Hospital Miguel Pérez Carreño Location: E-mail: vbenenati@hotmail.com
Bellera Celli Víctor Julio
Centro Policlínico Valencia-Policlínica La Viña-Viña Cor-Lab. de Hemodinamia Location: E-mail: vicardio@telcel.net.ve
Banchs Pieretti Héctor L.
Centro Cardiovascular de Puerto Rico y Caribe Dr. Juan Calderón Location: E-mail:
Alfaro Obando Victor Julio
Hospital San Juan de Dios Location: E-mail: valfaroobando@gmail.com
ESC 2021 | GREENNESS: Surprising New Protective Factor against Cardiovascular Disease
What Is “Greenness”? This factor—which generally refers to the proximity to vegetation, as measured by satellite pictures—could serve as a new protection against cardiovascular disease. During five years (the total research time), this study compared individuals who lived in the lowest tercile of “greenness” with those who lived in the highest tercile (i.e., those who...
ESC 2021 | ACST-2: CAS vs Endarterectomy in Asymptomatic Patients
The ACST-2 was designed to compare long-term outcomes of carotid artery stenting (CAS) vs carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients with asymptomatic stenosis. Prior to this study we had the German registry including 18,000 patients undergoing CAS and 86,000 receiving CEA between 2014 and 2019. At 30 days, disabling stroke rate was 0.7% for both strategies....
Incidence, Predictors, and Results of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing TAVR
Acute kidney injury after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a well-known adverse event for all interventional cardiologists. However, it has been understudied: only small observational research has been conducted, showing too wide incidence rates. This research included all patients who underwent TAVR in the USA between 2016 and 2018, totaling over 100,000 patients. All subjects...
Aspiration Thrombectomy vs. Stent Retriever Thrombectomy: Is the Site of Stroke the Key to Make a Choice?
Thrombectomy with stent retriever and direct aspiration have been considered equally effective in the treatment of anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke. But are they really? This study recently published in Stroke compares the safety and efficacy of both techniques per occlusion segment. This study analyzed data from the MR CLEAN registry at every endovascular therapy...
Do We Need to See a Cardiologist before a Carotid Endarterectomy?
Cardiac complications are among the most frequent in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic lesions. This excess of cardiac events in patients with no neurological symptoms of carotid stenosis is essential to balance the risk/benefit ratio of carotid endarterectomy. A routine cardiology consultation prior surgery could reduce perioperative infarction rate, general complications and even mortality. ...
COVID-19 PE: Nontraditional Risk Factors?
Risk factors for pulmonary embolism (PE) among patients with the new coronavirus are different from those traditionally observed. A French study recently published in Eur Heart J showed those new risk factors, and also that the risk of PE is reduced by the use of anticoagulant agents, just like in patients with conventional risk factors....