Ulcers that do not heal, thus threatening the integrity of a lower limb in patients with critical ischemia, is a main concern. Sometimes, despite successful revascularization, major amputation cannot be prevented. The anatomical description of angiosomes started in the 70s as a way of optimizing tissue grafts. Angiosomes are basically blocks of tissue that include...
From the first reports, back in 1920, we have studied, recognized and documented the excess of events associated with arterial hypertension. This linear relationship between the level of blood pressure and the risk of stroke, is evident in all adults beyond age, sex or race, transforming high blood pressure into the highest target of global...
St elevation acute coronary syndromes are typically caused by thrombotic obstruction of a coronary artery due to ruptured atherosclerosis plaque. However, there is a significant number of patients with similar clinical presentations but no evidence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Read also: CTO in patients with acute myocardial infarction increases long term mortality. In general, patients without...
Life-threatening complications that require surgery during TAVR are infrequent. The proportion was originally thought to be between 1% and 2%. However, we now know that it is lower, even though we do not know how frequent it is or what are its most common causes. Its evolution, both in the short and in the long...
The prevalence of peripheral arterial disease is between 15% and 20% of patients older than 65 years and its severity is greatly underestimated. In fact, annual mortality is higher in patients with peripheral arterial disease (8.2%) than in those after acute myocardial infarction (6.3%). Despite the above, medical advice and efforts to modify risk factors...
The Buenos Aires Cardiovascular Institute (Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires, ICBA) is pleased to invite you to the International Conference on Coronary Angioplasty in Chronic Occlusions that will be held on March 13th at the ICBA auditorium (Blanco Encalada 1525, 1st floor, Buenos Aires City). The highlight of the event is the participation of...
The 10th edition of the Latin American Congress on Structural Heart Disease (CLACE, its acronym in Spanish), founded by Dr. Antonio Enrique Dager Gómez, will take place from April 25th to April 27th in Cali, Colombia. This event addresses several cardiovascular topics (hemodynamics, endovascular intervention for peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease and related advancements, endovascular...
While the endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms has steadily become the number one option for aneurysms in which necks are adequate and which meet the specifications of device manufacturers. New technologies have arisen. These advancements allowed the expansion of this indication to more complex anatomies, such as those involving a short neck, no neck, or...
Today endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is the preferred option to treat patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms, even though studies have shown reintervention rate is around 20% at 5 years. Consequently, guidelines recommend life EVAR surveillance imaging to identify and treat eventual leaks and prevent aneurysms from growing and eventually rupturing. There are several population and observational studies...
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...