Objetivo Caracterizar a distribuição dos níveis de colesterol total (CT), colesterol LDL (C-LDL),
colesterol HDL (C-HDL) e triglicéridos nos utentes dos cuidados de saúde primários em …

Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are key players in cardiovascular development and
disease. However, not only miRNAs of a cardiac origin have a critical role in heart function. …

Introduction. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare disease that must be managed
in specialized centers; therefore, the availability of epidemiological national data is critical. …

BACKGROUND Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, deadly condition. Although
risk stratification is extremely important for assessment of prognosis and to guide therapy, …

Introduction Pulmonary hypertension (PH) covers a group of conditions characterized by an
increase in pulmonary vascular resistance leading to right ventricular failure. Risk …

Aim To characterize the distribution of total cholesterol (TC), LDL cholesterol (LDL-C), HDL
cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglycerides in primary health care users. Methods We performed a …

Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is nowadays a rare complication of myocardial infarction (MI),
but with a mortality rate still very high. Urgent surgical correction is recommended, …

Introdução A hipertensão pulmonar (HP) compreende um grupo de doenças progressivas
caracterizadas por aumento na resistência vascular pulmonar, conduzindo a falência …

Transthoracic echocardiography is the modality of choice for the bedside diagnosis of acute
myocardial infarction mechanical complications. We report the case of a ventricular septal …

Figure 2. Circulating micro RNA (miRNA) levels at the time of cardiac catheterization of a total
cohort of 142 selected ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients …