Publications by authors named "F CERESA"
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- * An 87-year-old patient with severe aortic stenosis and acute heart failure, complicated by COVID-19 pneumonia, successfully underwent a rescue TAVI procedure with veno-arterial ECMO support despite facing cardiac arrest during the process.
- * The case highlights the importance of careful patient selection and effective hemodynamic management in complex TAVI scenarios and indicates a need for further research to develop standardized guidelines for mechanical support in such procedures.
A case of LIMA side branch coronary steal syndrome: a role for embolization.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
November 2024
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- Failure to properly close side branches of the internal mammary artery during bypass surgery can lead to ischemia because of a condition called coronary steal.
- A 56-year-old man experienced recurring chest pain after heart surgery, leading to further examination.
- The patient underwent a successful procedure to block the problematic branch, which resulted in improved blood flow and alleviated his symptoms.
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- - Balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) is a procedure used for patients with severe aortic valve stenosis, either as preparation for trans-catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) or alone in certain cases; the study focused on the newly available Mammoth balloon catheter (BC) used in this context.
- - A retrospective analysis was conducted on patients treated with the Mammoth BC at a hospital in Milan, where technical success was defined by the ability to successfully deploy and inflate the catheter without significant complications like injury or stroke.
- - The results showed a 100% technical success rate in 121 procedures with no complications attributed to the Mammoth BC; however, some patients in the stand-alone group
The transfemoral (TF) approach is the most common route in TAVI, but it is still associated with a risk of bleeding and vascular complications. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes between surgical cut-down (SC) and percutaneous (PC) approach. (2) Between January 2018 and June 2022, 774 patients underwent a transfemoral TAVI procedure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe optimal timing to perform percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is not well established. In this meta-analysis, we aimed to compare the outcomes of patients undergoing PCI before versus after TAVR. A comprehensive literature search was performed including Medline, Embase, and Cochrane electronic databases up to 5 April 2024 for studies that compared PCI before and after TAVR reporting at least one clinical outcome of interest (PROSPERO ID: CRD42023470417).
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