Karla A Pupiales-Dávila, Vincenzo Arenas-Fabbri, Edgar García-Cruz, Pamela Ramirez-Rangel
{"title":"The Ottoman empire sword: a variant of partial anomalous pulmonary veins connections.","authors":"Karla A Pupiales-Dávila, Vincenzo Arenas-Fabbri, Edgar García-Cruz, Pamela Ramirez-Rangel","doi":"10.24875/ACM.24000029","DOIUrl":"10.24875/ACM.24000029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":"122-125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12148509/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141794206","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 A Llamas-Esperón, Enrique A Berrios-Bárcenas, Jorge E Cossío-Aranda, Sylvia Salmun-Nehmad, Rahab A Morales Flores, Maria C Escalante-Seyffert, Jorge Leal-Cavazos, Eufracino Sandoval-Rodríguez, Eduardo Pamplona-Ávila, Enrique Sánchez-Hiza, Liliana E Ramos-Villalobos, Luisa F Aguilera-Mora, Mario A Benavides-González, Carlos D Carrillo, Guillermo Llamas-Delgado, Jonathan H Zaldívar-Zurita, Norberto Matadamas-Hernández
{"title":"Mexican Registry of Cardiomyopathies: baseline data, diagnostic strategies, and treatment approaches in Mexico.","authors":"Guillermo A Llamas-Esperón, Enrique A Berrios-Bárcenas, Jorge E Cossío-Aranda, Sylvia Salmun-Nehmad, Rahab A Morales Flores, Maria C Escalante-Seyffert, Jorge Leal-Cavazos, Eufracino Sandoval-Rodríguez, Eduardo Pamplona-Ávila, Enrique Sánchez-Hiza, Liliana E Ramos-Villalobos, Luisa F Aguilera-Mora, Mario A Benavides-González, Carlos D Carrillo, Guillermo Llamas-Delgado, Jonathan H Zaldívar-Zurita, Norberto Matadamas-Hernández","doi":"10.24875/ACM.24000033","DOIUrl":"10.24875/ACM.24000033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The study aimed to know the clinical, demographic, diagnostic, and treatments characteristics in patients with cardiomyopathies in Mexico.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Mexican Registry of Cardiomyopathies (REMEMI) is an observational, prospective and national study of patients with cardiomyopathies, which includes: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy of the right ventricle (ARVC).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1026 patients from most states of the Mexican Republic (19) were included, with 494 corresponding to DCM, 490 to HCM, 35 to RCM, and seven to ARVC. We found significant differences between the various cardiomyopathy phenotypes (p < 0.05) in the coexistence with diabetes, use of implantable defibrillator, presence of ventricular tachycardia, and NYHA functional class ≥ 1. There were no significant differences in age and predominant gender between each one. When analyzing by phenotype, we found that patients with HCM have limited use of diagnostic methods considered indispensable, such as cardiac magnetic resonance, Holter monitoring, and genetic testing in patients and their relatives.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Seeking contemporary information through observational registries in Mexico is a valuable opportunity to understand the characteristics of the methods used in the study and treatment of diseases such as cardiomyopathies by Mexican physicians. It can provide information for the implementation of management guidelines and strategies to disseminate findings to improve healthcare in our country.</p>","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":"18-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12148520/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141794204","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":"Look before you leap! - A case report of left main dissection causing myocardial infarction.","authors":"Sriram Veeraraghavan, Bharath R Kidambi","doi":"10.24875/ACM.23000269","DOIUrl":"10.24875/ACM.23000269","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":"526-528"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12148532/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141768311","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}
Celso A Mendoza-González, Neftalí E Antonio-Villa, Mireya B Contreras-Alanis, María F Fernández-Sandoval, Jimena Castillo-Macías, Daniel E Sandoval-Colin, Jacobo S Vera-Chávez, Víctor A Quiroz-Martínez, Karina Del Valle-Zamora
{"title":"[COVID-19 in patients with pre-existing cardiovascular disease: a series of cases during the fourth epidemiologic wave in Mexico City].","authors":"Celso A Mendoza-González, Neftalí E Antonio-Villa, Mireya B Contreras-Alanis, María F Fernández-Sandoval, Jimena Castillo-Macías, Daniel E Sandoval-Colin, Jacobo S Vera-Chávez, Víctor A Quiroz-Martínez, Karina Del Valle-Zamora","doi":"10.24875/ACM.23000259","DOIUrl":"10.24875/ACM.23000259","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>SARS-CoV-2 infection induces an immune response that causes excessive inflammation damaging cardiac tissue and vascular endothelium. The objective of this study is to review a series of cases of hospitalized patients with pre-existing cardiac disease to describe the clinical behavior and highlight the low frequency of morbidity and mortality.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Retrospective study of 17 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 by polymerase chain reaction test or antigen test, a history of cardiovascular disease with or without comorbidities, and a history of at least one dose of the vaccine for COVID-19, during the period between December 30, 2021 and March 17, 2022 at the Ignacio Chávez National Institute of Cardiology in Mexico City.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The most frequent cardiac pathology was acute myocardial infarction (31.25%) and the most common arrhythmia was atrial fibrillation (25%). The median number of days of hospital stay was 10 days (interquartile range: 4-14). Regarding the outcomes, 94% of the patients were discharged due to clinical improvement, and only one patient died during his hospitalization.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>It is crucial to continue investigating SARS-CoV-2 effects in patients pre-existing heart disease and in those with persistent symptoms after infection. This will allow the development of more effective strategies for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular complications associated with COVID-19.</p>","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":"480-487"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12148541/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141768309","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 Y Ramos-Gutiérrez, Nancy Acuña-Chávez, Daniel López-Aguilera, Juan C Lona-Reyes
