Scientific letters

• A Heart Sound Simulator as an Effective Aid in Teaching Cardiac Auscultation to Medical Students and Internal Medicine Residents

  Gonzalo Martínez, Eduardo Guarda, Ricardo Baeza, Bernardita Garayar, Gastón Chamorro, Pablo Casanegra

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:1135-6

• Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias During Surgical Procedures for Pacemaker Generator Replacement: Description of Two Cases

  Marta Pachón, Miguel A. Arias, Alberto Puchol, Miguel Jerez-Valero, Luis Rodríguez-Padial

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:1136-8

• Cardiogenic Shock Secondary to Metamizole-induced Type II Kounis Syndrome

  Francisco J. Garcipérez de Vargas, Javier Mendoza, Pablo Sánchez-Calderón, Carolina Ortiz, Rosa Porro, María V. Mogollón-Jiménez

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:1138-9

• Late Arterial Switch, Without Previous Preparation or Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Back-up

  Juan-Miguel Gil-Jaurena, Rafael Castillo, Juan-Ignacio Zabala, Lourdes Conejo, Victorio Cuenca, Beatriz Picazo

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:1139-40

• Direct Transaortic Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantations With the Self-expanding CoreValve ® Prosthesis: A Series of 2 Cases

  Isaac Pascual, Juan H. Alonso-Briales, Juan C. Llosa, José M. Melero, José M. Hernández, Cesar Morís

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:1141-2

• Knowledge of Infective Endocarditis and Prophylaxis Among Spanish Dentists

  Francisco Torres, Alfredo Renilla, Juan P. Flórez, Sandra Secades, Eva M. Benito, Jesús M. de la Hera

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:1134-5

• Oral Glucose Tolerance Test as a Tool for Patient Improvement After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

  Jesús M. de la Hera, Elías Delgado, Pablo Martínez-Camblor, José M. Vegas, José M. García-Ruiz, Jose L. Rodriguez-Lambert

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:1054-6

• Flecainide, a Therapeutic Option in a Patient With Long QT Syndrome Type 3 Caused by the Heterozygous V411M Mutation in the SCN5A Gene

  José Ignacio Carrasco, Isabel Izquierdo, Pilar Medina, Miguel Ángel Arnau, Antonio Salvador, Esther Zorio

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:1058-9

• 1:1 Atrial Flutter After Vernakalant Administration for Atrial Fibrillation Cardioversion

  Marta de Riva-Silva, José M. Montero-Cabezas, Ricardo Salgado-Aranda, María López-Gil, Adolfo Fontenla-Cerezuela, Fernando Arribas-Ynsaurriaga

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:1062-4

• Late Development of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension After Arterial Switch for Transposition of the Great Arteries

  María Torres, Jose F. Coserria, Jose L. Gavilán

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:1064-5

• Serum Adiponectin Level as a Biomarker of Coronary Artery Calcification and Severe Coronary Lesions

  Eva Jover, Diana Hernández-Romero, José A. Hurtado, Ana I. Romero-Aniorte, Teresa Casas, Mariano Valdés

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:1060-1

• Ischemic Heart Disease in Women. Data From BARIHD Study

  Rafael Vidal-Pérez, Fernando Otero-Raviña, José Luis Gómez Vázquez, José Antonio Santos Rodríguez, Concepción De Frutos De Marcos, José Ramón González-Juanatey

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:1056-8

• Electrocardiographic Changes Underlying Central Nervous System Damage

  María T. López-Lluva, José M. Arizón-Muñoz, Francisco Gonzalez-Ruiz de la Herran, Manuel Marina-Breysse

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:958-60

• Tako-tsubo Cardiomyopathy With Apical Variant Complicated by Cardiac Tamponade and Mid-Ventricular Variant Presentation During a Delayed Recurrence

  Jesús Jiménez-López, Miguel A. Arias, Julio Casares-Medrano, Marta Pachón, José L. Orradre, Alberto Puchol

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:962-3

• Prehospital Thrombolysis: Two Years’ Experience of the Community of Madrid Emergency Services (SUMMA 112)

  Navid Behzadi, Miguel A. Salinero-Fort, Arturo de Blas, Manuel Taboada, Leopoldo Pérez de Isla, José L. López-Sendón

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:960-1

• Changes in Right Ventricular Systolic Function After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Assessed by Two-dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography

  Miguel Puentes, Dolores Mesa, Martín Ruiz Ortiz, Mónica Delgado, Francisco Mazuelos, Javier Suárez de Lezo

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:964-5

• Percutaneous Treatment of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome After Pacemakers Electrodes Implantation and/or Surgical Correction of Congenital Heart Disease

  Koldobika Garcia-San Roman, Juan Alcibar-Villa, Roberto Blanco-Mata, Natividad Peña-López, Josune Arriola-Meabe, Iñigo Sainz-Godoy

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:965-7

• Difference in the Incidence of Hospitalizations for ST-segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Last 20 Years

  Eduardo Vázquez, Enrique Quesada, Antonio Fajardo, Javier Torres, Miriam Padilla, Edgardo M. Alania

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:957-8

• Transfemoral Aortic Valve Implantation in a Patient With Mitral Bioprosthesis, Technical Features and Forethoughts

  Pablo Salinas, Raúl Moreno, Luis Calvo, Teresa López-Fernández, Luis Riera, José López-Sendón

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:853-5

• Inappropriate Left Ventricular Mass in a Young Population

  Eduardo M. Escudero, Oscar A. Pinilla, Irene L. Ennis

  Rev Esp Cardiol. 2012;65:855-6