DES de 2.0 mm para vasos muy pequeños: ¿Es viable?

DES and DCB with Similar Results in Femoropopliteal Artery Disease

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Nowadays, peripheral interventions are on the rise and the technological development of stents and balloons would help achieve better outcomes. Both drug-eluting stents (DES) and drug-coated balloons (DCB) have proved to be beneficial for femoropopliteal interventions, but the actual role of each of these technologies remains unclear. This prospective, randomized 1:1<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2019/04/01/des-and-dcb-with-similar-results-in-femoropopliteal-artery-disease/" title="Read more" >...</a>

ACC 2019 | STOPDAPT-2: Monoterapia con P2Y12 luego de un corto período de doble antiagregación post angioplastia

ACC 2019 | STOPDAPT-2: P2Y12 Monotherapy After Short-Term Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Angioplasty

Aspirin is against the ropes: first, it was primary prevention; now, its use is being reconsidered even in relation to angioplasty. There might be paradigm changes as regards antiplatelet therapy after angioplasty. These two studies presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2019 Scientific Session can really change what we have been doing unquestioningly<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2019/03/25/acc-2019-stopdapt-2-p2y12-monotherapy-after-short-term-dual-antiplatelet-therapy-after-angioplasty/" title="Read more" >...</a>

ACC 2019 | SMART-CHOICE: la aspirina cada vez más “contra las cuerdas”

ACC 2019 | SMART-CHOICE: Aspirin Increasingly “Against the Ropes”

This work (presented during the same American College of Cardiology [ACC] 2019 Scientific Session as the STOPDAPT-2 trial) enrolled 2993 patients who underwent angioplasty with current-generation stents Xience, Promus, Synergy, or Orsiro at 33 Korean sites. Patients were randomized to 12 months of dual antiplatelet therapy or dropping aspirin at 3 months. There was no difference between the short-<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2019/03/25/acc-2019-smart-choice-aspirin-increasingly-against-the-ropes/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Transcarotid Approach for Transfemoral in TAVR

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. At present, the transfemoral is the preferred access site in TAVR, for it has been shown to present fewer complications. However, whenever not feasible, we can resort to other approaches. These include the subclavian, the transapical, the transcaval, the transaortic, and the transcarotid. This last one has been studied few<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2019/03/15/transcarotid-approach-for-transfemoral-in-tavr/" title="Read more" >...</a>

$reserva fraccional de flujo$

Angiography-Derived FFR: Complicated Software or Imminent Reality?

Angiography-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) demonstrated substantial usefulness, especially in patients with three-vessel lesions. The functional SYNTAX score derived from angiography has the potential to redefine prognosis and treatment strategies compared with the classic anatomical SYNTAX score. This study sought to investigate the applicability of this method in patients with multivessel lesions included in the<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2019/03/13/angiography-derived-ffr-complicated-software-or-imminent-reality/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Successful CTO Reduces Local and Remote Residual Ischemia

CTO: in Radial Access with Similar Results to Femoral

Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. One of the characteristics of chronic total occlusion (CTO) is the use of two access routes: femoral and radial. The radial approach is safer, but it has not been thoroughly analyzed in this type of PCI. The study looked at 3709 patients undergoing left main percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2019/03/13/cto-in-radial-access-with-similar-results-to-femoral/" title="Read more" >...</a>

La enfermedad coronaria funciona como un predictor a 30 días en el TAVI

Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease, Silent Ischemia: A Cardiologist’s Headache

We need more evidence to guide us in the management of silent ischemia. Confirmed asymptomatic coronary artery disease is a problem for cardiologists, who lack enough evidence to guide a risk-benefit assessment that justifies revascularization. Revascularizing the outcome of a functional assessment may reduce the rates of death and infarction, or it may just be<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2019/03/12/asymptomatic-coronary-artery-disease-silent-ischemia-a-cardiologists-headache/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Stent directo vs angioplastia convencional y sus interacciones con la trombo-aspiración

Revascularization in Patients with Multivessel Disease, Diabetes, and Kidney Disease

According to this new study, in patients with coronary disease, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease who underwent revascularization through angioplasty or surgery, events are similar. This is one of the first studies painting the real picture for the prognosis of patients revascularized in these conditions (diabetes plus chronic kidney disease).   At first sight, these<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2019/03/04/revascularization-in-patients-with-multivessel-disease-diabetes-and-kidney-disease/" title="Read more" >...</a>

The 10 Most Read Articles of January

1- These Were the Most Relevant Article of 2018 in the Field of Coronary Diseases Read the best articles on coronary heart disease from 2018 at solaci website. Read more   2- The 10 Commandments of ESC’s New STEMI Guidelines The authors have given an entertaining account of the most relevant points and differences between<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2019/02/15/the-10-most-read-articles-of-january/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Lo más leído en Enfermedades Vasculares Periféricas

The Most Relevant Articles of 2018 in Peripheral Vascular Disease

1- What’s New in the European Guidelines on Peripheral Arterial Disease Since the last version of the European guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral arterial disease in 2011, there have been many trials and registries that warrant guideline adjustments in many aspects. The first novelty is the teamwork that gave way to these<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2019/02/04/the-most-relevant-articles-of-2018-in-peripheral-vascular-disease/" title="Read more" >...</a>