Ana Vigário

Characterization and prognosis of very elderly patients with anemia, cardio-cerebrovascular disease, and iron deficiency in four Portuguese hospitals

Rita Rego, Margarida Madeira, Eugeniu Gisca, Daniela Brigas et autres

To the Editor Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in Portugal.1 Anemia and iron deficiency (ID) are commonly present in the elderly and associated with adverse clinical outcomes.2,3 Portuguese data describing elderly and very elderly (VEP) patients are scarce, …

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Predictive Factors for Acute Liver Failure or Death in Patients with Acute Liver Injury: A Longitudinal Retrospective Study

Isabel Fonseca Silva, Ana Caroline Inácio de Alencar Aguiar, Ana Oliveira, Arlindo Guimas et autres

Background & Aims: Severe acute liver injury (ALI) precedes acute liver failure (ALF). Risk factors related to ALI progression to ALF or death, are not well-known. We aimed to investigate which predictors of poor outcomes can be identified in patients with ALI. …

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Impact of Vitamin D Supplementation in a Heart Failure Population

Márcia Cravo, Nuno Pereira, Ana Vigário, Tânia Rachel Baroni Ferreira et autres

Introduction: Vitamin D (VD) deficiency is a major comorbidity, frequently associated to heart failure (HF). VD supplementation effects in these patients remain unknown. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the impact of VD deficiency treatment or therapy correction in HF patients´ cohort. …

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Implementation of an infection control program with emphasis on cohorting to patients with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. The experience of 2 years in a tertiary teaching hospital in northern Portugal

Ana Vigário, João A. Gonçalves, Ana Rita Costa, Guiomar Pinheiro et autres

Abstract Background: The emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) represents a major public health threat. Our purpose was to evaluate a surveillance and cohorting program implemented in patients infected or carriers of CPE. Methods: A prospective registry of CPE carriers or infected patients …

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NT-proBNP variation in stable pulmonary arterial hypertension patients.

Inês Furtado, Célia Cruz, Ana Vigário, Sandra Inês Ribeiro Correia et autres

Introduction: NT-proBNP is used for diagnosis and risk stratification in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Consideration of its biological variation is essential in the interpretation of serial measurements. We aimed to study the variation of NT-proBNP over serial measurements in stable …

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Amiodarone Induced Organizing Pneumonia: A Masquerader of Community Acquired Pneumonia

Ana Vigário, Catarina Mendonça

Amiodarone is a widely used antiarrhythmic with well-known adverse effects, being pulmonary toxicity one of the most serious, occurring even with low doses. Amiodarone-induced organizing pneumonia (AIOP) is an infrequent histopathological presentation but a few cases have been reported in the literature. …

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Poster session Thursday 6 December - AM: Other myocardial diseases

Zahra Ojaghi‐Haghighi, Atoosa Mostafavi, Hassan Moladoust, Fereidoun Noohi et autres

Background. A myocardial strain reduction by speckle tracking imaging (STI) can potentially be a direct indicator of non-viable myocardium and sudden cardiac death (SCD) risk and could help in identifying high-risk patients currently missed by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) criteria. We …

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Poster Session: Right ventricular systolic function

Mikhaïl Altman, Cyrille Bergerot, Hélène Thibault, A. Aussoleil et autres

Background: Area tracking (AT,%) is a novel three-dimensional parameter of myocardial deformation that incorporates longitudinal and circumferential shortening and delineates deformation of the endocardial surface area.The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between AT and left ventricular ejection fraction …

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10.1016/0967-0653(96)80538-c

Stéphanie Auzoux-Bordenave, Ana Vigário, Francisca Ruano, Isabelle J. Domart-Coulon et autres