2013 Publications

  1. Acharya UR, Krishnan MMR, Vinitha Sree S, Sanches J, Shafique S, Nicolaides A, et al. Plaque Tissue Characterization and Classification in Ultrasound Carotid Scans: A Paradigm for Vascular Feature Amalgamation. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 2013;62(2):392-400. doi: 10.1109/TIM.2012.2217651.
  2. Acharya UR, Mookiah MR, Vinitha Sree S, Afonso D, Sanches J, Shafique S, et al. Atherosclerotic plaque tissue characterization in 2D ultrasound longitudinal carotid scans for automated classification: a paradigm for stroke risk assessment. Medical & biological engineering & computing. 2013;51(5):513-23. doi: 10.1007/s11517-012-1019-0. PubMed PMID: 23292291.
  3. Alfonso F, Ambrosio G, Ector H, Goncalves L, Pinto F, Timmis A, et al. National Society Cardiovascular Journals and the New European Society of Cardiology search engine. European heart journal. 2013;34(41):3161-3. Epub 2013/12/18. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht400. PubMed PMID: 24344396.
  4. Alfonso F, Gonçalves L, Pinto F, Timmis A, Ector H, Ambrosio G, et al. Fostering diffusion of scientific contents of national society cardiovascular journals: the new ESC search engine. Acta cardiologica. 2013;68(5):543-50. Epub 2013/11/29. PubMed PMID: 24283120.
  5. Alfonso F, Gonçalves L, Pinto F, Timmis A, Ector H, Ambrosio G, et al. Fostering diffusion of scientific contents of National Society Cardiovascular Journals:the new ESC search engine. Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation. 2013;21(11):510-6. Epub 2013/09/28. doi: 10.1007/s12471-013-0470-3. PubMed PMID: 24072686; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPmc3824739.
  6. Alfonso F, Gonçalves L, Pinto F, Timmis A, Ector H, Ambrosio G, et al. Fostering diffusion of scientific contents of National Society Cardiovascular Journals: the new ESC search engine. Kardiologia polska. 2013;71(10):1106-13. Epub 2013/11/08. doi: 10.5603/kp.2013.0277. PubMed PMID: 24197603.
  7. Almeida AG, Pinto FJ. Non-compaction cardiomyopathy. Heart (British Cardiac Society). 2013;99(20):1535-42. Epub 2013/03/19. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302048. PubMed PMID: 23503402.
  8. 8. Baptista R, Meireles J, Agapito A, Castro G, da Silva AM, Shiang T, et al. Pulmonary hypertension in Portugal: first data from a nationwide registry. BioMed research international. 2013;2013:489574. Epub 2013/11/15. doi: 10.1155/2013/489574. PubMed PMID: 24228252; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPmc3818811.
  9. Bras-Rosario L, Matsuda A, Pinheiro AI, Gardner R, Lopes T, Amaral A, et al. Expression profile of microRNAs regulating proliferation and differentiation in mouse adult cardiac stem cells. PloS one. 2013;8(5):e63041. Epub 2013/05/22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063041. PubMed PMID: 23690977; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPmc3656880.
  10. Brito D. Profile of the acute heart failure patient in Portugal. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(7-8):577-9. Epub 2013/07/16. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2013.05.001. PubMed PMID: 23849484.
  11. Bunte MC, Infante de Oliveira E, Shishehbor MH. Endovascular treatment of resistant and uncontrolled hypertension: therapies on the horizon. JACC Cardiovascular interventions. 2013;6(1):1-9. Epub 2012/12/26. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.09.005. PubMed PMID: 23266234.
  12. Cabrita IZ, Mohammed A, Layton M, Ghorashian S, Gilmore A, Cho G, et al. The association between tricuspid regurgitation velocity and 5-year survival in a North West London population of patients with sickle cell disease in the United Kingdom. British journal of haematology. 2013;162(3):400-8. Epub 2013/05/30. doi: 10.1111/bjh.12391. PubMed PMID: 23713628.
