Publications by authors named "A Delgado-Montero"
Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of antistaphylococcal penicillin (ASP) or cephazolin-based combinations versus monotherapy in patients with native-valve infective endocarditis (IE) caused by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA).
Methods: Post-hoc analysis of a multicentre prospective cohort. We include patients from 2008 to 2022 with definite native-valve, left-side IE due to MSSA treated primarily with ASP/cephazolin.
Introduction And Objectives: In the setting of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), imaging-based biomarkers could be useful for guiding oral anticoagulation to prevent cardioembolism. Our objective was to test the efficacy of intraventricular blood stasis imaging for predicting a composite primary endpoint of cardioembolic risk during the first 6 months after STEMI.
Methods: We designed a prospective clinical study, Imaging Silent Brain Infarct in Acute Myocardial Infarction (ISBITAMI), including patients with a first STEMI, an ejection fraction ≤ 45% and without atrial fibrillation to assess the performance of stasis metrics to predict cardioembolism.
Relevance of [F]FDG-PET/CT in the detection of colon pathology, in patients studied by bacteriemia or infectious endocarditis caused by enteropathogenic microorganisms.
Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol (Engl Ed)
May 2023
Purpose: Association between S. gallolyticus infective endocarditis (IE) and malignant lesions of the gastrointestinal tract is well described. We hypothesize that other enteropathogenic microorganisms, such as S.
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- A study analyzed the outcomes of combining atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation with percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy (PBMC) in 22 patients with severe rheumatic mitral stenosis, compared to a control group that underwent PBMC alone.
- Results showed that 75% of patients who had the combined procedure maintained sinus rhythm after one year, significantly better than the 40% in the control group; those in the combined group also had lower rates of AF recurrence and related complications.
- Noninvasive mapping indicated that the number of simultaneous rotors in the heart was an important predictor of AF, suggesting that this mapping could enhance the understanding and treatment of AF in
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive educational intervention in a hybrid model of cardiac rehabilitation in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: In a prospective pretest-posttest pilot study a pooled sample of patients attending hybrid cardiac rehabilitation in Spain received a culturally-adapted education intervention for 6 weeks. Participants completed surveys at pre- and post-rehabilitation assessing disease-related knowledge, health literacy, adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and self-efficacy.