The BENEFIT trial: testing the hypothesis that trypanocidal therapy is beneficial for patients with chronic Chagas heart diseaseJ Antonio Marin-Neto
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brasil
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 104:319-24. 2009
..The full-scale study determines whether antitrypanosomal therapy with benznidazole reduces mortality and other major cardiovascular clinical outcomes in patients with chronic Chagas heart disease...
[Indeterminate form of Chagas' disease. Proposal of new diagnostic criteria and perspectives for early treatment of cardiomyopathy]Jose Antonio Marin-Neto
Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, USP, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
Arq Bras Cardiol 79:623-7. 2002
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...
Pathogenesis of chronic Chagas heart diseaseJose Antonio Marin-Neto
Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Circulation 115:1109-23. 2007
..Despite nearly 1 century of research, the pathogenesis of chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy is incompletely understood, the most intriguing challenge of which is the complex host-parasite interaction...
Minor segmental dyssynergy reflects extensive myocardial damage and global left ventricle dysfunction in chronic Chagas diseaseOswaldo César de Almeida-Filho
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 15:610-6. 2002
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Prediction of left ventricular wall motion recovery after acute myocardial infarction by Tl-201 gated SPECT: incremental value of integrated contractile reserve assessmentMarcus Vinícius Simões
Division of Cardiology, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, Ribeirão Preto Campus, University of Sao Paulo, CEP 14048 900 Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Nucl Cardiol 9:294-303. 2002
..This investigation tested the application of low-dose dobutamine (LDD) gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with thallium 201 for myocardial viability detection early after acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...
Ultrasonic tissue characterization for patients with Chagas' diseaseAntonio Pazin-Filho
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, 14048 900 Ribeirão Preto SP, Brazil
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 17:262-8. 2004
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Characterization of the apical aneurysm of chronic Chagas' heart disease by scintigraphic image co-registrationMarcus Vinícius Simões
Divisão de Cardiologia, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, USP, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brasil
Arq Bras Cardiol 89:119-21, 131-4. 2007
Is left ventricular diastolic thickening documented during dobutamine and pacing stress echocardiography related to myocardial ischemia? An animal model studyAndre Schmidt
Division of Cardiology, University Hospital, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, Univeristy of São Paulo, 14049 900, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazilbr
Echocardiography 19:7-13. 2002
..In conclusion, pseudohypertrophy was a frequent finding during pacing and dobutamine stress echocardiography tests but was not related to myocardial ischemia in this animal model...
[Post-extrasystolic potentiation in chronic Chagas' heart disease. A radiologic contrast ventriculography study]José Mário M Brandão
Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, USP, Ribeirao Preto, SP
Arq Bras Cardiol 84:376-80. 2005
..To determine the existence and frequency of the phenomenon of post-extrasystolic potentiation in dyssynergic myocardial areas of patients with chronic Chagas' heart disease studied by use of radiologic contrast ventriculography...
Sustained ventricular tachycardia is associated with regional myocardial sympathetic denervation assessed with 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathyCarlos H Miranda
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Nucl Med 52:504-10. 2011
..This study quantitatively evaluated the association between cardiac sympathetic denervation and sustained ventricular tachycardia (SVT) in patients with CCC...
Transient left ventricular dysfunction due to stress-induced cardiomyopathyMarcus Vinícius Simões
Divisão de Cardiologia, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, USP, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brasil
Arq Bras Cardiol 89:e79-83. 2007
..Ventricular function normalized after the second week of clinical evolution...
Predictors of mortality in patients with Chagas' cardiomyopathy and ventricular tachycardia not treated with implantable cardioverter-defibrillatorsAlvaro Valentim Lima Sarabanda
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 34:54-62. 2011
..The natural history of the arrhythmogenic form of Chagas' heart disease is not fully understood...
Heart failure: comparison between six-minute walk test and cardiopulmonary testEduardo Elias Vieira de Carvalho
Departamento de Clínica Médica Laboratório de Fisiologia do Exercício, Divisão de Cardiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, USP, Brazil
Arq Bras Cardiol 97:59-64. 2011
..Symptoms such as fatigue and dyspnoea are notorious and stress tests are widely used to assess functional capacity, prognosis and effectiveness of therapeutic interventions in this syndrome...
[Reflections on the relationship between the academic physician, the society in general and producing companies of drugs and equipment in particular]Jose Antonio Marin-Neto
Departamento de Clinica Medica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, USP, Ribeirao Preto, SP
Arq Bras Cardiol 84:188-91. 2005
Coronary thrombosis as the first complication of antiphospholipid syndromeCarlos Henrique Miranda
Unidade Coronariana da Unidade de Emergência do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
Arq Bras Cardiol 98:e66-9. 2012
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Influence of aging, tidal volume, and respiratory rate on Doppler echocardiographic indices of diastolic function in normal male subjects: a quantitative evaluationMinna Moreira Dias Romano
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Echocardiography 25:40-6. 2008
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Periodontal disease in patients with ischemic coronary atherosclerosis at a University HospitalAna Lúcia Azevedo Barilli
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, USP, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil
Arq Bras Cardiol 87:695-700. 2006
..PD is a serious public dental health care problem with a differentiated distribution in regards to severity, age group, type of infection, co-morbidities and risk factors...
Left ventricular global performance and diastolic function in indeterminate and cardiac forms of Chagas' diseaseAntonio Pazin Filho
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 20:1338-43. 2007
..Thus, when the IF is further characterized on the basis of absence of any echocardiographic marker of regional systolic dysfunction, no impairment of diastolic function can be detected...