Surgical procedures for replacing body structures through prostheses are perhaps the medical interventions that require great expertise and continuous monitoring, prolonging the lives and health of countless people. This was a theme of the research entitled “ Clinical Features and Survival Analysis of Patients after Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement, with an Emphasis on Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis ” by Tagliari et al. published in volume 119, number 5 of this journal. Among the various contributions the study brings us, some findings […]

Abstract Background: Atrial fibrillation or flutter (AFF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. Limited data can be found on AFF epidemiology in South America. Objective: The present study sought to describe the clinical epidemiology of AFF and the use of stroke prevention medication in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) baseline assessment. Methods: This study analyzed data from 13,260 ELSA-Brasil participants. AFF was defined according to ECG recording or by self-report. Logistic regression models were built to […]