The year was 1747. The doctor on board the Salisbury, Dr. James Lindt, upset with the high number of deaths by scurvy among the mariners, planned and conducted a study comparing different therapeutic approaches. Described in his “Treatise of the Scurvy”, published in Edinburgh in 1753, his study is considered to be the first controlled clinical trial in the modern era. But the history goes even further. Clearly, without the requirements of a controlled clinical trial, the experiment, conducted during […]

Scientific progress in Cardiology is unquestionable. , We must have in mind, however, that the propelling of this development lies on education sciences , which transform the world by mobilizing people to knowledge. Despite the debate on what types of knowledge are related to them, according to Kant, education sciences enable individuals to reach autonomy and freedom to live in society. Traditional science produces knowledge from experiment and observation, using rational methods that guarantee the validity of the results. Nevertheless, […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency responsible for controlling the safety and efficacy of drugs in the United States, has traditionally adopted a risk classification for the use of drugs during pregnancy. Statins were considered a Category X drug, which indicates that the demonstrated risk of these drugs to cause birth defects surpassed their benefits. However, in July 2021, the FDA withdrew this recommendation. Before this change, the FDA recommended the discontinuation of statins from conception attempts until […]

Brazil and Portugal have a great deal in common, and they are bound by strong ties, with a history that began to be written over five centuries ago. They share a language, although there are pronounced differences in accent, as well as vocabulary. Air traffic between both countries is intense (much lower during the Covid-19 pandemic), and citizens from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean inhabit or visit cities on the other side. Finally, Portuguese blood runs in the veins […]

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are responsible for approximately 19 million deaths annually in the world.In Brazil, they are involved in one third of deaths. A significant improvement in cardiovascular medicine has been observed in the last decades. However, cardiac failure, which is the final common pathway following heart injury, remains with a high incidence, prevalence, and mortality. A better understanding of CVD may allow the development of new pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to their treatment. In 2021, the Arquivos Brasileiros de […]

Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) are the major cause of death and disability in Brazil, in women and men. According to the GBD 2019 Study estimates, among CVDs, IHD was the number 1 cause of death in Brazil, followed by Stroke. IHD was responsible for 12.03% (II95 10.66%-12.88%) and 12.2% (II95 11 .5%-12.77%) , of deaths and 4.78 %(II95 4.08%-5.47%) and 6.48% (II95 5.92%-7.05%) of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) , in women and men, respectively. Deaths and DALYs from Stroke were […]

The Brazilian Archives of Cardiology (ABC Cardiol) is the scientific journal with the greatest impact on Cardiology in Brazil and Latin America. In its history, it has had the fundamental role of disclosing the national scientific production in a journal indexed in all the most significant international databases and in the English language. At present, it is, therefore, the true window of our scientific production to the World. The positive evolutions and results we have achieved in this current administration […]

It has been approximately 15 years since the term “cardio-oncology” was coined. I remember the beginnings: last session of the last day in local and international cardiology scientific meetings, with the attendance of mostly close friends. The field of cardio-oncology has advanced considerably since that time, with formation of special interest groups and councils in our societies, and development of scientific statements guiding us as to how to evaluate and treat these very complex patients. , It is then with […]

The advantages of mitral valve repair are lower morbidity and mortality, reduced risk of thromboembolism and endocarditis, improved survival, and better preservation of left ventricular function. The most common cause of degenerative mitral regurgitation is a myxomatous valve with segmental prolapse of the posterior leaflet, a lesion that can be corrected by classical techniques such as quadrangular resection, but other lesions may require more complex surgical techniques, for instance, correction of anterior leaflet prolapse or Barlow disease. Mitral valve repair […]

The Brazilian Society of Cardiology’s most traditional scientific journal, with 73 years of history, Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia or ABC Cardiol, has recently reached a new level of international recognition based on its 2020 impact factor, which is a new historical record. ABC Cardiol‘s new impact factor is 2.0, as published by the 2020 Journal of Citation Report (JCR, Clarivate), which means that, on average, each article published in ABC Cardiol was cited 2 times by other articles. This represents […]