Publications by authors named "Luis Miguel Rincon Diaz"
Background: The management of patients with asymptomatic significant aortic regurgitation (sAR) is often challenging and appropriate timing of aortic valve surgery remains controversial. Prognostic value of diastolic parameters has been demonstrated in several cardiac diseases. The aim of this study was to analyze the prognostic significance of the diastolic function evaluated by echocardiography, in asymptomatic patients with sAR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence, Incidence, and Outcomes of Hyperkalaemia in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction from a Spanish Multicentre Study: SPANIK-HF Design and Baseline Characteristics.
J Clin Med
February 2022
Article Synopsis
- Hyperkalaemia is a significant issue for heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), impacting both the use of key medications and patient prognosis.
- A study of 565 outpatients revealed that hyperkalaemia affected the ability to prescribe or maintain optimal doses of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) in about 34.8% of cases.
- Overall, the presence of hyperkalaemia is common among HFrEF patients and poses challenges in achieving effective medical treatment.
Introduction And Objectives: Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR) is a disease caused by mutations in the transthyretin gene that frequently shows cardiac involvement due to amyloid deposition in the myocardium. Our objective was to identify cardiac involvement in a Spanish cohort.
Methods: Retrospective multicenter study of patients diagnosed with hATTR with cardiac involvement from Spanish centers.
Cardiac surgery induces geometrical and functional changes, which are not clearly explained. Objective: to investigate the physiopathology of the heart after cardiac surgery using advanced techniques of echocardiography. Thirty patients undergoing cardiac surgery had echocardiographic study prior and after surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Bleeding in ACS patients is an independent marker of adverse outcomes. Its prognostic impact is even worse in elderly population. Current bleeding risk scores include chronological age but do not consider biologic vulnerability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Swirling flow, organized in vortices, contributes to adequate left ventricular function. In this study, we apply a novel echocardiographic flow-mapping technique, vector flow mapping (VFM), to evaluate the main characteristics of left ventricular vortices and its relation to filling parameters.
Methods: Forty-eight subjects underwent conventional transthoracic echocardiographic examination with additional intracardiac flow assessment with VFM using a Aloka Alpha-10 system and experimental VFM analysis software.