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Femoral versus Radial Access in Primary Angioplasty. Analysis of the ACCEPT Registry

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Background: The radial access provides a lower risk of bleeding and vascular complications related to the puncture site in comparison to the femoral access. Recent studies have suggested a reduction in mortality associated with the radial access in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Objective: To compare the occurrence of adverse cardiovascular ischemic and hemorrhagic events in patients undergoing primary angioplasty according to the type of arterial access route.

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• Ciencias Sociales›Educación

Coronary revascularization with the left internal thoracic artery and radial artery: comparison of short-term clinical evolution between elective and emergency surgery

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BACKGROUND: Left internal thoracic artery-to left anterior descending artery grafting has become a fundamental part of coronary artery bypass grafting. This grafting has led to increased use of other arterial conduits, of which the radial artery is most popular. Whether radial grafting can be used in the emergency patient is not known. This study compares the short-term clinical evolution between elective vs emergency coronary artery bypass grafting surgery with left internal thoracic artery and radial artery.

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Medicina›Medicina (en General)

Primary Pattern of Arteries of Upper Limb with Relevance to their Variations

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A detailed description of the vascular pattern of upper limbs especially their variations in their origin, course and branching pattern is of utmost importance anatomically in general and clinically in particular. These variations have drawn attention of surgeons, physicians, radiologists and interventionists due to the advanced surgical procedures practiced in vascular surgeries, plastic (reconstructive) surgeries and also for diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.

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• Ciencias›Biología

Trauma to arteries of the forearm

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Trauma to arteries of the forearm corresponds to 20% of total arterial trauma. The authors analyzed 24 patients with non iatrogenic trauma of the forearm arteries, cared for from January 1987 to December 1990. All patients were male, trauma by penetrating instrument was the most frequent, with 21 cases (87.5%), absence of pulses was the most frequent clinical manifestation (62.5%), fifteen patients did not present ischemic manifestations (54.2%) and half of the patients did not exhibit neurological symptoms.

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Dieta y Nutrición Clínica

Elective vs non-elective radial artery grafts: comparing midterm results through 64-Slice computed tomography

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BACKGROUND: Left internal thoracic artery to left anterior descending artery (LITA-LADA) grafting has become a fundamental part of the coronary artery bypass graft procedure (CABG). This grafting in turn has led to an increased use of other arterial conduits, of which the radial artery (RA) is most popular. Whether RA grafting can be used in the emergency patient is controversial. METHODS: 47 patients with critical stenosis (>70%) in all target vessels underwent CABG with LITA and RA grafts from 1996 to 2003.

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Medicina›Medicina (en General)

Producción de prostaciclina en arteria radial de diabéticos: Comparación con la vena safena y arteria mamaria interna y su relevancia en el pronóstico de estos bypass coronarios

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Background: Myocardial revascularization surgery has used several vessels as coronary grafts including internal mammary and radial arteries which have a better prognosis than saphenous vein. Their long-term patency has been associated with the reléase of endothelium vasodilator and anti-aggregating producís such as prostacyclin. Diabetes induces endothelial dysfunction and a high number of diabetics require revascularization. Aim: To assess the capacity to synthesize prostacyclin of different vessels from diabetics.

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Medicina›Medicina (en General)

Applicability of Two International Risk Scores in Cardiac Surgery in a Reference Center in Brazil

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Background: The applicability of international risk scores in heart surgery (HS) is not well defined in centers outside of North America and Europe. Objective: To evaluate the capacity of the Parsonnet Bernstein 2000 (BP) and EuroSCORE (ES) in predicting in-hospital mortality (IHM) in patients undergoing HS at a reference hospital in Brazil and to identify risk predictors (RP). Methods: Retrospective cohort study of 1,065 patients, with 60.3% patients underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), 32.7%, valve surgery and 7.0%, CABG combined with valve surgery.

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• Ciencias Sociales›Educación

Assessment of gait dynamics in rats submitted to limb ischemia

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PURPOSE: To describe a method for the assessment of gait dynamics in rats submitted to limb ischemia. METHODS: Twenty-four male Wistar rats (150-160g) were used. Twelve animals were submitted to limb ischemia by ligation of the common left iliac artery (ischemic group: n = 12); and a sham-operated group was used as control (n=12). After a recovery period of 6 weeks, gait dynamics was assessed by counting the complete footprints and the number of hindlimb-floor contacts during a treadmill test for five minutes at a speed of 12 m.min-1 and angulation of 15°.

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Medicina›Cirugía, Anestesiología y Rehabilitación Física

Evaluation of early coronary graft patency after coronary artery bypass graft surgery using multislice computed tomography angiography

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Abstract Background Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is the standard of care in the treatment of advanced coronary artery disease, and its long-term results are affected by the failure of bypass grafts. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the early patency rate in coronary bypass grafts. Methods A total of 107 consecutive patients who underwent CABG were included in this study.

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• Ciencias de la Salud›Medicina

ESTUDIO BIOMETRICO DE LA RAMA PALMAR PROFUNDA DE LA ARTERIA ULNAR

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Numerous studies on the hand arterial supply have contributed important data for the reconstructive surgery of it. With the aim of contribute to the knowledge of their arteries, we performed a biometric study of the deep palmar branch of the ulnar artery (DPB) in 60 hands from 30 cadavers of brazilian adult individuals of both sexs. The arteries were injected with latex neoprene.

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• Ciencias›Anatomía y Fisiología Humana