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Pinto, Luiz Fernando. "Analise de assimetria dos ventriculos laterais do cerebro humano em imagens de ressonancia magnetica." [s.n.], 2008. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/276134.
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Resumo: Equipamentos de Ressonância Magnética (RM) permitem a obtenção de seqüências de imagens digitais contendo estruturas tri-dimensionais (3D) do corpo humano. A visualização e a análise computadorizada dessas estruturas têm revolucionado a pratica médica de diversas formas. O enfoque deste trabalho é a análise dos ventrículos laterais do cérebro humano a partir de imagens de RM. O cérebro humano, ou encéfalo, apresenta três divisões, cada uma com componentes e subdivisões relativamente constantes: o Prosencéfalo, o Mesencéfalo e o Rombencéfalo. Neste trabalho, chamamos de c'erebro uma das subdivisões do Prosencéfalo denominada Telencéfalo, que pode ser considerado como sinônimo de hemisférios cerebrais. Um cérebro biologicamente normal (saudável) apresenta um alto grau de simetria com relação ao plano sagital, que o divide em duas partes, hemisfério esquerdo e direito. Uma assimetria neste plano pode, por conseqüência, ser um indicativo de doenças como epilepsia e mal de Alzheimer, entre outras. Anormalidades no volume de certas estruturas e cavidades, tais como os ventrículos laterais, também podem estar associadas a certas doenças neurológicas e psiquiátricas como esquizofrenia, depressão e demência [1]. O objetivo principal deste trabalho e o desenvolvimento de medidas de simetria e assimetria dos ventrículos laterais, cuja análise em indivíduos de grupos controle (biologicamente normais) e em pacientes possa contribuir para o estudo de doenças cerebrais. A realização desta análise esta dividida em três etapas básicas: a segmentação dos ventrículos laterais, a extração de características dos ventrículos segmentados e a classificação e análise dos indivíduos do grupo controle e de pacientes de acordo com as características extraídas. Para a segmentação dos ventrículos laterais, foram estudadas diversas técnicas existentes na literatura, de abordagens manuais a automáticas. No entanto, a literatura é escassa em referências a estudos de segmentação dos ventrículos laterais do cérebro humano. Este trabalho, neste sentido, é pioneiro já que apresenta técnicas de segmentação dos ventrículos laterais que permitem a baixa intervenção do ser humano no processo, reduzindo o tempo necessário para a tarefa. A extração das características dos ventrículos laterais foi realizada por duas abordagens distintas - Dimensão Fractal Multiescala e Registros. Nesta etapa do processo, foi necessário implementar uma técnica de localização e alinhamento do plano inter-hemisferico cerebral, a fim de corrigir um problema típico do processo de captura de imagens de ressonância magnética, o desalinhamento da cabeça do individuo em relação ao plano sagital da imagem. Esta técnica e uma contribuição direta deste trabalho. Por fim, na ultima etapa do processo, a classificação dos indivíduos, foram utilizadas as técnicas manual e automática, a fim de compararmos a eficiência e efetividade de cada uma delas. A classificação manual foi realizada em 2D e 3D, enquanto que, para a classificação automática, com base nas características extraídas, foi utilizado um algoritmo de classificação por floresta de caminhos ótimos, o OPF, desenvolvido por uma equipe de pesquisadores liderados pelo Prof. Dr. Alexandre Falcão. Os resultados foram analisados com base em matrizes de confusão geradas a partir dos dados obtidos com as classificações manual e automática. Essas análises comparam a eficiência das diversas técnicas de classificação utilizadas neste trabalho, apontando as vantagens e desvantagens do uso de cada uma delas. Este trabalho é arte do projeto temático FAPESP 03/13424-1 também se insere no contexto do projeto temático FAPESP CInAPCe (Cooperação Interinstitucional de Apoio a Pesquisas sobre o Cérebro), envolvendo pesquisadores de diversas instituições, principalmente do Laboratório de Neuroimagem do Departamento de Neurologia da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e do Departamento de Radiologia do Hospital de Clínicas da UNICAMP.