  13. Caldeira D, Fernandes RM, David C, Costa J, Ferreira JJ. Warfarin, acetylsalicylic acid and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure and sinus rhythm: a meta-analysis. International journal of cardiology. 2013;168(5):4842-3. Epub 2013/07/28. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.033. PubMed PMID: 23886535.
  14. Campante Teles R, Gama Ribeiro V, Patricio L, Neves JP, Vouga L, Fragata J, et al. Position statement on transcatheter aortic valve implantation in Portugal. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(10):801-5. Epub 2013/08/07. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2013.02.009. PubMed PMID: 23916790.
  15. Carrilho-Ferreira P, Silva D, Almeida AG, Infante de Oliveira E, Ferreira C, Miranda L, et al. Carcinoid heart disease: outcome after balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty. The Canadian journal of cardiology. 2013;29(6):751.e7-9. Epub 2012/12/12. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.09.015. PubMed PMID: 23228489.
  16. Cortez-Dias N, Martins SR, Belo A, Fiuza M. Association of metabolic risk factors with uncontrolled hypertension: comparison of the several definitions of metabolic syndrome. Journal of hypertension. 2013;31(10):1991-7. Epub 2013/07/03. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32836342f7. PubMed PMID: 23811998.
  17. Cortez-Dias N, Robalo Martins S, Belo A, Fiuza M. Characterization of lipid profile in primary health care users in Portugal. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(12):987-96. Epub 2013/11/28. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2013.06.008. PubMed PMID: 24280078.
  18. Coutinho MC, Cortez-Dias N, Cantinho G, Conceicao I, Oliveira A, Bordalo e Sa A, et al. Reduced myocardial 123-iodine metaiodobenzylguanidine uptake: a prognostic marker in familial amyloid polyneuropathy. Circulation Cardiovascular imaging. 2013;6(5):627-36. Epub 2013/07/09. doi: 10.1161/circimaging.112.000367. PubMed PMID: 23833285.
  19. da Gama AD, Ministro A, Cabral G, Pestana C. [Conventional open surgery of a splenic artery aneurysm following failure of endovascular management]. Revista portuguesa de cirurgia cardio-toracica e vascular : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Cardio-Toracica e Vascular. 2013;20(4):227-31. PubMed PMID: 25202759.
  20. do Carmo G, Rosa A, Ministro A, Pestana C. [Chronic mesenteric ischemia revisited]. Revista portuguesa de cirurgia cardio-toracica e vascular : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cirurgia Cardio-Toracica e Vascular. 2013;20(3):147-52. PubMed PMID: 25177743.
  21. F. SJM, C. AAS, Alexandre José Marques Pereira AJP, Abrantes Pereira EJAP, Mendes Pedro L. Is the dilatation of the ascending aorta a marker of dilatation of the abdominal aorta? Relationship between the diameter of the thoracic aorta assessed by echocardiography and the abdominal aorta evaluated by ultrasonography. Angiol Cir Vasc 2013;9(2):52-8

    doi: 10.1016/S1646-706X(13)70016-8.
  22. Faria Alves M, Ferreira AM, Cardoso G, Saraiva Lopes R, Correia Mda G, Machado Gil V. [Pre- and post-test probability of obstructive coronary artery disease in two diagnostic strategies: relative contributions of exercise ECG and coronary CT angiography]. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(3):211-8. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2012.06.009. PubMed PMID: 23454068.
  23. Ferreira AM, Almeida AG, Oliveira L, Bettencourt N, Marques H, Matos P, et al. Consensus document on coding of cardiac magnetic resonance examinations in Portugal. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(1):1-5. Epub 2012/12/04. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2012.08.003. PubMed PMID: 23199823.
  24. Ferreira AM, Bettencourt N, Matos P, Oliveira L, Almeida AG. Familiarity and perceptions of Portuguese cardiologists concerning cardiac magnetic resonance and cardiac computed tomography: the extent of the task ahead. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(7-8):601-8. Epub 2013/07/06. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2012.11.004. PubMed PMID: 23827417.
