Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. TAVR has been shown beneficial and is constantly being advanced onto lower risk populations, but at present, it is limited (perhaps most importantly in aortic tricuspid valves) by the need for permanent pacemaker implantation (PPMI), especially when it comes to self-expandable valves, as the latest study on low risk populations...
Yesterday, Wednesday 25th September 2019, took place the session entitled The Best Intervention from Latin América at TCT 2019, one of the most relevant interventional cardiologist events in the world. In this occasion, before a packed room, prestigious Latin American professionals, most SOLACI members, discussed structural interventions, TAVR, MitraClip, CTO, complex cases, and plenty more. This...
According to this single-site study, published in J Am Coll Cardiol Intv., interventional cardiologists can safely conduct revascularizations in a setting of acute stroke, with high clinical and technical success. Cardiologists are taking on this traditional interventional neurology field simply due to the lack of interventional neurologists, who are thus unable to provide coverage 24/7,...
SOLACI continues their mission to foster the development of interventional cardiology in Latin America. In this regard, they will be part of a joint session together with the Mexican Interventional Cardiology Society at SOCIME 2019, to be held on October 10 thru 12 at Santa Fé Westin Hotel in Mexico City. The symposium will present...
In an interesting chat with Solaci.org. the hemodynamics specialist Fernando Orsi looked at his most significant achievements as president of SOLACI’s Nurses and Technicians area and shared their successful collaboration with SOLACI Sessions. At the same time, the Dean of Imaging Diagnostics School of Salvador University (Argentina) assessed the future of the different specialties we...
Given the upcoming Panama and Ecuador 2019 Sessions, solaci.org interviewed Dr. Gustavo Vignolo (Sessions Assistant Director) and asked him about his vision for Latin American interventional cardiology and the importance of a project such as the Sessions to help this specialty reach all corners of our continent. — How is, in your experience, the current...
Register now for the Panama 2019 Sessions, which will be held on September 19, 20 and 21, 2019 at the Megapolis Convention Center of the Hard Rock Hotel in Panama City, Panama. The Sessions will be held within the XXIII National Congress of Cardiology of the Sociedad Panameña de Cardiología. Register Here HIGHLIGHTS WHAT YOU...
Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Generally, coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is not very frequent in young women and presents better evolution with medical treatment. However, it is occasionally associated with ST segment elevation. In this scenario, PCI with stent implantation is quite challenging. The study looked at 4298 STEMI patients; 53 presented SCAD (1.23%). STEMI-SCAD...
1-FDA Expands TAVR Indication to Low-Risk Patients Both the self-expandable valve Evolut R and its direct competitor, balloon-expandable valve Sapien 3, received the authorization to be indicated for low-risk patients in a long-awaited announcement made on August 16th, 2019. Read also HERE 2-Mechanisms of Post PCI Persistent Angina Angina persistence or recurrence after PCI can...
Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Peripheral vascular disease in lower limbs is on the rise. Antegrade recanalization is associated with amputation and death, and therefore contraindicated. For a while we have been using the retrograde access when classic revascularization is not possible. Even though there is evidence in favor of this access, it is just...