Publications by authors named "Enrique Novo-Garcia"
Article Synopsis
- 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.
Article Synopsis
- This article reports on the annual activities of the Interventional Cardiology Association of the Spanish Society of Cardiology for 2022.
- A total of 111 centers participated, revealing a 4.8% increase in diagnostic studies and a significant 22% rise in PCIs on the left main coronary artery, while the overall PCI numbers remained stable.
- Key trends included a preference for the radial approach in 94.9% of cases, increased use of drug-eluting balloons and intracoronary imaging, and a continuous rise in noncoronary procedures, especially those related to heart valve and structural heart issues.
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is one of the systemic manifestations of atherothrombosis. The subjects with atherosclerosis in a particular vascular bed are at increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications. The diagnostic methods currently available in Primary Care (PC) for the diagnosis of PAD are pedal pulse palpation, oscillometry and Doppler.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) is thought to be related to the development of coronary disease. We were interested in knowing the degree of FMD in a large sample of coronary patients in relation to the therapy they were given in clinical practice.
Patients And Method: We studied 1,081 coronary patients (age 68 +/- 12 years, 73% male) in which FMD was evaluated in the brachial artery.