{"title":"[Survival after receiving advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation and associated factors in children over 1 month in a hospital in Mexico].","authors":"Ruth Y Ramos-Gutiérrez, Nancy Acuña-Chávez, Daniel López-Aguilera, Juan C Lona-Reyes","doi":"10.24875/ACM.23000186","DOIUrl":"10.24875/ACM.23000186","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":"506-510"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12148548/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141768310","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}
Martín Negreira-Caamaño, Laura Acero-García de la Santa, Daniel Salvo-Chabuel, María Arántzazu-González-Marín
{"title":"[Giant cardiac rhabdomyoma: an atypical cause of ST-segment elevation in the newborn].","authors":"Martín Negreira-Caamaño, Laura Acero-García de la Santa, Daniel Salvo-Chabuel, María Arántzazu-González-Marín","doi":"10.24875/ACM.23000195","DOIUrl":"10.24875/ACM.23000195","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":"533-534"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12148531/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141725279","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}
Pedro D Díaz-Sarasa, Herón G Méndez-Sánchez, Guering Eid-Lidt
{"title":"[Aneurysms and coronary artery fistula after endomyocardial biopsy in a patient with a heart transplant. Angiographic and clinical evolution. Report of a case.]","authors":"Pedro D Díaz-Sarasa, Herón G Méndez-Sánchez, Guering Eid-Lidt","doi":"10.24875/ACM.24000036","DOIUrl":"10.24875/ACM.24000036","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":"111-114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12148514/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565308","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}
Aníbal V Díaz-Lazo, Mely Ruiz-Aquino, Hugo Arroyo-Hernández
{"title":"[Factors associated with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in adults from a region of the Andes in Peru].","authors":"Aníbal V Díaz-Lazo, Mely Ruiz-Aquino, Hugo Arroyo-Hernández","doi":"10.24875/ACM.23000217","DOIUrl":"10.24875/ACM.23000217","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the factors associated with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in adults residing in a region of the Andes in Peru.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A case-control study was conducted on adults living at an altitude of more than 3000 meters in Peru. Cases consisted of patients diagnosed with LVDD through echocardiography, whereas controls were adults without LVDD, as confirmed by echocardiography.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 50 cases and 100 controls were included in the study. Among them, 38.7% had high blood pressure, and 41.3% were overweight. Upon adjusted analysis, age 60 or older (aOR: 4.06; 95%CI: 1.29-12.8), female sex (aOR: 2.24; 95%CI: 1.01-4.96) and left ventricular hypertrophy (aOR: 3.17; 95%CI: 1.41-7.17) were identified as statistically significant factors associated with LVDD.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The risk of LVDD is associated with older adults, female gender, and left ventricular hypertrophy among individuals residing above 3000 meters altitude in a region of the Andes, in Peru.</p>","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":"444-450"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12148537/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565323","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}
Carlos Alcántara-Noguez, Desireé Leines-Castelán, Aarón E Buenabad-Hernández, Alejandra Contreras-Ramos, Sergio Ruiz-González, Patricia Romero-Cardenas, Alejandro Bolio-Cerdan
{"title":"Surgical approach with minimally invasive intervention in lusoria dysphagia.","authors":"Carlos Alcántara-Noguez, Desireé Leines-Castelán, Aarón E Buenabad-Hernández, Alejandra Contreras-Ramos, Sergio Ruiz-González, Patricia Romero-Cardenas, Alejandro Bolio-Cerdan","doi":"10.24875/ACM.24000072","DOIUrl":"10.24875/ACM.24000072","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The lusoria artery has a prevalence of 0.5-2% in the general population. The abnormal development of the aortic arch forms vascular rings around the trachea and esophagus, causing pressure on them and leading to characteristic symptoms such as chest pain, difficulty breathing, and/or swallowing. Conventionally, only the subclavian artery was severed to release the esophagus, as done in neonates. However, this can lead to long-term hypotrophy of the thoracic limb. The surgical intervention remains controversial, with limitations, and it is only to be performed when the patient presents with symptoms. In the following two cases, a two-stage minimally invasive approach is described: first, a left lateral minithoracotomy for lusoria artery sectioning, and second, a supraclavicular approach for reimplantation into the right carotid artery.</p>","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":"55-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12148518/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565324","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}
Paola S García-Vargas, José L Colín-Ortiz, Jorge A Silva-Estrada, Brenda M Gutiérrez-Anguiano, Andrea Nava-Celis
{"title":"[Double coronary fistula: a rare finding in a pediatric patient].","authors":"Paola S García-Vargas, José L Colín-Ortiz, Jorge A Silva-Estrada, Brenda M Gutiérrez-Anguiano, Andrea Nava-Celis","doi":"10.24875/ACM.24000069","DOIUrl":"10.24875/ACM.24000069","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":93885,"journal":{"name":"Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico","volume":" ","pages":"128-130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12148526/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141422155","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}