CV Lattes
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Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP (HCFMUSP). Instituto do Coração Professor Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini (INCOR) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduation at Medicina from UNIVERSIDADE DE VASSOURAS (1990) and doctorate at Clinical Medicine from Universidade de São Paulo (1999). Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Cardiology, acting on the following subjects: doenças cardiovasculares-tratamento, cardiomiopatia chagásica, doença de chagas, doenças cardiovasculares-prevenção and polimorfismo genético. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Chagas' disease is a parasitic infection caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi). It is considered by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the 13 most neglected diseases in the world. Chagas cardiomyopathy is associated with significant heart failure, sudden death, often due to severe arrhythmias; and thromboembolic phenomena, whether peripheral or central. The PARAD…
Chagas's disease is a major cause of cardiomyopathy and heart failure in Brazil, causing myocardial dysfunction that is characterized by fibrosis and which is directly related to a complex cascade of pathways that interrelate, such as inflammation, oxidative stress and apoptosis. As well air pollution leads to intense activation of these pathways mentioned, amplifying and intensifying the…
Sympathectomy is a therapeutic modality used to treat certain diseases for decades. Recently, some studies suggest the application of this technique in the treatment of heart failure to replace the use of beta-blockers. However, its physiological effects upon the heart have been slightly studied. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of sympathectomy on variables related …
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