OBJETIVO: Avaliar a validade da versão curta do questionário de angina da OMS/Rose em português, em adultos de 40 a 74 anos, moradores do Butantã, área de referência do Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil usando como padrão-ouro o teste ergométrico e o ecocardiograma sob estresse farmacológico. Analisar ainda se a associação do questionário de dispnéia da American Thoracic Society ao questionário de angina da OMS/Rose altera a sensibilidade, especificidade, valor preditivo positivo (VPP) e negativo (VPN), a razão de verossimilhança positiva (RVP) e negativa (RVN). MÉTODOS: A versão curta do questionário de angina, traduzida e adaptada para o português, consiste das três primeiras perguntas que caracterizam dor no peito aos esforços e foi aplicada a 116 pessoas classificadas como de baixo e alto risco, de acordo com o escore de Framingham, utilizando como padrão-ouro o teste ergométrico Em um subgrupo de 74 participantes foi utilizado o ecocardiograma sob estresse farmacológico como padrão-ouro. Foram calculados a sensibilidade, especificidade, acurácia, VPP, VPN, RVP, RVN.. O PRIME-MD foi usado para diagnóstico de ansiedade e depressão. Utilizou-se o questionário de dispnéia da American Thoracic Society (ATS) traduzido RESULTADOS: A frequência de angina foi de 8,7%, similar a outros estudos e, de isquemia 4,8% semelhante à população geral do município de São Paulo. Dentre 126 participantes, 116 pessoas apresentaram um teste de esforço conclusivo, sendo 44 do grupo de alto risco, escore de Framingham médio 9,3 (2,5) com idade média 53,6 (7,0) anos, mais altos quando comparados aos 72 do grupo de baixo risco com escore de 3,3 (3,0) (p=0,000) e idade 49,2 (7,3) anos (p=0,002). No grupo de baixo risco ocorreu a maioria dos casos de isquemia. Dos 126 participantes, 88 foram submetidos ao ecocardiograma sob estresse e ele foi conclusivo em 74, 29 pessoas no grupo de alto risco apresentaram um escore médio de Framingham de 9.4 (2.7) e 45 do grupo de baixo risco com escore de 3.4 (3.4) (p=0.000).O questionário de angina comparado ao teste ergométrico apresentou sensibilidade de 25,0%, especificidade de 92,0%, acurácia de 89,7%, VPP de 10,0%, VPN de 97,2%, RVP de 3,1 e RVN de 0,82. Não houve nenhum caso de isquemia ao ecocardiograma sob estresse associado ao questionário de angina positivo. A freqüência de ansiedade foi 18,3% e de depressão 13,5% mas, houve associação entre presença de depressão ou ansiedade definida pelo questionário com presença de angina avaliada pelo questionário de angina da OMS/Rose (p=0,076). Nenhum participante com dispnéia apresentou sinais de isquemia aos exames. CONCLUSÃO: A versão curta do questionário de angina traduzida para o português tem parâmetros de qualidade de teste similar aos encontrados em outros estudos em amostras maiores, ou seja, baixa sensibilidade e alta especificidade, e sua utilização depende dos objetivos do estudo. Os transtornos mentais estudados se associaram com a positividade ao questionário de angina. Dispnéia não foi um sintoma equivalente de isquemia miocárdica na amostra estudada / OBJECTIVE: To assess the validity of the short version of the WHO/Rose angina questionnaire in Portuguese, applied to adults aged 40-74 years, living at Butantã, reference area of the Hospital Universitário - Universidade de São Paulo, in Brazil using exercise treadmill test and pharmacological stress echocardiography as gold standard. To analyze if the association of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) dyspnea questionnaire to the WHO/Rose angina questionnaire modifies de sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive (PPV) and negative (NPV) predictive values, positive (PLR) and negative (NLR) likelihood ratios. METHODS: The short version of the angina questionnaire adapted and translated into Portuguese has three first questions to characterize exertional chest pain. It was applied to 116 individuals classified into low- and high-risks groups according to the Framingham score, using the exercise treadmill test as the gold standard. Pharmacological stress echocardiography was used as the gold standard in a group of 74 participants. Sensibility, specificity, accuracy, PPV, NPV, PLR and NLR were calculated. The PRIME-MD was used to diagnose anxiety and depression. The translated version of the dyspnea questionnaire of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) was also employed. RESULTS: The frequency of angina was 8.7%, similar to that found in other studies, and of 4.8% for ischemia, which is similar to the general population of the city of Sao Paulo. Among 126 participants, 116 individuals had a conclusive exercise treadmill test; 44 subjects in the high-risk group had a mean Framingham score of 9.3 (2.5) and mean age of 53.6 (7.0) years these figures are higher as compared to 72 individuals of the low-risk group, with a score of 3.3 (3.0) (p=0.000) and mean age of 49.2 (7.3) years (p=0.002). Most cases of ischemia were in the low-risk group. Out of 126 participants, 88 were submitted to the stress echocardiography and it was