Publications by authors named "Jesus de la Hera"

Background: In recent years, the implementation of electronic health records across all hospitals and primary care centres within the National Health System has significantly enhanced access to patients' clinical data. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in primary care settings and to outline its associated cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) and epidemiological characteristics.

Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was conducted including 89,679 patients diagnosed with T2DM who attended the primary health care system from 2014 to 2018.

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Background: Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is associated with an increased mortality. Previous studies have analyzed predictors of TR progression and the clinical impact of baseline TR. However, there is a lack of evidence regarding the natural history of TR: the pattern of change and clinical impact of progression.

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Electromechanical characterization during atrial fibrillation (AF) remains a significant gap in the understanding of AF-related atrial myopathy. This study reports mechanistic insights into the electromechanical remodeling process associated with AF progression and further demonstrates its prognostic value in the clinic. In pigs, sequential electromechanical assessment during AF progression shows a progressive decrease in mechanical activity and early dissociation from its electrical counterpart.

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  • * A study with 104 diabetes patients discharged from cardiology showed similar safety outcomes between those prescribed SGLT-2 inhibitors and those who weren't.
  • * The SGLT-2 inhibitors group had significantly lower rates of overall and cardiovascular deaths compared to the non-SGLT-2 inhibitor group, indicating these drugs are safe and beneficial at discharge.
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  • * They found that about 6% of patients had significant TR, with many experiencing different levels of severity and a big part of them having symptoms that put them at risk for surgery.
  • * The results suggest that many patients with severe TR might need special treatments, and doctors need to carefully decide who gets them based on their heart health and symptoms.
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(1) Background: The clinical management of Brugada Syndrome (BrS) remains suboptimal. (2) Objective: To explore the role of standard electrocardiogram (ECG) spectral analysis in diagnosis and risk stratification. (3) Methods: We analyzed 337 patients-43 with a spontaneous type I ECG pattern (Spont-BrS), 112 drug induced (Induct-BrS), and 182 with a negative response to the drug challenge (negative responders (NR)).

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics of patients with IE in three groups of age and to assess the ability of age and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict mortality.

Methods: Prospective cohort study of all patients with IE included in the GAMES Spanish database between 2008 and 2015.Patients were stratified into three age groups:<65 years,65 to 80 years,and ≥ 80 years.

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Introduction: There is compelling evidence supporting the association between high on-treatment platelet reactivity (HPR) and low on-treatment platelet reactivity (LPR) to clopidogrel with atherothrombotic and bleeding events, respectively. However, it is uncertain if current cutoff values should be used in prasugrel- or ticagrelor-treated subjects. The objective of this analysis was to evaluate the pharmacodynamic (PD) efficacy of P2Y antagonists in a contemporary real-world population.

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Aims: Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most frequent valvular disease in developed countries. As society grows older, the prevalence of AS increases. However, the real burden, current aetiology, severity distribution, and echocardiographic patterns of AS are not fully clear.

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Background: Some important studies have shown that patient-prosthesis mismatch is a frequent occurrence after surgical aortic valve replacement that impairs survival. The Trifecta valve (St. Jude Medical Inc, St.

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Introduction: Our aim was to characterize a stepwise approach in cavotricuspid isthmus ablation for typical atrial flutter in a prospective, noncrossover randomized study.

Methods: One hundred and fifty patients referred for cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI)-dependent atrial flutter ablation were randomized to undergo an ablation with an 8-mm-tip catheter (group 1), a 3.5-mm open irrigation-tip catheter (group 2), and a 3.

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Introduction And Objectives: The Mitroflow aortic prosthesis is a bovine pericardial bioprosthesis specially designed to increase the valve area in relation to its size. There is controversy regarding the pattern of structural valve deterioration (SVD). Our aim was to determine the cumulative incidence of SVD, risk factors influencing its occurrence, and its impact on mortality.

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Background: Debate regarding the prognosis of asymptomatic patients with Brugada syndrome (BrS) is possibly affected by the selection bias of survivors of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). We aimed to determine variables influencing surveillance after SCA.

Methods: We analyzed a BrS cohort of 145 patients belonging to 37 families.

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Several common KCNQ1 gene polymorphisms have been associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and diabetic nephropathy. This effect is explained by the role of the kcnq1 protein as a potassium channel that in the pancreatic beta-cells drives an electrical signal that facilitates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. The KCNQ1 gene is also expressed in the kidney, and could thus be implicated in the risk of developing impaired renal function.

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