In Brazil, until August 1, 2020, 2,707,877 cases of COVID-19 were diagnosed, with 93,563 deaths. the lethality rate for the country, in this period, was 3.5% with mortality variable mortality depending on the region studied. It is the lowest in the South (11.1 deaths/100,000 inhabitants) and the highest in the North (60.2 deaths/100,000 inhabitants). Up to 20% of infected individuals require hospitalization and, of these, about 25% need to be taken to an intensive care unit (ICU). In severe cases […]

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic disorder characterized by commonly asymmetric unexplained left ventricular hypertrophy, with greater thickening of the basal interventricular septum. Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction is present at rest in around one third of patients and can be caused in another third. The histological features of HCM include hypertrophy and myocyte disorder, in addition to interstitial fibrosis. Hypertrophy is also often associated with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. The first case of HCM was described by Henri Liouville […]