Original Title: Femoropopliteal Artery Stent Thrombosis. Report from the Excellence in Peripheral Artery Disease Registry. Reference: Subhash Banerjee et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Feb;9(2):e002730. There is limited information on peripheral stent thrombosis and involved factors. This study analyzed 604 stent procedures in femoropopliteal territory form the multicenter registry “Excellence in Peripheral Artery Disease”. Stent...
Original Title: Immediate Versus Delayed Invasive Intervention for Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients The RIDDLE-NSTEMI Study (Randomized study of ImmeDiate versus DeLayedinvasivE intervention in patients with Non-ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction). Reference: J Am CollCardiolIntv. 2016. Online before print. This study assessed the clinical impact of immediate invasive intervention (within 2 hours) vs. delayed intervention (within...
Original Title: Successful Recanalization of Native Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Is Not Associated With Improved Long-Term Survival. Reference: Pil Hyung Lee et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2016. Online before print. The aim of this study was to assess long term clinical outcomes after successful recanalization of chronic total occlusion (CTO) with DES...
Original Title: Beta-blocker use is associated with lower stroke and death after carotid artery stenting. Reference: Tammman Obeid, et al. J Vasc. Surg. 2016;63:363-9. Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. The latest trials on Carotid Artery Stenting (CAS) have shown significantly improved effectiveness. The use of drugs such as beta blockers (BB) have proved beneficial in some...
Original Title: Randomized Trial of stent versus Surgery for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis. Kenneth Rosenfield. N Engl J Med. 2016 Feb 17. [Epub ahead of print] Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Stokes are one of the main causes of death and disability in the world and up to 20% of strokes can be explained by carotid stenosis....
Long-Term Outcomes with First vs. Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents in Saphenous Vein Graft Lesions. Nagendra R. Pokala. Catheterization and cardiovascular Intervention 2016;87:34-40 Courtesy of del Dr. Carlos Fava. Second generation DES have been proved superior to first generation DES in native arteries, but there is limited information on DES in saphenous vein grafts (SVG), from a...
Original Title: Drug-eluting balloon versus second-generation drug-eluting stent for the treatment of restenotic lesions involving coronary bifurcations. Reference: Toru Naganuma et al. EuroIntervention 2016;11:989-995 Courtesy of del Dr. Santiago F. Coroleu. PCI involving in-stent restenosis (ISR), especially in coronary bifurcations, is associated with high rates of recurrent restenosis and the need for new revascularization. Although drug...
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has released an expert consensus statement providing cardiologists, oncologists and internal medicine physicians guidance for treating patients facing concomitant cardiovascular disease and cancer. The document, “SCAI Expert Consensus Statement: Evaluation, Management, and Special Considerations of Cardio-Oncology Patients in the Cardiac Catherization Laboratory,” was released in Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions (CCI),...
Original Title: Transfemoral Access Assessment for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Evidence Based Application of Computed Tomography over Invasive Angiography. Reference: Circ Cardiovas Imaging 2015 DOI:10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.0011995. Courtesy of Dr. Guillermo Migliaro Transfemoral access for TAVI was introduced in 2006 and is considered first choice. Vascular complications (VCs) are important events that correlate to increased mortality. According to the...
SOLACI Sessions: 29th Meeting 11th Central America and the Caribbean Regional Meeting To be held on April 6, 7 and 8, 2016, in Habana, Cuba. Submit your Clinical Cases: “Promoting Hemodynamics among Young Cardiologists” We hereby invite the young Latin American cardiologists specialized in Hemodynamics to submit clinical cases of their choice to the next SOLACI...