Original title: Lower Extremity Amputation: Factors Associated With Mortality or Contralateral Amputation Reference: Samir K. Shah, et; al. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2013:47 (8):608-613. Peripheral vascular disease is associated with trophic injuries with tissue lose, often leading to amputation, of which about 50 % were major amputations. 454 amputations in 391 patients were analyzed, 63 were contralateral. Most...
Original title: Longitudinal outcomes After Tibioperoneal Angioplasty Alone Compared to Tibial Stenting and Atherectomy for Critical Limb ischemia. Reference: Shaun Reynolds et al. Vascular and and Endovascular Surgery 2013 47(7):507-512 The Infrapatellar peripheral vascular disease has increased in recent years, relating to tissue loss and amputation. The therapeutic strategy is not clear, let alone the use of stents...
Original title: Bivalirudin Started during Emergency Transport for Primary PCI. Reference: Philippe G. Steg, et;al. NEJM 2013; Octubre 30:1-11 Primary PCI is the preferred treatment for AMI within the first 12 hours of symptom onset and outcomes have been improving with the incorporation of new strategies and technology. This study randomized 2218 STEMI patients started with bivalirudin during...
Original title: Predictive Factors, Management and Clinical Outcomes of Coronary obstruction Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Insight From a Large Multicenter Registry Reference: Henrique B. Ribeiro, et; al. J Am Coll Cardiology 2013;62:1552-62 Percutaneous implantation of the aortic valve is a valid strategy in high-risk surgical patients. One of the possible complications of this procedure is the occlusion...
Original title: Cognitive trajectory after transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Reference: Ghanem A et al. Circulation Cardiovasc Intervent. 2013;Epub ahead of print Several studies showed that silent cerebral embolism in patients undergoing percutaneous aortic valve replacement is frequent but seems that does not affect the long-term cognitive functions according to this new study. This study included 111 patients...
The full coverage of TCT 2013, that takes place in San Francisco City from October 27th to November 1st . Partnership Session: Optimizing PCI Outcomes: SOLACI in Partnership with TCT Date: Monday, October 28 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Room: Moscone West, 3rd Floor, Room 3010 Moderators: Martin B. Leon, Jamil Abdalla Saad, Gregg W. StoneDiscussants: Jorge Gaspar,...
Original title: Flow-Gradient Patterns in Severe Aortic Stenosis UIT Preserved Ejection Fraction. Clinical Characteristic and Predictos of Survival. Reference: Eleid, M, et al. Circulation 2013;128:1781-1789 Severe aortic stenosis is usually defined by echocardiography as a 40 mm mean transvalvular gradient Hg at >4 m/s; but there are low flow or paradoxical low flow cases with different evolution. 1704...
Original title: Risk of major adverse cardiac events following noncardiac surgery in patients with coronary stents. Reference: Hawn MT et al. JAMA 2013;DOI:10.1001 In the patients who underwent non cardiac surgery and had coronary angioplasty with stent history within 2 years there was not increased in major cardiac events (MACE ) with the exception of those who were...
Original title: Application of Open Triple-Branch Aortic Arch Stent Graff for Acute Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection Reference: Fei Hua, et; al. Vascular Endovascular Surgery 47;2:109-14 Type A aortic dissection is a disease of high morbidity and mortality, especially in the early hours . Surgery is the treatment of choice but still have a significant complication rate ....
Original title: A 14-years Experience with Aortic Endograft Infection: Managemente and Results. Reference: O.T.A. Lyons, et al. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 46;3:306-313 The infection of an Endoprosthesis is a rather infrequent complication, undesirable and associated with poor evolution, with little information in the literature and an unclear treatment strategy. Traditionally, the prosthesis infection has...