Rev. argent. cardiol. - vol.76 issue4

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Rev. argent. cardiol. vol.76 no.4 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires July/Aug. 2008

Editorials

	· Enfermedad de Chagas: tratamiento parasiticida y criterios de curación Mitelman, Jorge E. · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

	· Utilización de prótesis valvulares biológicas en posición aórtica Domenech, Alberto · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

	· Oportunidad quirúrgica en la insuficiencia mitral grave asintomática Grancelli, Hugo · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

Regional pathologies

	· Immunological Assessment of Benznidazol Therapy in Chronic Chagas Disease Bertocchi, Graciela L.; Álvarez, María G.; Pérez, Damián; Armenti, Alejandro; Viotti, Rodolfo J.; Lococo, Bruno; Petti, Marcos; Postan, Miriam; Albareda, María C.; Laucella, Susana A.; Tarleton, Rick L. · abstract in English \| Spanish · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

Cardiovascular surgery

	· Biological Aortic Valve Replacement: Long-Term Follow- Up and Predictors of Mortality, Rehospitalization and Reintervention Piccinini, Fernando; Vrancic, Juan M.; Vaccarino, Guillermo; Raich, Hernán D.; Thierer, Jorge; Navia, Daniel O. · abstract in English \| Spanish · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

Basic sciences

	· Index of Pressure Wave Reflection Assessed from Radial Pulse Wave Analysis Clara, Fernando M.; Casarini, Alfredo; Scandurra, Adriana G.; Meschino, Gustavo J.; Introzzi, Aníbal R. · abstract in English \| Spanish · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

Echocardiography

	· Effect of Effective Arterial Elastance on Left Ventricular Systolic Function in Severe Valvular Aortic Stenosis Migliore, Ricardo A.; Adaniya, María E.; Barranco, Miguel; Bruzzese, Martín; Miramont, Guillermo; Guerrero, Florencio T.; Tamagusuku, Horacio; Sinisi, Alfredo · abstract in English \| Spanish · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

Valve disease

	· Risk Stratification in Severe and Asymptomatic Mitral Valve Insufficiency: How Could Patients with Adverse Outcomes Be Identified? Falconi, Mariano L.; Oberti, Pablo F.; Arias, Aníbal; Achilli, Federico; Tewel, Fredes; Funes, Diego; Pizarro, Rodolfo; Krauss, Juan G.; Cagide, Arturo M. · abstract in English \| Spanish · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

Brief report

	· Diagnostic Accuracy of Mortality on a Population of Heart Transplant Patients Amuchástegui (H), Marcos; Contreras, Alejandro E.; Salomone, Oscar; Diller, Ana; Estrada, Carlos; Paladini, Guillermo; Amuchástegui, Marcos · abstract in English \| Spanish · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

Controversy

	· La combinación de inhibidores de la enzima convertidora y bloqueantes cálcicos es el tratamiento de elección para reducir el riesgo cardiovascular en pacientes hipertensos Fábregues, Guillermo; Díaz, Mónica · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

Images in cardiology

	· Embolia de pulmón confirmada por angiotomografía de tórax Levin, Ricardo; Degrange, Marcela; Porcile, Rafael · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

Review article

	· Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Modelling of Antihypertensive Drugs: Its Application to Clinical Practice Höcht, Christian; Mayer, Marcos A.; Opezzo, Javier A. W.; Bertera, Facundo M.; Taira, Carlos A. · abstract in English \| Spanish · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

Case reports

	· Severe Pericardial Effusion: Percutaneous Balloon Pericardial Window Oxilia Estigarribia, María A.; Miano, Jorge; Scattini, Gabriel; Ramírez, Félix; Peñaloza, Norberto; Bruno, Carlos A.; Medrano, Juan · abstract in English \| Spanish · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

	· Undersensing of Spontaneous Ventricular Fibrillation as a Cause of Sudden Death in a Child Galizio, Néstor O.; Fava, Gustavo M.; González, José L.; Medesani, Luís A.; Fraguas, Hugo; Comtesse, Daniel; Arroyo, Graciela · abstract in English \| Spanish · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

Book reviews

	· Evidencias en Cardiología: De los ensayos clínicos a las conductas terapéuticas Iglesias, Ricardo · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

In memoriam

	· Francisco Javier Romano Milei, José · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

SAC President's letter

	· La importancia de la recertificación profesional Mele, Eduardo · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )

rac Director's letter

	· Más allá del sentimiento de empatía: La necesidad de una conducta profesional Doval, Hernán C. · text in Spanish · English ( pdf ) \| Spanish ( pdf )