Enrique Santas, Rafael de la Espriella, Gema Miñana, Anna Mollar, Patricia Palau, Julio Núñez
{"title":"Small left ventricular end-diastolic dimensions identify patients with heart failure with supranormal left ventricular ejection fraction.","authors":"Enrique Santas, Rafael de la Espriella, Gema Miñana, Anna Mollar, Patricia Palau, Julio Núñez","doi":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38430,"journal":{"name":"Revista española de cardiología (English ed.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrea Zito, Francesco Burzotta, Cristina Aurigemma, Enrico Romagnoli, Francesco Bianchini, Emiliano Bianchini, Lazzaro Paraggio, Mattia Lunardi, Carolina Ierardi, Filippo Crea, Antonio Maria Leone, Carlo Trani
{"title":"Fractional flow reserve or OCT to guide management of complex and noncomplex angiographically intermediate coronary stenosis.","authors":"Andrea Zito, Francesco Burzotta, Cristina Aurigemma, Enrico Romagnoli, Francesco Bianchini, Emiliano Bianchini, Lazzaro Paraggio, Mattia Lunardi, Carolina Ierardi, Filippo Crea, Antonio Maria Leone, Carlo Trani","doi":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.02.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.02.012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction and objectives: </strong>The management of patients with coronary artery disease can benefit from devices that improve functional or anatomical evaluation. This study aimed to compare the efficacy of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) guidance for managing vessels with angiographically intermediate coronary lesions according to angiographic lesion complexity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The FORZA trial (NCT01824030) was a randomized trial comparing the use of OCT or FFR for revascularization decisions and percutaneous coronary intervention optimization in patients with angiographically intermediate coronary lesions. Complex lesions were defined as long (length >38mm), severely calcified, or bifurcation lesions. The primary outcome was major adverse cardiac events (MACE), defined as a composite of all-cause death, myocardial infarction, or target vessel revascularization.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 420 vessels (200 OCT-guided and 220 FFR-guided) were enrolled, including 212 vessels with complex lesions. At the 5-year follow-up, the MACE rate was 20.8% in vessels with complex lesions and 13.9% in vessels with noncomplex lesions (HR, 1.52; 95%CI, 0.95-2.44; P=.078). Compared with FFR, OCT was associated with a lower risk of MACE in vessels with complex lesions (HR, 0.53; 95%CI, 0.28-0.98; P=.044), but with a higher risk of MACE in vessels with noncomplex lesions (HR, 2.23; 95%CI, 1.04-4.81; P=.040; P<sub>interaction</sub>=.004).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In vessels with angiographically intermediate coronary lesions, angiographic lesion complexity may modulate the long-term efficacy of the guidance modality, with a potential benefit of OCT in complex lesions and FFR in noncomplex lesions.</p>","PeriodicalId":38430,"journal":{"name":"Revista española de cardiología (English ed.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143664852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Cardiovascular Health Strategy of the National Health System (ESCAV). A great opportunity and responsibility for all.","authors":"Luis Rodríguez Padial, Julián Pérez Villacastín","doi":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.01.024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.01.024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38430,"journal":{"name":"Revista española de cardiología (English ed.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143664918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miguel Morales-García, María Belén García-Ortega, José Pérez Del Palacio, Eduardo Moreno-Escobar, Diego Segura-Rodríguez, Rocío García-Orta
{"title":"Identification of novel biomarkers in ascending thoracic aortic diseases by untargeted high-resolution mass spectrometry-based metabolomics.","authors":"Miguel Morales-García, María Belén García-Ortega, José Pérez Del Palacio, Eduardo Moreno-Escobar, Diego Segura-Rodríguez, Rocío García-Orta","doi":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.02.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.02.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38430,"journal":{"name":"Revista española de cardiología (English ed.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zojaina Hernández Rojas, M Rosa Dalmau Llorca, Carina Aguilar Martín, Elisabet Castro Blanco, Manuel García-Goñi, Josep M Alegret
{"title":"Population-based analysis of the cost of direct oral anticoagulants versus vitamin K antagonists in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.","authors":"Zojaina Hernández Rojas, M Rosa Dalmau Llorca, Carina Aguilar Martín, Elisabet Castro Blanco, Manuel García-Goñi, Josep M Alegret","doi":"10.1016/j.rec.2024.11.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rec.2024.11.023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38430,"journal":{"name":"Revista española de cardiología (English ed.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José Antonio Fernández-Sánchez, Torcuato Garrido-Arroquia Jurado, Juan Manuel Serrano-Marcos, Francisco Villagran Ramírez, Rafael de la Chica Ruano, Laura Pertejo-Manzano
