1- High-Sensitivity Troponins Turned All Events into Infarctions; the 4th Universal Definition Clarifies Things Myocardial infarction or myocardial injury? The Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (an update of the 2012 version) is here to clarify that not all cases of elevated cardiac troponin values are acute myocardial infarctions. Read more 2- A Simple…
Direct Stenting vs. Conventional Angioplasty and Their Interaction with Thrombus Aspiration
The rates of direct stenting are higher among patients randomized to thrombus aspiration. The rates of clinical events and myocardial reperfusion did not differ significantly between a direct stenting strategy vs. predilation and stenting, and no interaction was observed as regards thrombus aspiration. Several preliminary studies have emerged from the hypothesis that a direct stenting…
SOLACI-SOCIME 2018 | Real world supported unprotected LM PCI with impella device
Read articles on the main presentations of the first day of SOLACI-SOCIME 2018 Congress. See the presentation by Dr. Cindy Grines, entitled “Real world supported unprotected LM PCI with impella device”. We are interested in your opinion. Please, leave your comments, thoughts, questions, etc., below. They will be most welcome.
SOLACI-SOCIME 2018 | Appropriateness and Indications for CTO PCI
Read articles on the main presentations of the first day of SOLACI-SOCIME 2018 Congress. See the presentation by Dr. Bradley Strauss, entitled “Appropriateness and Indications for CTO PCI”. We are interested in your opinion. Please, leave your comments, thoughts, questions, etc., below. They will be most welcome.
SOLACI-SOCIME 2018 | Retrograde approach: techniques and results
Read articles on the main presentations of the first day of SOLACI-SOCIME 2018 Congress. See the presentation by Dr. Saeko Takahashi, entitled “Retrograde approach: techniques and results ”. We are interested in your opinion. Please, leave your comments, thoughts, questions, etc., below. They will be most welcome.
More Evidence For MitraClip in High Risk Patients with Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation
Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) has a negative impact in the long run. Several reports have shown that, in high risk inoperable patients, transcatheter edge-to-edge valve repair with MitraClip is feasible, safe and has good results, but there is still a long way to go. The present study looked at 24 consecutive…
See the presentations of the 2018 Guatemala Sessions
SOLACI thanks the 210 attendees ─physicians, nurses, technicians and other professionals. Without them, we would not have achieved such scientific success at these regional sessions. We would also like to extend our appreciation to the Guatemalan Cardiology Association, to the organization, and to the entire Guatemala for the hospitality and generosity they graciously bestowed upon…
Great Dispersion in the Prognosis of Patients with Angina and No Coronary Lesions
The prognosis of patients with symptoms of angina (with all their subjectivity) in a setting of no significant coronary lesions is widely varied. It is not as benign as we initially thought and patients do not present as many events as “regular” patients with associated severe coronary lesions. The literature owed us data on the…
The Exhibitor Prospectus is Now Available to Download
Good news for the Industry: SOLACI-SOCIME 2018 Exhibitor Prospectus is now available to download. You can see or download it HERE
Guatemala Sessions 2018
35th SOLACI Regional Sessions – 13° Central America and the Caribbean.. June 1st and 2nd, 2018. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Registrations: write to jornadas@solaci.org All the news and information about Guatemala Sessions 2017 About the Sessions The Latin American Society of Interventional Cardiology (SOLACI) promotes the study of medicine and the implementation of best practices in cardiovascular care in…
Surgical or Percutaneous Management of Mitral Leak
Mitral paravalvular leaks are relatively common after surgical mitral replacement, with an incidence of 7%-17%. Most of these are subclinical leaks, a mere echocardiogram finding, but about 3% of patients can develop heart failure, hemolysis, or a combination of both, thus requiring a new intervention. For symptomatic patients, new surgery has been the traditional treatment…