Scientific letters

• Prediction of different causes of mortality by exercise echocardiography in women

  Jesús Peteiro, Alberto Bouzas-Mosquera, Sonia Pertega, Cayetana Barbeito-Caamaño, Francisco Broullón, José M. Vázquez-Rodríguez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:683-5

• Epicardial ablation of ventricular tachycardia via the aortic cusps in ischemic cardiomyopathy

  Rodolfo San Antonio, Francisco Alarcón, Eduard Guasch, José María Tolosana, Lluís Mont, Ivo Roca-Luque

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:685-7

• ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in times of COVID-19: back to the last century? A call for attention

  Alejandro Gadella, Miguel Ángel Sastre, Carolina Maicas, Luis Rodríguez-Padial, Miguel Á. Arias

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:582-3

• Left ventricular assist devices in patients eligible for heart transplant with irreversible pulmonary hypertension

  Fernando de Frutos, Carles Díez-López, José Carlos Sánchez-Salado, Albert Miralles, Nicolás Manito, José González-Costello

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:583-6

• Safety and clinical benefit of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation in complex congenital heart disease

  Luisa García-Cuenllas Álvarez, Fernando del Campo Bujedo, Carmen Oreja Sánchez, María Ángela Centeno Garrido, Juan Ignacio Castillo Martín, Pedro L. Sánchez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:586-9

• Truncating titin variants in dilated cardiomyopathy: not only LVEF recovery, but also maintenance

  María Valverde-Gómez, Rafael Salguero-Bodes, Cristina Martín-Arriscado, Juan Delgado-Jiménez, Fernando Arribas-Ynsaurriaga, Julián Palomino-Doza

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:589-92

• Flow obstruction of continuous-flow ventricular assist devices. Diagnosis and treatment of an uncommon problem

  David Couto Mallón, Eduardo Barge Caballero, Jorge Salgado Fernández, Gonzalo Barge Caballero, José Joaquín Cuenca Castillo, María Generosa Crespo Leiro

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:592-3

• Transcatheter mitral valve repair with the PASCAL system: initial experience

  Estefanía Fernández Peregrina, Violeta González Salvado, Luis Asmarats Serra, Chi Hion Li, Antonio Serra Peñaranda, Dabit Arzamendi Aizpurua

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:594-5

• Balloon-expandable Myval transcatheter aortic valve implantation. First experience in Spain

  Sandra Santos-Martínez, Ignacio J. Amat-Santos, Ana Serrador, Tania Rodríguez-Gabella, Hipólito Gutiérrez, Alberto San Román

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:596-7

• Fulminant myocarditis due to COVID-19

  Ángela Irabien-Ortiz, José Carreras-Mora, Alessandro Sionis, Julia Pàmies, José Montiel, Manel Tauron

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:503-4

• Arterial tortuosity syndrome: a late and unexpected diagnosis and description of a novel likely pathogenic mutation

  Jorge Rodríguez-Capitán, Manuel Macías-Benítez, Lourdes Conejo-Muñoz, Antonio Cordero-Aguilar, Raúl López-Salguero, Beatriz Pérez-Villardón

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:504-6

• Transcatheter tricuspid annuloplasty with the Cardioband device to treat severe functional tricuspid regurgitation

  Ángel Sánchez-Recalde, Rosana Hernández-Antolín, Luisa Salido Tahoces, Ana García-Martín, Covadonga Fernández-Golfín, José L. Zamorano

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:507-8

• Aortic regurgitation in continuous flow left ventricular assist devices for long-term use: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge

  Amaia Martínez León, Beatriz Díaz Molina, José Alonso Domínguez, Jacobo Silva Guisasola, Jose Luis Lambert Rodríguez, César Morís de la Tassa

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:508-10

• Gadolinium based contrast agent-free cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of heart anatomy. A feasibility study

  Sven Knecht, Philip Haaf, Florian Spies, Antonio Madaffari, Michael Kühne, Christian Sticherling

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:510-2

• Minimally invasive approach for biventricular assist device with centrifugal pump: first experience in Spain

  Carmen Iglesias-Gil, Francisco Estévez-Cid, Miguel González-Barbeito, Eduardo Barge-Caballero, Jose J. Cuenca-Castillo

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:512-3

• First national registry of evolocumab in clinical practice in cardiology units in Spain. The RETOSS-CARDIO study

  Vivencio Barrios, Carlos Escobar, Vicente Arrarte, Cecilia Roldán

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:513-5

• Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy presenting as myocarditis in young patients: a concealed relationship

  João Rato, Rita Ataíde, Duarte Martins, Oana Moldovan, Diogo Cavaco, Rui Anjos

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:424-6

• Levosimendan as bridge to transplant in patients with advanced heart failure

  Inés Ponz de Antonio, Javier S. de Juan Bagudá, Adriana Rodríguez Chaverri, María Dolores García-Cosío Carmena, Fernando Arribas Ynsaurriaga, Juan F. Delgado Jiménez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:422-4

• Percutaneous treatment of pulmonary embolism during pregnancy

  Ernesto Valero, Jessika González-D’Gregorio, Nieves Carbonell, Mónica García-Simón, José Ferreres, Juan Sanchis

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:427-9

• Trefoil factor-3 and galectin-4 as new candidates for prognostic biomarkers in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

  Agustín Fernández Cisnal, Sergio García-Blas, Ernesto Valero, Gema Miñana, Julio Núñez, Juan Sanchis Forés

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2020;73:418-20