Primary angioplasty is positioned in Spain as the technique more used to a myocardial infarction.

primary angioplasty is positioned in Spain as the technique most used before a heart attack of myocardium.

22ND annual section meeting of hemodynamics & interventional cardiology of the SEC.

– in the framework of the 22ND annual meeting of the section of hemodynamics & interventional cardiology, Spanish society of Cardiology (SEC) which was held in Valencia, the success of the Stent For Life initiative, devised by the European Society of Cardiology has corroborated and which helps the SEC, it has managed to increase by 6.5 per cent the number of primary angioplastias to a heart attack of myocardium.

– during the meeting, the national registry of activity data were also presented in interventional cardiology and showing a growth of more than 100% in coronary interventions in the past 10 years.

РRegistry TAVI, (transcat̩ter of aortic valve implantation) has done for the first time in Spain. TAVI is a technique carried out on patients who suffer from aortic stenosis and show contraindications to surgery. This record, presented during the meeting, has proved a success for 94 per cent among the patients implanted.

– The register TAVI has been made thanks to the collaboration of the section of hemodynamics & interventional cardiology of the Spanish society of surgery Torácica-Cardiovascular and the support of SEC.

valencia, June 2011.- section of hemodynamics & interventional cardiology, Spanish society of Cardiology (SEC) held their annual meeting, the most important which took place in Spain on this subject. During this meeting the national registry of activity data have been presented in interventional cardiology, who has shown a growth of more than 100% in coronary interventions in the last 10 years (from 31.290 interventions in 2001 to 64.331 in 2010).

success in Spain of the initiative Stent For Life.

according to the national register of activity in interventional cardiology, Spain has increased by 6.5 per cent employment of primary angioplasty as a technique to a heart attack (AMI), which makes this technique as most used by cardiologists above fibrinolysis.

primary angioplasty is the occlusion of the coronary artery by means of mechanical destruction of the clot to then deploy a stent (MeSH) to resolve the underlying tightness. On the contrary, the fibrinolysis consists of the administration of drugs that dissolve the clot desobstruyendo glass bottle capping.

Spanish cardiologists to prefer the use of primary angioplasty as a response to a heart attack, is the result of the success of the Stent For Life initiative, devised by the European Society of Cardiology, which also involved the SEC ” emphasizes Dr. Javier Goicolea, President of the hemodynamics & interventional cardiology of the SEC. section

in Spain 2010 were an average of 235 primary angioplastias for every million inhabitants. Navarre, with 410 primary angioplastias per million inhabitants is the autonomous community that more interventions has done; While Valencia, with 122 angioplastias, is the least.

this difference of interventions is due to the lack of centralized, promoted and supported by the different health administrations ”, concludes Dr. Goicolea

TAVI, an effective alternative to conventional surgery in replacement of aortic in patients of high risk.

section of hemodynamics and interventional cardiology in the SEC and the Spanish society of surgery Torácica-Cardiovascular, developed for the first time in Spain TAVI registration, which collects and analyzes the results of interventions TAVI (impantación aortic valve transcatéter) in patients who suffer from aortic stenosis and which may not be operated by the be considered high risk. conventional surgery

aortic stenosis is a narrowing of the aortic valve which reduces the flow of blood from the heart. It is the disease’s most common heart valve in the West, which affects 2% of the population over 65 years, 3 per cent of persons aged 75 years and 4 per cent over the age of 85.

make a surgical replacement of the aortic valve open heart becomes necessary in these cases, since if the intervention is not performed, the survival of patients after three years of the diagnosis of the disease is less than 30 per cent. However, there is a large number of people affected cannot operate because of contraindications and high surgical risk posed by the operation.

in this situation, in recent years has developed the technique TAVI, implement via the transfemoral aortic valve (through the femoral artery) or transapical (through a small incision through the ribs).

this technique implies a decrease in the risk of patients during the intervention, that prevents the opening of the heart, postoperative time is much less ” says Dr. Goicolea.

the registry TAVI, presented this morning, has proved a success of 94% in patients that this intervention was conducted in 2010 in Spain, patients who were not eligible to receive conventional surgery. Thus, 30 days of the intervention, mortality among these patients was 7%.

Spanish society of Cardiology (SEC).

the Spanish Cardiology Society (SEC) is a scientific and professional non-profit dedicated to increasing the State of knowledge about the heart and the circulatory system, to make progress in the prevention and treatment of their diseases and to improve survival and quality of life for heart patients.

the SEC has among its principal objectives contribute to research international, especially Europe and Latin America, creating national and international links for the development of actions and represent all interested professionals in the field of cardiology.