Scientific letters

• Saxagliptin and Heart Failure in the SAVOR-TIMI 53 Trial: Reflections on the Bradford Hill Criteria

  Ana M. Cebrián Cuenca, Domingo Orozco Beltrán, Jorge Navarro Pérez, Fernando Álvarez-Guisasola, Julio Núñez Villota, Luciano Consuegra-Sánchez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:1143-4

• Interhospital Transfer in Patients on ECMO Support. An Essential Tool for a Critical Care Network

  Aitor Uribarri, Ignacio Cruz-González, María José Dalmau, María Concepción Rubia-Martín, Miriam Ochoa, Pedro L. Sánchez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:1147-9

• Effects of Ivabradine on Heart Rate and Hemodynamic Parameters in a Swine Model of Cardiogenic Shock

  Marina Pascual Izco, Borja Castejón, María José Piedras, José Luis Zamorano, Marcelo Sanmartín, Carlos Zaragoza

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:1139-41

• Impact of Autoimmune Disease on the Management and Prognosis of Acute Coronary Syndrome

  Nuria Lozano Rivas, Francisco J. Pastor-Pérez, Pedro J. Flores-Blanco, Carlos Marras Fernández-Cid, Luis F. Linares, Sergio Manzano-Fernández

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:1145-7

• Cardiogenic Shock and Cardiac Tamponade in the Context of Influenza A Myopericarditis

  Aridane Cárdenes León, Elena Gallardo Santos, Roland Prada Osorio, Marta López Pérez, Pedro Luis Martín Lorenzo

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:1149-51

• Primary Intrapericardial Leiomyoma as a Cause of Atrial Tachyarrhythmia

  Buqing Ni, Hongwu Chen, Minglong Chen, Qixing Gong, Yongfeng Shao

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:1017-8

• Severe Cardiac Complications of Shabu Use: An Emerging Drug in Europe

  Margarida Pujol-López, Luis Ortega-Paz, Mercè Roqué, Xavier Bosch

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:1014-6

• Comprehensive Assessment of the Heartware HVAD Left Ventricular Assist Device With 4-Dimensional Cardiac Computed Tomography

  Manuel Barreiro-Pérez, Aitor Uribarri, Javier López-Rodríguez, Sebastián V. Rojas, José M. González-Santos, Pedro L. Sánchez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:1010-1

• Acute Intraprocedural Gastroparesis During Pulmonary Vein Cryoablation

  David Cordero Pereda, M. Fe Arcocha Torres, José Miguel Ormaetxe Merodio, Larraitz Gaztañaga Arantzamendi, Estibaliz Zamarreño Golvano, Jesús Daniel Martínez-Alday

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:1012-3

• Ivabradine as an Alternative to AV Node Ablation in a Patient With Permanent Atrial Fibrillation

  Adolfo Fontenla, Lola Villagraz, Javier de Juan, Álvaro Lozano, Sebastián Giacoman, María López-Gil

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:1019-20

• Implantation of a Long-term Left Ventricular Assist Device in a Patient With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

  Luis Horacio Varela-Falcón, David Dobarro, Inés Sayago, Javier López, Salvatore Di Stefano, Luis De la Fuente

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:1020-2

• Successful Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Patient With Fulminant Lupus Myocarditis

  Raúl Castellanos-Moreira, Sebastián Rodríguez-García, Teresa López-Sobrino, Aina Capdevila, Sergio Prieto-González, Gerard Espinosa

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2017;70:1013-4

• 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