Update on interventional cardiology 2013.
The present article reviews the most important publications and studies in the field of interventional cardiology in 2013. Coronary interventions for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction are among the most important, with studies that assess different devices and pharmacologic and mechanical strategies in primary angioplasty. Increasingly large groups of patients (with diabetes, of advanced age) and the best coronary revascularization strategy are also the focus of exhaustive research. Percutaneous procedures in the left main coronary artery continue to give rise to a significant number of publications, both because of the results of using different types of stent and because of the intravascular imaging techniques used to guide procedures and the results of their use. New bioabsorbable polymer-coated drug-eluting stents or bioresorbable drug-eluting scaffolds are being compared with second-generation drug-eluting stents to show their efficacy in preventing restenosis and reducing incidence of late thrombosis. Percutaneous treatment of structural heart disease continues to produce many publications, especially regarding percutaneous aortic prostheses, but also on closure of foramen ovale and of left atrial appendage. Finally, renal denervation continues to arouse much interest in the medical literature.
Unidad de Cardiología Intervencionista, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: fhernandezh@medynet.com.
Felipe
F
Hernández Hernández
Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital de Galdácano, Galdácano, Vizcaya, Spain.
José Ramón
JR
Rumoroso Cuevas
Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Bruno
B
García Del Blanco
Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
Ramiro
R
Trillo Nouche
D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015607:Stents
D000925:Anticoagulants; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Drug-eluting stent; Ecografía intravascular; Fractional flow reserve; Infarto de miocardio con elevación del segmento ST; Infarto de miocardio sin elevación del segmento ST; Intervención coronaria percutánea; Intravascular ultrasound; Non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Reserva fraccional de flujo; ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; Stent farmacoactivo