conclusive in 74, 29 subjects in the high-risk group had a mean Framingham score of 9.4 (2.7) and 45 of the low-risk group had a score of 3.4 (3.4) (p=0.000). The angina questionnaire was compared to the exercise treadmill test and presented sensibility of 25.0%, specificity of 92.0%, accuracy of 89.7%, PPV of 10.0%, NPV of 97.2%, PLR of 3.1 and NLR of 0.82. There was no case of ischemia on stress echocardiography associated to a positive angina questionnaire. The frequency of anxiety was 18.3% and of depression was 13.5%, there was association among presence of the depression and anxiety as questionnaire defined with angina presence the assessed by the OMS/Rose angina questionnaire (p=0.076). No participant with dyspnea presented signs of ischemia on exams. CONCLUSION: The short version of the angina questionnaire translated into Portuguese has quality parameters of test that are similar to those of other studies with larger samples, that is, low sensibility and high specificity and its utilization depends on the study objectives. The mental disorders assessed were associated with positive angina questionnaire. Dyspnea was not a myocardial ischemia equivalent symptom in studied sample

O acidente vascular cerebral (AVC) e a primeira causa de obito no Brasil e a principal de incapacidade no mundo. A doenca aterosclerotica carotidea esta associada a cerca de 15% dos AVC. A endarterectomia cirurgica e o tratamento padrao-­ouro para as estenoses carotideas sintomaticas. A angioplastia carotidea com stent via endovascular (ACS) e uma alternativa terapeutica a endarterectomia. O desenvolvimento de dispositivos de protecao embolica levou a reducao das taxas de complicacao durante a ACS. A tecnica de protecao mais utilizada na pratica clinica e a protecao distal com filtro. As estrategias de protecao proximal, por bloqueio ou reversao do fluxo carotideo, tem revelado resultados promissores em relacao a protecao distal com filtro durante a ACS. Assim, o objetivo do estudo foi comparar a reversao de fluxo e o filtro de protecao durante a ACS. Os objetivos primarios foram a incidencia, o numero e o tamanho das lesoes cerebrais isquemicas por ressonancia magnetica pela sequencia diffusion-­weighted-­imaging (DWI) apos a ACS. Os objetivos secundarios foram as complicacoes cardiacas e eventos cerebrovasculares (CCEC), ataque isquemico transitorio (AIT) e as lesoes cerebrais isquemicas definitivas na imagem por ressonancia magnetica pela sequencia fluid-­attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) no seguimento de tres meses. As lesoes isquemicas foram obtidas por ressonancia magnetica (RM) de campo 3 Tesla. Os pacientes foram avaliados quanto aos desfechos neurologicos atraves das escalas do National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) e modified Rankin Scale (mRS). Quarenta pacientes foram incluidos randomicamente no estudo. Comparado a reversao de fluxo (n=21) o filtro de protecao (n=19) resultou em uma reducao significativa na incidencia (15,8% vs. 47,6%, p=0,03), no numero (0,73 vs. 2,6, p=0,05) e no tamanho (0,81 vs. 2,23 mm, p=0,05) das novas lesoes cerebrais isquemicas. Dois pacientes, um de cada grupo, apresentaram AIT no seguimento de tres meses. Nao foram observadas CCEC na internacao ou no seguimento de tres meses. Neste estudo, o filtro de protecao mais eficaz que a reversao de fluxo na protecao cerebral durante a angioplastia carotidea com stent por acesso femoral. / Objectives: Carotid artery stenting (CAS) has become an alternative treatment for patients presenting symptomatic carotid artery stenosis. The improvement in clinical outcomes with CAS has been associated with the development of embolic protection devices. The trial aim is to compare flow-­reversal versus filter protection during CAS through femoral access. Methods: Patients were randomly enrolled in CAS using flow-­reversal or filter protection. The primary endpoints were the incidence, number and size of new ischemic brain lesions after CAS. The secondary endpoints included major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE), transient ischemic attack (TIA) and definitive ischemic brain lesions on fluid-­attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance image (FLAIR-­MRI) at a three-­month follow-­up. Ischemic brain lesions were assessed by a 3T-­MRI. Neurological outcomes were evaluated by means of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and the modified Rankin Scale (mRS). Results: Forty consecutive patients were randomly assigned. Compared to flow-­reversal (n=21), filter protection (n=19) resulted in a significant reduction in the incidence (15.8% vs. 47.6%, p=0.03), number (0.73 vs. 2.6, p=0.05) and size (0.81 vs. 2.23 mm, p=0.05) of new ischemic brain lesions. Two patients, one from each group, presented TIA at the three-­month follow-­up. There were no MACCE in the hospital or at the three-­month follow-­up. Conclusions: In this small sample size trial, filter protection was more effective than flow-­reversal in reducing ischemic brain lesions during CAS through femoral approach.

