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<journal-id>1726-6718</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Anestesiología y Reanimación]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev cuba anestesiol reanim]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1726-6718</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1726-67182012000200006</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Péptido natriurético cerebral y su pro-hormona como predictor de riesgo cardiovascular en cirugía no cardiaca]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Cerebral natriuretic peptide and its pro-hormone as predictor of cardiovascular risk in non-cardiac surgery]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Correa Padilla]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge Miguel]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Centro de Investigaciones Médico Quirúrgicas  ]]></institution>
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<month>08</month>
<year>2012</year>
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<month>08</month>
<year>2012</year>
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<volume>11</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>107</fpage>
<lpage>115</lpage>
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<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Introduction: The prevalence of the cardiovascular disease increases with age and the major non-cardiac surgery is associated with a high risk of early cardiovascular complications. Objectives: To make an updating on the usefulness of the cerebral natriuretic peptide and the terminal fraction of its pro-hormone as a predictor of the cardiovascular risk in non-cardiac surgery. Development: Traditionally is has been proposed that the imbalance among factors modifying the contribution/consumption of 02 at myocardial level, as well as the hemoglobin levels and the plate vulnerability are the factor with a great incidence in the appearance of perioperative cardiac complications. In past years, the usefulness of both peptides in diagnosis and prognosis of patients presenting with a cardiac failure, have lead to a great interest on its potential use as prognosis in the appearance of postoperative cardiovascular complications. Complications: Both natriuretic peptides are a significant tool in prediction or cardiovascular morbility and mortality in non-cardiac surgery and also are independent cardiovascular risk factors with a high sensitivity and specificity.]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p align="right"><font face="verdana" size="2"><B>ART&Iacute;CULO DE REVISI&Oacute;N    </B></font></p>     <p><B> </B></p> <B>     <P>      <P><font face="verdana" size="2"> <font size="4">P&eacute;ptido natriur&eacute;tico    cerebral y su pro-hormona como predictor de riesgo cardiovascular en cirug&iacute;a    no cardiaca</font></font>     <P>&nbsp;     <P><font face="verdana" size="3">Cerebral natriuretic peptide and its pro-hormone    as predictor of cardiovascular risk in non-cardiac surgery</font>     <P>&nbsp;     <P>&nbsp;  </B>     <P>      <P><b><font face="verdana" size="2">MSc. Dr. Jorge Miguel Correa Padilla</font></b>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P><font face="verdana" size="2">Hospital Centro de Investigaciones M&eacute;dico    Quir&uacute;rgicas (CIMEQ). </font>     <P>&nbsp;     <P>      <P>      <P>      <P>      <P><font face="verdana" size="2">Especialista de Primer Grado en MGI. Especialista    de Segundo Grado en Anestesiolog&iacute;a y Reanimaci&oacute;n. Instructor.    Hospital CIMEQ. Email. <a href="mailto:jorge.correa@infomed.sld.cu">jorge.correa@infomed.sld.cu</a>    </font>     <P>&nbsp;     <P><B></B> <B></B>  <hr> <B>     <P>      ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P>      <P><font face="verdana" size="2">RESUMEN </font>     <P>  </B>      <P><font face="verdana" size="2"><B>Introducci&oacute;n: </b>la prevalencia de    enfermedad cardiovascular aumenta con la edad y la cirug&iacute;a no cardiaca    mayor se asocia con un alto riesgo de complicaciones cardiovasculares tempranas.    <B>    <br>   Objetivos: </B>hacer una puesta al d&iacute;a sobre la utilidad del p&eacute;ptido    natriur&eacute;tico cerebral y la fracci&oacute;n terminal de su pro-hormona    como predictor de riesgo cardiovascular en cirug&iacute;a no cardiaca. <B>    <br>   Desarrollo: </B>tradicionalmente se ha planteado que el disbalance entre los    factores que modifiquen el aporte/consumo de O2 a nivel mioc&aacute;rdico, as&iacute;    como los niveles de hemoglobina y la vulnerabilidad de la placa, son los factores    de mayor incidencia en la aparici&oacute;n de complicaciones cardiacas perioperatorias.    