Browsing by Subject "cardiovascular diseases"

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    • Avaliacao da espessura medio-intimal em pacientes com doenca renal cronica nao dialitica: estudo prospectivo de 24 meses 

      Marcos, Andrea Gaspar; Watanabe, Renato; Lemos, Marcelo Montebello [UNIFESP]; Canziani, Maria Eugênia Fernandes [UNIFESP] (Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia, 2014-03-01)
      Introduction:Increased carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is considered a marker of early-onset atherosclerosis and it seems to predict cardiovascular events in general population. The prognostic value of IMT in patients ...

    • Dietary patterns associated with risk factors for cardiovascular disease in a Brazilian city 

      Neumann, Africa Isabel Cruz Perez; Martins, Ignez Salas; Marcopito, Luiz Francisco [UNIFESP]; Araujo, Eutalia Aparecida Candido (Pan Amer Health Organization, 2007-11-01)
      Objective. To identify the dietary patterns of individuals living in the urban area of São Paulo, Brazil, and to investigate the association between these patterns and biological, sociodemographic, and behavioral risk ...

    • Doença pulmonar obstrutiva crônica e desfechos clínicos em pacientes pré-diabéticos com alto risco cardiovascular 

      Barros e Silva, Pedro Gabriel Melo de [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2015-09-15)
      Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with important systemic consequences that affect morbidity and mortality of the patients. Objectives: To evaluate the frequency of patients diagnosed ...

    • Early traits of metabolic syndrome in pediatric post-cancer survivors: outcomes in adolescents and young adults treated for childhood medulloblastoma 

      Siviero-Miachon, Adriana Aparecida [UNIFESP]; Monteiro, Carlos Manoel de Castro [UNIFESP]; Pires, Liliane Viana; Rozalem, Ana Carolina [UNIFESP]; Silva, Nasjla Saba da [UNIFESP]; Petrilli, Antonio Sergio [UNIFESP]; Spinola-Castro, Angela Maria [UNIFESP] (Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia, 2011-11-01)
      OBJECTIVE: To analyze traits of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in medulloblastoma survivors. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Sixteen childhood medulloblastoma survivors aged 18.0 (4.4) years, with history of craniospinal radiation therapy ...

    • Uma estratégia para redução de risco cardiovascular em pacientes transplantados renais 

      Leite, Denise [UNIFESP]; Campos, Alexandre Holthausen [UNIFESP] (Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC, 2010-06-01)
      BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease represents the leading cause of morbidity, mortality and graft function loss in renal transplant recipients (RTR). Aggressive treatment of risk factors is strongly advocated. However, ...

    • Estudo prospectivo de 2151 pacientes com doença renal crônica em tratamento conservador com abordagem multidisciplinar no Vale do Paraíba, SP 

      Luciano, Eduardo de Paiva; Luconi, Paulo Sérgio [UNIFESP]; Sesso, Ricardo de Castro Cintra [UNIFESP]; Melaragno, Claudio Santiago [UNIFESP]; Abreu, Patricia Ferreira [UNIFESP]; Reis, Sandra Ferreira Stanisck; Furtado, Rejane Maria Spindola; Ruivo, Gilson Fernandes (Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia, 2012-09-01)
      INTRODUCTION: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is common, severe and treatable. Its detection involves low cost tests. AIM: To evaluate the effect of a multidisciplinary (nephrologist, social worker, nurse, nutritionist, and ...

    • Neuropatia autonômica cardiovascular diabética: fatores de risco, impacto clínico e diagnóstico precoce 

      Rolim, Luiz Clemente de Souza Pereira [UNIFESP]; Sá, João Roberto de [UNIFESP]; Chacra, Antonio Roberto [UNIFESP]; Dib, Sergio Atala [UNIFESP] (Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC, 2008-04-01)
      Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is one of the most clinically significant complications of diabetes mellitus (DM), but one of the least frequently diagnosed. In this review, we discuss the major risk factors for ...

    • Noncoding RNA Profiles in Tobacco- and Alcohol-Associated Diseases 

      do Amaral, Nayra Soares; Melo, Natalia Cruz e [UNIFESP]; Maia, Beatriz de Melo; Rocha, Rafael Malagoli [UNIFESP] (Mdpi Ag, 2017)
      Tobacco and alcohol are the leading environmental risk factors in the development of human diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and liver injury. Despite the copious amount of research on this topic, by 2030, ...

    • Positive Association between Tinnitus and Arterial Hypertension 

      Figueiredo, Ricardo Rodrigues [UNIFESP]; Azevedo, Andreia Aparecida [UNIFESP]; Penido, Norma de Oliveira [UNIFESP] (Frontiers Media Sa, 2016)
      Introduction: Tinnitus is the perception of noise in the absence of an external source and is considered by most authors as a multifactorial symptom. A systematic review concerning the association of tinnitus and systemic ...

    • Reinnervation of Renal Afferent and Efferent Nerves at 5.5 and 11 Months After Catheter-Based Radiofrequency Renal Denervation in Sheep 

      Booth, Lindsea C.; Nishi, Erika E. [UNIFESP]; Yao, Song T.; Ramchandra, Rohit; Lambert, Gavin W.; Schlaich, Markus P.; May, Clive N. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015-02-01)
      Previous studies indicate that catheter-based renal denervation reduces blood pressure and renal norepinephrine spillover in human resistant hypertension. the effects of this procedure on afferent sensory and efferent ...