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Thirty-two patients presenting with varied coronary syndromes and anatomy were treated with a new coronary multisleeve drug delivery coronary stent (QuaDS-QP-2) containing up to 4,000 microg of a taxol-derived lipophilic microtubule inhibitor (QP2). The device was successfully implanted in 32 patients who have been followed for up to 2 years. Twenty-five patients have undergone stress ECHO or SPECT Thallium and all are currently asymptomatic. Thirteen patients have already been restudied angiographically, by IVUS and/or by SPECT Thallium testing and are detailed in this report. Angiographic, IVUS, and SPECT Thallium have been controlled at a mean of 11.2 months (range, 6-15 months) in this 13-patient cohort. Although all 13 QuaDS-QP-2 (QDES) stents were angiographically and IVUS patent, two reinterventions have been required in the 32-patient study group thus far, both relate to either new disease or to distal, small-vessel disease beyond the stent. There was no evidence of significant proliferation in the QDES devices. On the basis of this preliminary data and a European pilot study, a controlled randomized trial (SCORE) is currently in progress in western Europe.

The aim of this paper was to evaluate the accuracy of data on death certificates for occupation and main cause of death. Measure of agreement was assessed comparing data from death certificates with those from both medical records and next-of-kin interviews, analyzing information for 552 residents of Botucatu, Southeast Brazil, who died in 1997. Kappa coefficients of 0.31 (95% C.I. 0.29-0.34) and 0.76 (95% C.I. 0.75-0.76) (IC 95% 0,34). Para a concordância entre a causa básica declarada e o padrão-ouro, o coeficiente Kappa foi de 0,76 (IC 95% 0,77

ABMMNCs delivered with the helical needle transendocardial catheter was safe in this uncontrolled open label study. Increased EF and ETT support the safety of the procedure and technologies involved and warrant additional investigation.

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The aim of this study was to measure the incidence of high blood pressure (HBP) in a medium-size tannery in Botucatu, São Paulo State, southeast Brazil. A previous study at this tannery showed a high prevalence of arterial hypertension. A positive correlation was found between cumulated work time and arterial pressure. We followed a cohort of workers for seven years. At the end of this period, HBP incidence rate was calculated as 0.0964.year(-1). This was considered high compared to other occupational groups.

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