A monthly publication of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and considered the main channel for the promotion of Brazilian cardiovascular research.
ISSN 0066-782X
eISSN 1678-4170
This issue of Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia brings a paper entitled “The Usefulness of Admission Plasma NT-pro BNP Level to Predict Left Ventricular Aneurysm Formation after Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction”. The authors bring a cohort of 1,519 post-acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who were followed-uP for at least six months. Despite its observational and retrograde design, the authors were straightforward in looking for predictive variables that could foresee the occurrence of left ventricular aneurysms (LVA). Among other major […]
Keywords: Echocardiography/ diagnostic imaging; Heart failure; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy/methods; Myocardial Infarction; Natriuretic Peptide Brain/metabolism; Natriuretic Peptides/metabolismo; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left