[MINOCA and Coronary Ectasia: a rare combination of causes of infarction].

Objective: to describe a patient with myocardial ischemia with multiple causes.

Clinical Case: This clinical case describes a 58-year-old man with a history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, COPD and previous myocardial infarction (AMI). He went to the emergency room with chest pain and dyspnea.

Clinical outcome in nonagenarians undergoing transcatheter valve replacement.

Background: Nonagenarians are mostly denied from different therapeutic strategies due to high preoperative risk. We present the results of nonagenarians with severe aortic stenosis (AS) undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

Methods: Our retrospective analysis include baseline and procedural data along with clinical outcome.

Correlation of risk scores with coronary anatomy in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome.

Background: The literature lacks studies regarding the correlation between risk scores and coronary anatomy in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) OBJECTIVE: Correlate risk scores with the severity of the coronary lesion in ACS with non-ST elevation.

Methods: A total of 582 patients were analyzed between July 2004 and October 2006. The correlation between TIMI risk scores and GRACE (hospital and six months) scores was performed for patients with coronary lesion ≥ 50%, using Spearman's non-parametric method.

Initial experience with transradial access for carotid artery stenting.

We report our experience using transradial access (TRA) for carotid artery stenting (CAS). Eighty-eight patients underwent CAS using a nonfemoral approach, 79 of them by TRA. Carotid artery stenting was performed using standard techniques with a long hydrophilic sheath.

Safety and feasibility of balloon-expandable stent implantation for the treatment of type I endoleaks following endovascular aortic abdominal aneurysm repair.

Aims: The occurrence of type I endoleaks represent an ominous sign after endovascular aneurysms repair (EVAR). We report our experience using balloon-expandable stents (BES) for the treatment of proximal Type I endoleaks at five high-volume hospitals in Argentina.

Methods And Results: Of 1,395 patients who underwent EVAR, we retrospectively collected data of 29 (2%) consecutive patients who underwent additional BES to repair proximal type I endoleaks.