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Effects of the recombinant form of the natural human B-type natriuretic peptide and levosimendan on pulmonary hyperventilation and chemosensivity in heart failureEdimar Alcides Bocchi
Laboratório de Insuficiência Cardíaca e Transplante do Instituto do Coraçāo do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP InCor HC FMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Cardiovasc Ther 31:100-7. 2013..Despite increased blood levels of natriuretic peptides in clinical conditions associated with dyspnea, their effect on pulmonary VE and chemoreceptor activity remains unexplored...
Sildenafil effects on exercise, neurohormonal activation, and erectile dysfunction in congestive heart failure: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study followed by a prospective treatment for erectile dysfunctionEdimar Alcides Bocchi
Heart Failure Clinics, Heart Institute, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Circulation 106:1097-103. 2002..Erectile dysfunction (ED) is common in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). ED reduces quality of life, and it may affect compliance, thereby impairing the success of CHF treatment...- Cardiomyopathy, adult valve disease and heart failure in South AmericaE A Bocchi
Heart Institute InCor, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Heart 95:181-9. 2009.... - Beneficial effects of high doses of growth hormone in the introduction and optimization of medical treatment in decompensated congestive heart failureEdimar Bocchi
Heart Failure Clinics of the Clinical Cardiology Department, Heart Institute of the Sao Paulo University Medical School, Brazil
Int J Cardiol 110:313-7. 2006..Optimizing oral therapy in patients with unstable decompensated and/or dobutamine-dependent congestive heart failure (CHF) is a challenge... - The paradox of survival results after heart transplantation for cardiomyopathy caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. First Guidelines Group for Heart Transplantation of the Brazilian Society of CardiologyE A Bocchi
Brazilian Society of Cardiology, Sao Paulo
Ann Thorac Surg 71:1833-8. 2001.... - The Brazilian experience with heart transplantation: a multicenter reportE A Bocchi
University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Heart Institute InCor, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Heart Lung Transplant 20:637-45. 2001..Also we studied the causes of death, the results based on the year of transplant, the influence of gender and age, the numbers of transplants per year, and the etiology of the cardiomyopathy causing the heart failure... - Left ventricular regional wall motion, ejection fraction, and geometry after partial left ventriculectomy. Influence of associated mitral valve repairE A Bocchi
Heart Institute InCor, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 18:458-65. 2000..We investigated the effects of isolated left partial ventriculectomy and left partial ventriculectomy associated with mitral annuloplasty on refractory heart failure due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy... - Dobutamine stress echocardiography in heart transplant recipients' evaluation: the role of reinnervationF Bacal
Cardiology Department, Heart Failure Unit, Heart Institute InCor, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Transplant Proc 42:539-41. 2010..The aim of this study was to determine whether patients with various autonomic response levels, and supposed reinnervation patterns, show the same response to DSE... - Validation of a cutoff value on echo Doppler analysis to replace right heart catheterization during pulmonary hypertension evaluation in heart transplant candidatesF Bacal
Cardiology Department, Heart Failure Unit, Heart Institute InCor, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Transplant Proc 42:535-8. 2010..Noninvasive methods are still not reliably accurate to make this evaluation... - Partial left ventriculectomy in severe idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: assessment of short-term results and their impact on late survival by magnetic resonance imagingJ R Parga
Heart Institute InCor, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Magn Reson Imaging 13:781-6. 2001..Our study showed significant changes on LV parameters after ventriculectomy. Patients with EF >17% showed better EF correlation between pre/postoperative values and higher survival rate. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2001;13:781-786... - Current perspectives of partial left ventriculectomy in the treatment of dilated cardiomyopathyL F Moreira
Heart Institute InCor, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Avenue Dr Enéas Carvalho Aguiar, 44, SP 05403 000, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 19:54-60. 2001..This investigation documents the clinical and left ventricular (LV) function effects of this procedure, associated, when necessary, with mitral insufficiency correction, in 43 patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy... - Long-term pulmonary vascular reactivity after orthotopic heart transplantation by the biatrial versus the bicaval techniqueA I Fiorelli
Heart Institute of Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Transplant Proc 43:229-32. 2011..Advantages of the bicaval versus the biatrial technique have been reported, emphasizing atrial electrical stability and less tricuspid regurgitation... - Heart transplantation in 107 cases of Chagas' diseaseA I Fiorelli
Heart Institute of Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Transplant Proc 43:220-4. 2011..Chagas' disease is endemic in South America... - Haemodynamic, metabolic and neuro-humoral abnormalities in young normotensive women at high familial risk for hypertensionE G Ciolac
Heart Institute do HCFMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Hum Hypertens 24:814-22. 2010..Greater abnormalities were observed in women with a strong family history of hypertension (FH++). These results suggest that there is an early vascular, metabolic and hormonal involvement in a familial hypertensive disorder... - Successful endomyocardial biopsy guided by transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiographyA I Fiorelli
Heart Institute of Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Transplant Proc 43:225-8. 2011.... - Nitric oxide inhalation reduces pulmonary tidal volume during exercise in severe chronic heart failureE A Bocchi
Heart Institute, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Brazil
Am Heart J 134:737-44. 1997..Inhalation of nitric oxide attenuated the excessive increase in VT response to exercise in CHF. The L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway may be involved in mechanisms contributing to hyperventilation during exercise in CHF... - Autopsy findings in early and late postoperative death after partial left ventriculectomyP M Cury
Heart Institute InCor, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, SP, Brazil