INTRODUÇÃO: Pacientes com suboclusão da carótida com sinal do barbante podem ser incorretamente classificados como portadores de oclusão total, por meio de exames não invasivos. A história natural e o tratamento desta condição são controversos na literatura médica. OBJETIVOS: 1. Avaliar a evolução, em longo prazo, de pacientes com suboclusão carotídea com sinal do barbante assintomáticos, quando submetidos a tratamento clínico exclusivo; 2. Avaliar os resultados imediatos e em longo prazo do tratamento intervencionista de pacientes com suboclusão carotídea com sinal do barbante sintomáticos. MÉTODOS: Foram inclusos 195 pacientes que apresentavam ultrassonografia Doppler convencional prévia com oclusão completa de, pelo menos, uma das carótidas internas, totalizando 204 carótidas ocluídas (9 oclusões bilaterais). Após a realização de angiotomografia computadorizada e ultrassonografia com contraste de microbolhas, 46 pacientes (46 carótidas) apresentavam, na realidade, placas suboclusivas com fluxo filiforme na carótida interna, sendo acompanhados prospectivamente. Desses, 22 eram assintomáticos e foram tratados clinicamente; e 24 eram sintomáticos e foram submetidos à tentativa de angioplastia com implante de stent. O seguimento foi executado com consultas periódicas e ultrassonografia Doppler realizadas com 14 dias, 3 meses, 6 meses e, posteriormente, a cada 12 meses, após a intervenção. Angiotomografia computadorizada era realizada em até 2 meses após o procedimento. RESULTADOS: O seguimento médio foi de 63,9 meses. Os pacientes assintomáticos tiveram sobrevida cumulativa de 81,8%, sem quaisquer eventos neurológicos em 60 meses. Os pacientes sintomáticos tiveram taxa de sucesso no implante de stent de 79,1% (19 de 24). Não houve isquemia miocárdica ou morte em até 30 dias após a cirurgia. Um dos pacientes com sucesso no implante do stent apresentou paresia de membro superior com recuperação em 3 meses, portanto, a taxa de desfecho primário (acidente vascular cerebral, infarto agudo do miocárdio e morte), foi 4,2%. A taxa de perviedade para os procedimentos com sucesso foi de 89,4%, em 60 meses. Os pacientes sintomáticos com sucesso na angioplastia tiveram taxa de sobrevida livre de eventos neurológicos de 84,2%, em 60 meses, com sobrevida total de 89,4% nesse período. Todos os 5 pacientes sintomáticos nos quais a angioplastia não foi factível evoluíram com eventos neurológicos no acompanhamento, com sobrevida de 40,0%, em 60 meses. CONCLUSÕES: 1. Pacientes com suboclusão carotídea com sinal do barbante assintomáticos são favorecidos, em longo prazo, pelo tratamento medicamentoso exclusivo. 2. Pacientes com suboclusão carotídea com sinal do barbante sintomáticos beneficiam-se, em longo prazo, da angioplastia com implante de stent / INTRODUCTION: Patients with carotid near-occlusion with string sign may be incorrectly classified as total occlusion through non-invasive tests. The natural history and treatment of such condition are controversial in medical literature. OBJECTIVES: 1. Monitor the natural long-term outcome of asymptomatic patients with carotid near-occlusion with string sign treated medically; 2. Evaluate the short and long-term results of interventional treatment in symptomatic patients with carotid near-occlusion with string sign. METHODS: 195 patients, who had previous Doppler ultrasound with complete occlusion of at least one internal carotid, were included. 9 had bilateral occlusion, totaling 204 occluded arteries. After conducting computed tomography angiography and contrast-enhanced ultrasound, 46 patients (46 carotid arteries) had near-occlusion with string sign and were prospectively analyzed. Asymptomatic patients (22) received best medical therapy while symptomatic individuals (24) were referred to carotid artery stenting. After the procedure follow-up was made with clinical surveillance and Doppler ultrasound performed at 14 days, 3 months, 6 months and then every 12 months thereafter. A computed tomographic angiography was performed within 2 months. RESULTS: Mean follow-up was of 63.9 months. Asymptomatic patients had a cumulative survival rate of 81.8%, in 60 months, without any neurologic events. Symptomatic patients had intraoperative success rate of 79.1% (19/24 procedures). No intraoperative or 30-day events of myocardial infarction or death occurred. One of the successful carotid artery stenting patients evolved with a mild upper limb monoparesis, with total recovery in 3 months. The rate of primary end point (stroke, myocardial infarction or death) was 4.2%. Cumulative patency rate for the 19 successful procedures was 89.4%, in 60 months. Symptomatic individuals with successful angioplasty had a neurologic event-free survival rate of 84.2%, in 60 months, with overall survival rate of 89.4%, in the same period. All 5 symptomatic patients to whom string angioplasty procedure was not feasible evolved with neurological events, with a cumulative survival rate of 40.0%, in 60 months. CONCLUSIONS: 1. Asymptomatic patients with carotid near-occlusion with string sign evolve well with best medical therapy in long-term follow-up; 2. Symptomatic patients with carotid near-occlusion with string sign have good outcomes with carotid artery stenting in long-term follow-up

