Almudena Castro Conde , Juan José Gorgojo Martínez , Nicolás Manito Lorite
{"title":"Actualización del posicionamiento sobre obesidad y enfermedad cardiovascular y renal de las Asociaciones de Cardiología Preventiva, Cardiología Clínica e Insuficiencia Cardiaca de la SEC","authors":"Almudena Castro Conde , Juan José Gorgojo Martínez , Nicolás Manito Lorite","doi":"10.1016/j.rccl.2024.11.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rccl.2024.11.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36870,"journal":{"name":"REC: CardioClinics","volume":"60 2","pages":"Pages 158-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143858868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Álvaro González Franco , José Francisco Soto , Inmaculada Mediavilla , Manuel Leal , Manuel Anguita , on behalf of the CARABELA-HF Scientific Committee
{"title":"CARABELA-HF: new frontiers in the optimization of heart failure clinical management in Spain","authors":"Álvaro González Franco , José Francisco Soto , Inmaculada Mediavilla , Manuel Leal , Manuel Anguita , on behalf of the CARABELA-HF Scientific Committee","doi":"10.1016/j.rccl.2024.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rccl.2024.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36870,"journal":{"name":"REC: CardioClinics","volume":"60 2","pages":"Pages 145-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143858873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roberto Sánchez Medina , Alejandro de Arriba Fernández , Ángela Gutiérrez Pérez , José Luis Alonso Bilbao
{"title":"Influence of COVID-19 on the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and use of health care services in Gran Canaria","authors":"Roberto Sánchez Medina , Alejandro de Arriba Fernández , Ángela Gutiérrez Pérez , José Luis Alonso Bilbao","doi":"10.1016/j.rccl.2025.01.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rccl.2025.01.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction and objectives</h3><div>The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) has increased faster in low- and middle-income countries. We determined how the COVID-19 pandemic may have affected the relationship between income level and prevalence of DM, disease management, and the use of primary care services.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Descriptive cross-sectional study. It included diabetic patients over 14 years of age residing in <em>Las Palmas de Gran Canaria</em> as of 31 December 2022. The results were compared with those of a pre-pandemic study in 2019.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The prevalence of DM in 2022 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria was almost identical to that of 2019, with a slight decrease in the low- and high-income groups, and an increase in the middle-income group. The average age of the population with DM increased. The average number of visits to the doctor increased, while visits to the nursing home decreased. A worsening of glycosylated hemoglobin and low-density lipoproteins was found in high and middle incomes. The trend was the opposite for body weight, with a 1.2% increase in the prevalence of overweight/obesity in low incomes.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Lower incomes were associated with worse outcomes in terms of overweight and obesity. The situation of people with DM with overweight or obesity worsened compared to 2019 for the lower-income population.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36870,"journal":{"name":"REC: CardioClinics","volume":"60 2","pages":"Pages 117-126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143858967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Claudia Flórez Rodríguez , Javier Castro Monsalve , Felipe Rubio Duarte , Silvia Plata , Claudia C. Colmenares-Mejía , Diana Laverde , Diana Fajardo , Sara Mendoza Crespo
{"title":"Impacto de la obstrucción en la conexión venosa pulmonar anómala total: morbimortalidad quirúgica y supervivencia","authors":"Claudia Flórez Rodríguez , Javier Castro Monsalve , Felipe Rubio Duarte , Silvia Plata , Claudia C. Colmenares-Mejía , Diana Laverde , Diana Fajardo , Sara Mendoza Crespo","doi":"10.1016/j.rccl.2025.01.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rccl.2025.01.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction and objectives</h3><div>Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare condition with a wide anatomical spectrum and a favorable prognosis, except in the presence of pulmonary venous obstruction. The objective was to identify factors associated with operative mortality in patients undergoing surgical correction.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A retrospective analysis was conducted on patients operated on between 2013 and 2022. The primary outcome was operative mortality, while the secondary outcome was the presence of major complications. Survival at 1 and 5 years after discharge was also evaluated. Logistic regression was used to identify preoperative and intraoperative risk factors for operative mortality, and Kaplan-Meier survival curves and a Cox model were employed to assess factors associated with 1-year survival.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 74 patients were included (56.8% male, 59.5% with supracardiac drainage). Operative mortality was 16.2% (95%CI, 8.7-26.6), higher in patients with obstruction at diagnosis (36.6% vs 4.5%). Patients with obstruction more frequently had infracardiac drainage, lower age and weight, increased need for mechanical ventilation and vasoactive support, and longer extracorporeal circulation times. The reintervention rate was 21.6%. Overall survival was 88.7% at one year (95%CI, 77.7-94.4) and 85.4% at 5 years (95%CI, 73.9-92.1). Survival was lower in patients with residual obstruction (37.5% at 1 year, 95%CI, 8.7-67.4; 25% at 5 years, 95%CI, 3.7-55.8; HRa, 47.4, 95%CI, 3.77-594.9).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Survival in patients with surgically corrected total anomalous pulmonary venous connection at our institution is comparable to international data, but outcomes are worse in those with obstruction at diagnosis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":36870,"journal":{"name":"REC: CardioClinics","volume":"60 2","pages":"Pages 106-116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143859079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}