Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Mortality from cardiogenic shock (CS) shows great disparities (1). This evidence reflects variations in access to care and medical practice, related the lack clear guidelines for appropriate patient selection mechanical circulatory support (MCS) application. In this regard, results most trials or meta-analyses were neut...

BACKGROUND Fluid and water intake have received limited attention in epidemiological studies. The aim of this study was to compare the average daily consumption of foods and beverages in adults of selective samples of the European Union (EU) population in order to understand the contribution of these to the total water intake (TWI), evaluate if the EU adult population consumes adequate amounts ...

Pediatric and Congenital Interventional Cardiology is the practice of catheter-based techniques that improve cardiac physiology and circulation through the treatment of heart disease in children and adults with congenital or acquired heart defects. Over the last decade, and since last published training guidelines for pediatric cardiac catheterization and interventional cardiology were publishe...

Aorto-iliac arterial occlusive disease is common and may cause a spectrum of chronic symptoms from intermittent claudication to critical limb ischemia. Treatment is indicated for symptoms that have failed lifestyle and medical therapies or occasionally to facilitate other interventional procedures such as TAVR and/or placement of hemodynamic assist devices. It is widely accepted that TASC A, B,...

Coronary artery disease remains a major health problem throughout the world. Since the inception of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in 1978 and the addition of stents in the early 1990s, much progress has been made in the treatment of atherosclerotic obstructive coronary artery disease. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has eclipsed coronary artery bypass grafting surgery ...