The Beginning of Heart Transplantation in Ceará The first heart transplant in Ceará occurred in the “cyclosporine era” at Hospital Antônio Prudente on February 20, 1993. The team consisted of surgeons José Glauco Lobo Filho (), João Martins de Souza Torres, Francisco Martins de Oliveira, José Maria Furtado Memória Junior, and Haroldo Brasil Barroso, in addition to Dr. Ricardo Lagreca (Natal/RN) as part of the Northeast Program for Heart Transplantation (NE-Tx). João David de Souza () Neto was the clinical […]

Abstract Background: Patients with advanced heart disease have impaired cognitive abilities and higher probability of depressive symptoms. These factors contribute to negative outcomes of treatment, such as the development of comorbidities, higher hospitalization and mortality rates, poor treatment compliance and self-care, and decrease in quality of life and functionality. Objective: To describe the prevalence and to evaluate the impact of cognitive frailty in patients in the waiting list of heart transplantation, with death while waiting transplantation and priority transplantation as […]