Desfechos hospitalares em pacientes submetidos a intervenção coronária percutânea na vigência de síndromes coronárias agudas atendidos em unidades de pronto atendimento (UPAs) - Resultados de um centro de cardiologia terciário / In-hospital outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing coronary percutaneous intervention primarily assisted in the Emergency Care Units (ECUs): results from a Tertiary Cardiology Center

INTRODUÇÃO: A criação das Unidade de Pronto Atendimento (UPAs) veio atender a uma necessidade urgente do governo brasileiro em melhorar o atendimento à população carente. Rapidamente as UPAs se tornaram centros de referência para tratamento da dor torácica nessa população, em decorrência da agilidade do atendimento, da disponibilidade de medicamentos de última geração e da existência de pessoal treinado. Este estudo visa a descrever o perfil e a evolução hospitalar de pacientes com sindrome coronária aguda atendidos nessas unidades e posteriormente encaminhados a um hospital terciário, onde foram tratados por angioplastia com implante de stent. Método: No período de julho a dezembro de 2009, 300 pacientes foram encaminhados das UPAs para o hospital Santa Helena (Cabo Frio, RJ). Desses pacientes, 164 (2002 lesões) foram submetidos a implante de stent e divididos em dois grupos: grupo I, formado por 86 pacientes com síndrome coronária aguda...

BACKGROUND: Emergency Care Units (ECUs) were created to meet an urgent need of the Brazilian government to improve health care to low-income population. ECUs quickly became reference centers to treat chest pain in this population, due to their ability to provide prompt medical care, availability of last generation drugs and well trained staff. This study is aimed at describing the profile and inhospital follow-up of patients with acute coronary syndromes seen in these units and later referred to a tertiary hospital, where they were treated by percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation. METHOD: Three hundred patients were referred from ECUs to Santa Helena Hospital (Cabo Frio, RJ) from July to December, 2009. One hundred and sixty four patients (202 lesions) were treated by percutaneous intervention with stent and were divided in two groups: group I included 86 patients with acute coronary syndromes with ST segment elevation and group II included 78 patients with acute coronary syndromes without ST segment elevation. Clinical and angiographic characteristics and in-hospital major adverse cardiac events were compared between the two groups. RESULTS: Clinical and angiographic characteristics were similar in both groups except for smoking. Angiographic success was obtained in 99% of the procedures. Mean hospitalization time (ECU + tertiary hospital) was 6 days. There were 6 in-hospital major adverse cardiac events, 5 in group I and 1 in group II (5.8% vs. 1.3%; P = 0.60). CONCLUSION: Late percutaneous revascularization of patients with acute coronary syndromes seen at ECUs is a safe and effective procedure, with high success and low complication rates.

Infarto elétrico: alterações elétricas graves com mínimo dano miocárdico associado à ectasia coronariana / Electrical infarct: severe electrical alterations with minimal myocardial damage associated with coronary ectasia

Ectasia coronariana é situação pouco comum na prática clínica, sendo definida como dilatação anômala de segmentos coronarianos. Essa condição apresenta diferentes etiologias, sendo a mais comum a doença ateroesclerótica. Frequentemente acomete a artéria coronária direita e sua presença está relacionada a fenômenos tromboembólicos, como o infarto agudo do miocárdio. Relata-se um caso de infarto agudo do miocárdio com supradesnivelamento do segmento ST ocorrido em homem jovem, portador de ectasia de segmento proximal de coronária esquerda que evoluiu com grave distúrbio da condução elétrica pós-trombólise e mínimo dano miocárdio.

Coronary artery disease in patients with rheumatic and non-rheumatic valvular heart disease treated at a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro.

