Aortic valve stenosis occurs when calcium deposits in the valve cause leaflets hardening. It is a degenerative process that gets worse as the person ages. As the disease develops, valve opening is narrowed, obstructing blood flow and forcing the heart to pump harder. Aortic valve replacement is the standard treatment for severe aortic stenosis. Without...
EuroPCR 2015.
Find the coverage of the Congress- May 19 – 22 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, France The SOLACI@euroPCR Session “Registries and imaging in TAVI and PCI, A Latin American perspective” was held on Wednesday 20th, at 10:30 in Room 342 AB, under the euroPCR Congress 2015. // Read the program If you cannot view...
Educational Journal N° 100
EDITORIAL Dr. Matías Sztejfman ARTICULO DE REVISION Dr. Fernando Cura Implante Valvular Aórtico en pacientes de alto riesgo quirúrgico, evidencia y hacia donde nos dirigimos REVISION BIBLIOGRAFICA Dr. Yigal Piña Reyna Estudio CoreValve US Pivotal en Pacientes de alto riesgo quirúrgico CASO CLINICO Dres. Gabriel Maluenda, Mario Araya y Michael Howard TAVI con Sapien XT™...
Educational Journal N° 98
1. ESTUDIOS DE TECNOLOGIAS EN INTERVENCIONES CORONARIAS • RIBS IV – Presentador: Fernando Alfonso • ABSORB II – Presentador: Patrick Serruys 2. ESTUDIOS DE FARMACOLOGIA EN INTERVENCIONES CORONARIAS • ISAR-TRIPLE – Presentador: Nikolaus Sarafoff • SECURITY – Presentador: Antonio Colombo • BRIGHT – Presentador: Yalin Hang 3. ESTUDIOS EN IMÁGENES CORONARIAS • IVUS-CTO – Presentador:...
Educational Journal N° 97
SINDROME CORONARIO AGUDO • Infarto Agudo de Miocardio: Nuevo Paradigma en el tratamiento de STEMI – Dr. Luis Guzmán • Nuevas estrategias de reperfusión miocárdica en el Infarto Agudo de Miocardio con Elevación del Segmento ST – Dr. José Armando Mangione ANGIOPLASTIA TRANSLUMINAL CORONARIA EN SITUACIONES ESPECIALES • ¿Cuál es la mejor estrategia en las bifurcaciones? – Dr....
Promising results of TAVR in Bicuspid Aortic
Original title: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease. Reference: Darren Mylotte, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014;64:2330-9 The bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is present between 0.5% and 2% of the general population and up to 20% of patients older than 80 years who require aortic valve surgery. Literature on transcatheter aortic valve...
Jornadas Colombia 2014
October 30 – 31, 2014, at Intercontinental Hotel Cali, Colombia. For information and registration write to jornadas@solaci.org Como actividad previa al inicio de las Jornadas SOLACI en Colombia, los doctores José Luis Leiva Pons, Pedro Hidalgo, Marcelo Halac y Antonio Dager practican una implantación de válvula aórtica (TAVI) en el instituto Angiografia de Occidente...
TAVR: Regression of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Decreases Re-hospitalization
Original title: Early Regression of Severe Left Ventricular Hypertrophy After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Is Associated with Decreased Hospitalization. Reference: Brian Lindman, et al. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2014;7:662-73. Left ventricular hypertrophy, defined by the increase of left ventricular mass, has long been associated to increased morbi-mortality in the context of different heart conditions. LV hypertrophy regression might...
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in patients with low ejection fraction: comparable outcomes with good ejection fraction patients.
Original title: Relation of Pre-procedural Assessment of Myocardial Contractility Reserve on Outcomes of Aortic Stenosis Patients with Impaired Left Ventricular Function Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Reference: Israel M. Barbash et al. Am J Cardiol. 2014, Epub ahead of print. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI) is associated with a better left ventricular function (LV) in patients with...
Predilation with smaller valvuloplasty balloon diameter could reduce the need for permanent pacemaker after CoreValve
Original title: Reduction of pacemaker implantation rates alter CoreValve implantation by moderate predilatation Reference: Philipp Lange, et al. EuroIntervention 2014;9:1151-1159 Aortic valve implantation has been proven a valid strategy to treat high risk patients. The CoreValve self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve is associated with a relatively high rate of permanent pacemaker implantation and, until now, no efforts have been...