Abstract: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) equipment allow the capture of sequences of digital images containing three dimensional (3D) human body structures. The computerized visualization and analysis of such structures have revolutionized the medical practice in many ways. This work focuses on the human brain analysis based on MRI images. A healthy brain presents a high symmetry degree with respect to the sagittal plane that divides it in two parts, the left and right hemispheres. An asymmetry at this plane can, therefore, be a symptom of a disease, such as epilepsy, Alzheimer's or brain tumor [2]. Volume abnormalities in certain structures and cavities, such as the lateral ventricles, can also be associated to diseases, such as schizophrenia, depression and dementia [1]. This work is focused on the development of asymmetry measures of the lateral ventricles, whose analysis in both controls and patients can contribute to the study of brain diseases. This analysis is split into three basic steps: the lateral ventricles segmentation, the feature extraction from the segmented structures and the data classification and analysis according to the extracted features. For the lateral ventricles segmentation, many techniques available in the literature were studied, for both manual and automatic approaches. However, there are very few references available in the literature focusing on lateral ventricles segmentation. This work is, in this sense, pioneer, since it presents techniques for lateral ventricles segmentation that allow very limited user intervention, reducing the time spent in the task. Two different approaches were used to extract the features from the lateral ventricles: Multiscale Fractal Dimension and Image Registration. Additionally, for the feature extraction process, we had to implement a technique for the localization and alignment of the mid-sagittal plane of the brain, in order to correct a typical problem in the MRI capturing procedure - the misalignment of the head with respect to the sagittal plane of the image. This technique is a direct contribution of this work. Finally, in the last step of the process - the classification task - two techniques were used, one manual and another automatic, in order to compare the efficiency and effectiveness between them. The manual classification was based in 2D and 3D image analysis, while the automatic classification was based on the Optimum Path Forest (OPF), a technique developed inside the Institute of Computing at Unicamp. The classification results were analysed through many confusion matrices, generated from the data obtained from the manual and automatic classifications. Those analyses compare the efficiency of the many classification approaches used in this work, pointing the advantages and disadvantages in each of them. This work is part of the FAPESP thematic project no. 03/13424-1 and is also related to the FAPESP CInAPCe (Inter-institutional Cooperation to Support Brain Research) thematic project, that involves researchers from many institutions, specially from the Department of Neurology at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Unicamp.
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Marba, Sérgio Tadeu Martins 1958. "Fatores de risco para hemorragia perrintraventricular em recem-nascidos de muito baixo peso." [s.n.], 1995. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/310784.
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Resumo: o objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar alguns fatores de risco para a hemorragia periintraventricular (HPIV) em recém-nascidos vivos com peso inferior a 1.500 gramas na Maternidade do Centro de Atenção Integral à Saúde da Mulher (CAISM) do complexo hospitalar da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), no período de 10 de abril de 1991 a 31 de dezembro de 1994. Foi realizado um estudo caso-controle emparelhado pelo peso, comparando-se 106 crianças com HPIV e 106 sem a doença, diagnosticada através da ultra-sonografia tansfontanelar. Para avaliar p associação entre os fatores de risco maternos, obstétricos, perinatais e neonatais com a HPIV, foram realizadas analise bivariada para cada variável independente e multipla em dois modelos...Observação: O resumo, na íntegra, poderá ser visualizado no texto completo da tese digital
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to analyze some of the risk factors associated with periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage (PVH-IVH) in newborn infants weighing less than 1.500g in the Maternity of the Center of Integral Assistance to Women's Health of the State University of Campinas during the period of April 1991 to December 1994. The study used was paired case-control designs, comparing 106 newborns with PVH-IVH and 106 without the sick. To evaluate the relation between maternal, obstetric, perinatal and neonatal risk factors, bivariate and multiple analyses for a parired case-cóntrol study were used. For the multiple analysis, two models were used ...Note: The complete abstract is available with the full electronic digital thesis or dissertations
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Garcia, Bruno Miguel Farinha. "Medição do volume do sistema ventricular cerebral em cães mesocefálicos." Bachelor's thesis, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/1772.
Full textÉ importante ter um conhecimento geral da anatomia cerebral canina de forma a interpretar os resultados obtidos através da TAC, especialmente pelos cães terem grandes variações a nível do formato do crânio pese embora no estudo terem sido consideradas apenas raças de crânio mesocefálico. A medição quantitativa do volume ventricular cerebral foi feita em 50 cães através de tomografia axial computadorizada (TAC), os quais tiveram proveniência da consulta de Neurologia no Hospital Escolar da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária em Lisboa. A média de idades foi de 9,84 e a mediana de 9. O valor médio para o volume ventricular cerebral lateral direito foi de 463,93mm3, para o volume ventricular cerebral lateral esquerdo de 535,87mm3, para o volume do 3º ventrículo de 110,54mm3 e a média do volume total foi de 1110,50mm3. Dos 50 casos analisados, 31 (62%) tinham o ventrículo cerebral lateral esquerdo mais largo que o direito, 19 (38%).
