A recent study has shown that hair analysis allows us to evaluate the level of cortisol and stress hormone over a few months while the results from blood tests indicate the status only at the particular time of the test. A rising level of cortisol, like hypertension and excess abdominal fat, increases the risk of...
Original title: Safety and Effectiveness of Everolimus-Eluting Stents in Chronic Total Coronary Occlusion Revascularization Results From the EXPERT CTO (Evaluation of the XIENCE Coronary Stent, Performance, and Technique in Chronic Total Occlusions) Multicenter Trial. Reference: David E. Kandzari et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2015, on line before print. The aim of this study was to evaluate...
Original title: Post-procedural Hemodiafiltration in Acute Coronary Síndrome Patients UIT Associated Renal and Cardiac Dysfunction unfergoing Urgent and Emergency Coronary Angiography. Reference: Giancarlo Marenzi, et al. Catherization and Cardiovascular Interention 2015 85:345-351 The association between acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and severe renal and cardiac dysfunction lowers survival. There is little information as to the best strategy to treat...
Original title: Peripheral arterial disease and critical limb ischaemia: still poor outcomes and lack of guideline adherence. Reference: Reinecke H et al. Eur Heart J. 2015; Epub ahead of print. This work included 41882 patients retrospectively from health insurance in Germany admitted with diagnosis of peripheral vascular disease between 2009 and 2011 and followed until 2013. Patients...
Original title: Impact of chronic kidney disease on the outcome of transcatheter aortic valve implantation: results from the FRANCE 2 Registry. Reference: Atsushi Oguri, et al. EuroIntervention 2015;10:e1-9 Globally, 13% of patients present kidney failure, which has been associated to a worse evolution not only of TAVI outcomes but also of other cardiovascular intervention outcomes. Most studies, including...
Original title: Impact of diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome on acute and chronic on-clopidogrel platelet reactivity in patients with stable coronary artery disease undergoing drug-eluting stent placement. Reference: Feldman L. et al. Am Heart J. 2014; Epub ahead of print. Diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM) or metabolic syndrome patients undergoing drug eluting stent implantation have 3 to 4...
Original title: Percutaneous coronary intervention with everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in routine clinical practice: early and midterm outcomes from the European multicentre GHOST-EU registry. Reference: Capodanno D et al. EuroIntervention. 2014 Jul 18. Epub ahead of print The GHOST-EU registry, that included 1189 patients from 10 European centers between 2011 and 2014, is now the largest registry...
Original title: Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Diabetes and Severe Aortic Stenosis at High Risk for Surgery An Analysis of the PARTNER Trial (Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve). Reference: Lindman BR et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Mar 25;63(11):1090-9. Diabetes is associated to greater morbidity and mortality after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR),...
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: 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...