En los &uacute;ltimos a&ntilde;os, la utilidad de ambos p&eacute;ptidos en el    diagn&oacute;stico y pron&oacute;stico de los pacientes con falla cardiaca,    ha generado un gran inter&eacute;s en su uso potencial como pron&oacute;stico    en la aparici&oacute;n de complicaciones cardiovasculares postoperatorias. <B>    <br>   Conclusiones: </B>ambos p&eacute;ptidos natriur&eacute;ticos son una herramienta    importante en la predicci&oacute;n de la morbimortalidad de causa cardiovascular    en la cirug&iacute;a no cardiaca y adem&aacute;s son factores independientes    de riesgo cardiovascular con una alta sensibilidad y especificidad. </font>      <P>      <P><font face="verdana" size="2"><B>Palabras claves:</B> cirug&iacute;a no cardiaca,    p&eacute;ptido natriur&eacute;tico cerebral, fracci&oacute;n terminal de su    pro-hormona, complicaciones cardiovasculares. </font> <hr>     <P>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P><b><font face="verdana" size="2">ABSTRACT</font></b>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Introduction:</b> the prevalence of the cardiovascular    disease increases with age and the major non-cardiac surgery is associated with    a high risk of early cardiovascular complications.    <br>   <b>Objectives:</b> to make an updating on the usefulness of the cerebral natriuretic    peptide and the terminal fraction of its pro-hormone as a predictor of the cardiovascular    risk in non-cardiac surgery.    <br>   <b>Development:</b> traditionally is has been proposed that the imbalance among    factors modifying the contribution/consumption of 02 at myocardial level, as    well as the hemoglobin levels and the plate vulnerability are the factor with    a great incidence in the appearance of perioperative cardiac complications.    In past years, the usefulness of both peptides in diagnosis and prognosis of    patients presenting with a cardiac failure, have lead to a great interest on    its potential use as prognosis in the appearance of postoperative cardiovascular    complications.    <br>   <b>Complications:</b> both natriuretic peptides are a significant tool in prediction    or cardiovascular morbility and mortality in non-cardiac surgery and also are    independent cardiovascular risk factors with a high sensitivity and specificity.</font>      <P><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Key words: </b>non-cardiac surgery, cerebral    natriuretic peptide, terminal fraction of its pro-hormone, cardiovascular complications.</font> <hr>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">    <br>   </font>     <P>&nbsp;     <P>      ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P>      <P>      <P>      <P>      <P>      <P>      <P>      <P>      <P><font face="verdana" size="3"><B>INTRODUCCI&Oacute;N</B> </font>     <P>      ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P><font face="verdana" size="2">La prevalencia de enfermedad cardiovascular aumenta    con la edad y en Cuba hasta el a&ntilde;o 2010 el porcentaje de habitantes mayores    de 65 a&ntilde;os era 17.8 %<FONT  COLOR="#ff0000">;</FONT> se estima que para el 2030 ser&aacute; de 30.8 %. (1).    Coincidentemente, este es el grupo en el cual se realizan la mayor cantidad    de procederes quir&uacute;rgicos. (2); por lo tanto, es imaginable que el n&uacute;mero    de cirug&iacute;as no cardiacas realizadas a estos pacientes, aumentar&aacute;    en nuestro pa&iacute;s en los pr&oacute;ximos a&ntilde;os. </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">La cirug&iacute;a no cardiaca mayor (cirug&iacute;a    abdominal mayor, neurocirug&iacute;a, cirug&iacute;a tor&aacute;cica y cirug&iacute;a    vascular mayor) se asocia con un alto riesgo de complicaciones cardiovasculares    tempranas. (3,4). La evaluaci&oacute;n preoperatoria del paciente que va a ser    intervenido quir&uacute;rgicamente de cirug&iacute;a no cardiaca es com&uacute;n    en la pr&aacute;ctica cl&iacute;nica de internistas, cirujanos y por supuesto    anestesi&oacute;logos. Tradicionalmente hemos estado atentos a mejorar los resultados    perioperatorios, bas&aacute;ndonos fundamentalmente en la prevenci&oacute;n,    diagn&oacute;stico, y tratamiento de la isquemia mioc&aacute;rdica, con limitado    &eacute;xito.