SummaryBackground: Central anthropometric indexes are better than the body mass index to discriminate elevated coronary risk. However, the Body Mass Index (BMI) is still the most frequently studied anthropometric index on outcomes of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PCI).

Cir Cardiovasc 2008; 23(2): 183-189

Sixty-three-year-old woman with a past medical history of uterine cancer and complaint of fatigue and dyspnea on mild exertion. Physical examination revealed hypertension and rales at lung bases. A transthoracic echocardiogram showed a mass with reduced mobility in the right ventricle. The patient was taken to surgery during which a mass involving the anterior wall of the pulmonary artery, tricuspid valve, right atrium, and posterior wall of the right ventricle was found. The pulmonary artery and the right ventricle were reconstructed with a bovine pericardium patch and the tricuspid valve was replaced by a number-31 biological prosthesis. The pathological examination revealed metastasis of squamous cells with well-differentiated infiltrative areas. The patient was discharged one month after surgery. Four months later, however, she was readmitted to hospital in terminal stage, confirming the guarded prognosis of the disease at this stage. Cardiac metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix are uncommon findings; however their diagnosis and successful surgical treatment are even rarer.Among the several different types of neoplasia that may affect the heart, secondary tumors are 40 times more common than primary tumors 1 and the most varied types of tumors may attack the heart The main tumors to metastasize to the heart are, in descending order, melanoma, leukemias, bronchogenic tumors, and breast cancer. Metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is one of the less frequent metastases, occurring in 5.9% of the cases 2 .The metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix is one of the less common secondary tumors and it is difficult to be diagnosed; most of them are only found in autopsies. When symptomatic, it may cause arrhythmias, and may lead to complete heart block, pericardial tamponade, congestion due to myocardial replacement by tumor cells, intracardiac obstructions, myocardial infarction, peripheral embolism, and others. True myocardial infiltration or a simple intracardiac extension of the vena cava or of the pulmonary vein may occur 3 .In the present case, we report the in vivo diagnosis and the importance of considering cardiac metastasis in carcinoma of the uterine cervix, since this is a common disease among women and the symptoms of metastases are unspecific. Case ReportFemale, 63 years of age, born in the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, was referred to the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of a University Hospital in the city of Curitiba with a previous diagnosis of cardiac tumor and past medical history of uterine cervix cancer diagnosed at the age of 30 after three miscarriages, and treated with surgical resection (conization), 35 sessions of radiation therapy, and 3 sessions of chemotherapy.Two months prior to the hospitalization for evaluation of the cardiac tumor mass, the patient underwent angioplasty, and the obstruction of the anterior descending coronary artery was reduced by 80%. At admission she complained of fatigue and dyspnea on mild ...

The coronary artery fistulas (CAF) are rare and often found occasionally. The conventional treatment can be made by surgical closure with median thoracotomy or with embolization by catheterization. We describe an innovative technique to ligature of CAF, on a full endoscopy. Women, 45 years with symptomatic fistula between coronary artery anterior descending and trunk artery pulmonary, which took thoracoscopy left, pericardiotomy and ligation of fistula with metal clip without thoracotomy. There were no complications, stayed 24 hours in the ICU and was in hospital 4 days. The technique was effective, allows easy surgical accessibility and quick post-operative recovery.Descriptors: Arterio-arterial fistula, surgery. Pulmonary artery, pathology. Coronary vessel anomalies, surgery. Video-assisted surgery. Resumo As fístulas da artéria coronária (FAC) são raras e, muitas vezes, achado ocasional. O tratamento convencional é realizado por fechamento cirúrgico com toracotomia mediana ou por meio de embolização por procedimento hemodinâmico. Descrevemos uma técnica inovadora para ligadura da FAC de forma totalmente endoscópica. Mulher, 45 anos, com fístula sintomática entre artéria coronária descendente anterior e tronco de artéria pulmonar onde se realizou toracoscopia esquerda, pericardiotomia e ligadura do pertuito com clipe metálico. Não houve intercorrência, a paciente permaneceu 24 horas na UTI e teve alta hospitalar no 4º dia. A técnica foi efetiva, permitiu fácil acessibilidade cirúrgica e rápida recuperação pós-operatória.

IBackground: No evidence supports obesity cutoff points recommended by literature for the Brazilian population. Some female/male known cutoff points are: waist circumference (WC) 80/90cm, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) 0.80/0.90, conicity index (CI) 1.18/1.25, body mass index (BMI) 30. These cutoff points need to be validated for the Brazilian population as prognostic after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Objective: To verify cutoff points of obesity anthropometric indexes in this population and to compare them to International Diabetes Federation values for Latin America in determining MACE after PCI. Methods: 308 patients (mean age 61.92 ± 11.06 years old, 60.7% men) undergoing successful PCI. Six months after, patients were contacted for clinical follow-up. MACE included death, acute myocardial infarction, cardiac surgery, reintervention or evidence of myocardial ischemia in a non-invasive test. Patients were divided into 2 groups: group 1 (with MACE, n = 91), Group 2 (without MACE, n = 217). In order to obtain cutoff points, ROC curves were plotted based on anthropometric indexes and MACE. Results: The cutoff points obtained for women were: WC 102cm, WHR 0.93, CI 1.18 and BMI 24.53. Compared with IDF values, WC and WHR obtained had more specificity (76.83% X 31.71% and 43.9% X 7.32%), BMI had more sensibility (66.67% X 20.51%). For men, the cutoff points were: WC 102 cm, WHR 0.94, CI 1.24 and BMI 24.98. WC and WHR had more specificity (69.63% X 45.19% and 7.41% X 2.94%). BMI and CI had more sensibility (65.38% X 28.85% and 55.77% X 53.85%). Conclusion: Cutoff points of anthropometric indexes of this population that better correlate with MACE are different than the RESUMO