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C Morís de la Tassa

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PubMed1999

[The etiology and associated risk factors in a sample of 300 patients with atrial fibrillation].

PURPOSE: To analyze the etiology and the prevalence of risk factors in patients with atrial fibrillation. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Applying an unpaired case controlled study, we examined 300 consecutive patients (143 men) with atrial fibrillation and a mean age of 66 +/- 8 years. This group is compared with a control group of 700 patients (mean age 64 +/- 12 years). RESULTS: In the group with atrial fibrillation the etiology in 32% was arterial hypertension, in 20% coronary heart disease, in 13% valvular heart disease, in 11% heart failure, in 4% hyperthyroidism and in 20% idiopathic. 50% presented hypertension, 29% tobaccoism, 26% left ventricular hypertrophy, 20% consumption of alcohol, 19% hypercholesterolemia and 16% diabetes. Compared with the control group, patients with atrial fibrillation had coronary heart disease (p < 0.05), VHD (p < 0.01), myocardiopathy (p < 0.05), HT (p < 0.001), left ventricular hypertrophy (p < 0.001), diabetes (p < 0.01) and alcohol consumption (p < 0.01) more frequently. In the multivariant analysis heart failure (odds ratio 2.1 [1.2-3.3]), the valvular heart disease (odds ratio 2.2 [1.4-3.5]), the coronary heart disease (odds ratio 1.8 [1.2-2.6]), the arterial hypertension (odds ratio 1.7 [1.2-2.3]), the left ventricular hypertrophy (odds ratio 2.6 [1.7-3.8]), the diabetes (odds ratio 1.9 [1.2-2.9]) and alcoholic habits (odds ratio 2 [1.3-3.9]) were independent risk factors for atrial fibrillation in our population. CONCLUSIONS: Atrial fibrillation in our study, is more frequent in patients with arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease or valvular heart disease. There are other risk factors such as arterial hypertension, diabetes and consumption of alcohol too, the modification of which could diminish the risk of the appearance of atrial fibrillation.

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PubMed1998

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare coronary pathology whose precise incidence, etiology, pathogenesis, treatment and evolution have not been clearly established. Sudden death accounts for the majority of presentations. It occurs most commonly in young women in the left anterior descending coronary artery. We report the case of a 48-year-old male with asymptomatic spontaneous dissection in the anterior descending coronary artery.

Aortic Dissection↗
PubMed1996

[Left coronary artery with anomalous origin and course].

We report a 45 year-old patient with angina and positive exercise test. In the coronary arteriography that left coronary artery rose from a vascular structure that connected the aorta to the middle of the left anterior descending coronary artery. In the right coronary artery there was a 90% stenosis. An ACTP was made in this stenosis. The patient displayed no symptoms eight months after the procedure. We have not found in the literature and anomaly of the left coronary artery similar to what was found in this patient.

Angina, Unstable↗
PubMed1996

[Coronary angioplasty through 6 French guiding catheters].

BACKGROUND: The development of new small guiding catheters with large internal lumen has allowed their use in routine coronary angioplasty. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to present the technical characteristics, results and complication rates obtained with the use of 6 French guiding catheters compared with those obtained with the use of 8 French. METHODS: During a 23 month period, a total of 355 consecutive patients was enrolled in this study. Coronary angioplasty was performed in 177 of them using a 6F guiding catheter and 178 using an 8F. RESULTS: We found no differences in technical characteristics between both groups: Radiation time (15.7 +/- 14 min vs 16.2 +/- 14 min), guiding catheter to patient ratio (1.1 +/- 0.3 vs 1.06 +/- 0.2), number of balloon catheters per patient (1.2 +/- 0.7 vs 1.36 +/- 0.7). There were no differences in the results obtained (Success 93% in 6F group vs 91% in 8F), major complication rates (Death 0.5% vs 1.6%, CABG 1.1% vs 2.2% or AMI 0% vs 2.2%), or peripheral complications. CONCLUSIONS: In coronary angioplasty, with the use of 6F guiding catheters the same results can be achieved as with the use of larger catheters without an increase in technical difficulties or in complication rates.

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PubMed1996

[Reversible dilated cardiomyopathy and hyperthyroidism].

Thyrotoxicosis may precipitate atrial fibrillation, myocardial ischemia or heart failure if underlying heart disease is present. However, reversible dilated cardiomyopathy is rare. We report a case of a 51-year-old man with thyrotoxicosis and dilated cardiomyopathy that was reversed with antithyroid treatment.

Cardiomyopathy, Dilated↗
PubMed1995

[A retroaortic anomalous left coronary artery].

We report a 67-years-old patient with angina pectoris and positive treadmill test. In the coronary arteriography the left coronary artery arose from the right coronary sinus of Valsalva through an independent ostium and followed a retroaortic course. Coronary artery disease was no demonstrated, so we thought that the myocardial ischaemia shown in the treadmill test, was due to the anomalous origin of the left coronary artery. Surgical treatment was recommended.

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