Overview of the distal radial access from the radial artery occlusion perspective.

Conventional radial access in endovascular surgery has certain limitations, primarily associated with the presence of local complications and radial artery occlusion. Over the past 7 years, distal radial access has exploded into all areas of endovascular procedures, from interventional cardiology to vascular surgery and interventional oncology. However, puncture of the distal radial artery has its own nuances and features: a learning curve, the use of ultrasound navigation in the initial stages of mastering the access, limitations in patients with acute conditions (acute coronary syndrome and stroke).

Some Topical Aspects of the "Sports Heart" Problem. Literature Review. Part 2.

Electrocardiography occupies a special place among a significant list of other methods for diagnosing the pathology of the cardiovascular system of athletes. Often its results differ significantly from those in the general population, being a consequence of the adaptation of the heart to economical functioning at rest and super-intensive work in training and competitions. This review focuses on the features of the "athlete's electrocardiogram (ECG).

Some Topical Aspects of the "Sports Heart" Problem (Literature Review). Part I.

The cardiovascular system experiences the greatest overload, morphological and functional changes inelite sport, which in a number of athletes undergoes nonadaptive (pathological) remodeling both functional and morphological. The latter is characterized by certain objective features, including echocardiography indicators, which occupies a special place in sports cardiology. Structural and functional changes beyond the generally accepted norm (pronounced cardiac hypertrophy or dilatation, high arterial hypertension) can be associated with systolic or diastolic myocardial dysfunction and impaired electrical properties, some of which are predictors of severe complications up to sudden cardiac death and pose a serious problem regarding the admission of athletes to training and competition.

Long-term clinical outcomes after kissing balloon inflation in patients with coronary bifurcation lesions treated with provisional stenting technique. Results from the real-world multicenter registry.

Objective: There is a lack of data regarding the long-term clinical efficacy of the kissing balloon inflation (KBI) after provisional stenting of coronary bifurcation lesions. The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of KBI on long-term clinical outcomes in patients undergoing provisional stenting for the coronary bifurcation lesions in a large real-world population.

Methods: A total of 873 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with provisional stenting and had clinical follow up were analyzed.

Alcohol dose in septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate short- and long-term outcomes related to dose of alcohol administered during alcohol septal ablation (ASA) in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). Current guidelines recommend using 1-3 mL of alcohol administered in the target septal perforator artery, but this recommendation is based more on practical experience of interventionalists rather than on systematic evidence.

Methods: We included 1448 patients and used propensity score to match patients who received a low-dose (1.

Outcomes of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy patients undergoing alcohol septal ablation with a standard 3 mL dose of ethanol: Focus on long-term safety.

Objectives: The objective of this research was to assess the long-term results of alcohol septal ablation in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM), with all of them receiving a standard 3 mL ethanol dose.

Background: Generally, ethanol (0.5-3 mL) is infused depending on a septal artery width or interventricular septum (IVS) thickness during alcohol septal ablation.

Alcohol septal ablation in patients with severe septal hypertrophy.

Objective: The current guidelines suggest alcohol septal ablation (ASA) is less effective in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) patients with severe left ventricular hypertrophy, despite acknowledging that systematic data are lacking. Therefore, we analysed patients in the Euro-ASA registry to test this statement.

Methods: We compared the short-term and long-term outcomes of patients with basal interventricular septum (IVS) thickness <30 mm Hg to those with ≥30 mm Hg treated using ASA in nine European centres.

Short- and long-term outcomes of alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy in patients with mild left ventricular hypertrophy: a propensity score matching analysis.

Aims: Based on European guidelines, alcohol septal ablation (ASA) for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is indicated only in patients with interventricular septum (IVS) thickness >16 mm. The aim of this study was to evaluate the short- and long-term outcomes in ASA patients with mild hypertrophy (IVS ≤ 16 mm).

Methods And Results: We retrospectively evaluated 1505 consecutive ASA patients and used propensity score to match 172 pairs (344 patients) in groups IVS ≤ 16 mm or IVS > 16 mm.

Results of Ten-Year Follow-Up of Alcohol Septal Ablation in Patients with Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

This study looks at 10-year follow-up outcomes of alcohol septal ablation in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Between 2000 and 2008, 40 patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (27 males, 13 females) underwent alcohol septal ablation. The median follow-up period was 123 (2-179) months.