Anales de Cardiología
Número 97, 15 de Junio de 2009
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Noticias
- CARDIOLOGÍA: -Cor triatriatum sinister, rara malformación congénita manifestada en la vida adulta como estenosis mitral. Utilidad del ecocardiograma Doppler color y la resonancia magnética cardíaca
El cor triatriatum sinister es un raro defecto congénito en el cual la aurícula izquierda está dividida en dos cámaras por una membrana fibromuscular. Habitualmente este defecto se manifiesta ...
- CARDIOLOGÍA: -Recuperación de la contracción auricular luego de la cirugía de MAZE III izquierdo
Introducción La cirugía de MAZE III izquierdo demostró una efectividad elevada en la restauración a ritmo sinusal. Sin embargo, la efectividad en la restauración de la sístole auricular en ...
- HEART FAILURE & CARVEDILOL CONTROLLED RELEASE (CASPER trial): -Adherence & the compliance and quality of life study comparing once-daily controlled-release carvedilol cr and twice-daily immediate-release carvedilol ir in patients with heart failure...
Background Suboptimal compliance in taking guideline-based pharmacotherapy in patients with chronic heart failure (HF) potentially increases the burden of hospitalizations and diminishes quality of ...
- BIOMARKERS IN -SCD-SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH MORTALITY IN WOMEN: -Amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein as predictors of sudden cardiac death among women
Background Plasma concentrations of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) have been found to predict risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with known cardiac disease and ...
- IN MEMORIAN- Prof: Philip Poole-Wilson
Philip Poole-Wilson POR JORDI SOLER-SOLER Rev Esp Cardiol. 2009;62:703. El pasado 4 de marzo, Philip nos dejó para siempre. Murió repentinamente cuando iba a su hospital de siempre, a pesar de ...
- The tricuspid valve: -Current perspective and evolving management of tricuspid regurgitation
Cardiovascular specialists have entered an era of renewed interest and enthusiasm surrounding the diagnosis and treatment of valvular heart disease, driven in part by emerging percutaneous therapies ...
- STATIN IMPROVE RHEUMATIC AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS HEART DISEASE: -Hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme-a reductase inhibitors delay the progression of rheumatic aortic valve stenosis
Objectives: This study sought to assess the effect of hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme-A reductase inhibitors (statins) on the progression of rheumatic aortic valve stenosis. Background: The ...
- TRANSCATHTER VALVULAR THERAPY: -Transcatheter mitral and pulmonary valve therapy
As the percentage of seniors continues to rise in many populations around the world, the already challenging burden of valvular heart disease will become even greater. Unfortunately, a significant ...
- TEXTO COMPLETO: -GENÉTICA Y CARDIOLOGÍA: -Mutación en homocigosis en el gen MYBPC3 asociada a fenotipos severos y alto riesgo de muerte súbita en una familia con miocardiopatía hipertrófica
El estudio genético puede resultar una pieza clave en la evaluación integral de la miocardiopatía hipertrófica familiar y en el desarrollo de una medicina individualizada. Hay pocos casos descritos, ...
- WOMEN HEALTH: -CARDIOLOGY: -ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK IN FETAL MEDICINE BY MATERNAL AUTOANTIBODIES: -Early diagnosis and treatment of atrioventricular block in the fetus exposed to maternal anti-ssa/ro-ssb/la antibodies
Background A fetus exposed to maternal anti-SSA/Ro or anti-SSB/La antibodies (or both) may develop complete atrioventricular block (AVB), which results in high prenatal and postnatal morbidity and ...
- FETAL ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK BY MATERNAL ANTOANTIBODIES: -Early diagnosis and treatment of atrioventricular block in the fetus exposed to maternal anti-ssa/ro-ssb/la antibodies
Background A fetus exposed to maternal anti-SSA/Ro or anti-SSB/La antibodies (or both) may develop complete atrioventricular block (AVB), which results in high prenatal and postnatal morbidity and ...
- FULTEXTO: -CARDIOLOGÍA: Estudio experimental de la llamada fase de relajación isovolumétrica del ventrículo izquierdo
Introducción y objetivos. La perfusion con dipiridamol en resonancia magnética cardiaca (RMC) de estrés se utiliza para la detección de enfermedad de las arterias coronarias (EAC). Sin embargo, se ...
- CARDIOLOGY: -Molecular architecture of the human sinus node
Background Although we know much about the molecular makeup of the sinus node (SN) in small mammals, little is known about it in humans. The aims of the present study were to investigate the ...
- PATHOGENESIS: -Paroxysmal lone atrial fibrillation is associated with an abnormal atrial substrate
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine whether patients with paroxysmal "lone" atrial fibrillation (AF) have an abnormal atrial substrate. Background: While "AF begets AF," prompt ...
- ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: -Paroxysmal lone atrial fibrillation is associated with an abnormal atrial substrate
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine whether patients with paroxysmal "lone" atrial fibrillation (AF) have an abnormal atrial substrate. Background: While "AF begets AF," prompt ...
