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Arquivos Brasileiros De Cardiologia | 2002

Acute Myocardial Infarction: The First Manifestation of Ischemic Heart Disease and Relation to Risk Factors

Waldomiro Carlos Manfroi; Carolina Peukert; Clarissa Berti; Clarissa Noer; Felipe Theodoro; Bezerra Gaspar; Carvalho da Silva

OBJECTIVE To assess the association between cardiovascular risk factors and acute myocardial infarction as the first manifestation of ischemic heart disease, correlating them with coronary angiographic findings. METHODS We carried out a cross-sectional study of 104 patients with previous acute myocardial infarction, who were divided into 2 groups according to the presence or absence of angina prior to acute myocardial infarction. We assessed the presence of angina preceding acute myocardial infarction and risk factors, such as age >55 years, male sex, smoking, systemic arterial hypertension, lipid profile, diabetes mellitus, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and familial history of ischemic heart disease. On coronary angiography, the severity of coronary heart disease and presence of left ventricular hypertrophy were assessed. RESULTS Of the 104 patients studied, 72.1% were males, 90.4% were white, 73.1% were older than 55 years, and 53.8% were hypertensive. Acute myocardial infarction was the first manifestation of ischemic heart disease in 49% of the patients. The associated risk factors were systemic arterial hypertension (RR=0.19; 95% CI=0.06-0.59; P=0.04) and left ventricular hypertrophy (RR=0.27; 95% CI=0,.8-0.88; P=0.03). The remaining risk factors were not statistically significant. CONCLUSION Prevalence of acute myocardial infarction as the first manifestation of ischemic heart disease is high, approximately 50%. Hypertensive individuals more frequently have symptoms preceding acute myocardial infarction, probably due to ventricular hypertrophy associated with high blood pressure levels.


Anais Brasileiros De Dermatologia | 2003

Terapêutica fotodinâmica com ácido delta-aminole-vulínico em neoplasias queratinocíticas superficiais

Renato Marchiori Bakos; Lucio Bakos; Elton Ferlin; Tania Ferreira Cestari; Tobias Orlandini; Roberto Rezende; Carolina Peukert; Clarissa Berti; Emileine Di Domenico

BACKGROUND: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment technique in which photosensitizing substances are applied in tissues and excited with specific wavelengths of light energy to obtain cell destruction through photoactive cytotoxic substances. This method has been used in several skin neoplasms, with quite successful results. OBJECTIVES: To study the effects of one single session of topical delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) irradiated with incoherent light, in actinic keratosis (AK), superficial basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and Bowens disease (BD). PATIENT AND METHODS: Eighty skin lesions, in 52 patients, were treated with an incoherent light source prototype built by the Service of Biomedical Engineering of Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), after the application of 20% ALA under occlusion. Thirty two (40%) were superficial BCC, 37 (46.3%) AK, and 11 (13.7%) BD. Diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy and histology in 23 cases (28.7%). RESULTS: Follow up was not available in five lesions. From the remaining 75, 41 (54.6%) were completely resolved, 22 (29.4%) showed partial remission, and 12 (16.0%) were considered as treatment failures. Considering the 35 treated AK, 23 (65.7%) presented complete response, 7 (20%) improved, and 5 (14.3%) showed no benefit after treatment. Thirty BCC were treated, 10 (33.3%) completely resolved, 13 (43.4%) improved, and 7 (23.3%) remained unaffected. From 10 treated BD, 8 (80%) resolved and 2 (20%) improved. Observed side effects were burning sensation in 24 lesions (32%), pain in 5 (6.7%), and itch in one case (1.3%). Most patients (60%) did not experience any important side effects. CONCLUSION: The results of this study are similar, in part, to the results of other studies present in the literature that used a single treatment with ALA/PDT for superficial keratinocytic neoplasms, especially for actinic keratosis and Bowens disease.


Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease | 2001

Cervical cancer screening in Porto Alegre, Brazil: alternative methods for detecting cancer precursors in a developing country.

Paulo Naud; Jean Carlos de Matos; Luciano S. Hammes; João Carlos Prolla; Gilberto Schwartsmann; Janete Vetorazzi; Carlos Quadros; Tania Maria Andreoli Gomes; Alba Lemos; Angela DʼÁvila Angela Manfrói; Chrystiane da Silva Marc; Clarissa Berti; Cristiane Born; Daniela Vanessa Vettori; Débora Santos; Eduardo Antunes Dias; Gisele de Quadros Cislaghi; Mariana Portal da Costa; Rafael Santos dos Santos; Rossana Marroni; Valentino Magno; Kari Syrjänen


Arquivos Brasileiros De Cardiologia | 2002

Infarto agudo do miocárdio : primeira manifestação da cardiopatia isquêmica e relação com fatores de risco

Waldomiro Carlos Manfroi; Carolina Peukert; Clarissa Berti; Clarissa Noer; Danielle de Ávila Gutierres; Felipe Theodoro Bezerra Gaspar Carvalho da Silva


Archive | 2003

Terapêutica fotodinâmica com ácido delta-aminole- vulínico em neoplasias queratinocíticas superficiais * Photodynamic therapy with delta-aminolevulinic acid for superficial keratinocytic neoplasms *

Renato Marchiori Bakos; Lucio Bakos; Elton Ferlin; Tania Ferreira Cestari; Tobias Orlandini; Roberto Rezende; Carolina Peukert; Clarissa Berti


Archive | 2001

Terapêutica fotodinâmica com ácido delta-amino-levulínico em neoplasias e displasias cutâneas não melanocíticas

Carolina Peukert; Ricardo Albaneze; Clarissa Berti; Emileine Di Domenico; Renato Marchiori Bakos; Tobias Orlandini; Lucio Bakos


Archive | 2001

Estudo das alterações dermatoscópicas, histopatológicas e de imunohistoquímica de nevos melanocíticos adquiridos, após irradiação

Tania Ferreira Cestari; Lucio Bakos; José Carlos Santos Mariante; Clarissa Berti; Renato Marchiori Bakos; Lidiana Knebel


Anais Brasileiros De Dermatologia | 2001

As gelatinases A e B na dermatologia

Renan Rangel Bonamigo; Carolina Peukert; Clarissa Berti


Rev. bras. mastologia | 2000

Relaçäo entre margem cirúrgica e recidica local no tratamento conservador do câncer de mama

Jorge Villanova Biazús; Carlos Henrique Menke; José Antônio Crespo Cavalheiro; Eliane Goldberg Rabin; Chrystiane da Silva Marc; Clarissa Berti; Carolina Peukert


Archive | 2000

Comparação entre inspeção do colo uterino com ácido acético e lugol com colposcopia e/ou biópsia para o diagnóstico precoce de lesões precursoras do ca de colo uterino

Chrystiane da Silva Marc; Clarissa Berti; Cristiane Born; Eduardo C. Dias; Débora Santos; Alba Lemos; Daniela Vanessa Vettori; Gisele de Quadros Cislaghi; Ângela D’Ávila

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Carolina Peukert

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Chrystiane da Silva Marc

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Lucio Bakos

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Renato Marchiori Bakos

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Alba Lemos

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Débora Santos

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Tania Ferreira Cestari

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Clarissa Noer

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Cristiane Born

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Daniela Vanessa Vettori

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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