David Alejandro Rodríguez Falla, Eliana Alejandra Rafael-Horna, José Quiroz Burgos, Gerald Lévano-Pachas, Giovanni Meneses
{"title":"[Clinical and angiographic characteristics of patients with coronary ectasia in a reference hospital].","authors":"David Alejandro Rodríguez Falla, Eliana Alejandra Rafael-Horna, José Quiroz Burgos, Gerald Lévano-Pachas, Giovanni Meneses","doi":"10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.229.","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.229.","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyze the clinical and angiographic characteristics of patients with coronary ectasia found on coronary angiography.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>: Descriptive study of patients admitted to the cardiac catheterization laboratory of the Hospital Guillermo Almenara with coronary ectasia, during the years 2012 to 2020. The frequency of coronary ectasia, clinical, angiographic and coronary flow characteristics were determined.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>7504 catheterizations were reviewed, and 91 patients were found to have coronary ectasia (1.21%). Of these patients, 71 cases were male (78%), and the mean age was 67.74 ± 9.9 years. The 38.5% of cases were obese or overweight; 39.6% were hypertensive; 11% diabetic; 13.2% smoked; 3.3% had chronic kidney disease and 3.3% had polyglobulia. Sixty-one percent of cases had a diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, and 24% of cases had high-risk stable angina. The artery most frequently involved by ectasia was the right coronary artery (70%). The average diameter of the ectatic artery was 5.7 mm. Occlusive thrombus was found in 19.8% of cases. There was a significant association between TIMI flow and diameter of the ectatic artery (p=0.000), and there was also an association between coronary ectasia and acute coronary syndrome among patients living at an altitude of more than 2500 m (p=0.000).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>coronary ectasia was an infrequent entity among patients who underwent coronary angiography, was predominantly male, mainly involved the right coronary artery, was associated with lower TIMI flow, and acute coronary syndrome among residents above 2500 m of altitude.</p>","PeriodicalId":72295,"journal":{"name":"Archivos Peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascular","volume":"3 3","pages":"139-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10241337/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9947711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guillermo Cruz-Aragón, Manlio F Márquez, Angel Cueva-Parra, Héctor González-Pacheco, Pedro Iturralde, Santiago Nava
{"title":"[Corrected QT interval and GRACE score relationship in patients with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction].","authors":"Guillermo Cruz-Aragón, Manlio F Márquez, Angel Cueva-Parra, Héctor González-Pacheco, Pedro Iturralde, Santiago Nava","doi":"10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.223.","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.223.","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) prediction model stratifies patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). Corrected QT interval (QTc) is not considered in this model.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the relationship between the QTc interval and the GRACE score in patients with NSTEMI.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>An observational, retrospective study was carried between 2016 and 2019. We included patients with diagnosis of NSTEMI, QTc intervals were calculated with Bazett's formula, and they were classified into 2 groups: a normal QTc interval (<440 ms) and prolonged (≥440 ms). According to the GRACE score they were classified in three ranges: low risk (≤109 points), intermedium (110 - 139 points) and high (≥140 points), we determined if there were a correlation between QTc interval and the GRACE score.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 940 patients with a diagnosis of NSTEMI were admitted in our institution, 634 met the inclusion criteria, there were 390 patients with normal QTc interval and 244 with a prolonged QTc interval. Patients with prolonged QTc were older (65.5 vs 61, p=0.001) with a lower proportion of males (71.7% vs 82.8%, p=0.001). An association was found between the GRACE score and the QTC interval, subjects with a normal QTc had a greater proportion of low and intermediate risk than those with a prolonged QTc (p=0.001). <b>Conclusions.</b> In NSTEMI patients, a normal QTc interval (<440 ms) is associated with a GRACE risk score of low or intermediate risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":72295,"journal":{"name":"Archivos Peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascular","volume":"3 3","pages":"132-138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10241343/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9947710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruth N Estupiñan-Paredes, Ana M Robayo-Betancourt, Nelson L Moreno-Ruiz
{"title":"[Vexillology on the electrocardiogram. South Africa´s flag sign].","authors":"Ruth N Estupiñan-Paredes, Ana M Robayo-Betancourt, Nelson L Moreno-Ruiz","doi":"10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.206","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a test that will allow making life-saving decisions. It has different patterns, and differential diagnoses, like the pattern of acute coronary syndrome with an elevation of the high lateral ST segment, which is called the sign of the flag of South Africa. We present the case of a 44-year-old patient presented with typical chest pain; the ECG showed ST-segment elevation in the DI, DII, AVL - V2, and ST depression in DIII, corresponding to an acute coronary occlusion with a compromise of the lateral segment of the heart. This ECG pattern is known as the flag sign of South Africa. The early recognition allowed the decision to perform immediately pharmacological reperfusion therapy and rescue angioplasty.</p>","PeriodicalId":72295,"journal":{"name":"Archivos Peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascular","volume":"3 3","pages":"162-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10241334/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9591904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Miguel Alfonso Meza Aquino, Emilio Pablo Choy Quintanilla