(5-8). </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2"> Estos pacientes, tienen una alta incidencia    de enfermedad coronaria, la cual es la primera causa de complicaciones cardiacas    perioperatorias tales como muerte s&uacute;bita, infarto agudo del miocardio    (IMA), angina inestable, edema pulmonar y arritmias ventriculares severas, complicaciones    que son causas de morbimortalidad potencialmente evitables en este tipo de pacientes.    (9, 10). </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">A pesar que la isquemia mioc&aacute;rdica y la    reducci&oacute;n de la funci&oacute;n del ventr&iacute;culo izquierdo, son las    mayores determinantes de complicaciones cardiacas en estos pacientes, los ex&aacute;menes    diagn&oacute;sticos preoperatorios utilizados en la actualidad no son estad&iacute;sticamente    suficientes para predecir con certeza estas complicaciones.(11,12), pues un    gran n&uacute;mero de estos pacientes se mantienen asintom&aacute;ticos y adem&aacute;s,    aquellos con disfunci&oacute;n diast&oacute;lica del ventr&iacute;culo izquierdo    (VI) pueden tener una fracci&oacute;n de eyecci&oacute;n (FEVI) dentro de valores    normales<FONT COLOR="#ff0000">.</FONT> (13) </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">Constituye el objetivo de este art&iacute;culo,    hacer una puesta al d&iacute;a sobre la utilidad del p&eacute;ptido natriur&eacute;tico    cerebral y la fracci&oacute;n terminal de su pro-hormona como predictor de riesgo    cardiovascular en cirug&iacute;a no cardiaca.</font>     <P>&nbsp;     <P>     <p><font face="verdana" size="3"><B>DESARROLLO </B></font></p>     <p><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Bases fisiol&oacute;gicas de los p&eacute;ptidos    natriur&eacute;ticos</b></font></p> <B></B>      <P><font face="verdana" size="2"><B>El sistema de p&eacute;ptidos natriur&eacute;ticos.    </b>A mediados de la d&eacute;cada de 1950, se tuvo la certeza de que el coraz&oacute;n    funcionaba como un &oacute;rgano endocrino cuando se detectaron gr&aacute;nulos    secretorios en la aur&iacute;cula de animales de experimentaci&oacute;n. A&ntilde;os    despu&eacute;s se observ&oacute; que la administraci&oacute;n de homogenizado    de aur&iacute;cula a ratas, provocaba un aumento del volumen urinario y natriuresis.    En 1984, se identific&oacute; la estructura del p&eacute;ptido atrial natriur&eacute;tico    (ANP). (14). </font>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P><font face="verdana" size="2">El ANP, el p&eacute;ptido natriur&eacute;tico    tipo-B (BNP), el p&eacute;ptido natriur&eacute;tico tipo-C (CNP) y la urodilatina    constituyen la familia de p&eacute;ptidos natriur&eacute;ticos (PN). El BNP    tiene funciones natriur&eacute;ticas al igual que el ANP y si bien fue primariamente    identificado en el cerebro, tambi&eacute;n lo ha sido en el coraz&oacute;n,    principalmente en los ventr&iacute;culos de pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca    (IC). En sujetos normales, los miocitos cardiacos y los fibroblastos<FONT  COLOR="#ff0000"> </FONT>(involucrados recientemente en este mecanismo) ubicados    en las aur&iacute;culas son el principal sitio de origen de dichos p&eacute;ptidos.    (15, 16). </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2"><B>Funci&oacute;n, producci&oacute;n y aclaramiento<FONT  COLOR="#ff0000"> </FONT>del BNP. </B>El stress ventricular, o sea el estiramiento    del m&uacute;sculo card&iacute;aco, como consecuencia de la sobrecarga de volumen    y presi&oacute;n y la hipoxia (recientemente descubierta como causante de este    est&iacute;mulo) (17,18) provocan una mayor expresi&oacute;n del RNA mensajero    y una mayor s&iacute;ntesis de PN. La expresi&oacute;n del gen del BNP (ubicado    en el cromosoma 1) es inducido en aproximadamente una hora en respuesta a sobrecarga    de presi&oacute;n y volumen. El primer producto que se sintetiza es una preprohormona    de 32 amino&aacute;cidos (AA), que luego es procesada en un precursor proteico    de 108 AA, el pro BNP. (19). Posteriormente, la endoproteasa furina, cliva al    pro-BNP y se generan dos p&eacute;ptidos biol&oacute;gicamente activos: el BNP    y un fragmento terminal, el NT-pro-BNP. Cuando existe sobrecarga de volumen    o de presi&oacute;n, el BNP es sintetizado y constituye un mecanismo protector    en estas situaciones. Por lo tanto, el aumento del mismo es un marcador de disfunci&oacute;n    cardiaca y stress. Estos no son las &uacute;nicos casos en los que se encuentra    un valor elevado del BNP. (20) </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">Desde el punto de vista fisiol&oacute;gico, el    BNP, tiene efecto en la respuesta adaptativa al estr&eacute;s cardiaco. Modula    el sistema cardiovascular, limita la hipertrofia mioc&aacute;rdica, provoca    vasodilataci&oacute;n perif&eacute;rica e incrementando la permeabilidad endotelial.    