2018 Publications

  1. Abreu D, Sousa P, Matias-Dias C, Pinto FJ. Cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure trend analyses from 2002 to 2016: after the implementation of a salt reduction strategy. BMC public health. 2018;18(1):722. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5634-z. PubMed PMID: 29890937; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5996516.
  2. Aguiar Rosa S, Agapito A, Soares RM, Sousa L, Oliveira JA, Abreu A, et al. Congenital heart disease in adults: Assessmentof functional capacity using cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018;37(5):399-405. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2017.09.020. PubMed PMID: 29776810.
  3. Aguiar Rosa S, Agapito AF, Antonio M, de Sousa L, Oliveira JA, Laranjo S, et al. Uhl’s disease: An uncommon presentation of a rare 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. 2018;37(12):1007 e1- e5. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2017.06.025. PubMed PMID: 30001957.
  4. Almeida AG. Cardiac computed tomography for atrial fibrillation ablation – a one-stop shop? Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018;37(11):885-7. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2018.07.003. PubMed PMID: 30466815.
  5. Ardérius M, Nobre Menezes M, Marques T, Brito D, Ortins-Pina A, Mendes Pedro M, et al. Late recurrence of fulminant myocarditis related to HSS/DRESS. Cor et Vasa. 2018;60(6):e635-e7.
  6. Board ESC. The future of continuing medical education: the roles of medical professional societies and the health care industry: Position paper prepared with contributions from the European Society of Cardiology Committees for Advocacy, Education and Industry Relations, Endorsed by the Board of the European Society of Cardiology. European heart journal. 2018. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy003. PubMed PMID: 29506125.
  7. Bravo Baptista S, Raposo L. Coronary pressure (sometimes) lies. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018;37(6):521-3. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2018.05.001. PubMed PMID: 29803647.
  8. Braz Nogueira J. Retinal microvascular damage and nocturnal hypertension: Therapeutic targets to bear in mind. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018;37(2):175-7. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2017.10.010. PubMed PMID: 29496387.
  9. Brito D, Cardim N, Lopes LR, Belo A, Mimoso J, Goncalves L, et al. Awareness of Fabry disease in cardiology: A gap to be filled. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018. Epub 2018/05/29. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2018.03.010. PubMed PMID: 29801713.
  10. Caldeira D. Deprescribing cardiovascular drugs in low-risk patients increases the risk of uncontrolled blood pressure and LDL-cholesterol. BMJ evidence-based medicine. 2018;23(6):235-6. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2018-110976. PubMed PMID: 30018072.
  11. Caldeira D. Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) in cardioversions: The past, the present and the future. International journal of cardiology. 2018;268:149-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.05.009. PubMed PMID: 30041780.
  12. Caldeira D. Novel Antithrombotic Drugs and Intraocular Bleeding: The Importance of Observational Data and Future Perspectives. JAMA ophthalmology. 2018;136(2):130-1. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2017.4179. PubMed PMID: 29242923.
  13. Caldeira D. The value of time in therapeutic range in the prediction of outcomes at a populational level in patients treated with vitamin K antagonists. Current medical research and opinion. 2018;34(3):499-500. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2017.1411794. PubMed PMID: 29189082.
  14. Caldeira D, David C, Costa J, Ferreira JJ, Pinto FJ. Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation and valvular heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis. European heart journal Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy. 2018;4(2):111-8. doi: 10.1093/ehjcvp/pvx028. PubMed PMID: 28950374.
  15. Caldeira D, Ferreira JJ, Costa J. Influenza vaccination and prevention of cardiovascular disease mortality. Lancet. 2018;391(10119):426-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30143-0. PubMed PMID: 29407029.
  16. Caldeira D, Ferreira JJ, Pinto FJ, Costa J. Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants and infective endocarditis. Heart. 2018;104(13):1135-6. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313168. PubMed PMID: 29895673.
  17. Caldeira D, Nunes-Ferreira A, Rodrigues R, Vicente E, Pinto FJ, Ferreira JJ. Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation: A systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics. 2018;81:209-14. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2018.12.013. PubMed PMID: 30612074.
  18. Caldeira D, Rodrigues FB, Duarte MM, Sterrantino C, Barra M, Goncalves N, et al. Cardiac Harms of Sofosbuvir: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Drug safety. 2018;41(1):77-86. doi: 10.1007/s40264-017-0586-2. PubMed PMID: 28786035.
