Thiago Andrade Macedo, Roberto Nery Dantas Júnior, Ismar Aguiar Marques Filho, Pedro Gabriel Melo de Barros e Silva, Liliane Gomes da Rocha, Bernardo Baptista da Cunha Lopes & Marcio Campos Sampaio·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2016
Carcinoid tumors are rare malignancies able to spread and produce bioactive humoral products, mainly serotonin, which is responsible for the Carcinoid Syndrome (CS); its features are: flushing, diarrhea, bronchospasm and valvular heart disease. The Carcinoid Heart Disease (CHD) i...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25952
Thiago Andrade Macedo, Antonio Claudio do Amaral Baruzzi, Pedro Gabriel de Melo Barros e Silva, Fabio Quartieri Alves, Renata Lopes Hames, Marcio Campos Sampaio, Jose Carlos Teixeira Garcia & Valter Furlan·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2015
Aims: In patients with infective endocarditis, with risk of embolization, early identification of parenchymal changes may suggest the risk of splenic rupture. Presentation of Case: A 68-year-old male presented with a history of 2 months of fever and also left upper quadrant pain...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2016/23389
Thiago Andrade Macedo, Antonio Claudio do Amaral Baruzzi, Pedro Gabriel Melo de Barros e Silva, Jose Carlos Teixeira Garcia, Marcio Campos Sampaio, Roberto Nery Dantas Jr, Liliane Gomes da Rocha, Bernardo Baptista da Cunha Lopes, Luciana de Padua Silva Baptista & Valter Furlan·International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports·2015
Aims: The use of fibrinolytic for the treatment of patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) reduces mortality but is associated with an increased risk of bleeding, especially when are performed in combination with invasive procedures. Presentation of Case:...
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Research Article10.9734/IJMPCR/2016/21752
Mariana Pezzute Lopes, Caio Rebouças Fonseca Cafezeiro, Daniela Calderaro, Luiz Junya Kajita, Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto, Henrique C. Simbo Muela & Thiago Andrade Macedo·Cardiology and Angiology: An International Journal·2019
Aim: Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis is one of the main causes of secondary hypertension and results in a progressive loss of renal function. This case reports recurrent hypertensive pulmonary edema and worsening renal function successfully treated with multiple percutaneou...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2019/v8i230098