Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
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Arq. Bras. Cardiol. · Sep 2006
Comparative StudySevere heart failure at intensive therapy unit--is there an ideal prognostic index?
To assess the applicability of three prognostic indexes--APACHE II, SAPS II and UNICAMP II--in a subgroup of critical heart failure (HF) patients. ⋯ The three prognostic indexes under study did not prove to be appropriate for the assessment of cardiopathy patients at Intensive Care Unit (ICU). For HF patients, PTE played a major role in mortality of heart failure. Specific prognostic indexes for cardiopathy patients with severe HF should be proposed, and the discussion on anticoagulation on those patients should be expanded.
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Arq. Bras. Cardiol. · Sep 2006
C-reactive protein diagnostic and prognostic value in patients presenting at the emergency room with chest pain.
To test immediate diagnostic and prognostic values of C-reactive protein (CRP) in patients admitted to the emergency room (ER) with chest pain (CP) without ST-segment elevation on the electrocardiogram (ECG). ⋯ In patients with chest pain presenting at the emergency room, s-CRP was not a good marker of AMI, although this diagnosis is virtually excluded by a normal value; in addition, values one-third above the upper limit of normal (>1 mg/L for hs-CRP or >0.33 mg/dL for t-CRP) were predictive of in-hospital adverse cardiac events.