A interrupção do fluxo sanguíneo, ou isquemia, representa um dos problemas mais importantes de doenças cardiovasculares e cerebrovasculares enfrentados pelos médicos na sua rotina. Em relação ao miocárdio muitos estudos têm sido realizados nessa área e sabe-se que os anestésicos inalatórios e os opiódes podem protege as células cardíacas contra a lesão de isquemia e reperfusão. O propofol por sua parece não ter efeito de précondicionamento, porém apresenta características similares as ações antioxidantes da vitamina E, neutralizando os efeitos nocivos da produção de radicais livres. A associação de sevoflurano, sufentanil e propofol não está descrita na literatura. O objetivo deste estudo foi examinar a potencialização de cardioproteção entre sevoflurano, propofol e sufentanil por meio de análise do tamanho da área de infarto e inibição de apoptose em células miocárdicas. Ratos foram submetidos a 5 protocolos de pré-condicionamento diferentes e divididos em grupos agudos e crônicos. Os resultados indicaram que a associação destes anestésicos não conferiu proteção maior do que quando administrados isoladamente. Além disso, o sevoflurano conferiu proteção ao miocárdio no pós-infarto agudo e crônico. Já o propofol conferiu cardioproteção no pós-infarto crônico / The interruption of blood flow, or ischemia, represents one of the major problems of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases seen by physicians in their routine. With respect to the myocardium, many studies have been conducted in this area and it is a known fact that inhaled anesthetics and opiates may protect cardiac cells against the ischemia and reperfusion injury. Propofol, in turn, seems to have no preconditioning effect, but it has similar characteristics to the antioxidant actions of vitamin E by neutralizing the harmful effects of free radical production. The combination of sevoflurane, sufentanil and propofol has not been described in literature. The aim of this study was to survey cardioprotection potentiation among sevoflurane, propofol and sufentanil by analyzing the size of infarct area and the inhibition of apoptosis in cardiac cells. Rats were subjected to five different preconditioning protocols and divided into acute and chronic groups. Results indicated that the combination of these anesthetics did not confer greater protection than when they were administered alone. Furthermore, sevoflurane conferred myocardial protection in the postacute and chronic infarction stage. Propofol, in turn, conferred cardioprotection in the chronic post-infarction stage

Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-26T12:51:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 idamariamfernandescharpiot_tese.pdf: 2769759 bytes, checksum: f77da7f002a249ac9d78cbaceddbde38 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-12-12 / Introduction: Renal ischemia is the most important cause of acute kidney injury (AKI). Methylprednisolone (MP) has been shown to give protection against ischemia/reperfusion injury (I/R) in the liver and the heart. Objective: To examine a possible protective role of MP in renal I/R. Methods: Male Wistar rats were treated with 30mg/kg of intravenous MP or saline 1 hour before unilateral renal ischemia (RI), which lasted for 30 minutes. The animals were divided into 3 groups (8 in each group): Sham (sham surgery without RI), Vehicle (Veic)-I/R (saline infusion followed by RI), and the MP-I/R group (MP infusion followed by RI). The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) - which is inulin clearance in ml/min/100g, sodium fractional excretion (FENa), urinary osmolality, and histological analysis were assessed 2 days after RI. Additionally, immunohistochemical staining (2 days after RI) was performed to measure macrophages (ED-1 positive cells), neutrophils (No), and lymphocytes (Lo) and the nuclear factor-&#954;B (NF&#954;-B). Results are expressed