1000–32 Spontaneous Evolution of Nonocclusive Coronary Dissection After PTCA: A 6 Month Angiographic Follow-up Study

We have previously shown that, when good distal flow is maintained, dissection after PTCA has a favourable short term (24 hrs) evolution and does not require bail-out interventions or CABG.To evaluate the long term (6 months) clinical and angiographic evolution of non occlusive dissection, we submitted 129 consecutive patients (103 male, mean age 53±11 yrs) undergoing elective PTCA (147 lesions, 66 LAD, 49 CX, 32 DX) to repeat angiography 24 hrs and 6 months after the procedure. Lesions were measured by QCA and coronary dissection was graded using the NHLBI classification (types A-E; Huber Am J Cardiol 1991;68: 467). Mean stenosis was 85±11% before and 25±7% immediately after PTCA (p<0.001). Residual stenosis was not significantly different at the 24 hrs restudy (24±9%). Non occlusive coronary dissection (flow TIMI grade 3 in all pts) was seen in 49/147 lesions (33%) and evolved as follows:Dissection (tot)Immediate 49 (33%)24 hrs 41 (28%)6 months 18 (12%)A332710B1085C442D221At the 6 month follow-up study, restenosis was seen in 51/147 lesions (34%), of which 5/49 (10%) had dissection and 46/106 (43%) did not. No cardiovascular events or recurrence of symptoms were recorded in the absence of restenosis.Therefore 1) nonocclusive dissection after PTCA usually improves after 6 month; 2) in the absence of flow impairment and ischemia this complication does not require any further intervention; 3) non occlusive dissection is not associated with increased incidence of restenosis

A Unique Case of Mitral Valve Double Papillary Muscle Rupture

Abstract Papillary muscle rupture is a rare and life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We present a unique case of double papillary muscle rupture in a patient with three vessel disease and acute thrombotic occlusion of left circumflex obtuse marginal artery as the culprit lesion. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.

Impact of substitution among generic drugs on persistence and adherence: A retrospective claims data study from 2 Local Healthcare Units in the Lombardy Region of Italy

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Kounis syndrome after almonds ingestion: From the diagnostic approach to new therapeutic options

Acute coronary syndromes can develop with an unusual and challenging presentation. Kounis syndrome is a mostly overlooked Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) in the setting of anaphylactic or anaphylactoid reactions in response to an allergic insult that can lead to severe complications including cardiac arrest. A 52-yearold- man presented to the emergency department of our hospital because of acute transient loss of consciousness that developed some minutes after almonds ingestion. The complex diagnostic workup led to the diagnosis of vasospastic Kounis syndrome, an infrequent type of acute coronary syndrome, mostly overlooked, with challenging diagnostic and therapeutic features. Peculiarities on clinical presentation, the approach adopted by the emergency physician and the consultant cardiologist to achieve the correct diagnosis and our proposed management with a brief revision of the literature will be reported. Unusual clinical presentations of acute coronary syndromes represent part of the pitfalls that an emergency physician can face during the everyday practice. Prompt identification of these conditions is always struggling but of crucial importance to improve patient prognosis with a correct diagnostic work-up and therapeutic management

MitraClip Treatment of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: Lessons and Implications from Trials and Registries

Transcatheter mitral valve intervention using the MitraClip system has evolved as a new tool for the treatment of secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) in patients with heart failure and reduced lef..

TCT-713 Impact And Evolution Of Right Ventricular Dysfunction After MitraClip In High Risk Patients With Functional Mitral Regurgitation

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Acute Heart Failure Caused by Parvovirus B-19 Myocarditis Treated with Human Immunoglobulin

We describe the case of a 42-year-old woman developing cardiogenic shock with cardiac tamponade due to an acute myo-pericarditis caused by Parvovirus B19 (PVB19), successfully treated with intravenous (iv) immunoglobulin administration

Gene expression profile of rat left ventricles reveals persisting changes following chronic mild exercise protocol: implications for cardioprotection

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Epidemiological studies showed that physical exercise, specifically moderate lifelong training, is protective against cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Most experimental work has focused into the effects and molecular mechanisms underlying intense, rather than mild exercise, by exploring the acute effect of training. Our study aims at investigating the cardioprotective effect of mild chronic exercise training and the gene expression profile changes at 48 hrs after the exercise cessation. Rats were trained at mild intensity on a treadmill: 25 m/min, 10%incline, 1 h/day, 3 days/week, 10 weeks; about 60% of the maximum aerobic power. By Affymetrix technology, we investigated the gene expression profile induced by exercise training in the left ventricle (LV) of trained (n = 10) and control (n = 10) rats. Cardioprotection was investigated by ischemia/reperfusion experiments (n = 10 trained vs. n = 10 control rats).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Mild exercise did not induce cardiac hypertrophy and was cardioprotective as demonstrated by the decreased infarct size (p = 0.02) after ischemia/reperfusion experiments in trained with respect to control rats. Ten genes and 2 gene sets (two pathways) resulted altered in LV of exercised animals with respect to controls. We validated by real-time PCR the increased expression of four genes: similar to C11orf17 protein (RGD1306959), caveolin 3, enolase 3, and hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha. Moreover, caveolin 3 protein levels were higher in exercised than control rats by immunohistochemistry and Western Blot analysis. Interestingly, the predicted gene similar to C11orf17 protein (RGD1306959) was significantly increased by exercise. This gene has a high homology with the human C11orf17 (alias: protein kinase-A interacting protein 1 or breast cancer associated gene 3). This is the first evidence that this gene is involved in the response to the exercise training.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Our data indicated that few, but significant, genes characterize the gene expression profile of the rat LV, when examined 48 hrs since the last training section and that mild exercise training determines cardioprotection without the induction of hypertrophy.</p

Left atrial appendage occlusion in the absence of intraprocedural product specialist monitoring: is it time to proceed alone? Results from a multicenter real-world experience

BackgroundPercutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) presents many technical complex features, and it is often performed under the intraprocedural surveillance of a product specialist (PS). Our aim is to assess whether LAAO is equally safe and effective when performed in high-volume centers without PS support.MethodsIntraprocedural results and long-term outcome were retrospectively assessed in 247 patients who underwent LAAO without intraprocedural PS monitoring between January 2013 and January 2022 at three different hospitals. This cohort was then matched to a population who underwent LAAO with PS surveillance. The primary end point was all-cause mortality at 1 year. The secondary end point was a composite of cardiovascular mortality plus nonfatal ischemic stroke occurrence at 1 year.ResultsOf the 247 study patients, procedural success was achieved in 243 patients (98.4%), with only 1 (0.4%) intraprocedural death. After matching, we did not identify any significant difference between the two groups in terms of procedural time (70 ± 19 min vs. 81 ± 30 min, p = 0.106), procedural success (98.4% vs. 96.7%, p = 0.242), and procedure-related ischemic stroke (0.8% vs. 1.2%, p = 0.653). Compared to the matched cohort, a significant higher dosage of contrast was used during procedures without specialist supervision (98 ± 19 vs. 43 ± 21, p &lt; 0.001), but this was not associated with a higher postprocedural acute kidney injury occurrence (0.8% vs. 0.4%, p = 0.56). At 1 year, the primary and the secondary endpoints occurred in 21 (9%) and 11 (4%) of our cohort, respectively. Kaplan–Meier curves showed no significant difference in both primary (p = 0.85) and secondary (p = 0.74) endpoint occurrence according to intraprocedural PS monitoring.ConclusionsOur results show that LAAO, despite the absence of intraprocedural PS monitoring, remains a long-term safe and effective procedure, when performed in high-volume centers