Resumen Objetivo: Describir las manifestaciones cardiacas en la etapa aguda de la enfermedad de Kawasaki en pacientes atendidos en un hospital de tercer nivel de la Ciudad de México, México. Métodos: Estudio retrospectivo, descriptivo en pacientes con diagnóstico de enfermedad de Kawasaki de agos...
Resumen Introducción: Independientemente de la modalidad de estimulación (VVI o DDD), el mayor porcentaje de estimulación ventricular derecha deteriora la función contráctil izquierda. Por ello se han estudiado diferentes sitios de estimulación. Objetivo: Describir las diferencias electrocardio...
OBJECTIVE: Characterize the degree of diastolic dysfunction and left ventricular filling patterns according to the 2016 ASE Guidelines applied in a population of patients taken to echocardiography in a reference center in the city of Medellín between February and June 2017. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectiona...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: There is enough bibliography that supports the use of Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and the impact it generates in the field of critical medicine. However, the main limitation in anesthesia is access to windows in patients with unchanged positions and usually in mechanica...
Abstract Introduction: Chronic stimulation of the right ventricle with pacemaker is associated with ventricular dyssynchrony and loss of contractility, even in subjects without previous dysfunction. In these patients, there is a debate of which pacing site is less associated with loss of ventricular fun...
Abstract Left atrial dissection is a rare factor that may cause left ventricular assist device obstruction. Prompt diagnosis and surgical repair are essential. This case report describes our experience and a successful surgical management in a patient after HeartMate 3 implantation and mitral valve inflo...
Introducción: la endocarditis infecciosa es una enfermedad que involucra con másfrecuencia las válvulas cardíacas, pero también puede ocurrir sobre cuerdas tendinosas, o el endocardio mural. La lesión característica − vegetación − consiste en una masa de plaquetas, fibrina, microcolonias de m...
Abstract: The aorta can be affected by a variety of pathologic processes leading to aneurysm, dissection, or ischemic syndromes. The term aneurysm referring to dilatation, the criterion for definition is controversial. An aneurysm is defined as a 50% enlargement of the normal aorta for a particular body ...