as mean ± SD, and were compared by ANOVA, followed by Bonferroni test, with p < 0.05. Results: GFR was 0.92 ± 0.30 ml/min/100g in the MP-I/R group, 0.90 ± 0.27 ml/min/100g in the Sham group, and 0.47 ± 0.24 ml/min/100g in the Veic-I/R group (p < 0.05 vs. MP-I/R and Sham). The FENa was similar in the MP-I/R (0.19%) and Sham groups (0.35%, NS), and higher in the Veic-I/R group (0.62%, p < 0.05 vs. MP-I/R). Urinary osmolality was similar between the 3 groups. Acute epithelial degenerative changes and tubular dilatation were significantly more intense in the Veic-I/R group than the MP-I/R and Sham groups. Only the Veic-I/R group presented with focal acute tubular necrosis. In the cortex, the number of Lo was significantly greater in the Veic-I/R group when compared with the Sham and MP-I/R groups (14.36 ± 3.32 vs. 6.75 ± 1.18 and 5.31 ± 1.63, respectively, p < 0.05 Veic-I/R vs. Sham and MP-I/R) and in the outer medulla (OM) areas (10.58 ± 3.04 vs. 4.51 ± 1.29 and 3.70 ± 0.62, p < 0.05 Veic-I/R vs. Sham and MP-I/R). The number of macrophages was also significantly greater in the Veic-I/R group (9.84 ± 3.18) when compared with Sham (4.65 ± 1.12, p < 0.05) and MP-I/R groups (4.06 ± 1.84, p < 0.05). Similarly, the number of No in the OM was 3.13 ± 2.09 in Veic-I/R vs. 0.74 ± 0.51 in Sham group, and 1.44 ± 1.11 in the MP-I/R group (p < 0.05). The NF&#954;-B expression was more intense in the OM in the Veic-I/R group compared with the Sham and in the MP-I/R groups (0.61 ± 0.33 vs. 0.03 ± 0.03 and 0.12 ± 0.11 respectively, p < 0.05). Conclusion: The pretreatment with high doses of MP conferred striking protection against renal I/R. This protection effect was related to the modulation of I/R-induced inflammatory mechanisms and to inflammatory cell infiltration triggered by I/R. / Introdução: A isquemia renal é a causa mais importante de injúria renal aguda (IRA) hospitalar. A metilprednisolona (MP) tem se mostrado protetora contra a lesão de isquemia/reperfusão (I/R) em fígado e coração. Objetivo: Estudar o possível efeito protetor da MP na lesão de I/R renal. Métodos: Ratos machos Wistar foram tratados com 30mg/kg, por via intravenosa, de MP ou solução de NaCl 0,9%, 1 hora antes de isquemia renal (IR) unilateral de 30 min. Os animais foram divididos em três grupos (n de 8 em cada grupo): Sham (cirurgia sham sem IR), Veículo (Veic)-I/R (infusão de solução de NaCl 0,9% seguida por IR), e MP-I/R (infusão de MP seguida por IR). O RFG (depuração de inulina, ml/min/100g), a fração de excreção de sódio (FENa), a osmolalidade urinária e a análise histológica foram analisados dois dias após IR. Realizou-se também imuno-histoquímica (dois dias após IR) para quantificação de macrófagos (ED-1), neutrófilos (No), linfócitos (Lo) e fator-kapa-B nuclear (NF&#954;-B). Os resultados são expressos como média ± DP e foram comparados por ANOVA, seguido pelo teste de Bonferroni, com p < 0,05. Resultados: O RFG foi 0,92 ± 0,30 ml/min/100g no grupo MP-I/R, 0,90 ± 0,27 ml/min/100g no grupo Sham e 0,47 ± 0,24 ml/min/100g no grupo Veic-IR, (p < 0,05 vs. MP-I/R e Sham). A FENa foi semelhante nos grupos MP-I/R (0,19%) e Sham (0,35%, NS), e maior no grupo Veic-I/R (0,62%, p < 0,05 vs. MP-I/R). Volume e osmolalidade urinária foram similares entre os três grupos. Constataram-se alterações epiteliais degenerativas agudas e dilatação tubular significativamente mais intensas no grupo Veic-I/R em relação aos grupos MP-I/R e Sham. Apenas o grupo Veic-I/R apresentou focos de necrose tubular aguda. O número de Lo foi significativamente maior no grupo Veic-I/R comparado aos grupos Sham e MP-I/R no córtex (14,36 ± 3,32 vs. 6,75 ± 1,18 e 5,31 ± 1,63, respectivamente, p < 0,05 Veic-I/R vs. Sham e I/R-MP) e medula externa (ME) (10,58 ± 3,04 vs. 4,51 ± 1,29 e 3,70 ± 0,62; p < 0,05 Veic-I/R vs. Sham e MP-I/R). O número de macrófagos também foi significativamente maior no grupo Veic-I/R (9,84 ± 3,18) comparado com Sham (4,65 ± 1,12; p < 0,05) e MP-/IR (4,06 ± 1,84; p < 0,05). Da mesma forma, o número de No na medula externa foi 3,13 ± 2,09 em Veic-I/R vs. 0,74± 0,51 em Sham e 1,44 ±1,11 em MP-I/R (p < 0,05 Veic-I/R vs. Sham). A expressão de NF&#954;-B foi significativamente mais intensa na medula externa do grupo Veic-I/R comparada com os grupos Sham e MP-I/R (0,61 ± 0,33 vs. 0,03 ± 0,03 e 0,12 ± 0,11, respectivamente, p < 0,05). Conclusão: O pré-tratamento com doses elevadas de MP protegeu intensamente os animais contra a lesão de I/R renal. Este efeito protetor foi relacionado à modulação de mecanismos de inflamação e infiltração por células inflamatórias desencadeados pela I/R.

