He grew up in the 40s, surrounded by cap screws, dental crowns and damp from the Paraná River. His father, mother and two brothers, were dentists. Years later, his daughter and niece would also become dentists. But since his early years, Hugo Londero had known he would become a physician. He was certain his greatest<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/08/02/hugo-londero-the-arrival-of-interventional-cardiology-has-changed-many-physicians-personalities/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Few studies have evaluated the impact of new comorbidities, fragility and disability indices on transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI) outcomes. This study analyzes Medtronic CoreValve U.S. Pivotal patients to develop a new, simpler scoring system to use in addition to the standard assessment of TAVI patients. A multidisciplinary heart team used objective criteria, the<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/07/28/a-new-score-to-predict-post-tavi-mortality/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Original Title: One-year clinical outcomes with SAPIEN 3 transcatheter aortic valve replacement in high risk and inoperable patients with severe aortic stenosis. Reference: Herrmann H et al. Circulation. 2016; Epub ahead of print. Data presented at this last TCT annual meeting about the low rate of events at one year in inoperable patients with<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/07/25/sapien-3-for-tavr-lower-one-year-mortality/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Original Title: The Electrocardiogram after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Determines the Risk for Post-Procedural High-Degree AV Block and the Need for Telemetry Monitoring Reference: J Am Coll Cardiol Intv. 2016;9(12):1269-1276. Courtesy of Dr. Agustín Vecchia. So far, we have not been able to determine the moment high degree atrioventricular block (AVB) takes place after<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/07/22/post-tavr-avb-is-telemetry-monitoring-necessary/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Original Title: Aortic Angulation Attenuates Procedural Success Following Self-Expandable But Not Balloon-Expandable TAVR. Reference: Abramowitz Y et al. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Jul 8. [Epub ahead of print]. The angulation degree between aorta and heart can make precise valve implantation challenging, especially extreme angulation, such as a horizontal aortic root. As obvious as it<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/07/22/aortic-angulation-impact-on-the-success-of-tavr/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Original Title: Long-Term Mortality in Patients With Radiation-Associated Coronary Artery Disease Treated with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Reference: Reed GW et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Jun;9(6). Courtesy of Dr. Brian Nazareth Donato. Radiotherapy is often used to treat malignant tumors; however, it is associated with adverse cardiovascular effects such as constrictive pericarditis, valve deterioration<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/07/04/radiotherapy-post-pci-cardiovascular-death-predictor/" title="Read more" >...</a>
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<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/06/15/june-9-2016/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Rio de Janeiro – June 8, 2016. SOLACI-SBHCI 2016, the largest meeting on Interventional Cardiology in Latin America started with more than 1500 attendees. After the opening, by Congress President Marcelo Josén de Carvalho Cantarelli, we honored Dr. José Eduardo Sousa, the first to perform a coronary catheterization in Brazil, 50 years ago. After<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/06/15/june-8-2016/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Original Title: Impact of ejection fraction and aortic valve gradient on outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Reference: Baron SJ et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67:2349-2358. Low aortic valve gradient and left ventricular dysfunction are frequent in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI) but only low aortic valve<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/06/02/low-gradient-and-lv-dysfunction-tavi-or-not/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Original Title: Aortic Regurgitation Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Impact of Preprocedural Left Ventricular Diastolic Filling Patterns on Late Clinical Outcomes. Reference: Amir Halkin, et al. Catheterization Cardiovascular Intervention 2016;87:1156-1163. Courtesy of Dr. Carlos Fava. Even though the mechanisms underlying post TAVI aortic regurgitation (ARpost) remain unclear, there is no question this complication is<a href="https://solaci.org/en/2016/06/01/bad-prognosis-in-patients-with-aortic-regurgitation-post-tavi/" title="Read more" >...</a>