

Objective: To analyze SUS expenses with CABG and CA and their performance in hospitals in the state of Rio de Janeiro (SRJ), from 1999 to 2008.

Methods: The information came from paid HAA in hospitals with more than 100 revascularization procedures.

Complications and hospital length of stay in coronary artery bypass graft surgery in public hospitals in Rio de Janeiro.

Objective: To evaluate associations between post-operative complications in patients who survive surgery and in-hospital deaths and lengths of hospital stays of patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Methods: Patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery and survived the operating theater were randomly selected. Information on complications and hospital lengths of stay until hospital discharge or death were retrospectively collected based on medical records and declarations of death. These aspects were estimated according to the presence of complications, frequency of complications, mortality, relative risk and attributable population risk.

[All-cause and cardiovascular diseases mortality in three Brazilian states, 1980 to 2006].

Objective: to evaluate mortality from all causes, diseases of the circulatory system (DCS), ischemic heart disease (IHD), and cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) from 1980 to 2006 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo, and their capitals, taking into consideration the impact of deaths due to ill-defined causes.

Methods: population and mortality data were obtained from the Unified Health System's Data Bank (DATASUS). Mortality from the diseases of interest and from ill-defined causes was adjusted by the direct method for adults older than 20 years of age.

Application of the EuroSCORE in coronary artery bypass surgery in public hospitals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Background: Risk stratification models are used to assess the risk of death in surgery.

Objective: To conduct a critical analysis of the EuroSCORE logistic model (ES) application in 2,692 patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) in four public hospitals in the Rio de Janeiro Municipality, from 1999 through to December 2003.

Methods: Random samples of 150 medical records for surviving and deceased patients were selected at four public hospitals in the City of Rio de Janeiro.

Mortality and complications of coronary artery bypass grafting in Rio de Janeiro, from 1999 to 2003.

Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a consolidated procedure for the treatment of ischemic heart diseases (IHDs), which requires continuous assessment.

Objective: To assess the quality of CABG surgery by reviewing patients' clinical characteristics, mortality rates up to one year after hospital discharge, primary causes of death and postoperative complications, at four public hospitals in Rio de Janeiro from 1999 to 2003.

Methods: CABG patient charts were randomly selected.

In-hospital mortality and complications after coronary angioplasty, City of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil.

Objective: To estimate in-hospital mortality and prevalence of complications of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in public hospitals.

Methods: Data for 2,913 PTCA were obtained from the Brazilian National Health System (SUS) Hospital Authorization Database in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil, between 1999 and 2003. After simple random sampling and data weighting, 529 medical records of patients undergoing PTCA, including all deaths, in four public hospitals (federal and state university, and federal and state reference hospitals) were studied.