background many types of cardiovascular complications such as; cardiac arrhythmias, impaired cardiac function, myocardial ischemia and decreased left ventricular function, have been attributed to interferon therapy. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of combination therapy pegylated interferon and ribavirin on left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions in patien...

A utilidade da angioTC cardíaca na avaliação da anatomia coronária está amplamente aceite1. No entanto, esta técnica de imagem permite a visualização, com cada vezmelhor definição, das outras estruturas cardíacas. Assim, é relativamente frequente encontrarem-se imagens que constituem achados. Os autores apresentam 3 casos clínicos de achados intracardíacos, aquando da realização de uma angioTC ...

      Kawasaki disease (KD) is characterized as the leading cause of acquired cardiac disease in children. Accurate and timely diagnosis of KD is of high importance for preventing its cardiac complications. However, diagnosis merely based on clinical findings has a number of challenges and, limitations. Therefore, researchers are investigating to find more object...