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J Card Fail ; 27(5): 568-576, 2021 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33387632

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BACKGROUND: Autonomic dysregulation in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction plays a major role in endothelial dysfunction. Low-level tragus stimulation (LLTS) is a novel, noninvasive method of autonomic modulation. METHODS AND RESULTS: We enrolled 50 patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (left ventricular ejection fraction of ≤40%) in a randomized, double-blinded, crossover study. On day 1, patients underwent 60 minutes of LLTS with a transcutaneous stimulator (20 Hz, 200 µs pulse width) or sham (ear lobule) stimulation. Macrovascular function was assessed using flow-mediated dilatation in the brachial artery and cutaneous microcirculation with laser speckle contrast imaging in the hand and nail bed. On day 2, patients were crossed over to the other study arm and underwent sham or LLTS; vascular tests were repeated before and after stimulation. Compared with the sham, LLTS improved flow-mediated dilatation by increasing the percent change in the brachial artery diameter (from 5.0 to 7.5, LLTS on day 1, P = .02; and from 4.9 to 7.1, LLTS on day 2, P = .003), compared with no significant change in the sham group (from 4.6 to 4.7, P = .84 on day 1; and from 5.6 to 5.9 on day 2, P = .65). Cutaneous microcirculation in the hand showed no improvement and perfusion of the nail bed showed a trend toward improvement. CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrated the beneficial effects of acute neuromodulation on macrovascular function. Larger studies to validate these findings and understand mechanistic links are warranted.


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Insuficiencia Cardíaca , Disfunción Ventricular Izquierda , Estudios Cruzados , Insuficiencia Cardíaca/terapia , Humanos , Volumen Sistólico , Función Ventricular Izquierda
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Vasc Endovascular Surg ; 52(5): 391-394, 2018 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29554859

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Acute renal artery embolism (RAE) is a rare condition associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The treatment strategy for RAE includes anticoagulation with or without thrombolysis or surgical or endovascular embolectomy. We describe here a case presentation of acute RAE secondary to atrial fibrillation treated successfully with Penumbra Indigo Aspiration System, a novel device in peripheral endovascular interventions. Our patient had ongoing symptoms and acute renal failure on presentation with contraindication to thrombolysis given hypertensive emergency. A 6F Penumbra Aspiration catheter was used to aspirate large amounts of thrombus from segmental renal arteries with restoration of flow. Patient's symptoms and renal function returned to baseline after intervention. Penumbra system is used routinely in cerebral endovascular intervention, yet here we describe its potential use in peripheral vascular interventions in addition to a literature review of all available evidence for the different treatment modalities of acute RAE.


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Embolia/terapia , Obstrucción de la Arteria Renal/terapia , Arteria Renal , Trombectomía/instrumentación , Dispositivos de Acceso Vascular , Fibrilación Atrial/complicaciones , Angiografía por Tomografía Computarizada , Embolia/diagnóstico por imagen , Embolia/etiología , Embolia/fisiopatología , Diseño de Equipo , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Arteria Renal/diagnóstico por imagen , Arteria Renal/fisiopatología , Obstrucción de la Arteria Renal/diagnóstico por imagen , Obstrucción de la Arteria Renal/etiología , Obstrucción de la Arteria Renal/fisiopatología , Trombectomía/métodos , Resultado del Tratamiento , Grado de Desobstrucción Vascular
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