Original title: Periprocedural Complication and Long-Term Outcome After Alcohol Septal ablation in hypertrofic Obstructive cardiomyopathy. A Single-Center Experience. Reference: Robbert Steggerda, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2014;7:1227-34. Septal ablation is an alternative to surgery in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), but indications and evolution are not fully established.161 patients who received septal ablation (SA) and 102 who received...
Original title: Access Site Complications After Peripheral Vascular Interventions. Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes. Reference: Daniel Ortiz et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Nov 11. Epub ahead of print. Hematomas and pseudoaneurysms are the most common complications of peripheral angioplasty, though its incidence and risk factors are unclear. A retrospective analysis was performed in 22226 patients receiving peripheral...
Original title: Reasonable incomplete revascularisation after percutaneouscoronary intervention: the SYNTAX Revascularisation Index. Reference: Philippe Généreux et al. EuroIntervention 2014;10-online publish-ahead-of-print. While the absolute amount of residual disease after coronary angioplasty is associated with poor prognosis, the proportion of treated coronary disease modifying the prognosis is still to be determined. This study attempted to quantify the proportion of coronary...
Original title: Emergent cardiac surgery during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): insight from Edwards SAPIENS Aortic Bioprótesis European Outcome (SOURCE) registry Reference: Holger Eggebrecht, et; al. Eurointervention 2013; 9online publish-ahead of print november 2013 Percutaneous aortic valve implantation has grown significantly since its inception, to be a safe procedure. The need for emergency cardiac surgery is rare, its...
Original title: Emerging indications, in-hospital and long-term outcome of balloon aortic valvuloplasty in the transcatheter aortic valve implantation era. Reference: Francesco Saia et al. EuroIntervention 2013;8:1388-1397 Until a few years ago, aortic valvuloplasty had been abandoned by many centers due to its limited results and frequent complications. The current guidelines recommend aortic valvuloplasty to treat patients with symptomatic...
Original title: Sustained safety and effectiveness of paclitaxel-eluting stents for femoropopliteal lesions: two-year follow-up from the Zilver PTX randomized and single-arm clinical studies. Reference: Michael D. Dake et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013. Article in press. Studies with long-term monitoring showed mainly the limited permeability of balloon angioplasty, especially over challenging injuries such as total occlusions or...
Original title: Safety and performance of the drug-eluting absorbable metal scaffold (DREAMS) in patients with de-novo coronary lesions: 12 month results of the prospective, multicentre, first-in-man BIOSOLVE-I trial. Reference: Michael Haude et al. Lancet 2013; 381: 836–44. Bioabsorbable scaffolds could improve vasomotion, remodelling and facilitate new interventions, both percutaneous and surgical. This new bioabsorbable scaffold, different from the...
Original title: Duration of Balloon Inflation for Optimal Stent Deployment: Five Seconds Is Not Enough. Reference: Thomas Hovasse et al. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 81:446–453 (2013). Adequate stent expansion and apposition to the vessel wall is essential to optimize the results of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). If the above is not adequate, it increases the risk of...
Original title: Angiographic Success and Procedural Complications in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Interventions. A Weighted Meta-Analysis of 18,061 Patients From 65 Studies. Reference: Vishal G. Patel et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv 2013. Article in press. Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs) are found in between 15% and 30% of patients undergoing coronary angioplasty. Successful CTOs...
Original title: Consensus document on the radial approach in percutaneous cardiovascular interventions: position paper by the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions and Working Groups on Acute Cardiac Care and Thrombosis of the European Society of Cardiology. Reference: Martial Hamon et al. EuroIntervention 2013; 8-online publish-ahead-of-print January 2013. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) recently published a consensus...