Coronary Obstruction After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights From the Spanish TAVI Registry.

Background: Coronary obstruction (CO) following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a life-threatening complication, scarcely studied.

Objectives: The authors analyzed the incidence of CO after TAVR, presentation, management, and in-hospital and 1-year clinical outcomes in a large series of patients undergoing TAVR.

Methods: Patients from the Spanish TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation) registry who presented with CO in the procedure, during hospitalization or at follow-up were included.

Long-term effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on the cardiovascular system, CV COVID registry: A structured summary of a study protocol.

Background: Patients presenting with the coronavirus-2019 disease (COVID-19) may have a high risk of cardiovascular adverse events, including death from cardiovascular causes. The long-term cardiovascular outcomes of these patients are entirely unknown. We aim to perform a registry of patients who have undergone a diagnostic nasopharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV-2 and to determine their long-term cardiovascular outcomes.

Comparison of Transfemoral Versus Transradial Secondary Access in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

Background: Transfemoral approach has been commonly used as secondary access in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Scarce data exist on the use and potential clinical benefits of the transradial approach as secondary access during TAVR procedures. The objective of the study is to determine the occurrence of vascular complications (VC) and clinical outcomes according to secondary access (transfemoral versus transradial) in patients undergoing TAVR.

Scaling Echocardiographic Cardiac Dimensions to Body Size: A Bayesian Analysis in Healthy Men and Women.

Background: Proper scaling of cardiac dimensions is of paramount importance in making correct decisions in clinical cardiology. The usual normalization of cardiac dimensions to overall body size assumes an isometric relationship. We sought to investigate these relationships to obtain the best allometric coefficient (AC) for scaling.

Use and Outcomes of Triple Antithrombotic Therapy with Non-Vitamin K Antagonists in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

Background: Triple antithrombotic therapy (TT) is recommended for patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, there is a lack of comparative data in a real-world clinical setting between non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOAC) and vitamin K antagonists (VKA). The aim of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of TT with NOAC or VKA after PCI in patients with AF at 1-year of follow-up.

Arrhythmic Burden as Determined by Ambulatory Continuous Cardiac Monitoring in Patients With New-Onset Persistent Left Bundle Branch Block Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: The MARE Study.

Objectives: The authors sought to determine: 1) the global arrhythmic burden; 2) the rate of arrhythmias leading to a treatment change; and 3) the incidence of high-degree atrioventricular block (HAVB) at 12-month follow-up in patients with new-onset persistent left bundle branch block (LBBB) following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).

Background: Controversial data exist on the occurrence of significant arrhythmias in patients with LBBB post-TAVR.

Methods: This was a multicenter prospective study including 103 consecutive patients with new-onset persistent LBBB post-TAVR with the balloon-expandable SAPIEN XT/3 valve (n = 53), or the self-expanding CoreValve/Evolut R system (n = 50).

Study design for the "effect of METOprolol in CARDioproteCtioN during an acute myocardial InfarCtion" (METOCARD-CNIC): a randomized, controlled parallel-group, observer-blinded clinical trial of early pre-reperfusion metoprolol administration in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Background: Infarct size predicts post-infarction mortality. Oral β-blockade within 24 hours of a ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a class-IA indication, however early intravenous (IV) β-blockers initiation is not encouraged. In recent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based experimental studies, the β(1)-blocker metoprolol has been shown to reduce infarct size only when administered before coronary reperfusion.

Less iodine injected for the same diagnostic performances: comparison of two low-osmolar contrast agents (iobitridol 350 and iopamidol 370) in coronary angiography and ventriculography: a randomized double-blind clinical study.

Objective: Mild reductions in iodine concentration could reduce acute side effects after intraarterial contrast media administration without affecting the quality of coronary artery images. This study was designed to show the equivalence in terms of image quality of two nonionic low-osmolar monomers, iobitridol 350 and iopamidol 370, and to compare their clinical safety in coronary angiography and ventriculography.

Methods And Results: In this multicentre, double-blind clinical trial, 98 adult patients were randomized to receive either iobitridol 350 or iopamidol 370.

One-year results of unprotected left main disease treatment with paclitaxel-eluting stents: results of a multicenter registry.

Background: Preliminary data suggest that drug-eluting stents might have a role in selected cases of unprotected left main stenosis (ULMS). The purpose of this study was to determine the rates of death, myocardial infarction, and repeated revascularization in a multicenter, prospective series of patients with ULMS treated with paclitaxel-eluting stents.

Methods: A prospective registry was initiated in March 2003 through December 2004 in five tertiary centers including all patients with a significant (>50%) stenosis in ULMS treated with at least one paclitaxel-eluting stent.