Erica V Stelmaszewski, María E Olivetti, Fernando Diez-Mori, Gladys Salgado
{"title":"[Experience with medical treatment using sirolimus for cardiac rhabdomyomas in children. A case series].","authors":"Erica V Stelmaszewski, María E Olivetti, Fernando Diez-Mori, Gladys Salgado","doi":"10.24875/ACM.25000035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACM.25000035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144762659","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}
José M Alanís-Naranjo, Javier de la Cruz-Pelayo, Moisés Jimenéz-Santos, Regina de la Mora-Cervantes, Ana Ma Rosas-Vázquez
{"title":"Dual left anterior descending artery in Tetralogy of Fallot.","authors":"José M Alanís-Naranjo, Javier de la Cruz-Pelayo, Moisés Jimenéz-Santos, Regina de la Mora-Cervantes, Ana Ma Rosas-Vázquez","doi":"10.24875/ACM.25000073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACM.25000073","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144762660","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}
Macarena López-Vázquez, Ester Minguez-De la Guía, Francisco M Salmerón-Martínez, Miguel Corbí-Pascual
{"title":"[Bradyarrhythmia causing takotsubo syndrome: a chicken and egg situation].","authors":"Macarena López-Vázquez, Ester Minguez-De la Guía, Francisco M Salmerón-Martínez, Miguel Corbí-Pascual","doi":"10.24875/ACM.2400023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACM.2400023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144755353","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}
Ana R Barreno-Mendoza, José L Colín-Ortiz, Jorge A Silva-Estrada
{"title":"Straddling of the mitral valve in the set of <i>situs solitus</i> in dextrocardia with atrio-ventricular connection discordance and double-outlet right-ventricle: a rare case report.","authors":"Ana R Barreno-Mendoza, José L Colín-Ortiz, Jorge A Silva-Estrada","doi":"10.24875/ACM.24000209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACM.24000209","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144755355","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}
José L Castro-Machuca, Gabriela Pereira-López, Sergio A Patrón-Chi, Gloria Juárez-Vázquez, Amel E Ramos-Mayo, Alejandra Toro, Irma O Miranda-Chávez
{"title":"[Congenital heart diseases associated with Ebstein's anomaly: relating to two cases with abnormal connection of pulmonary veins].","authors":"José L Castro-Machuca, Gabriela Pereira-López, Sergio A Patrón-Chi, Gloria Juárez-Vázquez, Amel E Ramos-Mayo, Alejandra Toro, Irma O Miranda-Chávez","doi":"10.24875/ACM.24000088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACM.24000088","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144755354","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}
Jorge A Lara-Vargas, Carlos A Palomeque-Ramos, José-Ik Yahalcab-Zamora, Javier E Pereira-Rodríguez, Javier M Ávalos-Ríos, Lidia V Rodríguez-González, Eduardo A Leyva-Valadez, Mezthly González-Bonilla, Víctor J Lastra-Silva, Luis Camas-Trujillo
{"title":"Strong correlation between the gain in METs-load and training volumen after a cardiac rehabilitation program.","authors":"Jorge A Lara-Vargas, Carlos A Palomeque-Ramos, José-Ik Yahalcab-Zamora, Javier E Pereira-Rodríguez, Javier M Ávalos-Ríos, Lidia V Rodríguez-González, Eduardo A Leyva-Valadez, Mezthly González-Bonilla, Víctor J Lastra-Silva, Luis Camas-Trujillo","doi":"10.24875/ACM.24000083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACM.24000083","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The cardiac rehabilitation program (CRP) is an interdisciplinary therapeutic strategy that improves cardiovascular fitness (CVFit) with an impact on survival. It is not enough evidence that this gain is associated with the quantification of training volume (TV). Our hypothesis is that this gain in metabolic equivalent of task (METs) depends on exercise training dose. We aim to correlate the level of TV with METs achieved in patients with cardiovascular disease after a CRP.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The CRP program consisted of 3 weekly sessions (30 min session of aerobic [AR] training between 65-85% of the reserve heart rate plus 30 min of kinesiotherapy) and interdisciplinary nutrition, psychology and preventive education care, for 4-6 weeks. METs were evaluated according to the initial and post-CRP exercise test. TV was calculated in each AR session in kcal/wk multiplied by the number of weeks completed. Pearson correlation (r) was performed and was considered positive if r > 0.10 and significant if p < 0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Quasi-experimental study with 552 patients, predominantly male (73%), median age 61 years, and average LVEF 43%. METs increased post-CRP, with a median differential (Delta-METs) of 3.09, while the TV median was calculated at 733.53 kcal/wk, with a strong positive correlation between both (r = 0.8867; p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The greater the volume of AR resistance training achieved, calculated in kcal/wk, the greater the adaptive gain in CVFit measured in METs. The above makes it essential to carefully calculate TV because the progression of the intensity, duration, and/or frequency of training could help in optimizing the results of a CRP.</p>","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144692744","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}
Sharon H Pineda-Guevara, César U Alas-Pineda, Carlos R Alvarado-Guevara, Bryan J Rojas-Gonzáles, Alan F Murillo-Córdova
{"title":"[Left atrial myxoma, another cause of mitral stenosis].","authors":"Sharon H Pineda-Guevara, César U Alas-Pineda, Carlos R Alvarado-Guevara, Bryan J Rojas-Gonzáles, Alan F Murillo-Córdova","doi":"10.24875/ACM.24000248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACM.24000248","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144512921","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}
