Volume Number 114 2 ABC Cardiol February 2020 Journal of Brazilian Society of Cardiology Brazilian Society of Cardiology ISSN-0066-782X Figure 20 on Page 365. Nuclear Cardiology in 2020 – Perspectives of the new SBC Guideline Chief Editor Carlos Rochitte Mortality from cardiovascular disease and cancer Internacional Coeditor Prediction of CPET in HF patients with AF João Lima Heart failure trends in Less developed Brazil Editors Gláucia Moraes DNA damage and heart failure Alexandre Colafranceschi Ieda Jatene João Cavalcante Mortality in cardioinhibitory carotid sinus hypersensitivity Marcio Bittencourt Marina Okoshi Evaluation myocardial ischemia with iFR Mauricio Scanavacca Paulo Jardim Association between periodontitis, polymorphisms and CAD Pedro Lemos Ricardo Stein Arrhythmia Predictors in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Tiago Senra Vitor Guerra Simplified method to assess diastolic function by CMR Epinephrine and felypressin effects ABC Cardiol Journal of Brazilian Society of Cardiology JOURNAL OF BRAZILIAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY - Published since 1943 Contents Editorial Nuclear Cardiology in 2020 – Perspectives of the New SBC Guideline Cláudio Tinoco Mesquita, Wilter dos Santos Ker, Jader Cunha de Azevedo .....................................................................................................................................................................page 196 Original Article Trends in Mortality Rates from Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer between 2000 and 2015 in the Most Populous Capital Cities of the Five Regions of Brazil Wolney de Andrade Martins, Maria Luiza Garcia Rosa, Ricardo Cardoso de Matos, Willian Douglas de Souza Silva, Erito Marques de Souza Filho, Antonio José Lagoeiro Jorge, Mario Luiz Ribeiro, Eduardo Nani Silva .....................................................................................................................................................................page 199 Short Editorial Death from Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease between Two Brazils Sílvia Marinho Martins .....................................................................................................................................................................page 207 Original Article Prognostic Prediction of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Parameters in Heart Failure Patients with Atrial Fibrillation António Valentim Gonçalves, Tiago Pereira-da-Silva, Rui Soares, Joana Feliciano, Rita Ilhão Moreira, Pedro Rio, Ana Abreu, Rui Cruz Ferreira .....................................................................................................................................................................page 209 Short Editorial Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test in the Evaluation of Heart Transplant Candidates with Atrial Fibrillation Miguel Mendes .....................................................................................................................................................................page 219 Original Article A 10-Year Trend Analysis of Heart Failure in the Less Developed Brazil Amanda D. F. Fernandes, Gilson C. Fernandes, Manuel Rivera Mazza, Leonardo M. Knijnik, Gustavo Soares Fernandes, Andre Telis de Vilela, Amit Badiye, Sandra V. Chaparro .....................................................................................................................................................................page 222 Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - Volume 114, Nº 2, February 2020 Short Editorial Heart Failure Trends in Paraíba: Earlier Diagnosis or Better Treatment? – That is One of the Questions Ana Teresa Timóteo .....................................................................................................................................................................page 232 Original Article Quantification of DNA Damage in Different Tissues in Rats with Heart Failure Giuseppe Potrick Stefani, Ramiro Barcos Nunes, Douglas Dalcin Rossato, Vitor Scotta Hentschke, Marlise Di Domenico, Pedro Dal Lago, Cláudia Ramos Rhoden .....................................................................................................................................................................page 234 Short Editorial DNA Damage in Chronic Heart Failure: Consequences Beyond those in the Heart Camila Renata Corrêa and Jéssica Leite Garcia .....................................................................................................................................................................page 243 Original Article Long-Term Mortality in Cardioinhibitory Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity Patient Cohort Gustavo de Castro Lacerda, Andrea Rocha de Lorenzo, Bernardo Rangel Tura, Marcela Cedenilla dos Santos, Artur Eduardo Cotrim Guimarães, Renato Côrtes de Lacerda, Roberto Coury Pedrosa .....................................................................................................................................................................page 245 Short Editorial What is the Real Clinical Significance of Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity in Clinical Practice? A Dilemma Still Waiting for Answers Tan Chen Wu .....................................................................................................................................................................page 254 Original Article Evaluation of Myocardial Ischemia with iFR (Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio in the Catheterization Laboratory: A Pilot Study Heitor Cruz Alves Vieira, Maria Cristina Meira Ferreira, Leonardo Cruz Nunes, Carlos José Francisco Cardoso, Emilia Matos do Nascimento, Gláucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira .....................................................................................................................................................................page 256 Short Editorial Invasive Physiological Assessment: From Binary to Continuous Daniel Chamié and Alexandre Abizaid .....................................................................................................................................................................page 265 Original Article Association between Periodontitis, Genetic Polymorphisms and Presence of Coronary Artery Disease in Southern Brazil Luiz Otavio Rocha, Eduarda Rocha, Guilherme de Menezes Succi, Rui Barbosa de Brito Junior .....................................................................................................................................................................page 268 Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia - Volume 114, Nº 2, February 2020 Short Editorial Atherosclerosis, Inflammation, and Genetics – And you Thought it Was Just LDL-cholesterol Luis Henrique Wolff Gowdak .....................................................................................................................................................................page 273 Original Article Evaluation of Electrocardiographic Ventricular Depolarization and Repolarization Variables in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Mehmet Inanır, Yilmaz Gunes, Isa Sincer, Emrah Erdal .....................................................................................................................................................................page 275 Short Editorial Clinical Significance of Statistical Diferences Luiz Maurino Abreu .....................................................................................................................................................................page 281 Original Article Longitudinal Shortening of the Left Ventricle by Cine-CMR for Assessment of Diastolic Function in Patients with Aortic Valve Disease Sergio Marrone Ribeiro, Clerio Francisco de Azevedo Filho, Roney Sampaio, Flávio Tarasoutchi, Max Grinberg, Roberto Kalil-Filho, Carlos Eduardo Rochitte .....................................................................................................................................................................page 284 Short Editorial New Paradigms in the Evaluation of Diastolic Function by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Aortic Valvopathy Vera Maria Cury Salemi, Marcelo Dantas Tavares de Melo, José de Arimatéia Batista Araujo Filho .....................................................................................................................................................................page 293 Original Article Passive Cigarette Smoking Impact on Blood Pressure Response to Epinephrine and Felypressin in 1K1C Hypertensive Rats Treated or not with Atenolol Camila A. Fleury, Elizandra P. M. Almeida, Thiago J. Dionisio, Adriana M. Calvo, Gabriela M. Oliveira, Sandra L. Amaral, Carlos F. Santos, Flávio A. C. Faria .....................................................................................................................................................................page 295 Short Editorial Short Editorial – Effect of passive smoking on blood pressure response to epinephrine and felypressin in 1K1C hypertensive rats treated or not with atenolol Paulo J. F. Tucci .....................................................................................................................................................................page 304 Review Article Cardiac Alterations in Patients with Familial Lipodystrophy Minna Romano, Paula Inês, Fernanda Naira Zambelli Ramalho, Maria Cristina Foss, André Schmidt .....................................................................................................................................................................page 305 Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia