Following up on the 30 day and one year effect, the IABP-SHOCK II trial long term outcomes showed there is not benefit to the use of intraaortic balloon counterpulsation in cardiogenic shock patients undergoing acute myocardial infarction. The only work in this group of patients with long term follow up is the SHOCK trial published in...
Nearly 8 years later, CABG maintains its benefit over PCI-DES in terms of mortality in diabetic patients with multivessel disease, according to the Freedom trial, presented by Dr. Fuster at AHA and simultaneously published in JACC. CABG is superior to PCI-DES, with 36% higher mortality in these last years. Considering the nature of atherosclerosis,...
The last regional sessions for this year are coming full throttle! Within the framework of the 2018 Uruguayan Congress of Cardiology, SOLACI authorities alongside Uruguayan Society of Cardiology (SUC) authorities designed a broad scientific program, which includes the most up-to-date Latin American and international interventional cardiology topics and issues. Challenges in ischemic heart disease,...
After more than 4 years, SOLACI returns to Montevideo to carry out the XXXVII edition of the Regional SOLACI Sessions. As always, for SOLACI it implies a great motivation and a stimulating challenge to continue promoting the development of interventional cardiology in Latin American. Are you planning on participating in the next 2018 Uruguayan Sessions?...
This systematic analysis measured intracoronary pressure in different phases of the cardiac cycle and flow velocity in patients with severe aortic stenosis and coronary artery disease, who were scheduled for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The aim was to determine the impact of aortic stenosis on: 1) flow, at different phases; 2) hyperemic coronary flow;...
At 10-year follow-up, unrecognized or silent MIs have similar mortality to clinically recognized MI and, even though this does not justify routine screening, these findings call for more aggressive prevention. Unrecognized MI, detected by MRI, is associated to long term mortality risk similar to that of recognized MI; therefore, these patients have higher risk...
The 34th Cardiology Congress of the Uruguayan Cardiology Society (SUC) will be held on December 2 thru 4, in Montevideo, Uruguay. The event will take place at the Radisson Montevideo Victoria Plaza Hotel and will count with diverse activities to deepen and advance cardiology in the Latin American context. Within the event, SOLACI will hold...
Time to endovascular treatment after ischemic stroke is strongly associated to functional outcomes. This association could be even stronger than previously suggested in more select populations of controlled studies. These findings emphasize that functional outcomes after endovascular treatment could be improved significantly by reducing onset to treatment times. Randomized studies in select acute...
EXCEL patients with chronic kidney disease and left main coronary artery disease have higher rates of acute renal failure and other events compared with the general population. However, acute renal failure was less frequent with angioplasty than with surgery, while other events such as death, stroke, or infarction at 3 years were similar for both revascularization...
Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) guided drug eluting stent (DES) implantation is associated with less adverse events compared against angiography guided stenting. This is especially clear for certain populations (with left main PCI as paradigmatic) but not so clear when dealing with all comers. 1448 all comer patients requiring DES stenting were randomized 1:1 to IVUS guided...