Publications by authors named "Raquel B Santos"
Temporary atrial septal defect balloon occlusion test as a must in the elderly.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord
January 2023
Article Synopsis
- Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a heart condition that sometimes doesn’t show symptoms until people are older, and it's unclear if fixing it in old people is a good idea.
- An 83-year-old man with a serious heart problem went to the hospital, and tests showed he could have surgery to fix his ASD, but his heart was not healthy enough.
- The tests used before surgery helped doctors decide not to go ahead with fixing the ASD, showing that checking first is really important for older patients.
Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) affects a third of patients with symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). DM is a well-known risk factor for cardiac surgery, but its prognostic impact in TAVI patients remains controversial. This study aimed to evaluate outcomes in diabetic patients undergoing TAVI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Objectives: Some atmospheric features have been linked to the triggering of myocardial infarction. Because data from the Temperate-Mediterranean is scarce, we sought to study whether meteorological parameters influence the incidence of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) as confirmed by primary percutaneous intervention in a city with temperate weather (Porto, Portugal).
Methods: Retrospective analysis of a series of STEMI-patients from January 2010 to December 2017.
The use of valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation (ViV-TAVI) is increasing, but studies evaluating clinical outcomes in these patients are scarce. Also, there are limited data to guide the choice of valve type in ViV-TAVI. Therefore, this CENTER-study evaluated clinical outcomes in patients with ViV-TAVI compared to patients with native valve TAVI (NV-TAVI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Both balloon-expandable (BE) and self-expandable (SE) valves for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) are broadly used in clinical practice. However, adequately powered randomized controlled trials comparing these two valve designs are lacking.
Methods: The CENTER-study included 12,381 patients undergoing transfemoral TAVI.
Objective: This study sought to investigate the effect of body mass index on outcomes in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Methods: A total of 12,381 patients undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation were divided into body mass index categories: underweight (<18.5 kg/m), normal weight (18.
Article Synopsis
- A study looked at how a condition called preinfarct angina (PAI) might help prevent kidney damage in heart patients who have a specific type of heart attack called STEMI.
- The researchers checked 891 patients who had heart procedures and found that those with worse kidney function were more likely to develop kidney problems after the procedure.
- They discovered that patients with poor kidney function who had PAI were less likely to suffer kidney damage compared to those without PAI, meaning PAI might help protect their kidneys.
Introduction: ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a medical emergency that benefits from rapid access to specialized care. The objective of this study was to describe developments in patient transport via the pre-hospital emergency medical system (EMS) and its impact on clinical outcomes.
Methods: We retrospectively studied STEMI patients who underwent primary percutaneous coronary intervention between January 2008 and July 2015.
This is a descriptive and exploratory study with a quantitative approach, aiming to propose a protocol for the systematization of nursing care to women in the process of giving birth in the Obstetrical Center of a public hospital in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. A semi-structured instrument was applied to forty women in the process of giving birth, in order to obtaining the nursing history; from which the nursing diagnoses were identified, having as a basis the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®), version 1, and their respective results and nursing interventions were established. The protocol consists in two stages: the first one is the nursing consultation, which involves the anamnesis and physical examination; and the second, involves the judicious identification of the nursing diagnoses, which will guide the planning of the nursing care to provide the individualized attention to women in the process of giving birth, using a universal terminology.
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