Zainy, Mohammed. "Hydrodynamic modelling of cerebrospinal fluid motion within the human ventricular system." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.272855.
Full textSantos, Samir Cezimbra dos. "Fatores de risco para infecção relacionada à drenagem ventricular externa nas hemorragias cerebrais espontâneas em adultos." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/150702.
Full textExternal ventricular drainage (EVD) is used in neurosurgery to drain cerebrospinal fluid from patients with increased intracranial pressure (ICP) in a variety of conditions (tumors, trauma, meningitis, spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage). EVD can serve both as a therapeutic measure and as a tool for ICP monitoring. The major complication of this procedure is infection (meningitis and/or ventriculitis). Risk factors for EVD infection include spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage. This Study analyze infection rates in a series of patients with spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage who underwent surgical EVD placement. This prospective study included all patients who required EVD for spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage from January 2010 to July 2011 at the Neurosurgery Department of Hospital Cristo Redentor (HCR), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Overall, 94 consecutive patients were included. The series comprised 43 men (45.7%) and 51 women (54.3%). Mean age across the sample was 56.1 years. The mean duration of EVD use was7 days. Overall sample mortality was 45%, and the overall infection rate was 36%. Assessment of the variable “EVD days >10” revealed a significant difference between groups: patients who had an EVD in place for longer than 10 days had higher odds of infection than patients in whom EVD was used for 10 days or fewer (odds ratio = 3.1; 95%CI 1.1–8.7) The other variables of interest were not statistically significant in this sample. We found a culture positivity rate of 5.3%. The findings of this study suggest that EVD infection was a very common complication, occurring in 36.2% of cases. However, we adopted ventriculitis as the standard diagnosis, as advocated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Considering the high lethality associated with intracranial hemorrhage, the adoption of a more aggressive treatment protocol for this patient population might improve morbidity and mortality rates.
SUN, Xue-Zhi, Sentaro TAKAHASHI, Chun GUI, Rui ZHANG, Kazuo KOGA, Minoru NOUYE, and Yoshiharu MURATA. "Neuronal Migration and Neuronal Migration Disorder in Cerebral Cortex." Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/2773.
Full textLunardi, Luciano Werle. "Uso do índice de celularidade no líquor para diagnóstico precoce de infecção no sistema nervoso central após drenagem ventricular externa." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/164831.
Full textThe use of an external ventricular drain (EVD) is required for the treatment of many diseases, such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Meningitis and ventriculitis are frequent complications arising from the use of EVD therapy. This study aimed to determine the sensitivity, specificity, and cutoff point for cellularity index (CI) in patients with TBI, SAH, and hemorrhagic stroke. Our study population consisted of patients with different underlying diseases and few culture-positive CSF samples. The diagnosis of infections was based on CDC criteria. Overall CI analysis showed an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.982. The cutoff of 2.9 for overall CI provided a sensitivity of 95% and a specificity of 92.9%. In patients with SAH, the AUC was 1.0 for a CI of 2.7; furthermore, sensitivity and specificity were 100%. The relative variation of the CI was also assessed. This analysis revealed an AUC of 0.882, and a 4.33-fold increase was found be indicative of infection (p=0.002), findings similar to those of the literature. Additionally, a heatmap analysis demonstrated that the CI is unlike to return to normal in patients with meningitis, even after treatment. Therefore, this index showed to be valuable for the diagnosis of infection, but was inadequate for monitoring treatment. We hope to use the new cutoff point proposed by this study in our institution to improve patient clinical outcomes.
Mooe, Thomas. "Left ventricular thrombus and stroke after acute myocardial infarction." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Medicin, 1997. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-100547.
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Simkins, Jeffrey R. "A Microcontroller-based External Ventricular Drain with Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Spinal Fluid Color Monitoring." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1535457154520209.
Full textPfluecke, C., M. Christoph, S. Kolschmann, D. Tarnowski, M. Forkmann, S. Jellinghaus, D. M. Poitz, et al. "Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) counterpulsation improves cerebral perfusion in patients with decreased left ventricular function." Sage, 2014. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A35364.