  19. Caldeira D, Rodrigues R, Abreu D, Anes AM, Rosa MM, Ferreira JJ. Suspected adverse drug reaction reports with oral anticoagulants in Portugal: a pharmacovigilance study. Expert opinion on drug safety. 2018;17(4):339-45. doi: 10.1080/14740338.2018.1439474. PubMed PMID: 29463153.
  20. Cardim N, Brito D, Rocha Lopes L, Freitas A, Araujo C, Belo A, et al. The Portuguese Registry of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Overall results. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018;37(1):1-10. Epub 2018/01/24. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2017.08.005. PubMed PMID: 29358015.
  21. Castro P, Azevedo E, Rocha I, Sorond F, Serrador JM. Chronic kidney disease and poor outcomes in ischemic stroke: is impaired cerebral autoregulation the missing link? BMC neurology. 2018;18(1):21. doi: 10.1186/s12883-018-1025-4. PubMed PMID: 29499637; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5834853.
  22. Choudhury T, Schaufele TG, Lavi S, Makino K, Nobre Menezes M, Solomonica A, et al. Transradial Approach for Left Ventricular Endomyocardial Biopsy. The Canadian journal of cardiology. 2018. Epub 2018/08/07. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.05.007. PubMed PMID: 30078693.
  23. Dias DFC, Passos RG, Rodrigues VAJ, de Matos MP, Santos CRS, von Sperling M. Performance evaluation of a natural treatment system for small communities, composed of a UASB reactor, maturation ponds (baffled and unbaffled) and a granular rock filter in series. Environmental technology. 2018;39(4):490-502. doi: 10.1080/09593330.2017.1304456. PubMed PMID: 28271960.
  24. E S, Costa MC, Kurc S, Drozdz A, Cortez-Dias N, Enguita FJ. The circulating non-coding RNA landscape for biomarker research: lessons and prospects from cardiovascular diseases. Acta pharmacologica Sinica. 2018;39(7):1085-99. Epub 2018/06/08. doi: 10.1038/aps.2018.35. PubMed PMID: 29877319.
  25. Escaned J, Ryan N, Mejia-Renteria H, Cook CM, Dehbi HM, Alegria-Barrero E, et al. Safety of the Deferral of Coronary Revascularization on the Basis of Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio and Fractional Flow Reserve Measurements in Stable Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary Syndromes. JACC Cardiovascular interventions. 2018;11(15):1437-49. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.05.029. PubMed PMID: 30093050.
  26. Esteves AF, Brito D, Rigueira J, Ricardo I, Pires R, Pedro MM, et al. Profiles of hospitalized patients with valvular heart disease: Experience of a tertiary center. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018;37(12):991-8. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2018.02.012. PubMed PMID: 30554887.
  27. Falcao LP, Fernandes S, Costa AC, Teixeira C, Raimundo M, Silva S, et al. An atypical presentation of a severe and massive atheroembolic disease. Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : ‘orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia. 2018. doi: 10.1590/2175-8239-JBN-2018-0013. PubMed PMID: 30129967.
  28. Fanciulli A, Jordan J, Biaggioni I, Calandra-Buonaura G, Cheshire WP, Cortelli P, et al. Consensus statement on the definition of neurogenic supine hypertension in cardiovascular autonomic failure by the American Autonomic Society (AAS) and the European Federation of Autonomic Societies (EFAS) : Endorsed by the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) and the European Society of Hypertension (ESH). Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society. 2018. doi: 10.1007/s10286-018-0529-8. PubMed PMID: 29766366; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6097730.
  29. Fernandez-Aviles F, Sanz-Ruiz R, Climent AM, Badimon L, Bolli R, Charron D, et al. Global Overview of the Transnational Alliance for Regenerative Therapies in Cardiovascular Syndromes (TACTICS) Recommendations: A Comprehensive Series of Challenges and Priorities of Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine. Circulation research. 2018;122(2):199-201. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.312099. PubMed PMID: 29348246.
  30. Ferrari R, Bueno H, Chioncel O, Cleland JG, Stough WG, Lettino M, et al. Acute heart failure: lessons learned, roads ahead. European journal of heart failure. 2018;20(5):842-50. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1169. PubMed PMID: 29517124.
  31. Fonseca AC, Alves P, Inacio N, Marto JP, Viana-Baptista M, Pinho EMT, et al. Patients With Undetermined Stroke Have Increased Atrial Fibrosis: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Stroke. 2018;49(3):734-7. Epub 2018/01/27. doi: 10.1161/strokeaha.117.019641. PubMed PMID: 29371431.