En el ri&ntilde;&oacute;n, produce una inhibici&oacute;n en la producci&oacute;n    de renina y aldosterona, lo cual resulta en un aumento de la diuresis y la natriuresis.    A nivel del sistema nervioso central inhibe la entrada de agua y sodio y adem&aacute;s    la secreci&oacute;n de vasopresina est&aacute; facilitada. (21) Estos efectos    son mediados a trav&eacute;s de los receptores A y B de los PN. (22) Los receptores    tipo C, junto con las neuropeptidasas limpian los p&eacute;ptidos de la circulaci&oacute;n.    (23) </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">En individuos sanos, la concentraci&oacute;n    en sangre del BNP es menos de 20 % que la del ANP, pero en la falla cardiaca    las concentraciones del primero exceden a las del ANP. Adem&aacute;s el BNP    pr&aacute;cticamente no se expresa en el miocardio normal, por lo que es m&aacute;s    espec&iacute;fico que el ANP para evaluar pacientes con complicaciones cardiacas.    Por lo tanto, este mayor rango de concentraciones y su especificidad en situaciones    de falla cardiaca ha motivado que el uso de BNP sea m&aacute;s frecuente que    el del ANP en la pr&aacute;ctica habitual. Por otra parte, el ANP se almacena    en gr&aacute;nulos y su liberaci&oacute;n se efect&uacute;a en forma epis&oacute;dica,    provocando grandes variaciones en la determinaci&oacute;n de sus niveles. (24,25)    </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">El NT-pro-BNP tiene una concentraci&oacute;n    similar al BNP en individuos normales, pero en situaciones de Insuficiencia    cardiaca (IC), los valores de NT-pro-BNP superan hasta 4 veces los de BNP. La    vida media del BNP es de 20 minutos y la del NT-pro-BNP es de 90 minutos. La    eliminaci&oacute;n de ambos p&eacute;ptidos se produce en parte por v&iacute;a    renal y por la proteolisis de las peptidasas y por los receptores de los PN.    (26, 27). </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2"><B>Niveles del p&eacute;ptido natriur&eacute;tico.    </B>Es muy importante tener presente que los valores se modifican de acuerdo    a edad y sexo, ya que los niveles se incrementan con la edad y son m&aacute;s    elevados en la mujeres, como consecuencia de la supresi&oacute;n androg&eacute;nica    de las s&iacute;ntesis del pro-BNP. (28) El &iacute;ndice de masa corporal (IMC)    aumentado disminuye los niveles del mismo relacionado aparentemente con un aumento    en el aclaramiento del p&eacute;ptido. (29,30) </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">Basado en investigaciones recientes ha sido com&uacute;nmente    aceptado que el aclaramiento plasm&aacute;tico del NT-pro-BNP depende m&aacute;s    de la funci&oacute;n renal que el del BNP. (31,32), aunque en la enfermedad    renal cr&oacute;nica, seg&uacute;n estudios m&aacute;s recientes, no se han    encontrado diferencias entre ambos. (31) </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2"><B>Pro-BNP y NT-pro-BNP en anestesia. </B>Tradicionalmente    se ha planteado que el disbalance entre los factores que modifican el aporte/consumo    de O<SUB>2</SUB> a nivel mioc&aacute;rdico, as&iacute; como los niveles de hemoglobina    y la vulnerabilidad de la placa de ateroma, son los factores de mayor incidencia    en la aparici&oacute;n de complicaciones cardiacas perioperatorias. En los &uacute;ltimos    a&ntilde;os, la eficacia de la medici&oacute;n del NT-pro-BNP en el diagn&oacute;stico    y pron&oacute;stico de los pacientes con falla cardiaca, ha generado un gran    inter&eacute;s en su uso potencial como pron&oacute;stico de los resultados    cardiovasculares en el per&iacute;odo perioperatorio.</font>     <P>&nbsp;     <P><font face="verdana" size="2"><B>Causas de elevaci&oacute;n del Pro- y NT-pro-BNP.    </B>(32) </font>     ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<P>      <P><font face="verdana" size="2"><B>Valores preoperatorios de Pro-BNP y NT-pro-BNP    y riesgo de complicaciones cardiacas. </B>La mayor&iacute;a de los estudios    realizados en pacientes intervenidos quir&uacute;rgicamente por no cardiaca,    difieren en el nivel a partir del cual pueden aparecer las diferentes complicaciones    cardiacas (muerte de causa cardiaca, infarto agudo del miocardio (IMA) no fatal,    insuficiencia cardiaca, edema pulmonar agudo y arritmias cardiacas. </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">En una investigaci&oacute;n donde se estudiaron    1593 pacientes (35), el Pro-BNP fue identificado como predictor de riesgo cardiaco    independiente y el n&uacute;mero. de complicaciones cardiacas estudiadas hasta    los primeros 30 d&iacute;as, ocurri&oacute; en 6 % de los casos, los cuales    ten&iacute;an valores preoperatorios del p&eacute;ptido mayor de 189 pg/ml.    