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Persistent left superior vena cava as an incidental finding in the introduction of a transient pacemaker: A case report

Biomédica (Bogotá); 42 (3), 2022
The persistent left superior vena cava is the most common venous anomaly in the systemic drainage in adults and tends to be asymptomatic. The persistent left superior vena cava causes rhythm disorders such as tachyarrhythmias or bradyarrhythmias. We report a case of persistent left superior vena cava dia...

Antiagregación plaquetaria: stents, isquemia y sangrado ¿Qué sabemos al respecto?

Rev. méd. Maule; 37 (1), 2022
Antiplatelet therapy and percutaneous coronary intervention are two of the most important interventions in the management of coronary artery disease. In the last 20 years there has been groundbreaking advances in the pharmacotherapy and stent technology. Bleeding is the most feared complication of antipl...

Clinical-epidemiological profile of health users who have undergone a Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Background: Coronary artery disease represents the condition with the highest prevalence worldwide. The treatment of this disease is through Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). Aiming: To outline the clinical epidemiological profile of health users who have undergone PCI, in a Hospital in the state...

Sobrevida a largo plazo de pacientes con infarto agudo del miocardio en presencia de oclusiones crónicas totales en vaso no culpable

Rev. méd. Chile; 150 (2), 2022
BACKGROUND: The presence of a chronic total occlusion (CTO) in a non-infarct-related artery in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), may be a sign of bad prognosis. AIM: To estimate the long-term survival of patients with AMI who were studied with coronarography during 2013-2014 who had one or...

Reperfusion Strategies in Acute Myocardial Infarction: State of the Art

Abstract ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a highly prevalent condition worldwide. Reperfusion therapy is strongly associated with the prognosis of STEMI and must be performed with a high standard of quality and without delay. A systematic review of different reperfusion strategies for STEMI ...

Same-day discharge percutaneous coronary intervention. Where are we?

With the evolution of percutaneous coronary intervention techniques and their greater safety, the use of radial access, the greater need to optimize resources in health management and the greater demand from patients for an agile service to solve their problems, the discharge on the same day after percut...

Intervenção coronária percutânea no paciente com alto risco de hemorragia

Na atualidade, as intervenções coronárias percutâneas são responsáveis por mais de 80% dos procedimentos de revascularização miocárdica. Esse resultado é possível por dois grandes avanços: o desenvolvimento de stents farmacológicos eficazes e seguros, somado a uma farmacoterapia antitrombót...

Tratamento de complicações durante intervenção coronariana percutânea: avaliação da situação atual

Tecnologias mais avançadas, drogas melhores e profissionais mais experientes contribuíram para desfechos otimizados das intervenções coronarianas percutâneas complexas. As complicações com impacto significativo na sobrevida do paciente e alto custo para o sistema de saúde não foram totalmente el...

Síndrome de Wellens: o infarto agudo do miocárdio iminente

A síndrome de Wellens foi descrita em 1982 por Zwaan, Bär e Wellens. No eletrocardiograma, observam-se alterações morfológicas da onda T nas derivações precordiais, sugerindo estenose proximal grave da artéria coronária descendente anterior que representa iminente risco de infarto agudo do mioc�...

Clinical-epidemiological profile of health users who have undergone a Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

ABSTRACT: Background: Coronary artery disease represents the condition with the highest prevalence worldwide. The treatment of this disease is through Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). Aiming: To outline the clinical epidemiological profile of health users who have undergone PCI, in a Hospital in...