Publications by authors named "Pilar Carrillo Saez"
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at a special scoring system (CHIP-PCI) to see how well it predicts heart problems in older people (75 years and older) who have heart surgery.
- They gathered data from three different studies, including over 2,700 older patients, and found that some medical conditions could help predict the risk of serious heart issues.
- The researchers improved the original CHIP-PCI score by adding some new risk factors, making it better at predicting problems during the hospital stay and shortly after surgery, but not as good for predicting issues one year later.
Prospective application of a bleeding and ischemic risks-adjusted antithrombotic protocol in elderly patients revascularized with everolimus-eluting stents: EPIC05-Sierra75 study.
J Geriatr Cardiol
May 2022
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of elderly patients (over 75 years) undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary intervention (PCI) using an antithrombotic strategy that considers their individual risks for bleeding and ischemic events.
- The research included 1,064 patients and found that the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events and bleeding was lower in this tailored treatment group compared to a control group, with no cases of stent thrombosis in those receiving shorter dual antiplatelet therapy.
- The conclusion indicates that a risk-adjusted antithrombotic protocol for elderly patients after revascularization with the latest stent technology may lead to better health outcomes regarding both bleeding and ischemic events.
Background: It is estimated that 5% to 10% of patients with myocardial infarction (MI) present with no obstructive coronary artery lesions. Until now, most studies have focused on acute coronary syndrome, including different clinical entities with a similar presentation encompassed under the term MINOCA (MI with non-obstructive coronary arteries). The aim of this study is to assess the prognosis of patients diagnosed with true infarction, confirmed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR), in the absence of significant coronary lesions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA prospective randomized trial of everolimus-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in octogenarians: the XIMA Trial (Xience or Vision Stents for the Management of Angina in the Elderly).
J Am Coll Cardiol
April 2014
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine whether drug-eluting stents (DES) are superior to bare-metal stents (BMS) in octogenarian patients with angina.
Background: Patients ≥80 years of age frequently have complex coronary disease warranting DES but have a higher risk of bleeding from prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy.
Methods: This multicenter randomized trial was conducted in 22 centers in the United Kingdom and Spain.
Clinical outcomes after intravascular ultrasound and fractional flow reserve assessment of intermediate coronary lesions. Propensity score matching of large cohorts from two institutions with a differential approach.
EuroIntervention
November 2013
Aims: Assessment of intermediate coronary lesions can be done with fractional flow reserve (FFR) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). There are no randomised trials and only a small registry from one centre is available but this is subject to important bias. We sought to evaluate the clinical outcomes of an FFR strategy compared with an IVUS strategy for intermediate lesion assessment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Objectives: Implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD) have been shown to improve survival in patients with myocardial infarctionand LVEF < 0.30 or LVEF < 0.40 + nonsustained ventricular tachycardia + inducible sustained arrhythmias.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction And Objectives: Coronary ectasia is characterized by the presence of diffuse dilation of the coronary vessels and is detected in 0.3-5.3% of angiographic studies.
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