Original title: Impact of New-Onset Persistent Left Bundle Branch Block on late Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Trancatheter Aortic Valve implantation with a Balloon –Expandable Valve. Reference: Urena Marina, el al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Feb;7(2):128-36. Percutaneous aortic valve implantation brings, sometimes the presence of permanent left bundle branch block (LBBB) that has been associated in some series...
Original title: The effectiveness of prophylactic inferior vena cava filters in trauma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Reference: Haut ER et al. JAMA Surg. 2014;149:194-202. Trauma is one of the strongest risk factors for pulmonary embolism (PE). Current guidelines recommend low molecular weight heparin therapy which have been proved effective; however, trauma patients often present high risk...
Original title: Reduction of pacemaker implantation rates alter CoreValve implantation by moderate predilatation Reference: Philipp Lange, et al. EuroIntervention 2014;9:1151-1159 Aortic valve implantation has been proven a valid strategy to treat high risk patients. The CoreValve self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve is associated with a relatively high rate of permanent pacemaker implantation and, until now, no efforts have been...
Original title: Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Implantation of Drug-Eluting Stents to Improve Outcome. A Meta-Analysis. Reference: Jae-Sik Jang et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2014, epub ahead of print. Several previous studies and meta-analysis showed that implantation of conventional stents (BMS) intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guided may decrease restenosis and clinical events. This information was not yet clear to drug-eluting...
Original title: In-hospital switching of oral P2Y12 inhibitor treatment in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: Prevalence, predictors and short-term outcome. Reference: Dimitrios Alexopoulos et al. Am Heart J 2014;167:68-76.e2. Given the availability of 3 Oral P2Y12 receptor inhibitors (clopidogrel, prasugrel, and ticagrelor) with different safety and efficacy profiles, the change from one to another...
Original title: Balloon aortic valvuloplasty in the era of transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Acute and long-term outcomes. Reference: Hélène Eltchaninoff et al. Am Heart J 2014;167:235-40. Late 80s initial enthusiasm in aortic valvuloplasty was quickly tempered with the publication of several studies showing a high rate of complications, poor durability and little or no impact on survival. Since...
Original title: Incidences, Predictors, and Clinical Outcomes of Acute and Late Stent Malapposition Detected by Optical Coherence Tomography After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation Reference: Im E. et al. CircCardiovascInterv. 2014 Jan 14. [Epubahead of print] This paper analyzed the imaging of 351 patients by optical coherence tomography (OCT) who received drug-eluting stents over 356 lesions between 2009 and...
Original title: Predicting Outcome in the COURAGE Trial. Coronary Anatomy Versus Ischemia. Reference: G. B. John Mancini et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2013, Article in press. Anatomical risk, ischemic amount or a combination of both, are often factors taken into account for estimating the prognosis or choose a treatment strategy. The COURAGE study (Clinical Outcomes Utilizing...
Original title: The DELTA Registry (Drug-Eluting Stent for Left Main Coronary Artery Disease): A Multicenter registry Evaluating Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for left Main Treatment Reference: Naganuma T, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2013;6:1242–9 Angioplasty of the unprotected left coronary trunk has increased significantly in recent years showing good results. Currently the...
Alvimedica fusiona con CID, la empresa líder de alta tecnología italiana especializada en cardiología En línea con su estrategia de convertirse en una de las cinco mayores empresas del mercado mundial en su sector, Alvimedica, exclusivo de la marca en todo el mundo de Turquía en la cardiología intervencionista, se ha fusionado con la innovadora...