Manuel J. Antunes

TL;DR: A resseccao de tumores malignos primarios, mesmo que parcial, e segura, providencia alivio sintomatico, podendo melhorar a qualidade de vida, mas e raramente curativa e tem baixa sobrevida.

TL;DR: Early intraoperative and postoperative studies revealed low transvalvular pressure gradients and large effective orifice flow areas, and satisfactory flow was observed through both the major and minor orifices of the prosthesis, and in vitro flow studies indicated that it had improved pressure decrease characteristics compared with the Lillehei‐Kaster and the convexo-concave Bj€ tilting disc valves.

TL;DR: The case of a 34-year-old pregnant woman who began to complain of dyspnoea and palpitations at 32 weeks of gestation and the echocardiogram showed a mass in the right atrial cavity and the CT scan showed extensive local invasion and hepatic metastasis.

TL;DR: A patient who was submitted to coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) during heart transplant as, during bench exploration, the donor heart presented a palpable atherosclerotic lesion in the anterior descending artery, not detected before harvesting.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe historical developments in the global response to Rheumatic heart disease with a focus on regional, international, and political commitments to address the global burden of RHD.