Advancements in therapies to reduce the impact of stroke in asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis have been hard to come by over the last decade. Several points of disagreement among published randomized trials prevented their information from being integrated into daily clinical practice. However, over the past 5 years, there has been some alignment, allowing for this...
01- ECS Guidelines for COVID-19 Management One of the first statements in this document points out these are not “regular guidelines” developed after thorough analysis of all the available evidence published since the last update. Instead, they are meant to provide temporary basic management pointers on how to handle different scenarios of cardiac patients in the...
This study sought to randomly compare the double-layer Roadsaver stent (Terumo) with the single-layer Carotid Wallstent device (Boston) in association with either distal filter-like embolic protection device FilterWire (Boston) or proximal protection device Mo.Ma (Medtronic) in patients with lipid-rich carotid plaques. This is a very interesting work because there are no head-to-head simultaneous comparisons between...
Due to the global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 (coronavirus), the Latin American Society of Interventional Cardiology calls off Honduras Regional Sessions 2020, set for June 4 and 5 in the city of San Pedro Tula, until further notice. This decision is guided by the prevention criteria and extreme care measures meant to protect...
Stroke events do not seem to be related to valve thrombosis or structural degeneration, but to a higher baseline risk in patients who undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). About 1 in 20 patients who underwent TAVR experienced a stroke or transient ischemic attack during follow-up. According to this new analysis, the consequences of these events...
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is hard to think of anything else that might be affecting worldwide health, particularly in China. As a topic, pollution (especially by fine particulate matter, PM2.5) has been relegated these days. At the same time, however, the preventive closing of many factories in China due to the...
One of the first statements in this document points out these are not “regular guidelines” developed after thorough analysis of all the available evidence published since the last update. Instead, they are meant to provide temporary basic management pointers on how to handle different scenarios of cardiac patients in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic....
In recent times, a lot has been said about reducing the duration or intensity of antiplatelet therapy following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) regardless initial indications. All evidence in support of these arguments might be failing to show the risk of non-culprit lesion events in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Potent and prolonged antithrombotic therapies...
Patients with structural heart disease are at higher risk in the face of the new coronavirus infection due to both advanced age and numerous comorbidities. All variables must be taken into account when deciding whether a patient can wait (so as to minimize the risk of exposure to the virus) or their pathology must be...
The 6th Cardio Update Europe 2020 will take place between October 02 and 03, 2020 in the city of Prague (Czech Republic). As such, SOLACI is offering a total of 5 free tickets (on-site or online) for those SOLACI members interested in attending the event (this benefit does not include accommodation or airfare). In order...