Send your case (spanish form) Call for Case Submission 39th SOLACI Regional Sessions – 14th Central América & the Caribbean Region. September 19th, 20th & 21st, 2019 Panamá City – Panama. It is with great pleasure that we hereby invite all young Latin American cardiologists to submit relevant clinical cases related to interventional cardiology for...
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) anastomosed to one vessel with normal or nearly normal fractional flow reserve (FFR) have poorer graft patency at one year compared against anastomosed grafts to vessels with functionally significant lesions shown by FFR. However, the recent study FARGO (Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Angiography Randomization for Graft Optimization) did not show...
Learn about the presentations exhibited during the 10th ProEducar Fellows Course, held in 2019 in the city of Sao Paulo. The course was a real success, as it was attended by more than 150 professionals and renowned international interventionists, such as Doctors Stone, Grines, Granada, Hijazi, Abizaid, Mendiz, Lemos and Leiva Pons. We thank all...
After 2 years, SOLACI returns to Bolivia to continue promoting the development of interventional cardiology in Latin America. Do not hesitate to participate in this important event that will undoubtedly be enriching for medical practice and, also, to improve the quality of life of patients in our region. Are you planning on participating in the...
SOLACI-SBHCI 2019 has come to an end, but SOLACI’s schedule will stay tight until the end of the year. In fact, we are getting closer and closer to Bolivia Sessions 2019 (August 23 – 24 in Cochabamba, Bolivia), Panama Sessions 2019 (September 19 thru 21 in Panama), and Ecuador Sessions 2019 (October 11 – 12 in Manta, Ecuador). That...
This year SOLACI celebrated the 10th issue of ProEducar Fellow Course during SOLACI-SBHCI 2019 in Sao Paulo. The course was a roaring success: not only did we have record attendance, with 150 attending fellows, but we also benefited from the participation of notorious international interventionists ─ among others, doctors Stone, Grines, Granada, Hijazi, Abizaid, Mendiz,...
The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) have recently published primary prevention cardiovascular disease guidelines. They were originally considered very useful for general practitioners who had no choice but to review separately expert consensus or clinical practice guidelines for hypertension, cholesterol, diabetes, etc. Now, everything is concentrated in a single reference document. But is...
A new FDA letter confirms late mortality signal with paclitaxel eluting stents and paclitaxel coated balloons in peripheral territory. Even though this recently published letter confirms data, there are no new recommendations on the use of these devices. After careful consideration of their own analyzis outcomes and a 2-day discussion of an advisory panel especially...
Dr. José Mangione, renowned Latin American interventional cardiologist of ample trajectory, is now in charge of the Latin American Interventional Cardiology’s destiny for the next two years, following Dr. José Luis Leiva Pons’ (Mexico) successful administration. “I am honored and delighted to take this responsibility”, stated Dr. Mangione during the closing ceremony of SOLACI-SBHCI 2019....
The last day of the SOLACI-SBHCI 2019 Congress was full of sessions where different SOLACI areas were widely represented. The first morning session was “From SOLACI to SBHCI // México, Centro América and El Caribe Present: Más Allá de las Coronarias,” which addressed issues related to coronary angioplasty, the importance of imaging in structural procedures,...