Ann Thorac Surg 69:769-73. 2000..However, this procedure is accompanied by high morbidity and mortality. Therefore, we studied the hearts of 12 patients who underwent this procedure to increase our understanding of the causes of bad outcome... - Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in children with heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathyG V Guimaraes
Heart Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Chest 120:816-24. 2001..To determine and compare the cardiopulmonary responses of healthy children and children with heart failure due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IC) to progressive treadmill exercise testing... - Recovery of renal function in heart transplantation patients after conversion from a calcineurin inhibitor-based therapy to sirolimusS M Ayub-Ferreira
Heart Institute InCor, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Transplant Proc 42:542-4. 2010..In this study, we evaluated the improvement in renal function after switching the CNI to sirolimus among patients with new-onset kidney dysfunction after heart transplantation... - Endomyocardial biopsy as risk factor in the development of tricuspid insufficiency after heart transplantationA I Fiorelli
Heart Institute, Sao Paulo University School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Transplant Proc 41:935-7. 2009..The purpose of this investigation was to examine the occurrence of tricuspid valve tissue in myocardial specimens obtained by routine EMB performed after OHT... - Do Archaea and bacteria co-infection have a role in the pathogenesis of chronic chagasic cardiopathy?Maria de Lourdes Higuchi
Laboratório de Anatomia Patológica, Instituto do Coracao, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 104:199-207. 2009..The CC group was positive for Archaea and T. cruzi DNA. In conclusion, different amounts of Mycoplasma, Chlamydia and archaeal organisms may be implicated in complement activation and may have a role in Chagas disease outcome... - QT interval dispersion analysis in patients undergoing left partial ventriculectomy (Batista operation)Carlos Alberto Pastore
Heart Institute InCor of the University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 9:375-82. 2004.... - Rationale and design of a randomized placebo-controlled trial assessing the effects of etiologic treatment in Chagas' cardiomyopathy: the BENznidazole Evaluation For Interrupting Trypanosomiasis (BENEFIT)Jose Antonio Marin-Neto
Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Am Heart J 156:37-43. 2008..However, the efficacy of trypanocidal therapy in preventing clinical complications in patients with preexisting cardiac disease is unknown... - Recommendations for use of everolimus after heart transplantation: results from a Latin-American Consensus MeetingE A Bocchi
Institutions of the participants of the Consensus Meeting Heart Institute, Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Unit, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Transplant Proc 38:937-42. 2006..Heart transplant investigators from Latin America produced recommendations for everolimus use in daily practice based on available data and their own experience... - Behavior profile of family members of donors and nondonors of organsB N Moraes
Heart Institute InCor of the University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Heart Transplantation Unit, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Transplant Proc 41:799-801. 2009..Organ transplant shortage is a global problem caused by several factors, most of which are related to members of the family, who play a major role in the donation process... - Hemochromatosis gene variants in patients with cardiomyopathyA C Pereira
Heart Institute InCor and Internal Medicine Department, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Am J Cardiol 88:388-91. 2001..73, after adjustment). In our sample, genetic variation in the HFE gene was associated with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Such association merits further study regarding its value as a prognostic marker in patients with ischemic heart disease... - Meditation reduces sympathetic activation and improves the quality of life in elderly patients with optimally treated heart failure: a prospective randomized studyJosé Antonio Curiati
Geriatrics Service, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo University Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Altern Complement Med 11:465-72. 2005..We tested whether meditation can reduce sympathetic activation, evaluated by norepinephrine blood levels (NE), and improve quality of life in elderly persons with congestive heart failure (CHF)... - Electrocardiographic and vectorcardiographic findings of patients undergoing reductive ventriculectomy (Batista operation)Carlos Alberto Pastore
Heart Institute InCor, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Clin Cardiol 26:36-42. 2003..The Batista operation, or partial ventriculectomy, has been designed by the Brazilian surgeon Dr. Randas Batista as an alternative method for treating patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy... - Noninvasive detection of coronary allograft vasculopathy by myocardial contrast echocardiographyAna Clara T Rodrigues
Heart Institute (InCor, , Echocardiography Laboratory, , , , , Brazil
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 18:116-21. 2005..CONCLUSION: MCE showed good accuracy in detecting the presence of coronary allograft vasculopathy after heart transplantation; however, it failed to identify the extent of the disease... - Invasive and noninvasive correlations of B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with heart failure due to Chagas cardiomyopathyFabio Vilas-Boas
Heart Failure Clinics and Academic Research Department of Santa Izabel Hospital, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Congest Heart Fail 14:121-6. 2008..The authors conclude that BNP levels are elevated in patients experiencing HFCC, irrespective of NYHA class, and that the occurrence of HFCC correlates with severity of disease... - Rationale and design of the IRON-HF study: a randomized trial to assess the effects of iron supplementation in heart failure patients with anemiaLuis Beck da Silva
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
J Card Fail 13:14-7. 2007..However, the effect of iron supplementation alone in HF patients with ACD, ferropenic anemia, or both is unknown... - Normalization of right ventricular performance and remodeling evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging at late follow-up of heart transplantation: relationship between function, exercise capacity and pulmonary vascular resistanceFernando Bacal
Heart Institute InCor, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Heart Lung Transplant 24:2031-6. 2005..The aim of our study was to evaluate RV function and remodeling using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to correlate it with exercise capacity and also with hemodynamic data obtained before HT...