Publications by authors named "A Fernandez-Ortiz"
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- Researchers studied 1,729 patients with coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) to understand their clinical characteristics and predict outcomes, using data from an international registry across 9 countries.
- The majority of patients were male (78.6%) averaging 66 years old, with significant cardiovascular issues such as coronary artery disease (85.8%) and a median of 1 aneurysm per patient, primarily affecting the left anterior descending artery.
- During a median follow-up of about 45 months, 21.9% of patients died, and 37.1% experienced major adverse cardiovascular events; factors like age, diabetes, and kidney disease were linked to worse outcomes.
Background: Bolus thermodilution and intravenous adenosine are established methods for coronary microcirculatory assessment. Yet, its adoption remains low, partly due to procedural time and patient discomfort associated with intravenous adenosine. We investigated differences between intracoronary and intravenous adenosine using bolus thermodilution in terms of microcirculatory indices, procedural time, and side effects associated with adenosine in patients with myocardial ischemia and nonobstructive coronary arteries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Aims: Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) induced by the implantation of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) is an increasingly common cause of severe TR. Our aim was to describe the echocardiographic phenotypic characteristics of CIED-induced severe TR.
Methods: Retrospective cohort study that included patients with severe TR related to CIED diagnosed in the cardiac imaging unit of a Spanish tertiary hospital.
Background: Conduction disturbances represent one of the most common complications following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). We sought to investigate the role of left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) morphology in the development of conduction disturbances following TAVR.
Methods And Results: Consecutive patients who underwent TAVR in our center were included.
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- The article reviews the 2023 activity report from the Interventional Cardiology Association of the Spanish Society of Cardiology, highlighting key trends in interventional cardiology practices in Spain.
- A survey involving 119 hospitals revealed a slight decrease in diagnostic studies but an increase in percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), with a notable rise in the use of drug-coated balloons and techniques for plaque modification.
- The findings indicate a stabilization in coronary interventions while showcasing a growth in complex procedures, particularly for valvular and nonvalvular structural heart diseases, with primary PCI becoming the leading treatment for myocardial infarction.