IJCS | Volume 33, Nº1, January / February 2019

SUMARY 1 3 12 14 22 24 34 36 43 45 • Editorial Coarctation of the Aorta: Its Importance for Pediatricians and Cardiologists............................................................... Gesmar Volga Haddad Herdy • Original Article Coarctation of The Aorta: A Case-Series from a Tertiary Care Hospital.............................................................................. Joaquim Barreto, Juliana Roda, Carlos Wustemberg Germano, Ana Paula Damiano, Thiago Quinaglia • Editorial Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin Use, and Infective Endocarditis............................................................................................. Rubens Antunes Cruz Filho • Original Article Association between Insulin use and Infective Endocarditis: An Observational Study. ........................................... Renato Lott Bezerra, Thales Figueiredo de Carvalho, Ricardo dos Santos Batista, Yago Machado da Silva, Bruno Fiuza Campos, João Henrique Máximo de Castro, Matheus de CarvalhoAlves, Pedro Ivo Palhares Monteiro, RaimundoMatos Bezerra Filho, Eduardo Luis Guimarães Machado • Editorial Pain after Cardiac Surgery. ...................................................................................................................................................... Tirone E. David • Original Article Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery versus Sternotomy - Pain Investigation............................................................. Juliana Fernandes Silva, Marcela Paula Cavalcante, Roger Benevides Montenegro, Romulo Lira, Emanuel Carvalho Melo, Josue Viana Castro • Editorial Biological and Mechanical Heart Valves Under a New Spotlight: Paradigm Shift and New State of the Art............ Domingo Marcolino Braile and Idiberto José Zotarelli Filho • Original Article Bioprosthesis versus Mechanical Valve Heart Prosthesis: Assessment of Quality of Life......................................... José Carlos Molero Junior, Rodrigo Daminello Raimundo, Joice Anaize Tonon do Amaral, Luiz Carlos de Abreu, João Roberto Breda • Editorial The Ejection Fraction Returns to Hyde Park Session’s Speakers’ Corner...................................................................... Wolney de Andrade Martins and Antonio José Lagoeiro Jorge • Original Article Decompensated Heart Failure with Mid-Range Ejection Fraction: Epidemiology and In-Hospital Mortality Risk Factors................................................................................................................................................................................. Gabriela Paiva Cavalcanti, Camila Sarteschi, Glory Eithne Sarinho Gomes, Carolina de Araújo Medeiros, José Henrique Martins Pimentel, André Rabelo Lafayette, Maria Celita Almeida, Paulo Sérgio Rodrigues Oliveira, Silvia Marinho Martins