Full textCasals, Mercadal Gregori. "Mecanismes moleculars de secreció miocardíaca: remodelat ventricular i secreció de pèptid natriurètic tipus B." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/283202.
Full textMOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF MYOCARDIAL SECRETION: VENTRICULAR REMODELING AND SECRETION OF B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE. The molecular mechanisms by which myocardial ischemia translates in ventricular remodeling and heart failure remain unclear. In the current thesis it was explored whether hypoxia and proinflammatory factors are specific inducers of matrix remodeling in cardiomyocytes. Adult human ventricular cardiomyocytes (AC16 cells) were incubated at normoxic or hypoxic conditions and stimulated with proinflammatory factors. Matrix remodeling and cellular secretion and gene expression of matrix remodeling factors were analyzed. Results show that hypoxia activates matrix remodeling and induces the production of PIIINP (procollagen III N-terminal propeptide) and inhibits the production of TIMP-1 (tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1). IL1β stimulated the cardiac production of PIIINP, TIMP1 and hyaluronic acid. Results suggest that hypoxia and IL1β may contribute to ventricular dilation and heart failure in ischemic heart diseases. The effect of hypoxia on the cardiac secretion of B-type natriuretic peptid (BNP) was also evaluated. Hypoxia stimulated the protein release and mRNA levels of BNP and VEGF but not ANP in AC16 cells. The analysis of the transcriptional activity of the hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) in nuclear extracts showed that HIF-1 activity was induced under hypoxic conditions. The treatment of AC16 cells with the HIF-1 inhibitor rotenone in hypoxia inhibited BNP and VEGF release. In conclusion, data indicate that hypoxia induces the synthesis and secretion of BNP in human ventricular myocytes, likely through HIF-1-enhanced transcriptional activity. This observed direct effect of hypoxia on BNP secretion in human ventricular myocytes allowed hypothesizing that patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) without ventricular dysfunction or heart failure present high plasma levels of BNP related with their degree of cardiac hypoxia. Thus, prognostic significance of BNP plasma levels was evaluated in a cohort of 1806 consecutive patients with ACS admitted within the first 24 hours after the onset of symptoms. The follow up for adverse events was of one year. Plasma levels of BNP in ACS patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were higher than in the control group without ACS. During follow-up, adverse events was 10.0 % in patients with reduced LVEF and 7.9 % in patients with preserved LVEF. Patients with BNP>150 pg/ml presented significantly higher probability of adverse events during follow up. Results show that ACS patients with preserved LVEF present higher BNP levels at admission, which constitute an independent predictor of presenting new ACS and mortality.
Romero, Alicia Del Carmen Becerra. "Estudo da anatomia endoscópica ventricular em cadáveres humanos brasileiros não fixados para realização de terceiro ventriculostomia." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5138/tde-20092010-154707/.
Full textINTRODUCTION: the objective of this research was to measure, through endoscopy, the interventricular foramen choroid plexus and the third ventricle floor structures, as well the distance between the communicating posterior arteries and compare these variables. METHODS: an observational, prospective study was conducted in 37 brains of adult human cadavers, of both sexes at the Death Check Unit of the University of São Paulo, in April 2008 by means of the rigid neuroendoscope. The endoscopic images were recorded, corrected for distortion and measured. The macroscopic measure between the communicating posterior arteries was performed after the endoscopic study. RESULTS: The measures of the interventricular foramen choroid plexus, the latero-lateral distance of mammillary bodies, the distance from the infundibular recess to the mammillary bodies, safety triangle in the tuber cinereum were 1.71 mm (±0.77 mm), 2.23 mm (±0.74 mm), 3.22 mm (±0.82 mm), 3.69 mm2 (±2.09 mm2), respectively. The aspect of the third ventricle floor and the internal distance of the mammillary bodies was 84% opaque and 89% absent, respectively. The mean distance between the communicating posterior arteries was 12.5 mm (±2.3 mm). Associations between the translucent floor of the third ventricle with the following variables: latero-lateral distance and internal distance of the mammillary bodies, as well as age were identified. CONCLUSIONS: Up this research, there was no account on the measures of the interventricular foramen choroid plexus and the distance between communicating posterior arteries at the level of the mammillary bodies. The remaining variables were in greater number and in normal brains, as compared with the literature
Poiati, Juliane Rosa [UNESP]. "Peptídeo natriurético cerebral (BNP) como marcador de hipertrofia concêntrica do ventrículo esquerdo em mulheres com pré-eclâmpsia." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/151224.
