Scientific letters

• Optimized left bundle branch cardiac resynchronization therapy: effects on electrocardiogram and left ventricular function

  Carmen Arveras Martínez, Francisco Ribes Tur, Blanca Trejo Velasco, Víctor Pérez Roselló, Clara Gunturiz-Beltrán, Alejandro Bellver Navarro

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:64-6

• Does the amount and intensity of physical activity matter for low-density lipoprotein oxidation?

  Roger Benet-Pozo, Montserrat Fitó, Jaume Marrugat, Cosme García-García, Isaac Subirana, Roberto Elosua

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:66-8

• Percutaneous valvuloplasty in congenital heart disease with extreme pulmonary flow

  Luis Fernández González, Roberto Blanco Mata, Josune Arriola Meabe, Maite Luis García, Javier Ayala Curiel, Juan Alcibar Villa

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:68-71

• Sedentariness in the Spanish population: a cross-sectional study for the period 2011 to 2020

  María Fe Montero-Torreiro, Mónica Pérez-Ríos, Cristina Candal-Pedreira, Carla Guerra-Tort, Guadalupe García, Julia Rey-Brandariz

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:71-3

• Importance of sudden cardiac death risk assessment: the wearable cardioverter defibrillator as a bridge to transplant

  Borja Guerrero Cervera, Raquel López-Vilella, Víctor Donoso Trenado, Maite Izquierdo, Joaquín Osca Asensi, Luis Almenar-Bonet

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:1055-7

• Postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock: current status in Spain

  Juan Esteban de Villarreal-Soto, Francisco José Hernández Pérez, Jessica García Suárez, Jorge Rodríguez-Roda Stuart, Sergio J. Cánovas López, Alberto Forteza Gil

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:1050-2

• Impact of an integrated cardiology-intensive care medicine model on mortality in STEMI

  Javier Lorenzo González, Marcos Farráis Villalba, Cristina López Ferraz, Sergio Huertas Nieto, Mar Martín Velasco, Julio Hernández Afonso

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:1052-4

• Acute pericarditis due to Q fever: a rare manifestation

  Ana Belén Merón Pino, Andrea Alonso Campana, Eugenio Picazo Feu, Miguel Ángel Vallejo Ruiz, Alejandra Vaello Paños

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:1060-1

• Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with pretricuspid shunts: risk profile and survival

  María Calvo-Asensio, Francisco Buendía Fuentes, Miguel Ángel Arnau Vives, Luis Andrés Lalaguna, Luís Martínez Dolz, Joaquín Rueda Soriano

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:868-70

• Challenges in advancing transesophageal echocardiography probes: identifying causes and solutions

  Lucía Fernández Gassó, Regina Dalmau, Silvia Valbuena López, Elena Refoyo Salicio, Guadalupe Buitrago Weiland, Esther Pérez David

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:870-2

• Use of a deflectable ablation catheter to facilitate percutaneous mitral commissurotomy

  Mohammad Abdelghani, Abdelrahman Metwally, Mohammed Samy

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:872-4

• Nutritional status on admission and role in prognosis of cardiogenic shock

  Javier Pérez Cervera, Carlos Antonio Aranda López, José Miguel Rojo Pérez, Clara Nuevo Gallardo, Elena Cobos González, José Ramón López Mínguez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:874-6

• SINUS XL self-expanding stents for pre-stenting in pulmonary valve replacement

  Lisa Bianco, Gerard Marti Aguasca, Yassin Belahnech, Pedro Betrián Blasco

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:788-90

• Implications of atrial cardiomyopathy in the incidence of cardioembolic events in patients with cryptogenic stroke

  Marine Vial, Virginie Hean, Antoine Da Costa, Jean-Philippe Camdessanché, Pierre Garnier, Jean-Baptiste Guichard

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:790-3

• Use of new pulmonary vasodilators in patients with systemic-pulmonary shunts: a “treat-and-repair” approach

  Manuel Gómez-Bueno, Laura Pérez Gómez, Francisco José Hernández Pérez, Cristina Daniela Mitroi, Mercedes Rivas Lasarte, Javier Segovia Cubero

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:793-6

• The state of cardiac rehabilitation in Spain. Results of the AULARC registry

  Vicente Arrarte Esteban, Raquel Campuzano Ruiz, Carmen De Pablo Zarzosa, M. Rosa Fernández Olmo, on behalf of the investigators of the AULARC registry

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:796-8

• Dilated cardiomyopathy associated with cardiotoxicity due to consumption of energy drinks

  Néstor Báez-Ferrer, Patricia Corina Parra-Esquivel, Carmen Montserrat Rodríguez-Cabrera, Guillermo Burillo-Putze, Pablo Avanzas, Alberto Domínguez-Rodríguez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:699-700

• Periprocedural use of antithrombotic therapy in interventional cardiology in Spain: are we doing better than other specialties?

  María Anguita-Gámez, David Vivas, Raquel Ferrandis, María Asunción Esteve-Pastor, Francisco Marín, Manuel Anguita Sánchez, On behalf of the REQXAA study investigators

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:701-3

• Response to levosimendan predicts response to cardiac contractility modulation therapy: a pilot study

  Daniele Masarone, Luigi Falco, Antonio d’Onofrio, Gerardo Nigro, Ernesto Ammendola, Giuseppe Pacileo

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:703-5

• Gore atrial septal occluder devices as an option in patients with nickel allergy

  Eduardo Flores-Umanzor, Mark Osten, Joel DeKoven, Lee Benson, Lusine Abrahamyan, Eric Horlick

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2024;77:697-9