ABC | Volume 110, Nº4, April 2018

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - Volume 110, Nº 4, April 2018 A JOURNAL OF SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE CARDIOLOGIA - Published since 1948 Contents Editorial Ablação de Fibrilação Atrial por Cateter em Pacientes com Insuficiência Cardíaca Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Heart Failure Mauricio Scanavacca e Edimar Alcides Bocchi .....................................................................................................................................................................page 300 Original Articles Cardiogeriatrics Heart Rate and its Variability Assessed by Spectral Analysis in Elderly Subjects with Orthostatic Hypotension: A Case‑Control Study Rose Mary Ferreira Lisboa da Silva, Carlos Eduardo de Souza Miranda, Maira Tonidandel Barbosa, Maria Aparecida Camargos Bicalho .....................................................................................................................................................................page 303 Cardiac Surgery – Adults Mid-Term Results of Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Valvular Heart Disease Assesed by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Natalia Lorenzo, Irene Mendez, Mikel Taibo, Gianfranco Martinis, Sara Badia, Guillermo Reyes, Rio Aguilar .....................................................................................................................................................................page 312 Short-Term and Mid-Term Clinical Outcomes Following Hybrid Coronary Revascularization vs. Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass: A Meta-Analysis Li Dong, Yi-kun Kang, Xiang-guang An .....................................................................................................................................................................page 321 Short Editorial Better Technology, More Spending, Worse Outcomes Whady Hueb .....................................................................................................................................................................page 331 Acute Coronary Syndrome Association of Monocyte Count on Admission with the Angiographic Thrombus Burden in Patients with ST‑Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Zuoyan Wang, Na Liu, Lihui Ren, Licheng Lei, Huiming Ye, Jianjun Peng .....................................................................................................................................................................page 333