We present the first clinical case in the section “The Fellow’s Corner”, aimed at fellows in Latin America who wish to learn and always be up to date in interventional cardiology. Leave your thoughts in the comment section of this article and join the conversation! Case Authors: Jair Suriano Martins (ARG), Leonardo Ripa (ARG). Moderator:…
SOLACI PERIPHERAL | 3rd Clinical Case: Femoral PCI
In keeping with its Clinical Case Discussion Program, SOLACI’s peripheral interventions department, SOLACI Peripheral, presents the third clinical case, to promote knowledge exchange across the entire Latin American hemodynamics community. Share your thoughts on case and resolution in the comments and answer the questions at the end of the article. Femoral PCI Authors: MD Mauricio Cavalieri…
SOLACI Peripheral Webinar | Update in Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Watch again our Webinar on “Update in Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms” on our Youtube account. We are interested in your opinion. Please, leave your comments, thoughts, questions, etc., below. They will be most welcome.
Natural History of Severe and Asymptomatic Carotid Lesions
Deciding whether to intervene a severe (70-80%) carotid lesion in an asymptomatic patient is challenging. We know the margin of error is small and an excess of events caused by the intervention could tilt the scales. However, the updated information on the natural evolution of these lesions is scarce. This retrospective analysis included asymptomatic patients…
SOLACI Webinar | Cardiac Arrhythmias
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SAPIEN 3: Good Outcomes in Bicuspids
Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Bicuspid aortic valves are found in approximately 2% of patients and represent the most frequent cause of aortic stenosis in young adults requiring valve replacement. Though TAVR has advanced significantly, this entity has not yet been included in the different randomized studies. At present, we have data from different reports,…
IVUS in Every Step of Complex Angioplasty
Complex angioplasties require not only experience and patience but also technology. Imaging–guided pre-dilation, stent sizing, and post-dilation reduced the cardiovascular events after a 3-year follow-up in patients who received drug-eluting stents in complex angioplasties. This paper, recently published in JACC Interventions, compared the 3-year outcome of the complex angioplasty optimization technique with intravascular imaging to…
Valve-in-Valve: Good Evolution at Long-Term
Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. In the last decades, there has been a marked increase in the use bioprosthetic valves in aortic position given their benefits over mechanical valves. However, long term follow-up has shown structural valve degeneration (SVD). Given the risk of a second surgery after TAVR, valve-in-valve (ViV) has been on the rise,…
3° ProEducar Educational Meeting – Complex Coronary Intervention
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Myocardial Injury for COVID-19 Even in Young Patients with Mild Symptoms
Most young COVID-19 patients not requiring hospitalization showed abnormal cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) beyond two months after diagnosis. Myocardial injury had been found in more serious cases, but not in a healthy population recovered at home. The increasing evidence of the virus’ capacity to directly affect the heart across the whole population and disease…