OBJECTIVE: to estimate the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in valvular heart disease of rheumatic (RVHD) and non-rheumatic (NVHD) etiology, assessing possible predictive factors for the presence of CAD. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of a series of cases obtained from a pre-defined population, wherein 1,412 patients referred for heart surgery of any etiology were evaluated. Of these, 294 primary heart disease patients aged > or =40 submitted to cinecoronary arteriography (CA) were identified and studied. RESULTS: patients with RVHD presented lower prevalence of CAD (4%) when compared to NVHD (33.61%), p<0.0001. The logistic regression analysis showed that age, typical angina-like chest pain (TACP), systemic arterial hypertension (SAH), diabetes and dyslipidemia were significantly related to CAD, and that the rheumatic etiology was not a disease determinant. Smoking and gender were clinically important in CAD, although not statistically significant. In the whole group, the Log-linear analysis showed that, regardless of the etiology, gender, age > or =55, SAH, TACP, diabetes and dyslipidemia were all related directly to CAD, with the latter three being the most important variables for the disease. CONCLUSION: the prevalence of CAD among RVHD patients is low, whereas it is high among NVHD patients; the rheumatic etiology does not seem to have any beneficial effects on the prevalence of CAD; gender, age, SAH, TACP, dyslipidemia and diabetes were identified as being strongly associated with the presence of CAD. It is possible to define the criteria that indicate the need for pre-surgical CA in heart valve replacements, so that the standard indication after the age of 40 years can be avoided.

Doença arterial coronariana em pacientes com valvopatia reumática e não-reumática acompanhados em hospital público do Rio de Janeiro / Coronary artery disease in patients with rheumatic and non-rheumatic valvular heart disease treated at a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a prevalência de doença arterial coronariana (DAC) na valvopatia de etiologia reumática e não-reumática, examinando possíveis fatores preditivos da presença da doença. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal, de série de casos obtidos em população pré-definida. Foram avaliados 1.412 pacientes com indicação de cirurgia cardíaca por qualquer etiologia. Destes, foram encontrados e estudados 294 casos com valvopatia primária de etiologias reumática e não-reumática, com idade > 40 anos, submetidos a coronariografia. RESULTADOS: Os valvopatas reumáticos apresentaram menor prevalência de DAC (4 por cento) que os não-reumáticos (33,61 por cento) (p < 0,0001). O modelo de regressão logística evidenciou que idade, dor torácica típica, hipertensão arterial sistêmica (HAS), diabete melito e dislipidemia estavam significativamente relacionados à DAC, e que a etiologia reumática não era determinante da doença. Tabagismo e sexo revelaram-se de importância clínica na DAC, embora sem significância estatística. No grupo total, o modelo de análise Log linear demonstrou que, independentemente da etiologia, sexo, idade > 55 anos, HAS, dor torácica típica, diabete e dislipidemia se relacionavam diretamente com a DAC, sendo as três últimas as variáveis de maior peso para a doença. CONCLUSÃO: A prevalência de DAC é baixa entre valvopatas reumáticos e mais alta entre não-reumáticos; a etiologia reumática não parece exercer efeito protetor sobre a prevalência de DAC; e as variáveis sexo, idade, HAS, dor torácica típica, dislipidemia e diabete melito foram identificadas como fortemente associadas à presença de DAC. É possível definir critérios de indicação de coronariografia pré-operatória nas trocas valvares, podendo-se evitar a indicação rotineira a partir dos 40 anos.

OBJECTIVE: to estimate the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in valvular heart disease of rheumatic (RVHD) and non-rheumatic (NVHD) etiology, assessing possible predictive factors for the presence of CAD. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of a series of cases obtained from a pre-defined population, wherein 1,412 patients referred for heart surgery of any etiology were evaluated. Of these, 294 primary heart disease patients aged >40 submitted to cinecoronary arteriography (CA) were identified and studied. RESULTS: patients with RVHD presented lower prevalence of CAD (4 percent) when compared to NVHD (33.61 percent), p<0.0001. The logistic regression analysis showed that age, typical angina-like chest pain (TACP), systemic arterial hypertension (SAH), diabetes and dyslipidemia were significantly related to CAD, and that the rheumatic etiology was not a disease determinant. Smoking and gender were clinically important in CAD, although not statistically significant. In the whole group, the Log-linear analysis showed that, regardless of the etiology, gender, age >55, SAH, TACP, diabetes and dyslipidemia were all related directly to CAD, with the latter three being the most important variables for the disease. CONCLUSION: the prevalence of CAD among RVHD patients is low, whereas it is high among NVHD patients; the rheumatic etiology does not seem to have any beneficial effects on the prevalence of CAD; gender, age, SAH, TACP, dyslipidemia and diabetes were identified as being strongly associated with the presence of CAD. It is possible to define the criteria that indicate the need for pre-surgical CA in heart valve replacements, so that the standard indication after the age of 40 years can be avoided.

