Scientific letters

• Highly sensitive troponin T dynamics and prognosis in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis

  Elena Ferrer-Sistach, Josep Lupón, Germán Cediel, Elena Revuelta-López, Antoni Bayés-Genís

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:1065-6

• Constrictive physiology due to epicardial fat

  Eduardo Martínez-Gómez, Javier Higueras, Carmen Olmos

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:1066-8

• Coronary arterial segmental stenosis quantified by MDCT: correlation with quantitative coronary analyses by invasive angiography

  Leire Unzué, Belén Díaz-Antón, Eulogio García, Andrea Moreno-Arciniegas, Francisco Javier Parra, Leticia Fernández-Friera

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:1068-70

• Temporal trends in hospitalizations and in-hospital mortality in heart failure in Spain 2003-2015: differences between autonomous communities

  Manuel Anguita Sánchez, Juan Luis Bonilla Palomas, María García Márquez, José Luis Bernal Sobrino, Cristina Fernández Pérez, Francisco Javier Elola Somoza

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:1075-7

• Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in a 12-year-old girl secondary to acute asthma during orthopedic surgery

  Carla Paolini, Giacomo Mugnai, Stefano Casella, Alessandro Mecenero, Claudio Bilato

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:954-6

• Aortic root surgery after arterial switch operation

  Juan-Miguel Gil-Jaurena, Carlos Pardo, Ana Pita, Diego Monzón, André Bellido, Ramón Pérez–Caballero

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:956-8

• Stress echocardiography in nonhospital centers: need to reorganize imaging units according to guidelines on chronic coronary syndromes

  Alejandro Quijada-Fumero, Luca Vannini, Ana Laynez-Carnicero, Javier Poncela-Mireles, Antonio Trugeda Padilla, Julio S. Hernández Afonso

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:958-9

• Endocardial autonomic denervation in a patient with neurally mediated syncope and severe cardioinhibitory response

  Moisés Rodríguez-Mañero, José Luis Martínez-Sande, Laila González-Melchor, Javier García-Seara, Inés Gómez Otero, José Ramón González-Juanatey

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:959-61

• Left ventricle myocardial deformation pattern in severe aortic valve stenosis without cardiac amyloidosis. The AMY-TAVI trial

  María Bastos Fernández, Diego López Otero, Javier López Pais, Virginia Pubul Núñez, Carmen Neiro Rey, José R. González-Juanatey

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:961-4

• Renin-angiotensin system blockers and outcomes during hydroxychloroquine treatment in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia

  Giuseppe Di Tano, Renata De Maria, Marco Loffi, Luigi Moschini, Gianluca Galeazzi, Gian Battista Danzi

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:964-6

• D-dimer and right ventricular abnormalities as prognostic factors in critically ill COVID-19 patients

  Oscar Gonzalez-Fernandez, Ines Ponz de Antonio, Sandra O. Rosillo Rodriguez, Jose Ruiz Cantador, Juan C. Figueira Iglesias, Jose L. Lopez-Sendon Hentschel

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:966-8

• Impaired myocardial deformation assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance is associated with increased arrhythmic risk in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

  Ana Raquel Barbosa, Nuno Dias Ferreira, Catarina Martins O’Neill, Catarina Ruivo, Inês Cruz, Luís Rocha Lopes

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:849-51

• Current clinical outcomes of tricuspid regurgitation and initial experience with the TricValve system in Spain

  Álvaro Aparisi, Ignacio J. Amat-Santos, Ana Serrador, Tania Rodríguez-Gabella, Roman Arnold, José A. San Román

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:853-4

• First experience in Spain of cardiac contractility modulation. A new alternative for patients with heart failure

  Javier de Juan Bagudá, Adolfo Fontenla, María Dolores García-Cosío Carmena, Rafael Salguero Bodes, Juan F. Delgado Jiménez, Fernando Arribas Ynsaurriaga

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:855-7

• Surgery in patients with stents. New challenges in congenital heart disease

  Juan-Miguel Gil-Jaurena, Ramón Pérez-Caballero, Ana Pita, Carlos Pardo, José-Luis Zunzunegui, Fernando Ballesteros

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:857-9

• Ductal stenting in congenital heart disease with duct dependent pulmonary blood flow

  Laura Marfil-Godoy, Gerard Martí-Aguasca, Queralt Ferrer-Menduiña, Gemma Giralt-García, Pedro Betrián-Blasco

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:859-61

• Echocardiographic findings in critical patients with COVID-19

  Miguel Rodríguez-Santamarta, Carlos Minguito-Carazo, Julio César Echarte-Morales, Samuel Del Castillo-García, Jorge Valdivia-Ruiz, Felipe Fernández-Vázquez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:861-3

• Awake VA-ECMO in cardiogenic shock: an experience with future potential

  Isaías Martín Badía, Pablo Pagliarani Gil, José Luis Pérez Vela, Emilio Renes Carreño, Enrique Pérez de la Sota, Juan Carlos Montejo González

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:851-3

• Arterial thrombotic complications in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

  Juan R. Rey, Juan Caro-Codón, Dolores Poveda Pineda, José Luis Merino, Ángel M. Iniesta, José Luis López-Sendón, CARD-COVID investigators

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:769-71

• Electrocardiographic/QT interval monitoring with a portable device in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a protocol proposal

  Nerea Torres González, Luis Álvarez Acosta, Alejandro Iriarte Plasencia, Virginia Barreto Cáceres, Diego Valdivia Miranda, Julio Salvador Hernández Afonso

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:771-3