2014 update on interventional cardiology

Abstract

This article reviews the most relevant publications and studies in the field of interventional cardiology in 2014. In the area of coronary interventional procedures, integrated treatment of acute coronary syndrome continues to be the subject of numerous studies that evaluate different devices and pharmacological and mechanical strategies that can be used without increasing the risk of hemorrhage or the need for reintervention. Certain anatomical substrates continue to generate a considerable number of publications, both on the outcomes with different stents and on the use of specific techniques. Bioabsorbable drug-eluting stents are used in increasingly complex lesions with promising results. The development of interventional procedures for structural heart disease continues to advance, with new evidence on percutaneously placed aortic valve prostheses, the outcome of percutaneous mitral valve repair, and the safety and efficacy of left atrial appendage occlusion. Finally, renal denervation has generated one of the major debates of the year.

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Drug-eluting stent; Ecografía intravascular; Fractional flow reserve; Infarto agudo de miocardio con elevación del segmento ST; Intravascular ultrasound; Reserva fraccional de flujo; ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction; Stent farmacoactivo; Síndrome coronario agudo.