Trombose da aorta abdominal simulando coarctação da aorta em neonato com insuficiência cardíaca / Abdominal Aortic Thrombosis Mimicking Coarctation of the Aorta in a Newborn with Heart Failure / Abdominal aortic thrombosis mimicking aortic coarctation in a newborn with heart failure

The case of a neonate in heart failure with the classical signs of coarctation of the aorta is described. Two dimension and Doppler echocardiography ruled out coarctation of the aorta and an abdominal ultrasonography detected a large thrombotic formation in the abdominal aorta, confirmed at necropsy.

Reagudizaçäo de cardite chagásica provocando insuficiência ventricular direita exclusiva / Reactivation of Myocarditis in Chagas' Disease Inducing Isolated Right Ventricular Failure

Woman, 42 years-old, receiving immunosuppressive therapy for a lymphoma, presented reagudization of Chagas' disease, from its indeterminate phase. Intense inflammatory visceral aggression, due to extensive intracellular proliferation of the Trypanosoma cruzi, was the likely mechanism for acute myocarditis leading to severe right ventricular failure. Antiparasite chemotherapy was effective in the control of visceral involvement and for the remission of cardiac failure. The clinical course in this case is compatible with the hypothesis of early right ventricular damage in Chagas' disease

Bradiarritmias: abordagem clínica e tratamento / Bradiarrhythmias: clinical approach and treatment

Este artigo revisa a abordagem clínica das bradiarritmias, com ênfase no diagnóstico, ressaltando a importância da anamnese, exame físico e das alteraçöes eletrocardiográficas como principais orientadores da terapêutica

Avaliaçäo e terapêutica de taquiarritmias cardíacas / Tachyarrhythmias: clinical management

Esquematiza-se o protocolo de abordagem e terapêutica das taquiarritmias utilizado pela Divisäo de Cardiologia do HCFMRP-USP, com ênfase na importância da história clínica e no diagnóstico eletrocardiográfico