Leoncio Morel-Díaz, Aura A López-García, Emmanuel A Lazcano-Díaz, Eduardo A González-Escudero
{"title":"Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in septic cardiomyopathy: a case report.","authors":"Leoncio Morel-Díaz, Aura A López-García, Emmanuel A Lazcano-Díaz, Eduardo A González-Escudero","doi":"10.24875/ACM.24000165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACM.24000165","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144164296","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}
Paul E Hernández-Montes, Edgar D Guzmán-Ríos, Marco F Flores-Reyes, Erick Ramírez-García, Lenyn D Montes-Sevilla, Osmara Morales-Hernández, Gilberto H Acosta-Gutiérrez
{"title":"[Mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock associated with the use of microaxial flow pump: a systematic review and meta-analysis].","authors":"Paul E Hernández-Montes, Edgar D Guzmán-Ríos, Marco F Flores-Reyes, Erick Ramírez-García, Lenyn D Montes-Sevilla, Osmara Morales-Hernández, Gilberto H Acosta-Gutiérrez","doi":"10.24875/ACM.24000260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACM.24000260","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this article we aim to evaluate the impact of the microaxial flow pump on mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock associated with acute myocardial infarction through a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials and cohort studies. Patients with acute myocardial infarction, both with and without ST-segment elevation, associated with cardiogenic shock and treated with a microaxial flow pump, were included. Mortality data and implantation time of the device were reported. Patients with more than 24 hours of shock progression, those with other shock etiologies, patients with mechanical complications from acute myocardial infarction, and other comorbidity, were excluded. The search was conducted in PubMed and Web of Science databases for articles published from 2019 until November 10, 2024. Risk of bias was evaluated using the RoB 2 tool and the ROBINS-E, while statistical analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.4.1 software. A total of 1000 patients from five studies were included. The use of the microaxial flow pump was associated with a reduction in mortality compared to placebo (OR: 0.6; 95%CI: 0.42-0.85; p = 0.005). However, there were no significant differences in mortality related to the timing of the microaxial flow pump implantation (before, during, or after percutaneous coronary intervention) (OR: 0.85; 95%CI: 0.59-1.22; p = 0.37). Patients with cardiogenic shock have gained access to various treatment opportunities that were not available until recently. The results suggest that the microaxial flow pump is a therapeutic option in these patients with significant effects on mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082780","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}
José L Colín-Ortiz, Roberto Silva-Quijano, Jorge Alberto Silva-Estrada, Roberto I Maldonado-Alonso, Ever Munive-Molina, Linda F Pérez-Pérez, Rigoberto Zamudio-Meneses, Carlos A Corona-Villalobos, Hugo Cabrera-González, Roberto Tepatzi-Carranco, Sylvia K Sánchez-González, Luis Martin Garrido-García, Alfredo Bobadilla-Aguirre, Javier López-Terrazas
{"title":"Double \"dynamic\" balloon atrial septostomy. New modification of Dr. Rashkind's technique for cases with thickened interatrial septum.","authors":"José L Colín-Ortiz, Roberto Silva-Quijano, Jorge Alberto Silva-Estrada, Roberto I Maldonado-Alonso, Ever Munive-Molina, Linda F Pérez-Pérez, Rigoberto Zamudio-Meneses, Carlos A Corona-Villalobos, Hugo Cabrera-González, Roberto Tepatzi-Carranco, Sylvia K Sánchez-González, Luis Martin Garrido-García, Alfredo Bobadilla-Aguirre, Javier López-Terrazas","doi":"10.24875/ACM.24000128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24875/ACM.24000128","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Balloon atrial septostomy (BAS) is a palliative procedure mainly for newborns with transposition of the great arteries, currently, this procedure has a class IA recommendation. However, in some cases, this procedure does not achieve an adequate interatrial defect, due mainly to a thickened interatrial septum, this situation led to the development of various techniques to tackle this problem. Therefore, we made a modification to the original technique using two balloons simultaneously instead of one. The objective of this study is to analyze the results of this new modification to the traditional technique (with one balloon) as an alternative for cases with thickened interatrial septum.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective and descriptive study from May 2010 to December 2022 was conducted in three pediatric centers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Six patients were identified (median age 35 days, median weight 3.4 kg, median size of atrial septal defect before procedure 2.6 mm). All patients underwent to this modification of the BAS with good results and without complications. The modification has some advantages: including to avoid the using of cutting devices or stent placement. In addition, we share the description of this new technique, titled: double \"dynamic\" BAS.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This brief evidence shown that this modification of de original technique is easy, safe, and cost-effective for cases with a thickened interatrial septum.</p>","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144120710","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}