Pacientes chagásicos crônicos portadores de disfunção do nódulo sinusal: a presença de anticorpos IgG com ação agonista muscarínica independe da disfunção ventricular esquerda? / Chronic Chagas disease patients with sinus node dysfunction: is the presence of IgG antibodies with muscarinic agonist action independent of left ventricular dysfunction?

Estudos mostram que anticorpos IgG agonistas muscarínicos, de pacientes chagásicos, alteram a atividade elétrica de células cardíacas in vitro. Outros consideram sua presença, e a da síndrome do nódulo sinusal, conseqüências da lesão cardíaca progressiva. Objetivou-se avaliar a relação entre os anticorpos e as disfunções nodal e ventricular esquerda, em 65 pacientes chagásicos crônicos divididos em grupo I, composto de 31 pacientes portadores da síndrome do nódulo sinusal, e grupo II, de não portadores. A análise dos dados, pelo modelo log linear, mostrou uma interdependência entre a disfunção do nódulo sinusal e os anticorpos (p=0,0021) e entre a disfunção nodal e a ventricular (p=0,0005), mas não houve relação entre esta última e os anticorpos. Idade e sexo não tiveram influência sobre as outras variáveis. Chagásicos crônicos com a síndrome do nódulo sinusal têm maior prevalência de anticorpos agonistas muscarínicos, independentemente da presença de disfunção miocárdica.

Studies have shown that muscarinic agonist IgG antibodies from Chagas disease patients alter the electrical activity of cardiac cells in vitro. Others have considered their presence, along with sinus node dysfunction, to be consequences of progressive cardiac lesions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between these antibodies and sinus node and left ventricular dysfunction in 65 chronic Chagas disease patients. These patients were divided into group I, composed of 31 patients with sinus node dysfunction, and group II, composed of the patients without this syndrome. Data analysis using the log linear model showed interdependence between sinus node dysfunction and the antibodies (p = 0.0021) and between nodal and ventricular dysfunction (p = 0.0005). However, no relationship was found between the antibodies and ventricular function. Age and sex did not influence any other variables. The chronic Chagas disease patients with sinus node dysfunction had higher prevalence of muscarinic agonist antibodies, independent of the presence of myocardial dysfunction.

[Chronic Chagas disease patients with sinus node dysfunction: is the presence of IgG antibodies with muscarinic agonist action independent of left ventricular dysfunction?]. / Pacientes chagásicos crônicos portadores de disfunção do nódulo sinusal: a presença de anticorpos IgG com ação agonista muscarínica independe da disfunção ventricular esquerda?

Studies have shown that muscarinic agonist IgG antibodies from Chagas disease patients alter the electrical activity of cardiac cells in vitro. Others have considered their presence, along with sinus node dysfunction, to be consequences of progressive cardiac lesions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between these antibodies and sinus node and left ventricular dysfunction in 65 chronic Chagas disease patients. These patients were divided into group I, composed of 31 patients with sinus node dysfunction, and group II, composed of the patients without this syndrome. Data analysis using the log linear model showed interdependence between sinus node dysfunction and the antibodies (p = 0.0021) and between nodal and ventricular dysfunction (p = 0.0005). However, no relationship was found between the antibodies and ventricular function. Age and sex did not influence any other variables. The chronic Chagas disease patients with sinus node dysfunction had higher prevalence of muscarinic agonist antibodies, independent of the presence of myocardial dysfunction.