Rio de Janeiro, June 9, 2016. Another great day at Solaci/SBHCI 2016. Early this morning, the TCT/GI2@SOLACI session –Percutaneous Coronary Intervention– was conducted at Cristo Redentor room by Dr. Ajay Kirtane (USA), who talked about contemporary PCI. Following this event, Dr. Roxana Mehran (USA), delivered an excellent presentation on the evolution of stents and highlighted...
FRONTIER II: One Year Outcomes of the New Vascular Closure Device
Original Title: 12-month results of a novel large access closure device: insights from the FRONTIER II Study. Presenter: Arne Schwindt The FRONTIER II trial assessed the safety and efficacy of the vessel closure device VIVASURE in more than 50 patients using the femoral access for TAVI or aortic endoprosthesis. Puncture site was assessed at...
Favorable Outcomes with New Generation Transcatheter Heart Valves in Bicuspids
Original Title: Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis Favorable Early Outcomes UIT a Next-Generation Transcatheter Heart Valve in a Multicenter Study. Reference: Gidon Y. Perlman J Am Coll Cardiol Interv 2016;9:817-24 Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Congenital bicuspid aortic valves are infrequent and are associated with severe calcification in elderly patients. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement to treat bicuspid...
The SAPIEN 3 Valve Resulted Superior to Surgery in an Observational Study
The last generation of the balloon expandable valve resulted superior to surgery in intermediate riskpatients, in a registry analyzis. Patients treated with the SAPIEN 3 valve showed lower rates of death, stroke and paravalvular leak at one year than patients undergoing surgery. This third generation improves the SAPIEN XT with a skirt designed to prevent...
CoreValve US Pivotal: at 3 Years, the Self-Expanding Valve Maintains Its Advantage vs. Surgery
At 3 year follow up, the CoreValve US Pivotal study on high risk elderly patients, the self-expanding valve showed a lasting benefit vs. surgery. These findings could suggest that the self-expanding valve should be considered the preferred treatment in patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis at increased risk for surgery. The study included 797 patients...
TAVR-LM Registry: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Left Main Stenting
Original Title: Outcomes in Patients with Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Left Main Stenting. The TAVR-LM Registry. Reference: TarunChakravarty et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol 67, N° 8, 2016. Courtesy of Dr. Santiago F. Coroleu. High surgical risk patients with severe aortic stenosis and significant left main aortic arterydiseaseare often treated combining...
One year outcomes of the new repositionable and retrievable valve
Original Title: 1-Year Outcomes with the Fully Repositionable and Retrievable Lotus Transcatheter Aortic Replacement Valve in 120 High-Risk Surgical Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis Results of the REPRISE II Study. Reference: Ian T. Meredith et al. J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2016;9(4):376-384. This analysis represents the first report at one year of 120 patients enrolled...
Educational Journal N° 103
Edición Especial | Congreso SOLACI-SOCIME 2015, in partnership with TCT 1. Reparación endovascular de la patología de aorta torácica a) Tratando anatomías complejas con TEVAR y EVAR b) El valor de la imagen de la tomografía computada de alta resolución en el diagnóstico y detección de complicaciones en pacientes con síndrome aórtico agudo c) La...
Experiencia Inicial con el Implante Percutáneo de la Válvula Melody® en Brasil
Marcelo Silva Ribeiro, Carlos A.C. Pedra, Rodrigo N. Costa, Raul Ivo Rossi, João Luiz Manica, Wanda T.M. Nascimento, Luís Otávio Campanha, Valmir F. Fontes, Simone F. Pedra, Daniela L. Kreuzig, John P. Cheatham
Coste-efectividad Incremental del Tratamiento Quirúrgico frente al Percutáneo de la Persistencia del Canal Arterial con Amplatzer® Duct Occluder en Niños: Revisión sistemática
Rodrigo Nieckel da Costa, Marcelo Silva Ribeiro, André Ferreira da Silva, Rodrigo Antonini Ribeiro, Otávio Berwanger, Alexandre Biasi, Hélio Penna, Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Marcelo Queiroga, Carlos Augusto Cardoso Pedra