Interesantemente, en esta investigaci&oacute;n, hubo un total de 36 pacientes    con valores &gt;460 pg/ml, los cuales no fueron incluidos en este estudio, les    fue cancelada la cirug&iacute;a como resultado directo de la elevaci&oacute;n    del Pro-BNP y fueron enviados a consulta de cardiolog&iacute;a para reajustar    tratamiento. </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">Kim y col (36), estudiaron los valores de Pro-BNP    en 163 pacientes sin enfermedades cardiovasculares y con funci&oacute;n sist&oacute;lica    del VI conservada, que fueron operados de cirug&iacute;a no cardiaca mayor,    encontrando que 8 % de los pacientes present&oacute; complicaciones cardiacas    (IC, IMA no fatal y fatal), el valor promedio de Pro-BNP en estos casos fue    130.6 &#177;148.8, pero se observ&oacute; que la menor concentraci&oacute;n    del p&eacute;ptido encontrada en estos casos fue de 100 pg/ml. </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">En otra investigaci&oacute;n realizada por Cuthbertson    y col (37) en 209 pacientes que tambi&eacute;n fueron operados de cirug&iacute;a    no cardiaca mayor, determinaron que concentraciones preoperatorias mayores de    40 pg/ml de Pro-BNP, se asociaban a un riesgo incrementado de elevaci&oacute;n    postoperatoria de los valores de troponina (<FONT  COLOR="#292526">cTnI &gt;0.32 ng/ml)</FONT> y de aparici&oacute;n de ondas anormales    en el EKG. Esta misma investigaci&oacute;n fue continuada por los autores por    654 d&iacute;as, tiempo durante el cual 33 (16 %) pacientes fallecieron, 17    de estos 33, fallecieron directamente por causa cardiaca y fueron los que mayores    niveles de Pro-BNP preoperatorio ten&iacute;an (&gt;35 pg/ml). (38)</font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">Berry y col (39) evaluaron 41 pacientes intervenidos    de cirug&iacute;a vascular mayor, y determinaron que los valores medios preoperatorios    de Pro-BNP en los 11 pacientes que experimentaron IMA fatal o no postoperatorio    fueron de 240 pg/ml; sin embargo, el menor valor registrado en ellos fue 120    pg/ml. A pesar de esto, los autores definieron que con cifras &gt;100 pg/ml,    el riesgo de complicaciones cardiacas aumentaba. </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">Schutt y col (40) evaluaron los niveles preoperatorios    y postoperatorios (d&iacute;as 1 y 3) de NT-pro-BNP en 83 pacientes mayores    de 50 a&ntilde;os, con al menos un factor de riesgo de enfermedad coronaria,    intervenidos de cirug&iacute;a no cardiaca de alto y moderado riesgo. Durante    el mes siguiente a la cirug&iacute;a, 25 pacientes (33 %) tuvieron alg&uacute;n    evento cardiovascular, divididos en: IC (20 %), arritmias (16 %), IMA (9 %)    y paro cardiaco (4 %), todos ellos tuvieron niveles preoperatorios del p&eacute;ptido    &gt;457 pg/ml, adem&aacute;s 64 de 72 pacientes (89 %) tuvieron niveles postoperatorios    mayores que los medidos antes de la cirug&iacute;a, lo que puede aparecer incluso    en ausencia de manifestaciones cl&iacute;nicas de enfermedad cardiovascular.    </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">En un estudio realizado por Goei y col (41) se    midieron los niveles de NT-pro-BNP en 144 pacientes intervenidos de cirug&iacute;a    vascular mayor y perif&eacute;rica. En los pacientes con seguimiento durante    13 meses, los valores medios de NT-pro BNP preoperatorios fueron de 314 pg/ml,    elev&aacute;ndose a niveles medios de 1,505 pg/ml antes que fueran dados de    alta. Durante este per&iacute;odo 29 (20 %) de los pacientes murieron y de ellos    27 (93 %) de causa cardiovascular. La diferencia en los valores medios de los    que murieron con los que sobrevivieron fue de 665 pg/ml comparado con 5,336    pg/ml. </font>     <P><font face="verdana" size="2">Yeh y col (42) estudiaron 190 pacientes que requirieron    anestesia general para cirug&iacute;a no cardiaca electiva, de los cuales 15    tuvieron complicaciones cardiacas postoperatorias: 1 paciente falleci&oacute;,    4 tuvieron s&iacute;ndrome coronario agudo (se incluye el que muri&oacute;),    13 presentaron insuficiencia cardiaca congestiva y 2 de los 13, tuvieron s&iacute;ndrome    coronario agudo. 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