Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common heart rhythm disorder often identified during sepsis’s progression. Its prevalence increases in the general population with age, reaching 18% in the elderly over 85 years old. […]

Infection rates of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices (CIEDs) have been increasing, determining the need for a wide debate on the subject. Several reasons can justify the issue, such as: a greater number of devices implanted over the latest years, overaging of the population, new techniques and equipment, with more complex and prolonged procedures. Maciel and Silva address this topic in a clear, objective manner, bringing an important contribution from the national literature, in a significant case selection, confirming those worrying […]

Infections represent an important emerging clinical problem that cause decompensation of heart failure (HF), and in many cases, life-threatening acute systemic disorder (sepsis) and septic shock. Cardiovascular system plays an important role in the development of multiorgan dysfunction in sepsis and refractory septic shock. Although intra-hospital death for sepsis decreased from 35% in 2000 to 18% in 2002, one third of patients die within one year after a septic event. Cardiovascular dysfunction significantly increases mortality rates in sepsis as compared […]