Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Chronic total occlusions (CTO) are still one of the greatest challenges in our field, thus forcing the development of different complex strategies to resolve them. Additionally, the use of imaging techniques during these procedures has improved long-term results. The CONSISTENT CTO (Conventional Antegrade Versus Sub-Intimal Synergy Stenting in Chronic Total Occlusions)...
This prospective study analyzed patients with critical lower limb ischemia (due to complex, multiple lesions in several places) who were treated uniformly with common femoral artery endarterectomy combined with angioplasty to improve inflow and/or outflow. This hybrid treatment, which must be carried out by a team, can be greatly beneficial for this high-risk patient group...
The SOLACI Educational Newsletter has a new director! It is Dr. Gustavo Pedernera, a prestigious clinical and interventional cardiologist, specialized in endovascular treatments at the Buenos Aires Cardiovascular Institute (Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires, ICBA), Argentina. Dr. Pedernera directed the Educational Newsletter #113 (dedicated to the treatment of chronic total occlusion) and was kind enough to talk to solaci.org about...
This analysis reports (for the first time in the literature) that after the endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) in octogenarians, survival rate is the same as that of their healthy counterparts. This is true provided the procedure does not present complications. If any, mortality results twice as high in this group. Using propensity score, researchers...
On May 11, 2020, from 2 to 6 pm, the III Summit ICBA LATAM CTO will be held 100% online through the site www.latamCTO.com. The event will focus on the latest developments in the field of Chronic Total Occlusions and will feature interesting sessions and the participation of numerous international guests who will attend the...
1- Incidence and Prognosis of Heart Valve Embolization The incidence of peri-procedural transcatheter heart valve embolization and migration (TVEM) is as low as 1%. However, it is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Read more HERE 2- 1000 MitraClips: Results from the World’s Most Experienced Site In September 2008, interventional physicians at the Heart and...
Courtesy of SBHCI. Between 16 and 18% of coronary artery lesions in patients with chronic stable CAD are chronic total occlusions (CTO). CTO revascularization could benefit symptomatic patients, but it remains unclear whether such complex procedure is safe in the long run, given the study outcomes on PCI in CAD so far. This study presented...
Exhaustive intervention carried out by healthcare non-medical healthcare professionals with the support of community members resulted in a significant reduction of systolic blood pressure, LDL cholesterol levels and CAD risk in patients of Malaysia and Colombia, according to this study presented at ESC 2019 in Paris and simultaneously published in Lancet. This intervention translated into...
For decades, physiologists have known what cardiologists often forget: heart and brain communicate intensely in a healthy person, and in a wide range of cardiovascular diseases they could damage one another. Multiple actions and immediate reactions in the brain adequately adapt heart function to bodily needs, such as anxiety and frustration, which might impair adequate...
Traditionally, we have used age, gender, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, and diabetes as cardiovascular risk factors. However, this new era (during which the changes made to care for our shared home, the planet, will play a key role) has seen the emergence of new factors such as pollution, noise, temperature, sleep hours, and air quality....