Publications by authors named "Miren Martin"
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to investigate the impact of DuraGraft, an endothelial damage inhibitor (EDI) preservation solution, on major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
- - Researchers conducted a single-center, prospective study with 180 patients, comparing EDI treatment to conventional vein preservation and found that the EDI group had a significantly better event-free survival rate after three years (89% vs. 78%).
- - The findings suggest that using DuraGraft reduces the incidence of MACEs post-surgery, especially benefiting diabetic patients and those receiving multiple saphenous vein grafts.
Introduction And Objectives: Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) can modify the natural history of severe aortic stenosis (SAS). However, compared with the general population, these patients have a loss of life expectancy. The life expectancy of patients who undergo SAVR due to low-gradient SAS with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Objectives: In young patients with severe aortic stenosis, it is unknown whether their life expectancy restored after aortic valve replacement (AVR) is unknown.
Methods: We analyzed all patients aged between 50 and 65 years who underwent isolated AVR in 27 Spanish centers during an 18-year period. We compared observed and expected survival at 15 years of follow-up.
Objectives: Some researchers have observed an increased number of deaths during the follow-up of young patients who undergo aortic valve replacement due to severe aortic stenosis, suggesting that this procedure does not restore their life expectancy. Our goal was to confirm these findings and explore sex-based differences.
Methods: All patients between 50 and 65 years of age who underwent isolated aortic valve replacement in 27 Spanish centres during an 18-year period were included.
Background: Frailty has emerged as one of the main predictors of worse outcomes after cardiac surgery, but scarce evidence is available about its influence on postoperative quality of life. Whether frail patients may improve their quality of life or not after the surgical procedure is a matter that still remains unclear.
Methods: This observational and multicenter cohort study was conducted in 3 university-affiliated hospitals of three different regions of Spain (Madrid, Asturias, and Canary Islands).
We describe a simple technique for the accurate adjustment of polytetrafluoroethylene neochordae length in degenerative mitral regurgitation using the annuloplasty ring's own suture as a reference instead of using sophisticated or less precise maneuvers. Two threads of the annuloplasty ring suture are placed at the level of the mitral valve annulus plane to be used as a reference to tie the neochordae.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: We assessed the prognostic utility of risk scores in surgery for infective endocarditis (IE) to evaluate their reliability in mortality risk prediction.
Methods: An observational retrospective study was developed to include all patients who underwent surgery for active IE from 2002 to 2016. Classical and endocarditis-specific risk scores were calculated.