Publications by authors named "Jose Maria Cubero"
Article Synopsis
- Mortality rates for adults with pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD) are high, and this study aims to identify factors predicting death and the impact of treatment.
- A retrospective study followed 103 adults with PAH-CHD for approximately 8.6 years, categorizing patients by shunt type and analyzing survival rates and predictors of death using regression models.
- Key findings indicated that pre-tricuspid patients had the highest mortality rates, with significant predictors of poor outcomes including pericardial effusion and oxygen saturation; the study suggests that earlier and more aggressive treatment may be necessary for those in advanced disease stages.
Background: Rotational atherectomy followed by drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation for complex, severely calcified lesions is a rational combination that has not been sufficiently evaluated.
Methods: We investigated 102 consecutive patients with angiographic evidence of heavily calcified lesions that underwent DES implantation following rotational atherectomy at our institution between June 2005 and October 2009, and we examined the long-term clinical outcomes. The major adverse cardiac events monitored were death, myocardial infarction and target lesion revascularization.
Objective: To compare the cytologic features of histologically proven lymphocytic (Hashimoto's) thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroitidis) and primary thyroid lymphomas (TL).
Study Design: Clinical histories, smears (stained with Diff-Quik, Papanicolaou stain or hematoxylin and eosin [HE]) and surgical specimens (HE slides) were reviewed in 25 cases of lymphocytic thyroiditis and 12 of thyroid lymphomas.
Results: Surgical specimens of thyroiditis were obtained for other medical reasons: goiter and compressive symptomatology in 21 cases and neoplasms in 4 (2 papillary carcinomas, 1 follicular carcinoma and 1 oncocytic adenoma).