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“Troponinitis” or “Troponinemia”: Terms that Trivialize Troponin Elevation Without a Specified Diagnosis

Troponin elevation is a common finding in acute patients admitted by an emergency service, even in the...

The Most Relevant Articles of 2018 in Pharmacology and Clinical Cardiology

1- New High Blood Pressure Guidelines The wait is finally over: the high blood pressure guidelines that have...

The Most Important Articles of 2018 in Structural Heart Diseases

1- ESC 2018 | MITRA FR: Testing MitraClip for Secondary Mitral Regurgitation In secondary mitral regurgitation, mitral-valve leaflets...

The Physiopathology Behind Valve Degeneration in TAVR

The degeneration of transcatheter biological valves clearly depends on time and starts with thrombus generation and subsequent...

Bundle Branch Block and Need for Permanent Pacemaker, a Major Challenge after TAVR

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The development of new valves for TAVR and the increased experienced of operators...

TAVR Is Feasible and Offers Good Outcomes in Patients with Cancer

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Oncology patients have been excluded from all studies, but many of them have...

Percutaneous Closure Systems Are Safe in TAVR and Aneurysms

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Currently, one of our medical challenges is to conduct procedures requiring access with large...

Is the Obesity Epidemic Putting Patients’ and Physicians’ Health at Risk?

Is the Obesity Epidemic Putting Patients’ and Physicians’ Health at Risk? In addition to the obvious negative effect...