Scientific letters

• Effect of Incomplete Closure of a Gerbode Defect With the Nit-Occlud Lê VSD Coil: Severe Hemolysis Requiring a Second Procedure

  Armando Pérez de Prado, José Luis Zunzunegui Martínez, Raúl Carbonell de Blas, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez García, Tomás Benito González, Felipe Fernández Vázquez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:872-3

• Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome Associated With a Fistula Between the Right Atrial Appendage and Right Ventricle

  Ignacio Roy, Virginia Álvarez, José-Miguel Ormaetxe, Jesús-Daniel Martínez-Alday, Ramón Pérez-Caballero, Juan Miguel Gil-Jaurena

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:876-8

• Comparison of Bleeding Risk Scores in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Starting Direct Oral Anticoagulants

  César Caro Martínez, José Manuel Andreu Cayuelas, Pedro José Flores Blanco, Mariano Valdés, José Luis Bailén Lorenzo, Sergio Manzano Fernández

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:878-80

• Differences in the Characteristics and Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Followed-up by Cardiologists and Other Specialists

  Lucía Carnero Montoro, Inmaculada Roldán Rabadán, Francisco Marín Ortuño, Vicente Bertomeu Martínez, Javier Muñiz García, Manuel Anguita Sánchez, on behalf of the FANTASIIA study investigators

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:883-6

• Late Coronary Obstruction After Implantation of Self-expandable Valves. Clinical and Angiographic Features of an Unexpected Complication

  David Martí, Raquel del Valle, Salvador Álvarez, Pablo Avanzas, Ignacio Rada, César Morís

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:880-2

• New Model of Integration Between Primary Health Care and Specialized Cardiology Care

  Julio Hernández-Afonso, María Facenda-Lorenzo, Marcos Rodríguez-Esteban, Celestino Hernández-García, Leonor Núñez-Chicharro, Antonia D. Viñas-Pérez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:873-5

• Is Overweight on the Decrease in the Adult Population? Differences Between the 2009 and 2014 European Health Surveys in Spain

  Paula Acevedo, Ana Isabel Mora-Urda, M. del Pilar Montero, M. Dolores Cabañas, Consuelo Prado, M. Dolores Marrodán

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:875-6

• Lemierre Syndrome in an Adult Patient With Fontan Circulation

  Andrés Carrillo López, Jaime Emilio Herrero Cereceda, Margarita Palmer Sans, María Esperanza Madrid Vergara, Cristina Royo Villa, María Araceli Molina Povedano

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:777-9

• Relationship Between Carotid Intima-media Thickness and the Results of Exercise Echocardiography in Patients With Suspected Coronary Disease

  Ramón Rubio Patón, María Isabel Pacheco Tenza, Enrique Bernal Morell, Juan Carlos Bonaque González, Rosa María Soto Ruiz, Juan Antonio Castillo Moreno

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:781-3

• Prognostic Implications of Functional Mitral Regurgitation in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction

  M. Dolores García-Cosío Carmena, Eulalia Roig Minguell, Andreu Ferrero-Gregori, Rafael Vázquez García, Juan Delgado Jiménez, Juan Cinca, on behalf of the investigators of the REDINSCOR research network

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:785-7

• Diagnostic Value of NT-proBNP for Early Identification of Chagas Cardiomyopathy in Non-endemic Areas

  Pablo Merás, Juan Caro, Elena Trigo, Javier Irazusta, José Luis López-Sendón, Elena Refoyo

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:783-5

• Cryoablation in an Infant Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support

  Pablo Ávila, Felipe Atienza, Miriam Centeno, Mauricio Pelliza, Ángel Arenal, Francisco Fernández-Avilés

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:779-81

• A Parallel Wire Technique in Aortosubclavian Loops and Tortuosities: A Simple and Useful Technique During Transradial Coronary Angiography and Interventions

  Félix Valencia-Serrano, Natalia Bolívar Herrera, Manuel Vida Gutiérrez, Ricardo Fajardo Molina, Manuel Gómez Recio, Rosa Lázaro-García

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:775-6

• Systemic Emboli: The Importance of Transesophageal Echocardiography

  Alejandro Quijada-Fumero, Javier Lorenzo-González, Leydimar A. Anmad Shihadeh Musa, Javier Poncela-Mireles, Antonio Trugeda-Padilla, Julio S. Hernández-Afonso

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:787-8

• Concurrent Validity of the Historical Leisure-time Physical Activity Question of the Spanish National Health Survey in Older Adults

  David Martínez-Gómez, Pilar Guallar-Castillón, Sara Higueras-Fresnillo, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:669-70

• Large Family With Marfan Syndrome Demonstrating the Pathogenicity of a “Synonymous” Variant (p.Ile2118=) in the Fibrillin-1 Gene

  Juan Pablo Trujillo-Quintero, José María Herrera-Noreña, Víctor X. Mosquera-Rodríguez, Xusto Fernández-Fernández, José Manuel Vázquez-Rodríguez, Roberto Barriales-Villa

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:679-81

• Acute Compartment Syndrome of the Hand After Transradial Catheterization

  Josebe Goirigolzarri-Artaza, Raquel Casado-Álvarez, Jaime Benítez-Peyrat, Ebrey León-Aliz, Javier Goicolea, Arturo García-Touchard

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:672-3

• Usefulness of Three-dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiograhy in the Localization of the Micra Leadless Pacemaker

  José Luis Martínez-Sande, Carlos Peña-Gil, Javier García-Seara, Moisés Rodríguez-Mañero, María Amparo Martínez-Monzonis, José Ramón González-Juanatey

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:670-1

• Prevalence of Neuroendocrine Tumors in Patients With Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease

  Inés Ponz de Antonio, José Ruiz Cantador, Ana E. González García, José María Oliver Ruiz, Ángel Sánchez-Recalde, José Luis López-Sendón

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:673-5

• A Reversible Cause of Acute Right Ventricular Failure After Heart Transplant

  Hugo González Saldivar, Javier Hortal, Irene Martín de Miguel, Hugo Rodríguez-Abella, Cynthia Jahavee Las, Manuel Martínez-Sellés

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:677-9