  25. Ferreira AM, Mendes L, Soares L, da Graca Correia M, Gil V. Cardiac magnetic resonance in a patient with MRI-conditional pacemaker. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(2):159-62. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2012.10.006. PubMed PMID: 23333214.
  26. Fonseca AC, Matias JS, TP EM, Pires C, Geraldes R, Canhao P, et al. Time course of NT-proBNP levels after acute ischemic stroke. Acta neurologica Scandinavica. 2013;128(4):235-40. Epub 2013/03/08. doi: 10.1111/ane.12112. PubMed PMID: 23464981.
  27. Gillebert TC, Brooks N, Fontes-Carvalho R, Fras Z, Gueret P, Lopez-Sendon J, et al. ESC core curriculum for the general cardiologist (2013). European heart journal. 2013;34(30):2381-411. Epub 2013/07/13. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht234. PubMed PMID: 23847131.
  28. 28. Goncalves AM, Correia A, Falcao LM. [Tricuspid valve endocarditis in a patient with congenital heart disease]. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(1):53-8. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2012.10.002. PubMed PMID: 23237844.
  29. Inês Ferraz de Oliveira I, Mendes Pedro L, Nobre A, Paulo Freire J, Fernandes e Fernandes J. Intravenous leiomyomatosis: from uterus to the heart. Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular. 2013;9(2): 41-5. doi: 10.1016/S1646-706X(13)70014-4.
  30. Infante de Oliveira E. What is the future for left atrial appendage closure? Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(6):473-5. Epub 2013/06/05. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2013.03.004. PubMed PMID: 23731735.
  31. Jorge C, Almeida AG, Mendes M, Roque J, Nunes Diogo A, Pinto FJ. Multiple ‘crumbled’ cardiac myxomas presenting as gait ataxia. International journal of cardiology. 2013;167(4):e104-5. Epub 2013/05/04. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.03.190. PubMed PMID: 23639462.
  32. Jorge C, Antonio Duarte J, Cardoso P, Almeida AG, Canas da Silva P, Nunes Diogo A. Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients With a Very Rare Form of Anomalous Origin of the Left Main Coronary Artery. Revista espanola de cardiologia. 2013;66(9):744-6. Epub 2013/07/06. doi: 10.1016/j.recesp.2013.03.010. PubMed PMID: 23827453.
  33. Jorge C, Silva Marques J, Nobre A, Correia MJ, Nunes Diogo A. Perimembranous ventricular septal defect vegetation in a patient with right- and left-sided infective endocarditis. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(11):951-2. Epub 2013/11/26. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2013.04.012. PubMed PMID: 24268870.
  34. Lamberts RJ, Laranjo S, Kalitzin SN, Velis DN, Rocha I, Sander JW, et al. Postictal generalized EEG suppression is not associated with periictal cardiac autonomic instability in people with convulsive seizures. Epilepsia. 2013;54(3):523-9. doi: 10.1111/epi.12021. PubMed PMID: 23157655; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3580122.
  35. Maggioni AP, Anker SD, Dahlstrom U, Filippatos G, Ponikowski P, Zannad F, et al. Are hospitalized or ambulatory patients with heart failure treated in accordance with European Society of Cardiology guidelines? Evidence from 12,440 patients of the ESC Heart Failure Long-Term Registry. European journal of heart failure. 2013;15(10):1173-84. Epub 2013/08/28. doi: 10.1093/eurjhf/hft134. PubMed PMID: 23978433.
  36. Nogueira JB. [Hypertension, coronary heart disease and stroke: should the blood pressure J-curve be a concern?]. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(2):139-44. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2012.06.008. PubMed PMID: 23351918.
  37. Nunes RJ, de Oliveira P, Lages A, Becker JD, Marcelino P, Barroso E, et al. Transthyretin proteins regulate angiogenesis by conferring different molecular identities to endothelial cells. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2013;288(44):31752-60. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M113.469858. PubMed PMID: 24030829; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3814769.
  38. Oliveira Santos M, Brito D. Severe heart disease in an unusual case of familial amyloid polyneuropathy type I. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(9):729-33. Epub 2013/09/03. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2013.02.011. PubMed PMID: 23993291.