  32. Fonseca AC, Marto JP, Alves PN, Inacio N, Viana-Baptista M, Pinho EMT, et al. Women Who Have Ischemic Strokes Have a Higher Burden of Left Atrial Fibrosis Than Men. Stroke. 2018;49(11):2584-9. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.022105. PubMed PMID: 30355185.
  33. Francisco ARG, Alves D, David C, Guerra L, Pinto FJ, Almeida AG. Cardiotoxicity in Hematological Diseases: Are the Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Imatinib and Nilotinib Safe? Cardiovascular toxicology. 2018;18(5):431-5. doi: 10.1007/s12012-018-9453-3. PubMed PMID: 29616409.
  34. Francisco ARG, Duarte J, de Oliveira EI. Port-A-Cath Catheter Embolization to Distal Pulmonary Artery Branches: Two Tailored Percutaneous Retrieval Approaches. Vascular and endovascular surgery. 2018;52(5):361-6. doi: 10.1177/1538574418762191. PubMed PMID: 29519203.
  35. Francisco ARG, Nobre de Menezes M, Pinto FJ, Canas da Silva P. Acquired fistula from left anterior descending artery to coronary sinus: An unusual finding during percutaneous coronary intervention. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018;37(4):355-7. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2017.03.012. PubMed PMID: 29636203.
  36. Gameiro J, Agapito Fonseca J, Jorge S, Lopes JA. Acute Kidney Injury Definition and Diagnosis: A Narrative Review. Journal of clinical medicine. 2018;7(10). doi: 10.3390/jcm7100307. PubMed PMID: 30274164; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6211018.
  37. Gameiro J, Agapito Fonseca J, Jorge S, Lopes JA. Acute kidney injury in HIV-infected patients: a critical review. HIV medicine. 2019;20(2):77-87. doi: 10.1111/hiv.12685. PubMed PMID: 30411475.
  38. Gameiro J, Agapito Fonseca J, Monteiro Dias J, Melo MJ, Jorge S, Velosa J, et al. Prediction of acute kidney injury in cirrhotic patients: a new score combining renal, liver and inflammatory markers. International journal of nephrology and renovascular disease. 2018;11:149-54. doi: 10.2147/IJNRD.S163602. PubMed PMID: 29731657; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5923222.
  39. Gameiro J, Fonseca JA, Dias JM, Milho J, Rosa R, Jorge S, et al. Neutrophil, lymphocyte and platelet ratio as a predictor of postoperative acute kidney injury in major abdominal surgery. BMC nephrology. 2018;19(1):320. doi: 10.1186/s12882-018-1073-4. PubMed PMID: 30419844; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6231266.
  40. Gameiro J, Fonseca JA, Neves M, Jorge S, Lopes JA. Acute kidney injury in major abdominal surgery: incidence, risk factors, pathogenesis and outcomes. Annals of intensive care. 2018;8(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s13613-018-0369-7. PubMed PMID: 29427134; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5807256.
  41. Gameiro J, Goncalves M, Pereira M, Rodrigues N, Godinho I, Neves M, et al. Obesity, acute kidney injury and mortality in patients with sepsis: a cohort analysis. Renal failure. 2018;40(1):120-6. doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2018.1430588. PubMed PMID: 29388454; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6014496.
  42. Gameiro J, Jorge S, Lopes JA. Haemodialysis-related-heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: Case series and literature review. Nefrologia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola Nefrologia. 2018;38(5):551-7. doi: 10.1016/j.nefro.2018.02.010. PubMed PMID: 29871769.
  43. Gameiro J, Jorge S, Lopes JA. HIV and renal disease: a contemporary review. International journal of STD & AIDS. 2018;29(7):714-9. doi: 10.1177/0956462417750710. PubMed PMID: 29343165.
  44. Gameiro J, Jorge S, Lopes JA. Acute Kidney Injury. Annals of internal medicine. 2018;168(11):836-7. doi: 10.7326/L18-0015. PubMed PMID: 29868804.
  45. Geraldes V, Laranjo S, Rocha I. Hypothalamic Ion Channels in Hypertension. Current hypertension reports. 2018;20(2):14. doi: 10.1007/s11906-018-0814-x. PubMed PMID: 29480403.
  46. Gomes ML, Moutinho M, Lopes A, Garrido P, Ribeiro K, Luís Silvestre L, et al. Endovascular repair of aorto-iliac aneurysms with bilateral iliac branch devices. Angiol Cir Vasc 2018;14(2):59-63.
  47. Guedes AF, Sargento L, Braz-Nogueira J, Lousada N, Moreira C, Carvalho FA, et al. AFM as a tool to evaluate the risk for cardiovascular diseases in patients. Annals of medicine. 2018;50(sup1):S1-S9. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2018.1427452. PubMed PMID: 29676178.
