1. Introduction The Women’s Cardiology Department (DCM, acronym in Portuguese) presents this document, composed in accordance with the norms established by the Brazilian Cardiology Society (SBC, acronym in Portuguese), with the aim of discussing the most prevalent cardiovascular diseases that affect women during the pregnancy and for which substantial evidence or randomized clinical trials do not exist. In 1999, with the support of the SBC, what was at that time the Department of Heart Disease and Pregnancy published the First […]

Content 1. Definition, Epidemiology, and Classification of Hypertensive Emergencies 738 2. Pathophysiological Aspects of Hypertensive Emergency 739 […]

1. Definition and Epidemiology Coordinator: Heitor Moreno Júnior. Authors: Juan Carlos Yugar-Toledo, Heitor Moreno Júnior, Miguel Gus, Guido Bernardo Aranha Rosito, and Luiz César Nazário Scala. […]

1. Introduction In 2013, the Brazilian Cardiology Society published the “Brazilian Guidelines on Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Agents in Cardiology.” Over the past years, new studies have been carried out, providing important information on the use of these medications, administered alone and in combination with other medications. It is, therefore, time to review our guidelines and update them with this new knowledge which has been produced. We have carried out an extensive review of the literature, and for this update we […]

1. Introduction In accordance with the “Standards for the Elaboration of Guidelines, Positions and Normations” sanctioned by the Brazilian Society of Cardiology, this document was written to update the “Echocardiography Indication Guidelines” of 2009. The new document is not intended to be a comprehensive review of echocardiography, but rather an indispensable basic guide to support the rational clinical decision-making of the physician requesting the exam for adult patients. Although it considers the recent technological advances of echocardiography, its purpose is […]

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