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H Vargas-Leguas,
P Garcia de Olalla,
M Arando,
P Armengol,
Mj Barbera,
M Vall,
A Vives,
G Martin-Ezquerra,
M Alsina,
J Blanco,
C Munoz, E Caballero,
A Andreu,
M Ros,
P Gorrindo,
A Dominguez,
Ja Cayla
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ABSTRACT: From the beginning of 2007 until the end of 2011, 146 cases of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) were notified to the Barcelona Public Health Agency. Some 49% of them were diagnosed and reported in 2011, mainly in men who have sex with men. Almost half of them, 32 cases, were reported between July and September. This cluster represents the largest since 2004. This article presents the ongoing outbreak of LGV in Barcelona.
Euro surveillance: bulletin europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 01/2012; 17(2). · 6.15 Impact Factor
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Circulation 09/2001; 104(6):741. · 14.74 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Several anatomic anomalies have been associated with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. However, its association with cor triatriatum has never been previously established. We present a case report on a 34-year-old woman patient with paroxysmic palpitations and data of ventricular preexcitation seen on electrocardiogram. The presence of non-obstructive cor triatriatum was observed during echocardiographic valoration prior to radiofrequency catheter ablation.
Revista Espa de Cardiologia 08/2001; 54(7):924-6. · 2.53 Impact Factor
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J Suárez De Lezo,
A Medina,
M Pan,
M Romero,
J Segura,
D Pavlovic,
E Hernández,
A Delgado, E Caballero,
J R Siles,
M Franco,
D Mesa,
M Lafuente
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ABSTRACT: Percutaneous device occlusion of secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs) is becoming an accepted alternative to surgical closure. This method allows us to evaluate patients with complex conditions for treatment. From a total of 70 patients with ASD evaluated for percutaneous closure, we selected for analysis 28 who had complex conditions. The mean age was 36+/-23 yr (range, 4-72). Six had heart failure, and of these six, three had atrial fibrillation. At cardiac catheterization, the pulmonary pressure was 47+/-24 mm Hg, and the QP/QS was 1.7+/-0.4; two patients had bidirectional shunt and systemic pulmonary pressure. Two patients received a buttoned device and 26 an Amplatzer septal occluder. The groups of patients with complex conditions were separated into the following groups. Group I (n = 4) underwent combined treatment of associated anomalies. Two patients had pulmonary stenosis, one had mitral stenosis, and one had an aortic root-left atrium fistula. They were treated in or during with the same procedure by combined transcatheter techniques (balloon valvuloplasty and fistula occlusion) before ASD occlusion. Group II (n = 9) had multiple defects (cribiform or two separate holes). They were treated with a single device in five instances and with two separate devices in four cases. Group III (n = 14) had large (32+/-3 mm) single defects. Nine of them underwent successful implantation using a device 33+/-3 mm in diameter; in the remaining five patients the device was removed because of instability. Group IV (n = 3) had residual defects after previous partial device occlusion. All three defects were successfully occluded with a second device. No movement or interference with the first device was observed. Group V (n = 6) had severe pulmonary hypertension (86+/-16 mm Hg). Immediately after ASD occlusion we observed significant relief in these patients (67+/-14 mm Hg; P<0.01). There were no major complications; all 23 patients with successful implants were discharged without symptoms 2-7 days later; one patient with atrial fibrillation recovered sinus rhythm. The follow-up (8+/-5 mo) Doppler echo study showed complete ASD occlusion in 22 patients and a peak pulmonary pressure of 30+/-14 mm Hg. We conclude that transcatheter occlusion of ASDs is an effective and safe treatment for patients with complex anatomic or physiopathologic conditions, as evaluated by short-term follow-up.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 09/2000; 51(1):33-41. · 2.29 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Severe pulmonary stenosis in association with a large atrial septal defect is uncommon. When these 2 conditions are present, significant left-to-right shunt is often prevented by the outflow obstruction, which protects the pulmonary bed until adulthood. This report shows our initial experience of percutaneous treatment of both congenital malformations, either staged or combined in the same procedure, in 2 adult patients whose treatments yielded effective atrial septal defect occlusion and right ventricular pressure relief that persisted at mid-term follow-up. Although these opposite procedures (opening and closing) have been applied as isolated methods of treatment, this preliminary experience appears to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of a combined percutaneous treatment.
Texas Heart Institute journal / from the Texas Heart Institute of St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital 02/2000; 27(2):216-7. · 0.65 Impact Factor
