Scientific letters

• Safety strategy for lead extraction in cardiac devices

  Javier Miguelena Hycka, Victoria Cañadas-Godoy, Piercarmine Iorlano Mariano, Víctor Castro Urda, Diego Monzón Díaz, Jorge Rodríguez-Roda Stuart

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2026;79:92-4

• Identification of novel biomarkers in ascending thoracic aortic diseases by untargeted high-resolution mass spectrometry-based metabolomics

  Miguel Morales-García, María Belén García-Ortega, José Pérez del Palacio, Eduardo Moreno-Escobar, Diego Segura-Rodríguez, Rocío García-Orta

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:1123-4

• Oxygen uptake kinetics during postexercise recovery are impaired in long COVID-19 patients: a cross-sectional study

  Juan Alfonso Zamorano-Vargas, Mikel Izquierdo, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:1120-2

• Myocarditis secondary to small vessel vasculitis: an uncommon etiology

  Alejandro Gullón de la Roza, María Salgado Barquinero, María Fernández García, Beatriz Nieves Ureña, Fernando López Iglesias, María Martín Fernández

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:1115-7

• Impella implantation through the brachiocephalic artery: an alternative for left support in patients with small axillary access

  Enrique Pérez-de la Sota, Andrea Eixerés-Esteve, Jorge Enrique Centeno-Rodríguez, María Jesús López-Gude, Christian Muñoz-Guijosa

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:1124-6

• Perception and knowledge of CVD among women in Spain: national survey on awareness, risk, and lifestyle

  Leticia Fernández-Friera, Milagros Pedreira Pérez, Raquel Campuzano Ruiz, José M. Gámez, Luis Rodríguez Padial, Carolina Ortiz Cortés, Scientific Committee of the Woman and Heart project of the SECClara Bonanad, Lorenzo Fácila, Samantha Wasniewski, Manuel Anguita, Antonia Sambola

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:1014-7

• Anthracycline cardiotoxicity is associated with aberrant cardiac myosin energetics

  Danielle Medina-Hernández, Carlos Galán-Arriola, Javier Sánchez-González, Julien Ochala, Borja Ibáñez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:1012-4

• Sex differences in mitral regurgitation anatomy and outcomes of transcatheter edge-to-edge repair

  Chi-Hion Pedro Li, Lluís Asmarats, Albert Massó van Roessel, Helena Capellades, Estefanía Fernández-Peregrina, Dabit Arzamendi

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:1010-2

• Refractory congestion following successful pericardiocentesis for cardiac tamponade: effusive-constrictive pericarditis caused by Cutibacterium acnes

  Meritxell Santaló-Corcoy, Laura Triguero-Llonch, Juan Fernández-Martínez, Jessica P. Arias-Pinilla, Miguel Ferrer-Menéndez, Ana Bonet-Basiero

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:1004-6

• Predictability and device tilting in edge-to-edge mitral valve repair

  Chi-Hion Pedro Li, Lluís Asmarats, Albert Massó van Roessel, Helena Capellades, Xavier Millán, Dabit Arzamendi

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:924-6

• Sudden death in a homozygous familial hypercholesterolemic child with noncompaction cardiomyopathy. Just a coincidence?

  Daiana Ibarretxe-Guerediaga, Cristina Marimón, Albert Feliu, Cèlia Rodríguez-Borjabad, Núria Plana, Lluís Masana

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:922-4

• Apical sparing during exercise echocardiography for suspected cardiac amyloidosis

  Jesús Peteiro, Marina Combarro, Gonzalo Barge-Caballero, Alberto Bouzas-Mosquera, José Larrañaga-Moreira, José M. Vázquez-Rodríguez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:918-22

• Sex differences in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement: a tale of 2 hearts

  Giovanni Occhipinti, Andrea Alberto Ruberti, Jorge Alcocer, Marc Giménez-Mila, Bárbara Vidal, Ander Regueiro

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:916-8

• Beyond the postmortem diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a genetic approach guided by clinical and morphological features in Noonan syndrome

  Elena Sola-García, Birethine Sathiyanathan, Alba María García-García, Mary N. Sheppard, María Teresa Tomé-Esteban

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:828-30

• Percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy in subacute pulmonary embolism

  Alejandro Lara-García, Alfonso Jurado-Román, Daniel Tébar Márquez, Ariana Gonzálvez García, Santiago Jiménez Valero, Raúl Moreno

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:825-8

• Acute coronary syndrome due to scorpion sting: a case report from Spain

  José Antonio Fernández-Sánchez, Torcuato Garrido-Arroquia Jurado, Juan Manuel Serrano-Marcos, Francisco Villagran Ramírez, Rafael de la Chica Ruano, Laura Pertejo-Manzano

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:820-2

• Mediterranean diet intervention and coronary plaque progression after acute coronary syndrome. The MEDIMACS clinical trial

  Ana I. Fernández-Ávila, Enrique Gutiérrez-Ibañes, Álvaro Gabaldón, Josep Gómez-Lara, Miguel Ángel Martínez-González, Javier Bermejo, on behalf of the MEDIMACS study investigatorsIrene Martín de Miguel, Ricardo Sanz-Ruiz, Elena Jurado, Francisco Fernández-Avilés, Cristina Razquin Burillo, Rafael de la Torre, Pablo Martínez-Legazpi, Raquel Yotti, Alex Mira, Uri Gophna, Roger Karlsson, Reem Al-Daccak, Dominique Charron

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:822-5

• Reverse ventricular remodeling after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in pure aortic regurgitation

  Sonia Antoñana Ugalde, Ana García Martín, Luisa Salido Tahoces, Ángel Sánchez Recalde, José Luis Zamorano Gómez, Covadonga Fernández-Golfín Lobán

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:744-6

• Risk factors for the progression of aortic regurgitation following surgical repair of sinus of Valsalva aneurysms. Analysis of 317 cases

  Tianyu Chen, Jianzheng Cen, Shusheng Wen, Jimei Chen, Jian Zhuang, Xiaobing Liu

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:741-4

• Risk assessment of pregnant patients with heart disease: mWHO vs CARPREG II risk scores

  Antonia Pijuan-Domenech, Laura Galian-Gay, Javier Cantalapiedra, Berta Serrano, Maria Goya, Nerea Maiz

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2025;78:738-41