Evaluation of the size of cardiac structures in patients with high body mass index.

Aims: Isometric indexation of cardiac structures fails in patients with overweight. The aim of the study was to evaluate the LA indexed volume (LAVOL), left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD), left ventricular mass index (LVMI), and the aortic sinus diameter (AOSD) in healthy subjects with normal and high BMI and find the allometric correction exponent.

Methods: Four hundred and thirty patients without cardiac pathology were analyzed.

Behavior of right atrial strain in high systolic pulmonary artery pressure.

Aims: Evaluate the ability of right atrial (RA) strain to predict systolic pulmonary artery pressure (SPAP).

Methods And Results: A total of 102 patients were prospectively enrolled. Conventional echocardiographic measures were performed.

[Transradial percutaneous approach for cardiac catheterization in patients with previous brachial artery cutdown].

The percutaneous punction of the radial artery for catheterization procedures has gained acceptance lately. This was a consequence of achieving results similar to the femoral approach, with the benefits of a lower rate of complications and increased comfort for the patients post procedure. Recently it has gained an additional impulse with the better prognosis obtained in acute coronary syndromes.

[Contrast induced nephropathy in acute coronary syndrome].

Contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) is one of the most frequent causes of acute renal failure in hospitalized patients. It is associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality in patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Risk factors and prevention strategies are not well defined.