  48. Guimaraes T, Bernardes A, de Sousa J, Marques P. Persistent left superior vena cava – A vascular access without limitations. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018. Epub 2018/05/29. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2017.04.009. PubMed PMID: 29804886.
  49. Guimaraes T, Placido R, Almeida AG. Congenital Submitral Diverticulum. Revista espanola de cardiologia. 2018. Epub 2018/05/21. doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2018.04.014. PubMed PMID: 29778499.
  50. Guimaraes T, Placido R, Quadros AC, Costa JMD, Pinto FJ. Unexpected Mass in the Left Atrium. Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia. 2018;111(2):226-7. doi: 10.5935/abc.20180110. PubMed PMID: 30183992; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6122916.
  51. Junqueira N, Ferreira R, Sena A, Nobre Â. An alternative approach for addressing mediastinal tumours through mini-invasive surgery. International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. 2018;42:158-60. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.11.062.
  52. Katsargyris A, Marques de Marino P, Mufty H, Pedro LM, Fernandes R, Verhoeven ELG. Early Experience with the Use of Inner Branches in Endovascular Repair of Complex Abdominal and Thoraco-abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery. 2018;55(5):640-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2018.01.024. PubMed PMID: 29545020.
  53. Landmesser U, Chapman MJ, Stock JK, Amarenco P, Belch JJF, Boren J, et al. 2017 Update of ESC/EAS Task Force on practical clinical guidance for proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibition in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or in familial hypercholesterolaemia. European heart journal. 2018;39(14):1131-43. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx549. PubMed PMID: 29045644.
  54. Landmesser U, Chapman MJ, Stock JK, Amarenco P, Belch JJF, Boren J, et al. New prospects for PCSK9 inhibition? European heart journal. 2018;39(27):2600-1. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy147. PubMed PMID: 29579192.
  55. Lemos Gomes M, Lopes A, Sobrinho G, Mendes Pedro L. Posterior Gastric Artery Aneurysm. EJVES short reports. 2018;41:5-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvssr.2018.09.002. PubMed PMID: 30426094; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6224331.
  56. Lemos Gomes M, Lopes A, Sobrinho G, Mendes Pedro L. Restenosis of Aorto-renal Venous Grafts: Report of Two Patients Treated by Endovascular Stenting. EJVES short reports. 2018;40:3-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvssr.2018.07.001. PubMed PMID: 30094356; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6080639.
  57. Lima da Silva G, Cortez Dias N, Carpinteiro L, de Sousa J. Electroanatomical mapping of coronary artery anatomy to guide epicardial ventricular tachycardia ablation. Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology. 2018;20(3):419. doi: 10.1093/europace/eux083. PubMed PMID: 29016750.
  58. Lima da Silva G, Cortez-Dias N, Bernardes A, Sousa J. Mahaim fiber-mediated tachycardia. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018;37(3):265.e1-.e5. Epub 2018/04/07. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2017.01.008. PubMed PMID: 29622376.
  59. Lima da Silva G, Cortez-Dias N, Carpinteiro L, de Sousa J. Identification of a critical isthmus in complex macroreentrant atrial tachycardia using Ripple mapping in a patient with surgically repaired Ebstein’s anomaly. Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia. 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2017.08.009.
  60. Lima da Silva G, de Sousa J, Marques P. Utilisation of the snare technique for left ventricular lead placement in a patient with persistent left superior vena cava. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018. Epub 2018/02/06. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2017.01.013. PubMed PMID: 29398393.
  61. Lima da Silva G, Guimaraes T, Pinto FJ, Brito D. A Unique Case of Type-1 Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy and Sarcomeric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Revista espanola de cardiologia. 2018;71(9):765-6. doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2017.06.007. PubMed PMID: 28697927.
  62. Lopez-Minguez JR, Nogales-Asensio JM, Infante De Oliveira E, De Gama Ribeiro V, Ruiz-Salmeron R, Arzamendi-Aizpurua D, et al. Long-term Event Reduction After Left Atrial Appendage Closure. Results of the Iberian Registry II. Revista espanola de cardiologia. 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2018.03.017. PubMed PMID: 29754808.
  63. Manuel V, Melo RGE, Fernandes RFE, Santos AR, Silvestre L, Silva E, et al. Endovascular Repair of Bilateral Carotid Dissection in a Near Hanging Victim. EJVES short reports. 2018;40:21-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvssr.2018.08.003. PubMed PMID: 30302407; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6174822.
