Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1016/S0870-2551(24)00146-X
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Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1016/S0870-2551(24)00152-5
{"title":"Índice por palavras-chave","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0870-2551(24)00152-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0870-2551(24)00152-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48985,"journal":{"name":"Revista Portuguesa De Cardiologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255124001525/pdfft?md5=061db9a876903a93b614fe95d6f55a5b&pid=1-s2.0-S0870255124001525-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141163376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1016/S0870-2551(24)00148-3
{"title":"2024 Portuguese Congress of Cardiology - Towards evidence and innovation","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S0870-2551(24)00148-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0870-2551(24)00148-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48985,"journal":{"name":"Revista Portuguesa De Cardiologia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255124001483/pdfft?md5=22c61447797597cd1742d3e3bcc057c8&pid=1-s2.0-S0870255124001483-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141163371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2023.08.008
Anna Borowiec , Magdalena Rosinska , Ilona Kowalik , Sebastian Rybski , Tomasz Chwyczko , Jan Jankowski , Katarzyna Życińska
Introduction and objectives
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is an antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated systemic vasculitis and is characterized by inflammation of blood vessels. The aim of the present study was to assess cardiac valvular changes in patients with GPA in a cohort of 105 patients followed for a mean of six years.
Methods
We followed 105 patients (mean age 50.4 years, 67 female) for a mean of 6.2 ± 1.3 years. Echocardiography and laboratory tests were performed in all patients.
Results
At baseline, 43% of patients were diagnosed with aortic regurgitation (AR), which was the most common valvular lesion. Moreover, it was the only valvular involvement that significantly increased during observation (p=0.01). In a multivariate model, only D-dimer level was a predictor of AR in this group of patients (OR 8.0 (95% CI: 1.7–38.2, p=0.01).
Conclusions
Involvement of the heart valves is a common finding in patients with GPA, but significant valvular disease is a rare complication. The most common valvular disease in this group of patients is AR. Aortic valves are also the most prone to degeneration in the course of the vasculitis.
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Pub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2023.07.007
Maria Rita Lima , Bruno M. Rocha , Andreia Marques , Carlos M.T. Aguiar
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