FundaÃÃo de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Cearà / IntroduÃÃo e objetivo: Doadores de NO podem diminuir a lesÃo neuronal durante a isquemia e reperfusÃo cerebral (I/R) por aumento do fluxo sanguÃneo cerebral. O objetivo deste estudo à avaliar se um novo complexo de nitrosilo complexo de rutÃnio (Rut-bpy) capaz liberar NO direto na musculatura lisa vascular apresenta algum efeito durante I/R. MÃtodo: Foram utilizados 96 ratos machos, da linhagem Wistar, com peso mÃdio de 290.27 g, distribuÃdos em 2 fases com 8 grupos cada: Fase de isquemia 4 grupos sham (SF, Rut-bpy,L-NAME e L-NAME+Rut-bpy) e 4 grupos isquemia (SF, Rut-bpy,L-NAME e L-NAME+Rut-bpy); da mesma forma foi dividido a fase de reperfusÃo ( 4 grupos sham e 4 grupos isquemia/reperfusÃo) com as mesmas drogas teste da fase de isquemia. Foi utilizado um modelo de isquemia cerebral global incompleta, com oclusÃo da artÃria carÃtida comum bilateral e administraÃÃo do SF, Rut-bpy e L-NAME via intraperitoneal. No final do experimento os animais foram decapitados e o cÃrebro fatiado para ser avaliado à Ãrea de lesÃo por histoquÃmica. Durante todo o experimento a PAM dos animais foi monitorizada. Resultados: DiminuiÃÃo da relaÃÃo Ãrea de lesÃo/Ãrea de tecido cerebral tanto na fase de isquemia (0.526 + 0.012 com SF vs 0.216 + 0.07 com Rut-bpy,; p<0.05) como na fase de reperfusÃo (0.4201 + 0.04 com SF vs 0.114 + 0.03 com Rut-bpy; p<0.05). A variaÃÃo da PAM foi menor nos animais tratados com Rut-bpy (20.89 + 11.77 com SF vs 6.49 + 4.65 com Rut-bpy) ao final da isquemia e inicio da reperfusÃo. ConclusÃo: O Rut-bpy tem efeito protetor neuronal durante evento de I/R e que o mesmo consegue manter a PAM mais estÃvel durante o inicio da reperfusÃo. / Background and purpose - Nitric oxide (NO) donors are known to reduce neuronal damage during brain ischemia and reperfusion by increasing the blood flow. Rut-bpy is a novel nitrosyl-ruthenium complex releasing NO directly into the vascular smooth musculature. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of Rut-bpy on a rat model of brain ischemia and reperfusion. Methods - Ninety-six male Wistar rats weighing approximately 290g were randomly assigned to 16 groups. Four groups and their respective sham groups were submitted to ischemia (Stage 1), while four groups and their respective sham groups were submitted to ischemia + reperfusion (Stage 2). At each stage of the experiment the groups were treated pairwise with saline solution (SS), Rut-bpy, L-NAME and L-NAME+Rut-bpy, respectively. The study was based on an incomplete global brain ischemia model with occlusion of the common bilateral carotid arteries and intraperitoneal administration of the study drugs. Following the experiment the animals were decapitated and the brain was sectioned for histochemical evaluation of the area of damage. The mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) was monitored throughout the experiment. Results - In the groups receiving Rut-bpy the damaged area/total area ratio decreased significantly during both ischemia (SS: 0.526  0.012 vs. Rut-bpy: 0.216  0.07; p<0.05) and reperfusion (SS: 0.4201  0.04 vs. Rut-bpy: 0.114  0.03; p<0.05). MABP oscillated significantly less during the transition from ischemia to reperfusion in the groups treated with Rut-bpy (SS: 20.89 mmHg  11.77 vs. Rut-bpy: 6.49 mmHg  4.65; p<0.05). Conclusion - Rut-bpy was shown to protect rat brain cells during ischemia and reperfusion and helped maintain the blood pressure relatively stable during the transition from ischemia to reperfusion.

Introdução: Existem poucos dados a respeito do diagnóstico e prognóstico de crianças com acidente vascular encefálico isquêmico (AVE-i) devido a arteriopatia/vasculopatia pós-varicela e nenhuma revisão sistemática em crianças com arteriopatia/vasculopatia transitória. Objetivos: Relatar série de casos de sete crianças com AVE-i pós-varicela focando nos aspectos clínico/laboratoriais e no desempenho neuro-cognitivo 4 anos após e realizar revisão sistemática da literatura sobre a associação entre VZV e arteriopatia/vasculopatia transitória. Métodos: Revisão sistemática-Estudos relevantes foram buscados utilizando os seguintes bancos de dados: EMBASES; Pubmed; Bireme; LILACS e Web of Science. As buscas utilizaram as seguintes palavras-chave: arteriopatia transitória / vasculopatia ou pós-varicela ou arteriopatia focal e VZV. Os descritores usados para revisão sistemática foram: Arteriopatia transitória or vasculopatia transitória or arteriopatia pós-varicela or arteriopatia focal e VZV or varicela e aplicada a estratégia de PICO; População: crianças de 1 mês a 17 anos e 11 meses, com vasculopatia/arteriopatia em sistema nervoso central; Fenômeno de Interesse: VZV até 12 meses anterior; Comparação: Vasculopatia/Arteriopatia transitória sem associação com VZV; Outcome: VZV associado a vasculopatia. Os artigos selecionados foram analisados por 2 examinadores que validaram os artigos de acordo com a escala New Castle Otawa. Um terceiro examinador resolveu discrepâncias. Série de relato de casos: envolveu 7 crianças (5 meninos e 2 meninas) de 5 serviços de emergências pediátricas na cidade de São Paulo, Brasil, que apresentaram acidente vascular encefálico isquêmico pós-varicela confirmada com ressonância magnética de encéfalo e angioressonância magnética cerebral. Foi realizado coleta de líquido cefalorraquidiano para detecção do envolvimento do VZ: dosagem de anticorpos IgG e IgM anti-VZV; reação em cadeia de polimerase para DNA viral e detecção do envolvimento do vírus herpes simples tipo 1 e tipo 2 (anticorpos IgG e IgM anti-VHS 1 e 2). Foi aplicado o PSOM-Score na admissão e 4 anos após o AVE-i. Resultados: Na revisão sistemática foram selecionados 1003 artigos sendo que no final das avaliações apenas 11 artigos com moderado