{"title":"Rotura de aislante de electrodo de marcapasos por atrapamiento subclavio. Reporte de caso","authors":"Miguel Alfonso Meza Aquino, Emilio Pablo Choy Quintanilla","doi":"10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.210","url":null,"abstract":"Se presenta el caso de un paciente varón de 82 años con antecedente de implante de marcapasos unicameral hace 7 años, por bloqueo auriculoventricular de tercer grado, que experimenta presíncopes. En la telemetría se encuentró alerta de posible daño de cable electrodo y entrada de ruido ventricular que coincide con falla de captura, por lo que se programó reemplazo de todo el sistema de estimulación. Durante la intervención se observó rotura del aislante del electrodo. El abordaje subclavio puede ocasionar daño en el electrodo por atrapamiento en los tejidos blandos que atraviesa antes de ingresar al sistema venoso y estiramiento iterativo. La rotura del aislante se puede manifestar como pérdida de captura y presencia de ruido en el electrocardiograma, caída de la impedancia del cable e imágenes radiográficas sugerentes. El abordaje axilar es una opción segura y eficaz, por lo que se recomienda para el implante de cables transvenosos.","PeriodicalId":72295,"journal":{"name":"Archivos Peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascular","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41994535","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}
Melisa Inquilla Coyla, Henry Anchante Hernández, Félix Medina Palomino
{"title":"[Cardiovascular complications in pregnant woman with Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma].","authors":"Melisa Inquilla Coyla, Henry Anchante Hernández, Félix Medina Palomino","doi":"10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.202","DOIUrl":"10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 26-year-old pregnant woman with 29 weeks of gestational age reported two months of cough, dyspnea, orthopnea, and palpitations. Chest tomography revealed a 10x12cm solid mass in the right lung. Echocardiography showed that the tumor compromised the right atrium and ventricle, and was diagnosed by transcutaneous biopsy as Primary Mediastinal B-Cell Lymphoma (PMCBL). The patient presented 2:1 atrial flutter, sinus bradycardia, and ectopic atrial bradycardia. Due to the rapid poor evolution, it was decided to terminate the pregnancy by cesarean section and start chemotherapy, after which the cardiovascular complications resolved. PCML is a very rare lymphoma that can affect pregnant women in any trimester, its symptoms are related to its rapid growth and compromise of the heart, causing various cardiovascular manifestations (heart failure, pericardial effusion, cardiac arrhythmias). PCMLC is characteristically chemosensitive and has a good prognosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":72295,"journal":{"name":"Archivos Peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascular","volume":"3 2","pages":"112-116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/be/d4/apcyccv-3-112.PMC10241342.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9582615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manuel Chacón-Diaz, Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Piero Custodio-Sánchez
{"title":"[One-year survival among patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction in Peru].","authors":"Manuel Chacón-Diaz, Akram Hernández-Vásquez, Piero Custodio-Sánchez","doi":"10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.218","DOIUrl":"10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.218","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine one-year survival and factors associated with mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Peru.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An analysis was made of the cohort of patients included in the PERSTEMI-II registry during the year 2020, in whom survival at one year after the event and its risk factors were evaluated using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 374 patients in the PERSTEMI-II study, 366 (97.9%) completed follow-up up to one year after the event with a survival rate of 85%. Successful reperfusion was related to better survival at 1 year (hazard ratio [HR]=0.30, 95% CI: 0.14-0.62, p=0.001). Age (HR=1.04, 95% CI: 1.01-1.07, p=0.003), chronic kidney disease (HR=2.15, 95% CI: 1.04-4.39, p=0.037) and cardiogenic shock (HR=6.67, 95% CI: 3.72-11.97, p<0.001) were factors of higher mortality at 1-year follow-up.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The PERSTEMI-II registry is the first Peruvian registry that provides data on survival after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, which is 85% at one year. Successful reperfusion improves survival at one-year post infarction.</p>","PeriodicalId":72295,"journal":{"name":"Archivos Peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascular","volume":"3 2","pages":"53-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/a5/de/apcyccv-3-53.PMC10284578.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9712334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Cardiac amyloidosis: a case report].","authors":"Adriana E Viñas-Mendieta, Mario B García-Saavedra","doi":"10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.207","DOIUrl":"10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.207","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Amyloidosis is a multisystem disease caused by infiltration of misfolded proteins; cardiac involvement determines its prognosis. There are several types of precursor proteins capable of causing the disease; however, only two affect the heart, clonal immunoglobulin light chains (AL) and tetrameric transthyretin (TTR) protein. It is an underdiagnosed disease and, in late stages, it has a poor prognosis. We present the case of an older adult patient with progressive cardiac and extracardiac manifestations, as well as laboratory and echocardiographic criteria that brought us closer to the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis and also allowed us to assess the prognosis. The patient had a torpid evolution with a fatal outcome. The pathological anatomy studies allowed us to confirm our diagnostic presumption.</p>","PeriodicalId":72295,"journal":{"name":"Archivos Peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascular","volume":"3 2","pages":"121-126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/6d/22/apcyccv-3-121.PMC10241331.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9591350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jorge Salinas-Arce, Raúl Alca-Clares, Ana Cecilia Gonzales-Luna, Mario Cabrera-Saldaña, Pablo Mendoza-Novoa, Paula Solórzano-Altamirano, Milton Guevara-Valdivia