{"title":"Acute coronary syndrome due to scorpion sting: a case report from Spain.","authors":"José Antonio Fernández-Sánchez, Torcuato Garrido-Arroquia Jurado, Juan Manuel Serrano-Marcos, Francisco Villagran Ramírez, Rafael de la Chica Ruano, Laura Pertejo-Manzano","doi":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.01.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.01.023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38430,"journal":{"name":"Revista española de cardiología (English ed.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143651171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raymond N Haddad, Ali Houeijeh, Ender Odemis, Jean-Benoit Thambo, Turkay Saritas, Ibrahim Ece, Clement Karsenty, Kaan Yildiz, Mete Han Kizilkaya, Sébastien Hascoet, Hojat Mortezaeian, Harun Terin, Mohammed Kasem, Zakhia Saliba, Nazmi Narin
{"title":"MIOS-MFO, a multicenter international observational study of the Lifetech KONAR-MF ventricular septal defect occluder in treating perimembranous ventricular septal defects.","authors":"Raymond N Haddad, Ali Houeijeh, Ender Odemis, Jean-Benoit Thambo, Turkay Saritas, Ibrahim Ece, Clement Karsenty, Kaan Yildiz, Mete Han Kizilkaya, Sébastien Hascoet, Hojat Mortezaeian, Harun Terin, Mohammed Kasem, Zakhia Saliba, Nazmi Narin","doi":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.02.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.02.010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction and objectives: </strong>The Lifetech KONAR-MF ventricular septal defect occluder (MFO) is increasingly used for transcatheter perimembranous ventricular septal defect (pmVSD) closure. We aim to collect real-world data on patient outcomes and MFO performance in pmVSD cases.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a nonrandomized, retrospective, multicenter, postmarketing clinical follow-up study of pmVSD patients implanted with the MFO device between 2018 and 2023. The primary endpoint was 6-month composite clinical success, defined as technical success (successful implantation and device retention at the end of the procedure), closure success (trivial or no residual shunt), absence of serious adverse events at 30 days, and no device removal or reintervention. Secondary endpoints consisted of technical success, procedural success (technical success and less than moderate residual shunt), closure success (clinically insignificant or absent residual shunt), and safety.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our cohort comprised 333 patients (51.4% male, 10.2% adults), with a median age of 4.6 [IQR, 2-10] years and a median weight of 17 [IQR, 11-32] kg. Baseline defect characteristics consisted of a left ventricular defect diameter of 8 [IQR, 7-10] mm, with 13.8% of patients having aortic valve regurgitation, 9.9% having an indirect Gerbode shunt, 10.5% having mild aortic valve prolapse, and 32.2% having subaortic rim deficiency. Closure via a retrograde approach was performed in 183 patients (55%). Technical success at procedure completion was 97.6%, and procedural success was 94.6%. Closure success at 6 months was 97.1%, while composite clinical success was 90.1%. Freedom from serious adverse events was 95.2% at 30 days. Freedom from device-related events was 96.8% at 6 months and 93.8% at 24 months. Risk factors for 6-month composite clinical failure were aortic valve prolapse (OR, 4.85; 95%CI, 2.07-11.39) and right ventricular defect diameter (OR, 1.41; 95%CI, 1.01-1.98).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Transcatheter closure of pmVSD with the MFO device demonstrated feasibility, effectiveness, and safety in real-world settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":38430,"journal":{"name":"Revista española de cardiología (English ed.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143587602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan Sanchis, Pablo Avanzas, David Filgueiras-Rama, Pablo García-Pavía, Laura Sanchis
{"title":"Revista Española de Cardiología 2024.","authors":"Juan Sanchis, Pablo Avanzas, David Filgueiras-Rama, Pablo García-Pavía, Laura Sanchis","doi":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.01.022","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.01.022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38430,"journal":{"name":"Revista española de cardiología (English ed.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143587284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan Alfonso Zamorano-Vargas, Mikel Izquierdo, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez
{"title":"Oxygen uptake kinetics during postexercise recovery are impaired in long COVID-19 patients: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Juan Alfonso Zamorano-Vargas, Mikel Izquierdo, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez","doi":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.02.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rec.2025.02.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38430,"journal":{"name":"Revista española de cardiología (English ed.)","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143586887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}