Association of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Inhibitors With Clinical Outcomes, Hemodynamics, and Myocardial Remodeling Among Patients With Advanced Heart Failure on Left Ventricular Assist Device Support.

Background: We evaluated the potential benefits of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors (RAASi) in patients with left ventricular assist device support.

Methods And Results: A total of 165 consecutive patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implant and alive at 6-month on support were studied. RAASi status after 6-month visit along with clinical reasons for nonprescription/uptitration were retrospectively assessed.

[Validation of a high sensitive troponin 99th percentile obtained in a general hospital].

Introduction: High sensitivity cardiac Troponin T (hs-cTnT) dosage is recommended for myocardial infarction diagnosis, by applying the 99th percentile obtained from a healthy population by the manufacturer. The objective is to validate the 99th percentile in a population from our hospital (99L), compared with the manufacturer´s 99th percentile (99F) by using coronary angiography as gold standard.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective analysis of every hs-cTnT (Roche) obtained from patients admitted with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) who underwent coronary angiography between 2015 and 2018.

[Effectiveness of transthoracic echocardiogram in patent foramen ovale diagnosis. Systematic review of last ten years.].

Background: Transesophageal echo (TEE) bubble study is the current gold standard for patent foramen ovale (PFO) diagnosis, but it has the disadvantage of being semi-invasive and not exempted from risks. The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of TTE compared to TEE for PFO diagnosis.

Methods And Results: a systematic review was done on Medline with the terms "transthoracic echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, patent foramen ovale, diagnosis" yielding published literature of the last ten years.