nível de evidência para associação entre arteriopatia transitória e VZV foram incluídos na nossa revisão. Em relação à série de casos, os 7 pacientes, com idades variando de 1,3 anos a 4 anos, apresentaram hemiparesia ao exame físico inicial e imagem de isquemia em região submetida à irrigação da artéria cerebral média ou interna após um tempo médio de 5,1 (± 3,5) meses do quadro clínico de varicela. Em 4 pacientes (57%) foram encontradas lesões vasculares e a detecção de IgG anti VZV no liquor ocorreu em 3 pacientes (42%). Nenhum paciente apresentou exantema, febre ou presença de anticorpos anti-herpes vírus tipo 1 e 2. Somente 1 paciente apresentou alteração nos exames de trombofilia (mutação em heterozigose da protombina). Todos apresentaram melhora nos índices de escore para sequelas. Nenhum apresentou novo episódio de AVE-i. Limitacão do nosso estudo: Limitado número de casos e pequeno número de estudos caso-controle ou estudos randomizados para realização de revisão sistemática. Conclusão: Encontramos moderado nível de evidência para associação entre arteriopatia transitória e VZV na revisão sistemática. Nessa série de casos foi observado o caráter não progressivo do AVE-i pós-varicela após 4 anos de seguimento através da avaliação de sequelas motoras, de linguagem e cognitivas. Observamos que a identificação do DNA viral e/ou presença intratecal de IgG anti-VZV não foram determinantes para o diagnóstico. Dessa forma existe necessidade de se buscar melhores marcadores diagnósticos de acidente vascular isquêmico pós-varicela em crianças / Introduction: Few data exist about the diagnosis and prognosis of children who were victims of an arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) caused by post-varicella vasculopathy/artheriopathy and there is no systematic review about children with transitory artheriopathy/vasculopathy. Objetives: To report seven cases of children who suffered post-varicella AIS, with special focus to the clinical/laboratory aspects, in addition to their neuro-cognitive performance after four years. We also perform a systematic review about the association between VZV and transitory artheriopathy/vasculopathy. Methods: Systematic review. Relevant studies were sought using the following data-bases: EMBASES; Pubmed; Bireme; LILACS and Web of Science. Searches used the following keywords: transitory artheriopathy/ vasculopathy or post varicella artheriopathy or focal artheriopathy and VZV. The PICO method was used for the selection of studies. Population: 1 month to 17 years-old, with vasculopathy/ artheriopaty in central nervous system; end-point: VZV up to 12 months before; Comparation: Transitory Vasculopathy/Artheriopaty without VZV; Outcome: VZV associated with vasculopaty/artheriopaty. One examiner performed study selection. The selected articles were analyzed by two examiners who validated the articles according to Newcastle Otawa scale. A third examiner resolved discrepancies. Series of cases: seven children were evaluated (5 boys and 2 girls) from five different pediatric emergency services within the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, all presenting with arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) caused by post-varicella vasculopathy. Diagnosis was confirmed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Angiography. Virological diagnosis was determined using cerebrospinal fluid to detect: a) the presence of VZV DNA by polymerase chain reaction and VZV IgG and IgM antibodies and b) the involvement of the Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 and 2 (HSV 1 and 2 IgG and IgM Antibodies). The PSOM-score was applied at admission and four years after the AIS. Results: A total of 1003 publications was selected and at final evaluation only 11 articles were included with a moderate evidence level. Regarding the series of cases, seven patients, ages varying from 1.3 and 4 years, presented with hemiparesis at first physical examination and ischemic zones on imaging tests in areas irrigated by the middle cerebral artery or the internal carotid artery about 5.1 (± 3,5) months after varicella infection. Four patients (57%) had vascular lesions and three patients (42%) tested positive for VZV IgG antibodies in their CSF. No patient showed signs of exanthema, fever or IgG and IgM antibodies for Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 and 2. Thrombophilia testing came back altered for only one patient (heterozygous prothrombin gene mutation). All patients showed improvement on their sequelae scores. None recurred. Limits of this study: limited number of cases and small number of case- control studies or randomized studies for systematic review. Conclusions: We found moderate evidence level of association between transitory artheriopathy and VZV. In the series of cases, we observed the non-progressive aspect of the post-varicella AIS after four years, determined by the evaluation of motor, language and cognitive sequelae. We also observed that anti-viral DNA and/or the presence of intrathecal anti- VZV IgG antibodies were not determinants for the diagnosis. Therefore, we believe better diagnostic markers for post-varicella arterial ischemic stroke are necessary

