[Epidemiological characteristics of heart transplant recipients in Peru 2010-2020].

Objective: To evaluate the epidemiological, clinical, surgical, pathological characteristics and outcomes in the follow-up of heart transplant recipients at the National Cardiovascular Institute during 2010-2020.

Material And Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was performed by reviewing the medical records of patients undergoing heart transplantation at a national referral center, describing the clinical, surgical, laboratory, pathology characteristics and survival of patients up to 10 years of follow-up.

Results: Eighty-six patients were transplanted in 10 years, the median age was 41 years (RIQ 28-56), being predominantly male (66.

[Incessant focal atrial tachycardia as a cause of cardiomyopathy. About a case].

Focal atrial tachycardia is a rare type of supraventricular tachyarrhythmia, generally present in young people, and is a rare cause of tachycardiomyopathy (10%). We present a clinical case of tachycardiomyopathy in a 30-year-old man, without comorbidities, who was diagnosed with incessant focal atrial tachycardia, refractory to medical therapy, and electrical cardioversion. Successful endocardial ablation was performed, and in outpatient follow-up at 6 months, he showed a recovery of the left ventricular ejection fraction and reduction of the left chambers to normal ranges, with progressive decrease of dyspnea.

[SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Heart Transplant Recipients].

Since the first reports of SARS-CoV-2 infection in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, we have witnessed its worldwide spread, and the serious complications it caused in thousands of patients. Recipients of solid organ transplants are among the risk population due to immunosuppression.There is lack of information about the presentation, clinical course, management, and prognosis of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in these patients.

[Cardiac Amyloidosis: Experience in a National Reference Cardiovascular Institute].

Objectives: To determine the clinical, imaging and laboratory characteristics and one year after diagnosis survival of patients with cardiac amyloidosis in a national reference hospital.

Materials And Methods: Case series study. We evaluated the clinical characteristics, complementary examinations and survival of patients with cardiac amyloidosis diagnosed, treated and followed up in the Clinical Cardiology service of the National Cardiovascular Institute - INCOR EsSalud in Lima, Peru.

Heart failure complicating myocardial infarction. A report of the Peruvian Registry of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (PERSTEMI).

Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine the incidence, associated factors, and 30-day mortality of patients with heart failure (HF) after ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in Peru.

Methods: Observational, cohort, multicentre study was conducted at the national level on patients enrolled in the Peruvian registry of STEMI, excluding patients with a history of HF. A comparison was made with the epidemiological characteristics, treatment, and 30 day-outcome of patients with (Group 1) and without (Group 2) heart failure after infarction.