We have the pleasure to announce SOLACI will be taking part in the Annual Meeting of the Guatemalan Cardiology Association with a joint symposium chaired by doctors Alfaro Marchena Noriega (Panama) and Francisco Somoza (Honduras). The event will be held on Thursday the 4th of October 2018, from 3 to 5:30 pm, at Camino...
Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Mitral regurgitation accounts for around 25% of valvular diseases and is a strong mortality predictor in heart disease. One of the challenges of this disease is that patients respond favorably to medical treatment for a long time, which makes hard to establish the right time to perform an intervention without...
SOLACI thanks the 210 attendees ─physicians, nurses, technicians and other professionals. Without them, we would not have achieved such scientific success at these regional sessions. We would also like to extend our appreciation to the Guatemalan Cardiology Association, to the organization, and to the entire Guatemala for the hospitality and generosity they graciously bestowed upon...
After over ten years, SOLACI returns to the country that hosted the first Regional Sessions: Guatemala. After such a long time, it will be our honor to return there in our mission to continue promoting interventional cardiology through an event that consists in an array of the most varied scientific sessions and activities. Are you planning...
The transradial access is the preferred access site for patients undergoing acute coronary syndrome. Compared to the transfemoral access site, it reduces the risk of all cause death, vascular complications and major bleeding. Radial artery occlusion is the most frequent vascular complication associated to this approach, though it rarely results in clinical consequences such as ischemia, given the...
Today endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is the preferred option to treat patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms, even though studies have shown reintervention rate is around 20% at 5 years. Consequently, guidelines recommend life EVAR surveillance imaging to identify and treat eventual leaks and prevent aneurysms from growing and eventually rupturing. There are several population and observational studies...
For the first time since the Regional Sessions first took place, SOLACI is landing in Managua (Nicaragua) to hold an event of paramount scientific value for Latin American interventional cardiology. The aim of this Sessions is, on one hand, to strengthen SOLACI’s ties with the region and, on the other hand, to promote the specialty’s...
After 3 long years, SOLACI is coming back to Colombia to celebrate the 14th Regional Sessions in an unmissable event to continue to strengthen interventional cardiology in all Latin America. The meeting will take place in Bogota, on October 5 and 6, 2017. Are you planning on participating of the next Colombia Sessions 2017? Here...
Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Nowadays, chronic total occlusions (CTO) due to in-stent restenosis (ISR) represent 5%-25% of all coronary angioplasties. These lesions pose a new and true challenge, since CTOs are often associated with stent-related problems (fractures, lack of expansion, overlapping, deformation), extreme tortuosity, severe calcification, tandem lesions after CTO, and aorto-ostial lesions, with little...
Courtesy of Dr. Gustavo Leiva. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) has traditionally been the procedure of choice in patients with left main coronary artery disease. However, the use of percutaneous techniques in this kind of lesions has been on the rise, partly due to recent research showing similar outcomes with both procedures. Unprotected left main...