  39. Pinto F, Zimbarra IC. Prevention through Imaging: Current Knowledge and Perspectives. Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine 2013;18(2):69-83.
  40. Pinto FJ. Letter from Rio de Janeiro 2012: an important step in the fight against cardiovascular disease. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(2):87-94. Epub 2013/02/16. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2013.01.001. PubMed PMID: 23410591.
  41. Pinto FJ. Coronary artery disease: Variation in ischaemic heart disease between EU countries. Nature reviews Cardiology. 2013;10(10):555-6. Epub 2013/08/07. doi: 10.1038/nrcardio.2013.116. PubMed PMID: 23917466.
  42. Rodrigues JJ, Pedro LM, Vardasca T, de la Torre-Diez I, Martins HM. Mobile health platform for pressure ulcer monitoring with electronic health record integration. Health informatics journal. 2013;19(4):300-11. doi: 10.1177/1460458212474909. PubMed PMID: 24255053.
  43. Seferovic PM, Stoerk S, Filippatos G, Mareev V, Kavoliuniene A, Ristic AD, et al. Organization of heart failure management in European Society of Cardiology member countries: survey of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology in collaboration with the Heart Failure National Societies/Working Groups. European journal of heart failure. 2013;15(9):947-59. Epub 2013/06/22. doi: 10.1093/eurjhf/hft092. PubMed PMID: 23787723.
  44. Silva D, Almeida MH. Response-letter to the editor regarding prevalence of hypertension in Portuguese adolescents. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(9):743. Epub 2013/09/11. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2012.12.022. PubMed PMID: 24018134.
  45. Silva D, Madeira H, Almeida A, Brito D. Tissue Doppler imaging and plasma N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide for the identification of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation carriers. The American journal of cardiology. 2013;112(7):996-1004. Epub 2013/07/09. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.05.039. PubMed PMID: 23831167.
  46. Silva D, Miltenberger-Miltenyi G, Correia MJ, Diogo AN. Novel mutation in the KCNH2 gene associated with long QT syndrome. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(2):163-4. Epub 2013/01/29. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2012.06.012. PubMed PMID: 23351921.
  47. Silva Marques J, Martins SR, Calisto C, Goncalves S, Almeida AG, de Sousa JC, et al. An exploratory panel of biomarkers for risk prediction in pulmonary hypertension: emerging role of CT-proET-1. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. 2013;32(12):1214-21. Epub 2013/08/07. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.06.020. PubMed PMID: 23916896.
  48. Sousa P, Santos W, Marques N, Cordeiro P, Ferrinha R, Pereira S, et al. A 72-year-old woman with an uncorrected tetralogy of Fallot presenting with possible pulmonary endocarditis: a case report. Journal of medical case reports. 2013;7(1):150. Epub 2013/06/04. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-7-150. PubMed PMID: 23725101; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPmc3680301.
  49. Vilalonga Pereira L, Pereira H, Vinhas H, Martins C, Cale R, Pereira E, et al. Long-term follow-up of patients with deferred coronary intervention guided by measurement of fractional flow reserve. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2013;32(11):885-91. Epub 2013/10/15. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2013.02.007. PubMed PMID: 24119863.
  50. Vinhas M, Araujo AC, Ribeiro S, Rosario LB, Belo JA. Transthoracic echocardiography reference values in juvenile and adult 129/Sv mice. Cardiovascular ultrasound. 2013;11:12. Epub 2013/05/03. doi: 10.1186/1476-7120-11-12. PubMed PMID: 23634975; PubMed Central PMCID: PMCPmc3651272.
  51. Zimbarra Cabrita I, Ruisanchez C, Grapsa J, Dawson D, North B, Pinto FJ, et al. Validation of the isovolumetric relaxation time for the estimation of pulmonary systolic arterial blood pressure in chronic pulmonary hypertension. European heart journal cardiovascular Imaging. 2013;14(1):51-5. Epub 2012/05/17. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jes093. PubMed PMID: 22588209.