Role of statins in clinical evolution of octogenarian patients admitted due to COVID-19.

Introduction And Objectives: coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes high mortality in elderly patients. Some studies have shown a benefit of statin treatment in the evolution of this disease. Since there are no similar publications in this population group, the aim of this study is to analyze in-hospital mortality in relation to preadmission treatment with statins in an exclusively elderly population of octogenarian patients.

SARS-CoV-2 infection: A predisposing factor for acute coronary syndrome.

Introduction: Several case series of ACS have been reported in COVID 19 patients. We aim to study its incidence, characteristics, and three-month prognosis. To put this incidence in perspective we compared it with the incidence of in-hospital ACS during the same period of 2019.

SARS-CoV-2 infection: A predisposing factor for acute coronary syndrome.

Introduction: Several case series of ACS have been reported in COVID 19 patients. We aim to study its incidence, characteristics, and three-month prognosis. To put this incidence in perspective we compared it with the incidence of in-hospital ACS during the same period of 2019.

Effects of Virtual Reality on Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs for Ischemic Heart Disease: A Randomized Pilot Clinical Trial.

(1) Background: The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of a virtual reality (VR) program, as a complementary tool to a conventional cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program in phase II of patients with ischemic heart disease compared to a conventional treatment group. (2) Methods: A single blinded randomized clinical trial was conducted. The patients were randomized to a control group (CG) or an experimental group (EG).

Virtual reality and video games in cardiac rehabilitation programs. A systematic review.

Purpose: To carry out a systematic review about the information about the application of of virtual reality and videogames in cardiac rehabilitation.

Methods: A systematic review was conducted. Jadad scale was applied to evaluate the methodological quality of the articles included and the degree of evidence and the level of recommendation were determined through the Oxford Center for Evidence-Based Medicine.

Bundle-branch reentry ventricular tachycardia after transcatheter aortic valve replacement.

An 83-year-old male suffering from severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis received an implant of a biological aortic prosthesis through the femoral artery without complications. Seven days after dischargement he experienced a syncope. The patient was wearing an ECG holter monitor that day, which showed a wide QRS complex tachycardia of 300 beats per minute.

Massive left atrium thrombus.

The image shows a left atrium completely occupied by a giant non-homogeneous, irregularly-surfaced mass, obstructing the disc motion, mimicking severe mitral prosthetic stenosis.

Percutaneous wire rescue during radial sheath insertion.

Radial artery catheterization is a common procedure performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Transradial accesssing is becoming an increasingly widespread choice because of its lower complications compared with the transfemoral approach. Although complications related to this procedure are well established, troubles associated with the guide wire are rare.