  64. Marques P, Nobre Menezes M, Lima da Silva G, Guimaraes T, Bernardes A, Cortez-Dias N, et al. Triple-site pacing for cardiac resynchronization in permanent atrial fibrillation: follow-up results from a prospective observational study. Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology. 2018;20(6):986-92. doi: 10.1093/europace/eux036. PubMed PMID: 28430960.
  65. Meira ECM, Acuna-Castroviejo D. Cardiometabolic impact of changing internal time during daylight saving time: a window for a deleterious role within sleep-related breathing disorders. Internal and emergency medicine. 2018;13(8):1345-6. doi: 10.1007/s11739-018-1934-7. PubMed PMID: 30151816.
  66. Meira ECM, Ettlin D. Bruxism-What is missing in the new consensus definition? Journal of oral rehabilitation. 2018;45(12):921. doi: 10.1111/joor.12714. PubMed PMID: 30375042.
  67. Morgado G, Pereira H, Caldeira D, em nome dos investigadores do Registo Nacional de Sindromas Coronarias A. Adopting an early invasive strategy for non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Analysis of the Portuguese Registry on Acute Coronary Syndromes. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018;37(1):53-61. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2017.06.008. PubMed PMID: 29352691.
  68. Moutinho M, Silvestre L, Silva E, Pedro LM. Coarctation of the aorta and the nature of collateral circulation. Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques. 2018;4(4):339-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2018.08.006. PubMed PMID: 30761383; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6298934.
  69. Nazario Leao R, Marques da Silva P, Marques Pocinho R, Alves M, Virella D, Palma Dos Reis R. Determinants of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in hypertensive patients. Hipertension y riesgo vascular. 2018. Epub 2018/02/06. doi: 10.1016/j.hipert.2017.12.002. PubMed PMID: 29398513.
  70. Neiva J, Portugal G, Laranjo S, Oliveira M. Unusual Rhythm Behind a Narrow Complex Tachycardia. Circulation. 2018;137(10):1082-5. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.033477. PubMed PMID: 29506999.
  71. Neumann FJ, Sousa-Uva M. ‘Ten Commandments’ for the 2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on Myocardial Revascularization. European heart journal. 2018;39(42):3759. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy658. PubMed PMID: 30403801.
  72. Nobre Menezes M, Francisco ARG, Carrilho Ferreira P, Jorge C, Torres D, Cardoso P, et al. Comparative analysis of fractional flow reserve and instantaneous wave-free ratio: Results of a five-year registry. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018;37(6):511-20. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2017.11.011. PubMed PMID: 29803651.
  73. Palma Dos Reis R. Is the monocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio important in risk stratification after myocardial infarction? Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018;37(3):225-6. Epub 2018/03/29. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2018.03.001. PubMed PMID: 29588086.
  74. Pavasini R, Camici PG, Crea F, Danchin N, Fox K, Manolis AJ, et al. Anti-anginal drugs: Systematic review and clinical implications. International journal of cardiology. 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.12.008. PubMed PMID: 30538056.
  75. Pavasini R, Camici PG, Crea F, Danchin N, Fox K, Manolis AJ, et al. Anti-anginal drugs: Systematic review and clinical implications. International journal of cardiology. 2019;283:55-63. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.12.008. PubMed PMID: 30538056.
  76. Pereira H, Caldeira D, Teles RC, Costa M, da Silva PC, da Gama Ribeiro V, et al. Thrombus aspiration in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: results of a national registry of interventional cardiology. BMC cardiovascular disorders. 2018;18(1):69. doi: 10.1186/s12872-018-0794-4. PubMed PMID: 29699478; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5921398.
  77. Pereira H, Cale R, Pinto FJ, Pereira E, Caldeira D, Mello S, et al. Factors influencing patient delay before primary percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: The Stent for life initiative 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. 2018;37(5):409-21. Epub 2018/05/13. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2017.07.014. PubMed PMID: 29751985.
  78. Pereira H, Pinto FJ, Cale R, Pereira E, Mello S, Vitorino S, et al. The Stent for Life initiative: Factors predicting system delay in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Revista portuguesa de cardiologia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia = Portuguese journal of cardiology : an official journal of the Portuguese Society of Cardiology. 2018;37(8):681-90. doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2018.01.011. PubMed PMID: 30049424.
  79. Pinto FJ. Cardiovascular Diseases in Portuguese: The Importance of Preventive Medicine. Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia. 2018;110(6):512-3. doi: 10.5935/abc.20180103. PubMed PMID: 30226907; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6023625.
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