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Objetivo: Determinar o valor da concentração do BNP que se associa à presença de hipertrofia do ventrículo esquerdo (VE) em mulheres com pré-eclâmpsia (PE). Métodos: Realizou-se estudo observacional, descritivo e transversal em gestantes com diagnóstico de pré-eclâmpsia, que receberam assistência obstétrica no Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - Unesp. Foram excluídas do estudo gestantes portadoras de patologia clínica ou gestacional associada a alterações cardiovasculares (diabetes, hipertensão arterial crônica, cardiopatias, colagenoses, nefropatias). Considerando a prevalência de hipertrofia concêntrica do VE nessa população de 27% e assumindo a margem de erro de 10% e confiabilidade de 95%, o tamanho amostral calculado foi de 76 gestantes. No momento do diagnóstico de PE as gestantes selecionadas foram submetidas à coleta de sangue venoso para determinação da concentração sérica de BNP e ao exame de ecocardiograma para identificação de hipertrofia concêntrica do VE. As correlações entre o índice de massa do VE (iMVE) e entre a espessura relativa da parede (ER) e o BNP foram realizadas pelo teste de Spearman. O ponto de corte da concentração do BNP, que identifica hipertrofia concêntrica do VE, foi estabelecido pela curva ROC, utilizando-se o programa estatístico SPSS for Windows. Resultados: A hipertrofia concêntrica do ventrículo esquerdo foi diagnosticada em 48,7% das gestantes. O ponto de corte do valor da concentração do BNP, que identifica a hipertrofia concêntrica do VE, foi 203pg/mL (sensibilidade de 88%, especificidade de 80%, valor preditivo positivo de 69%, valor preditivo negativo de 93% e acurácia de 83%). A área sob a curva foi 0,87 (IC 95%= 0,79 – 0,95). A correlação entre o iMVE e a ER com a concentração do BNP foi significativa (iMVE: r=0,49; p<0,0001; ER: r=0,50; p<0,0001). Conclusões: O presente estudo encontrou correlação positiva entre os valores de BNP e hipertrofia do VE, além de determinar o ponto de corte (203 pg/ml) para o diagnóstico dessa condição. Utilizar o BNP como rastreamento de hipertrofia do VE pode ajudar na racionalização da indicação do ecocardiograma para confirmação diagnóstica.
Objective: To determine BNP concentration value associated with the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LV) in women with pre-eclampsia (PE). Methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was performed in pregnant women diagnosed with preeclampsia, who have received obstetric care at Botucatu Medical School Clinical Hospital - Unesp. Pregnant women with clinical or gestational pathology associated with cardiovascular alterations such as diabetes, chronic hypertension, heart diseases, collagenosis, nephropathies were excluded from the study. Considering the prevalence of LV concentric hypertrophy in this population of 27% and assuming the margin of error of 10%, as well as reliability of 95%, the calculated sample size was of 76 pregnant women. At the moment of PE diagnosis the selected pregnant women were submitted to both venous blood collection (in order to determine BNP serum concentration) and to echocardiogram examination (to identify LV concentric hypertrophy). Correlations between LV mass index (iMVL), relative wall thickness (WT) and BNP were performed with Spearman test. The cut off of BNP concentration, which identifies LV concentric hypertrophy, was established with ROC curve, using the statistical program SPSS for Windows. Results: Left ventricular concentric hypertrophy was diagnosed in 48.7% of the pregnant women. The cut off value of BNP concentration, which identifies LV concentric hypertrophy, was 203pg / mL (sensitivity 88%, specificity 80%, positive predictive value 69%, negative predictive value 93%, and accuracy 83%). The area under the curve was 0.87 (95% CI = 0.79-0.95). The correlation between iMVL and WT with BNP concentration was significant (iMVE: r=0,49; p<0,0001; ER: r=0,50; p<0,0001). Conclusions: The present study found a positive correlation between BNP values and LV hypertrophy. Moreover, it determined the cut off (203 pg / ml) for the diagnosis of this condition. Therefore, using BNP as a screening method for LV hypertrophy may help to rationalize echocardiographic indication for diagnosis confirmation.
Poiati, Juliane Rosa. "Peptídeo natriurético cerebral (BNP) como marcador de hipertrofia concêntrica do ventrículo esquerdo em mulheres com pré-eclâmpsia." Botucatu, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/151224.
