Carotid intima-media thickness as predictor of secondary events after coronary angioplasty.

Aim: Subjects with symptomatic or asymptomatic peripheral arterial or cerebro-vascular disease have an increased risk of death or cardiovascular event. The aim of this study was to determine whether intima-media thickening of the common carotid artery and/or a low ankle brachial index (ABI) are related with an increased risk of cardio-vascular event after percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA).

Methods: One hundred and thirteen consecutive, patients (88 males, 25 females, mean age: 62 years) undergoing PTCA were included.

[Ventricular tachycardia by branch to branch re-entry. Familial case with Steinert's disease].

Ventricular tachycardia by branch to branch reentry is a rare arrhythmia. It occurs in cardiomyopathies associated with conduction defects. During tachycardia a His potential precedes each QRS complex which usually has a left bundle branch block appearance.

[Radiofrequency ablation in auricular flutter. Predictive factors of primary success and medium term results].

Ninety-one consecutive patients underwent radiofrequency ablation of chronic or paroxysmal atrial flutter. The average age of the patients was 66. There was a previous history of atrial fibrillation in 38% of cases and of cardiac surgery in 14.