Congenital cardiopathy articles

Enfermedad pulmonar y TAVI, solo se beneficia un grupo reducido de pacientes

Sapien Valve Keeps Delivering in Jobs for Which It Was Not Designed

Sapien Valve Keeps Delivering in Jobs for Which It Was Not Designed

We recently published the success of balloon-expandable Sapien valve when used as mitral valve replacement. We now hear about its success as pulmonary valve replacement. Previous experiences with this prosthesis for aortic valve replacement have encouraged many operators to attempt fixing other valves. At first, there were exceptional cases considered compassionate treatments. However, experience has

The Ten Commandments in Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Adult congenital heart disease is a life-long condition that requires appropriate follow-up by experts. Said follow-up is paramount to diagnosing specific and highly variable complications in a timely manner. The recently published European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of congenital heart disease calls for a summary of its most important aspects as “ten

Webinar SOLACI - Intervención en Cardiopatías Congénitas portada

Intervention in Congenital Heart Disease

Watch again our Webinar on Intervention in Congenital Heart Disease on our Youtube channel. What things will I learn if I watch this video? 03:28 – Stenting in pulmonary branches: an overview – Fabiola Quispe Peña (Peru) 23:04 – Closure of Interatrial Communication (CIA) – Marcela Almeida Dos Santos (Brazil) 35:35 – Repair of aortic

Recomendaciones de la ACC con el nuevo coronavirus

Procedural Rescheduling Criteria in the Pandemic Era

Patients with structural heart disease are at higher risk in the face of the new coronavirus infection due to both advanced age and numerous comorbidities. All variables must be taken into account when deciding whether a patient can wait (so as to minimize the risk of exposure to the virus) or their pathology must be

Incidencia de cáncer en pacientes adultos con cardiopatías congénitas

Incidence of Cancer in Adult patients with Congenital Heart Disease

Adults with congenital heart disease are exposed to cumulative radiation doses, from multiple catheterization procedures. Seeing as these patients are exposed since early age, the chance of stochastic effect due to radiation exposure are relatively higher than that of the elderly population. It is clear the chance of incident cancer in adults with congenital heart disease is higher

SOLACI CACI 2017 | Closure of patent ductusarteriosus in premature babies: fact or fiction?

Read articles on the main presentations of the third day of SOLACI-CACI 2017 Congress. See the presentation by Dr. David Nykanen, entitled “Closure of patent ductusarteriosus in premature babies: fact or fiction?”. We are interested in your opinion. Please, leave your comments, thoughts, questions, etc., below. They will be most welcome.

MRS vs. DES: Which One Is Associated with Better Long-Term Quality of Life?

SOLACI CACI 2017 | Practical application of Quality Improvement projects: How to make it work

Read articles on the main presentations of the second day of SOLACI-CACI 2017 Congress. See the presentation by Dra. Jill Dykstra Nykanen, entitled “Practical application of Quality Improvement projects: How to make it work ”. We are interested in your opinion. Please, leave your comments, thoughts, questions, etc., below. They will be most welcome.

SOLACI CACI 2017 | Perspectives of Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR): early data

Read articles on the main presentations of the first day of SOLACI-CACI 2017 Congress. See the presentation by Dr. José Luis Navia, entitled “Perspectives of Transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR): early data”. We are interested in your opinion. Please, leave your comments, thoughts, questions, etc., below. They will be most welcome.

Long Term Outcomes of the Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Melody

Original title: Clinical and Hemodynamic Outcomes Up to 7 Years After Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement in the US Melody Valve Investigational Device Exemption Trial. Reference: Circulation. 2015 May 5. [Epub ahead of print]. Published studies on transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement with the Melody valve have shown good short term outcomes but there is no information of long term

Percutaneous treatment of aortic coarctation with self-expandable uncovered nitinol stent

Original title: Percutaneous treatment of adult isthmic aortic coarctation: acute and long-term clinical and imaging outcome with a self-expandable uncovered nitinol stent. Reference: Kische S et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Jan;8(1).   The aim of this study was to show perioperative and long term results of the percutaneous treatment of aortic coarctation with the self-expandable uncovered nitinol

Stent therapy for coarctation of aorta

Original title: Acute outcome of stent therapy for coarctation of the aorta: results of the coarctation of the aorta stent trial (COAST). Reference: Ringel RE et al. CatheterCardiovascInterv. 2013 Oct 1;82(4):503-10. The COAST trial (the Coarctation of the Aorta Stent Trial) is a pivotal trial of the NuMED Cheatham Platinum Stent to treat coarctation of the aorta. Coarctation

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