ABSTRACT
Heart failure is one of the most important causes of death worldwide. Heart transplant is the last effective alternative when the medical and surgical treatments have failed in patients with end stage heart failure, giving them an 80% one year survival rate. Unfortunately, during the outcome, the heart transplant patients can develop complications such as graft rejection and opportunistic infections because of the use of immunosuppressive therapy. In the present article we report the experience with 33 heart transplant patients. Our program not only has successfully transplanted patients with advanced age but, for the first time in Latin America we have transplanted patients assisted with the ambulatory Thoratec TLC II system. Even with limited resources, we have managed the same complications than other heart transplant programs, our 82% one year survival rate is similar than reports in medical literature.
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Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Heart Transplantation/statistics & numerical data , Heart Transplantation/adverse effects , Immunosuppressive Agents , Mexico , Postoperative ComplicationsABSTRACT
Objetivo: El registro pretende establecer en México las características clínicas, identificar abordajes terapéuticos y conocer la evolución hospitalaria en pacientes con síndromes coronarios agudos. Métodos y resultados: RENASICA II es un registro prospectivo que incluye 8,098 pacientes con diagnóstico final de síndrome coronario agudo. Tres mil quinientos cuarenta y tres tuvieron angina inestable o infarto sin elevación del ST (AI/IMNEST) y 4,555 con infarto con elevación del ST (IMEST). A su ingreso al hospital se identificó dolor torácico típico de isquemia en 78% y 85% respectivamente. Se consideró de alto riesgo al 36% de los pacientes con AI/IMNEST. En la mayoría de los pacientes con IMEST la localización fue anterior y se encontraban en clase KK I. En AI/IMNEST se utilizó aspirina en el 90%, heparina no fraccionada 50%, heparina de bajo peso molecular 45%, nitratos 58%, bloqueadores beta 50% e inhibidores de enzima convertidora en el 54%. En IMEST estos medicamentos se utilizaron en el 88%, 54%, 44%, 66%, 51% y 64% respectivamente. En pacientes con AI/IMNEST se realizó angiografía en el 62%, angioplastía coronaria 30% y cirugía de revascularización 8%. En el grupo con IMEST estos procedimientos se realizaron en el 44%, 27% y 4% respectivamente. En IMEST el 37% recibió terapia fibrinolítica y 15% fueron llevados a angioplastía primaria o facilitada. La mortalidad hospitalaria global del 7%, en AI/IMNEST fue del 4% y en IMEST del 10%. Conclusión: El más grande registro de síndromes coronarios agudos en Latinoamérica provee información importante sobre el espectro clínico, evolución hospitalaria, calidad de atención e identifica áreas de oportunidad para mejorar la atención médica. El RENASICA II extiende nuestro conocimiento sobre cómo la reperfusión y el tratamiento antitrombótico modifican la evolución y cuáles procesos necesitamos mejorar en la práctica real en México.
Objective: The registry intends to establish the clinical characteristics, identify therapeutic approaches and describe in-hospital outcome of patients with acute coronary syndromes in Mexico. Methods and results: RENASICA II is a prospective registry that included 8,098 patients with final diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes. Three thousand five hundred and forty three patients had unstable angina or non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (UA/NSTEMI) and 4,555 ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). On admission typical chest pain was identified in 78% and 85% respectively. Non-ST elevation high risk group was identified in 36%. In STEMI group anterior myocardial infarction and Killip class I had higher occurrence. The use of aspirin, unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin, nitrates, beta blockers and ACE inhibitors for patients with UA/NSTEMI were 90%, 50%, 45%, 58%, 50% and 54% respectively, with corresponding rates of 88%, 54%, 44%, 66%, 51% and 64% for STEM I patients. Coronary angiography, angioplasty and coronary bypass surgery were performed in 62%, 30% and 8% in UA/NSTEMI patients respectively with corresponding rates of 44%, 27% and 4% for STEMI group. Among patients with STEMI 37% were under fibrinolytic therapy and 15% received primary or facilitated angioplasty. Overall In-hospital mortality was 7%, 4% for UA/NSTEMI and 10% for STEMI. Conclusion: The largest registry on ACS in Latin-America provides important and reliable information on complete spectrum, outcome, quality of care, and identifies areas for further improvement of such quality. RENASICA II broadens our knowledge about how reperfusion and antithrombotic approaches modify the outcome and what needs to be improved in the real practice in Mexico.