Full textResumo: Objetivo: Determinar o valor da concentração do BNP que se associa à presença de hipertrofia do ventrículo esquerdo (VE) em mulheres com pré-eclâmpsia (PE). Métodos: Realizou-se estudo observacional, descritivo e transversal em gestantes com diagnóstico de pré-eclâmpsia, que receberam assistência obstétrica no Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu - Unesp. Foram excluídas do estudo gestantes portadoras de patologia clínica ou gestacional associada a alterações cardiovasculares (diabetes, hipertensão arterial crônica, cardiopatias, colagenoses, nefropatias). Considerando a prevalência de hipertrofia concêntrica do VE nessa população de 27% e assumindo a margem de erro de 10% e confiabilidade de 95%, o tamanho amostral calculado foi de 76 gestantes. No momento do diagnóstico de PE as gestantes selecionadas foram submetidas à coleta de sangue venoso para determinação da concentração sérica de BNP e ao exame de ecocardiograma para identificação de hipertrofia concêntrica do VE. As correlações entre o índice de massa do VE (iMVE) e entre a espessura relativa da parede (ER) e o BNP foram realizadas pelo teste de Spearman. O ponto de corte da concentração do BNP, que identifica hipertrofia concêntrica do VE, foi estabelecido pela curva ROC, utilizando-se o programa estatístico SPSS for Windows. Resultados: A hipertrofia concêntrica do ventrículo esquerdo foi diagnosticada em 48,7% das gestantes. O ponto de corte do valor da concentração do BNP, que identifica a ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
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Clark, William D. "A Bench Top Study of the Optimization of LVAD Cannula Implantation to Reduce Risk of Cerebral Embolism." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5168.
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Mechanical Engineering; Thermofluids
Sobrinho, Aloir Queiroz de Araújo. "Efeito do antagonismo de angiotensina II em pacientes portadores de cardiomiopatia hipertrófica não obstrutiva." Universidade de São Paulo, 2005. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/5/5131/tde-02042007-104427/.
Full textBACKGROUND: In hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) diastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle (LV) is caused by myocite hypertrophy and interstitial fibrosis. Angiotensin II (Ang II) has trophic and profibrotic effects on the heart, and may impair myocardial relaxation. In hypertensive LV hypertrophy Ang II type 1 (AT1) receptors blockade can reverse hypertrophy and fibrosis, and in animals with HCM, losartan reversed myocardial fibrosis. The effects of Ang II antagonism in humans with HCM are unknown. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effects of losartan, an AT1 blocker, in patients with non-obstructive HCM, with emphasis on LV diastolic function. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 27 consecutive patients, mean age 34.4 years, 14 males, were treated with losartan 100 mg/day during 6 months. Evaluations were performed at baseline and at 6 months, as follows: functional class (FC), left atrium diameter (LAD), LV hypertrophy and LV diastolic function (M-mode echocardiography, mitral flow and pulmonary venous flow Doppler, mitral annulus tissue Doppler), and plasma concentrations of the amino-terminal fragment of proBNP (NT-proBNP). RESULTADOS: FC - of the 19 symptomatic patients before the treatment, 8 (42%) were free of symptoms at 6 months (p=0.008). There were no changes in LV wall and cavity measures. LAD decreased from 43.3±6.2 mm to 40.5±6.1 mm (p<0.0001), and pulmonary venous atrial reverse velocity decreased from 36.4±9.7 cm/s to 32.2±6.2 cm/s (p=0.008). Tissue Doppler: mitral annulus early diastolic velocity (Ea) increased from 10.7±3.2 cm/s to 11.95±3.01 cm/s (p=0.004), Ea/Aa ratio increased from 1.11±0.36 to 1.33±0.48 (p=0.009), and E/Ea ratio decreased from 8.37±5.4 to 6.46±3.2 (p=0.004). NT-proBNP - there was a decrease in the median value from 652 pg/ml to 349 pg/ml, as well as a decrease in quartiles, maximum and minimum values (p=0.003). CONCLUSION: In patients with non-obstructive HCM, treatment with losartan 100 mg/day during 6 months resulted in Doppler echocardiographic and biochemical changes indicative of LV diastolic function amelioration, in the absence of evident LV hypertrophy regression. These preliminary results are promising and suggest that inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system may be benefic in human HCM