<p>The cardiac troponins are the biochemical markers of choice for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and risk prediction in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). In this thesis, the role of early serial cardiac troponin I (cTnI) testing was assessed in fairly unselected patient populations admitted because of chest pain and participating in the FAST II-study (n=197) and the FASTER I-study (n=380). Additionally, the importance of cTnI testing in stable post-ACS patients from the FRISC II-study (n=1092) was studied.</p><p>The analyses in chest pain patients demonstrate that cTnI is very useful for early diagnostic and prognostic assessment. cTnI allowed already 2 hours after admission the reliable exclusion of AMI and the identification of low-risk patients when ECG findings and a renal marker such as cystatin C were added as conjuncts. Other biomarkers such as CK-MB, myoglobin, NT-pro BNP or CRP did not provide superior clinical information. However, myoglobin may be valuable in combination with cTnI results for the early prediction of an impending major AMI when used as input variable for an artificial neural network. Such an approach applying cTnI results only may also furthermore improve the early diagnosis of AMI.</p><p>Persistent cTnI elevation > 0.01 μg/L was detectable using a high-sensitive assay in 26% of the stable post-ACS patients from the FRISC II-study. NT-pro BNP levels at 6 months were the most important variable independently associated to persistent cTnI elevation besides male gender, indicating a relationship between adverse left ventricular remodeling processes and cTnI leakage. Patients with persistent cTnI elevation had a considerable risk for both mortality and AMI during 5 year follow-up. </p><p>These analyses thus, confirm the value of cTnI for early assessment of chest pain patients and provide new and unique evidence regarding the role of cTnI for risk prediction in post-ACS populations.</p>

The cardiac troponins are the biochemical markers of choice for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and risk prediction in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). In this thesis, the role of early serial cardiac troponin I (cTnI) testing was assessed in fairly unselected patient populations admitted because of chest pain and participating in the FAST II-study (n=197) and the FASTER I-study (n=380). Additionally, the importance of cTnI testing in stable post-ACS patients from the FRISC II-study (n=1092) was studied. The analyses in chest pain patients demonstrate that cTnI is very useful for early diagnostic and prognostic assessment. cTnI allowed already 2 hours after admission the reliable exclusion of AMI and the identification of low-risk patients when ECG findings and a renal marker such as cystatin C were added as conjuncts. Other biomarkers such as CK-MB, myoglobin, NT-pro BNP or CRP did not provide superior clinical information. However, myoglobin may be valuable in combination with cTnI results for the early prediction of an impending major AMI when used as input variable for an artificial neural network. Such an approach applying cTnI results only may also furthermore improve the early diagnosis of AMI. Persistent cTnI elevation &gt; 0.01 μg/L was detectable using a high-sensitive assay in 26% of the stable post-ACS patients from the FRISC II-study. NT-pro BNP levels at 6 months were the most important variable independently associated to persistent cTnI elevation besides male gender, indicating a relationship between adverse left ventricular remodeling processes and cTnI leakage. Patients with persistent cTnI elevation had a considerable risk for both mortality and AMI during 5 year follow-up. These analyses thus, confirm the value of cTnI for early assessment of chest pain patients and provide new and unique evidence regarding the role of cTnI for risk prediction in post-ACS populations.

Anoxia is an environmental stress that few air-breathing vertebrates can tolerate for more than a few minutes before extensive neurodegeneration occurs. Some facultative anaerobes, including the freshwater western painted turtle Chrysemys picta bellii, are able to coordinately reduce ATP demand to match reduced ATP availability during anoxia, and thus tolerate prolonged insults without apparent detriment. To reduce metabolic rate, turtle neurons undergo channel arrest and spike arrest to decrease membrane ion permeability and neuronal electrical excitability, respectively. However, although these adaptations have been documented in turtle brain, the mechanisms underlying channel and spike arrest are poorly understood. The aim of my research was to elucidate the cellular mechanisms that underlie channel and spike arrest and the neuroprotection they confer on the anoxic turtle brain. Using electrophysiological and fluorescent imaging techniques, I demonstrate for the first time that: 1) the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid receptor (AMPAR) undergoes anoxia-mediated channel arrest; 2) delta opioid receptors (DORs), and 3) mild mitochondrial uncoupling via mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K+ channels result in an increase in cytosolic calcium concentration and subsequent channel arrest of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor, preventing excitotoxic calcium entry, and 4) reducing nitric oxide (NO) production; 5) the cellular concentration of reactive oxygen species (ROS) decreases with anoxia and ROS bursts do not occur during reoxygenation; and 6) spike arrest occurs in the anoxic turtle cortex, and that this is regulated by increased neuronal conductance to chloride and potassium ions due to activation of γ–amino-butyric acid receptors (GABAA and GABAB respectively), which create an inhibitory electrical shunt to dampen neuronal excitation during anoxia. These mechanisms are individually critical since blockade of DORs or GABA receptors induce excitotoxic cell death in anoxic turtle neurons. Together, spike and channel arrest significantly reduce neuronal excitability and individually provide key contributions to the turtle’s long-term neuronal survival during anoxia. Since the turtle is the most anoxia-tolerant air-breathing vertebrate identified, these results suggest that multiple mechanisms of metabolic suppression acting in concert are essential to maximizing anoxia-tolerance.