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Solo un quinto de los pacientes que podrían beneficiarse del TAVI lo recibe

Less than 20% of patients that could benefit from TAVR are receiving it

&nbsp;The introduction of transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures (TAVR) seems to have increased the number of elderly patients hospitalized with severe aortic stenosis, as well as the number of interventions. However, less than one fifth of patients over 85 are intervened, according to a Canadian registry. &nbsp; Given the significant difference in mortality with TAVR,<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/11/30/less-than-20-of-patients-that-could-benefit-from-tavr-are-receiving-it/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Chile Sessions 2016

31th SOLACI Regional Sessions – 10° Southern Cone Region November 30th and December 1st, 2016 Puerto Varas – Chile

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Martínez Ríos: “SOLACI Went from a Dream to a World-Renowned Society”

Dr. Marco Antonio Martínez Ríos comes from a family of physicians. “Studying Medicine was the most natural thing in the world for me,” admits Martínez Ríos, who in 1993 became president of the Latin American Group of Interventional Cardiology (Grupo Latinoamericano de Cardiología Intervencionista, GLACI), the seed that would grow to become SOLACI in 1994. &nbsp;<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/09/27/martinez-rios-solaci-went-from-a-dream-to-a-world-renowned-society/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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VI Workshop on Intravascular Coronary Imaging &#038; Physiology

Whether you are a specialist on Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology, or a fellow in training, you will find this interesting. You can take part of the VI Workshop on Intravascular Coronary Imaging &amp; Physiology to accomplish the fundamentals and the use of the three most frequent diagnostic techniques, both theory and practice. Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR). Intracoronary Ultrasound<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/08/10/vi-workshop-on-intravascular-coronary-imaging-physiology/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Hugo Londero: &#8220;The arrival of interventional cardiology has changed many physicians’ personalities&#8221;.

He grew up in the 40s, surrounded by cap screws, dental crowns and damp from the Paraná River. His father, mother and two brothers, were dentists. Years later, his daughter and niece would also become dentists. But since his early years, Hugo Londero had known he would become a physician. He was certain his greatest<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/08/02/hugo-londero-the-arrival-of-interventional-cardiology-has-changed-many-physicians-personalities/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Ecuador Sessions 2016

30th SOLACI Regional Sessions – 10th Andean Region October 6 and 7, 2016, Oro Verde Hotel Cuenca – Ecuador

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Visual Assessment and Misinterpretation of Coronary Lesion Severity

&nbsp; Courtesy of Dr. Pablo Baglioni. The visual interpretation of coronary angiographies is still used to decide for or against revascularization of ambiguous coronary lesions. Multiple factors other than stenosis degree, have been associated with the functional significance of lesions. The aim of this study was to analyze the ability of interventionists to visually assess<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/07/26/visual-assessment-and-misinterpretation-of-coronary-lesion-severity/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Chile Sessions: Contest for Interventionists in Training

Sponsored by Abbott Vascular LATAM XXXI SOLACI Sessions – Southern Cone Region 10° November 30th – December 1st, 2016.
&nbsp;Puerto Varas &#8211; Chile Case Submission:&nbsp;“Fostering Hemodynamics among Young Cardiologists”. It is with great pleasure that we hereby invite all young Latin American cardiologists specializing in hemodynamics to submit relevant clinical cases to the next SOLACI Sessions,<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/07/04/chile-sessions-contest-for-interventionists-in-training/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Ecuador Sessions: Contest for Interventionists in Training

Sponsored by Abbott Vascular LATAM XXX SOLACI Sessions – Andean Region 10 October 6 &#8211; 7, 2016. Cuenca &#8211; Ecuador Case Submission: “Fostering Hemodynamics among Young Cardiologists”. It is with great pleasure that we hereby invite all young Latin American cardiologists specializing in hemodynamics to submit relevant clinical cases to the next SOLACI Sessions, Cuenca-Ecuador 2016, to<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/07/04/ecuador-sessions-contest-for-interventionists-in-training/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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