Aortic Stenosis Management in Patients With Acute Hip Fracture.

The treatment of severe aortic stenosis (SAS) has evolved rapidly with the advent of minimally invasive structural heart interventions. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement has allowed patients to undergo definitive SAS treatment achieving faster recovery rates compared to valve surgery. Not infrequently, patients are admitted/diagnosed with SAS after a fall associated with a hip fracture (HFx).

Sudden cardiac arrest as the initial presentation for left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy.

A 37-year-old man without a significant medical history had an out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest. A bystander started cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and emergency medical services arrived promptly, confirmed ventricular fibrillation, and restored sinus rhythm. An emergent coronary arteriogram was normal.

Experience with Percutaneous Transcatheter Closure of Interatrial Communications at the Cardiovascular Center of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

Objective: The annual rate of percutaneous transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects (ASDs) and patent foramen ovales (PFO) has markedly increased in the United States over the past decade. This technique has been used at the Cardiovascular Center for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean since 2005. We report on the clinical characteristics and the immediate and short-term follow-up of adult patients who underwent this procedure at this center from 2008 to 2012.