{"title":"[Cardiac arrhythmias and amyloidosis].","authors":"Jorge Salinas-Arce, Raúl Alca-Clares, Ana Cecilia Gonzales-Luna, Mario Cabrera-Saldaña, Pablo Mendoza-Novoa, Paula Solórzano-Altamirano, Milton Guevara-Valdivia","doi":"10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.217","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.217","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a form of cardiomyopathy characterized by the extracellular deposit of protein fibers in the myocardium, leading to the development of heart failure, arrhythmias, and electrical conduction system alterations. It is known that most cardiomyopathies have a close relationship with heart rhythm abnormalities, however, CA is specially related to different kinds of arrhythmias even in pre-diagnosis stages. Arrhythmias like atrial fibrillation are present in up to 70% of patients with CA associated with a high risk of cardioembolic complications independent of the risk stratification. Ventricular arrhythmias are frequent, but the use of implantable cardioverter defibrillator has not been demonstrated to improve survival. The Atrial-Ventricular node disease is also common, and is frequently associated with the implantation of a pacemaker, even in asymptomatic patients. In this review, we clarify the recommendations of the most current guidelines, summarize historical and contemporaneous data and describe evidence-based strategies for the management of arrhythmias and their complications in CA.</p>","PeriodicalId":72295,"journal":{"name":"Archivos Peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascular","volume":"3 2","pages":"82-97"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/f5/83/apcyccv-3-82.PMC10284580.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9712336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Edmy Callalli, Christian Pelaez, José Carlos Armendáriz-Ferrari, Silvana Gonzales, Mercedes Salas, Martín Niño, Anibal Bombilla
{"title":"Giant cardiac hydatid cyst causing sustained ventricular tachycardia. Successful surgical treatment.","authors":"Edmy Callalli, Christian Pelaez, José Carlos Armendáriz-Ferrari, Silvana Gonzales, Mercedes Salas, Martín Niño, Anibal Bombilla","doi":"10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.209","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cardiac involvement of hydatid disease is rare. In Peru, a country with a high prevalence of this infectious disease, few cases of cardiac hydatid disease have been reported. We present the case of a man with a cardiac hydatid cyst of more than 10 cm in diameter that debuted with malignant arrhythmia and successfully treated with surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":72295,"journal":{"name":"Archivos Peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascular","volume":"3 2","pages":"117-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/c2/d3/apcyccv-3-117.PMC10241341.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9582612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luisa S Talledo-Paredes, Delia M T Guerrero-Ramírez, Aurelio Mendoza-Paulini, Zoila Rodríguez-Urteaga, Daniel Angulo-Poblete, Josías C Ríos-Ortega
{"title":"[Prediction of significant coronary lesions by SPECT myocardial perfusion. Results from a national reference hospital in Lima-Peru].","authors":"Luisa S Talledo-Paredes, Delia M T Guerrero-Ramírez, Aurelio Mendoza-Paulini, Zoila Rodríguez-Urteaga, Daniel Angulo-Poblete, Josías C Ríos-Ortega","doi":"10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47487/apcyccv.v3i2.222","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the discriminative capacity of myocardial perfusion with single photon emission tomography (SPECT) to predict coronary obstructions by coronary angiography. To determine mortality and major cardiovascular events at follow-up.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>. Retrospective observational study with clinical follow-up in patients undergoing SPECT and then coronary angiography. We excluded patients with myocardial infarction and percutaneous and/or surgical revascularization in the previous 6 months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>105 cases were included in the study. The most commonly used SPECT protocol was pharmacological (70%). Patients with perfusion defect ≥10% of total ventricular mass (TVM) had significant coronary lesions (SCL) in 88% of cases (sensitivity 87.5% and specificity 83%). On the other hand, having ischemia ≥10% of the TVM was associated with 80% SCL (sensitivity: 72%, specificity: 65%). Clinical follow-up at 48 months evidenced that a perfusion defect ≥ 10% was predictive of major cardiovascular events (MACE) in both univariate (HR=5.3; 95%CI 1.2 - 22.2; p=0.022) and multivariate (HR= 6.1; 95%CI 1.3 - 26.9; p= 0.017) analyses.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>. Having a perfusion defect ≥10% of the MVT in the SPECT study predicted with high probability and sensitivity the existence of SCL (>80%); moreover, this group had higher MACE at follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":72295,"journal":{"name":"Archivos Peruanos de cardiologia y cirugia cardiovascular","volume":"3 2","pages":"74-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/8f/c1/apcyccv-3-74.PMC10241335.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9582611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}