Advancing Cardiac Care: A Registry of Heart Transplantation in Latin America (1968-2022).

Introduction: Heart transplantation (HTx) has emerged as a pivotal intervention for end-stage heart failure, offering significant improvements in survival and quality of life. This manuscript elucidates the landscape of HTx across Latin America (LATAM) from its advent in 1968 through December 2022, shedding light on its evolution, current practices, and regional disparities.

Methods: We distributed a structured questionnaire to the national coordinators or representatives of the Interamerican Council of Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension, collating responses from 20 LATAM nations.

Association of Abnormal Cardiac Biomarkers and Cardiovascular Complications, with Mortality in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Latin America.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a correlation between cardiac complications and elevated cardiac biomarkers, which are linked to poorer clinical outcomes.

Objective: This study aims to determine the clinical impact of cardiac biomarkers in COVID-19 patients in Latin America.

Subjects And Methods: The CARDIO COVID 19-20 Registry is a multicenter observational study across 44 hospitals in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Latin-American Registry of Cardiovascular Disease and COVID-19: Final Results.

Background: Socioeconomic factors contribute to a more severe impact of COVID-19 in Latin American and Caribbean (LA&C) countries than in developed countries. Patients with a severe or critical illness can develop respiratory and cardiovascular complications.

Objective: To describe a LA&C population with COVID-19 to provide information related to this disease, in-hospital cardiovascular complications, and in-hospital mortality.

Latin-American Registry of Cardiovascular Disease and COVID-19: Rationale and Design of the CARDIO COVID 19-20 Registry.

Background: Infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) exhibits a strong infectivity but less virulence compared to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). In terms of cardiovascular morbidity, susceptible population include elderly and patients with certain cardiovascular conditions. This infection has been associated with cardiac injury, cardiovascular complications and higher mortality.

The Jurdham procedure: endocardial left ventricular lead insertion via a femoral transseptal sheath for cardiac resynchronization therapy pectoral device implantation.

Background: Endocardial stimulation of the left ventricle for cardiac resynchronization therapy is a growing field of investigation. Despite the excellent results and absence of significant complications demonstrated thus far in the literature, the lack of a simple, straightforward, and standard technique limits its widespread utilization.

Objective: To assess the feasibility, safety, simplicity, and complications of a technique for inserting the left ventricle lead through a femoral transseptal sheath to the pectoral implant site, termed "the Jurdham procedure.