Publications by authors named "Violeta Sanchez Sanchez"
Numerous cases of myocarditis related to mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 have recently been described, usually in young men. Long-term evolutive cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) data are lacking. We describe four consecutive cases of COVID-19 vaccine-induced myocarditis.
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- - The LEONE-HT study investigates the poor heart transplant (HT) survival rates and the role of anti-HLA antibodies, which may cause cardiac allograft dysfunction in patients receiving heart transplants.
- - It involves a cohort of HT patients, comparing those with positive anti-HLA antibodies to those without, utilizing advanced assessment methods like imaging and immunological analyses to understand the extent of myocardial damage.
- - Ethical standards for the study are met, adhering to global guidelines, and findings will be shared through patient associations and registered on clinicaltrials.gov for transparency.
Introduction And Objectives: The Spanish Registry of Acute Aortic Syndrome (RESA) was launched in 2005 to identify the characteristics of acute aortic syndrome (AAS) in Spain. The aim of this study was to analyze the differences in management and mortality in the 3 RESA iterations.
Methods: We analyzed data from patients with AAS prospectively included by 24 to 30 tertiary centers during the 3 iterations of the registry: RESA I (2005-2006), RESA-II (2012-2013), and RESA III (2018-2019).
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- Neurologic impairment can last for months after severe COVID-19 infection due to ongoing inflammation.
- A study analyzed cognitive functions in 152 patients recovering from severe SARS-CoV-2 infection, finding significant issues with memory, executive functions, and attention, alongside elevated anxiety and depression rates.
- The study also identified increased levels of certain plasma biomarkers in these patients, raising concerns about potential long-term cognitive effects or the risk of neurodegenerative diseases.
In order to determine the prevalence of neural autoantibodies in adult patients with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (DRTLE) of unknown etiology, we compared the characteristics of patients with and without autoantibodies and applied antibody predictive scores to the patients. Patients aged ≥18 years with DRTLE of unknown etiology and ≥12 months of evolution were prospectively recruited. Neural autoantibodies in serum and CSF were systematically determined in all patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: Several trials have evaluated the effect of disease management programs in heart failure (HF) with diverse results. The aim of this study was to develop a simple nurse-led clinic intervention program for patients with HF and assess whether this intervention positively affects the prognosis of patients, their care costs and perceived quality of life (QoL).
Methods: Between 2011 and 2013, 127 patients with reduced ejection fraction were prospectively randomly allocated (1:2) to standard care or intervention program.
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with a greater mortality rate in patients with heart failure (HF) and it is a risk factor for right ventricular failure after heart transplantation. This study was designed to explore risk factors for PH development in patients with advanced heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction. In a retrospective observational study of 419 patients evaluated for heart transplantation due to end stage HF, different variables were analyzed to find predictors of PH (defined as a mean pulmonary pressure >25 mmHg), reactive PH (defined as a transpulmonary gradient >12 mmHg) and severe PH (defined as a mean pulmonary pressure >40 mmHg and/or pulmonary vascular ressistance >3 WU) using a multivariate stepwise logistic regression analysis.
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