Publications by authors named "Arturo Abundes"

Unlabelled: Advanced age has been identified as a predictor factor for complications and poor outcome at Percutaneous Mitral Valvulotomy (PMV) with balloon, nevertheless this has been associated to the inadequate valvular anatomy, whereby the contribution of each factor needs to be determinate.

Objective: Describe the immediate and final outcome of PMV with Inoue balloon in patients over 50 years old and associate complications with age and Wilkins score.

Material And Methods: A retrospective and analytic study was performed with a data base of 430 patients.

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Background And Objectives: We evaluated the technical and clinical results of implantation of the Atlas stent, the hospital stay, and the short and long-term clinical and angiographic outcome.

Patients And Method: The study included 169 patients (60.1 10.

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Complex congenital heart disease with pulmonary atresia is ductus arteriosus-dependent. Two palliative treatments have been available for years: a systemic pulmonary shunt and prostaglandin E1 infusion. Recently, interventional cardiology has offered a new procedure for these patients: stenting of the patent arterial duct.

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