Haciendo Historia en la Medicina. Latinoamérica recibió premio por una investigación clínica.
Miami FL. Pedro Martinez-Clark originario de Barranquilla, es uno más de los colombianos que están haciendo historia por su excelencia en las diferentes aéreas en las que se desenvuelven. El campo de la medicina no es la excepción y la investigación tampoco. El cardiólogo colombiano ganó recientemente el premio al mejor estudio de investigación clínica del 2014 en Estado Unidos.
Transcaval Retrograde Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Patients With No Other Access. First-in-Man Experience With CoreValve.
The first transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) approach was antegrade transvenous trans- septal. This approach obligated transseptal catheter- ization and a more circuitous path to deploy the valve. The procedural complexities associated with the transseptal approach led to its replacement by the “less complex” and most commonly utilized trans- femoral (TF) arterial retrograde approach (1). How- ever, approximately two-thirds of screened patients are not suited for the TF approach because of peripheral arterial disease (2). In addition, the TF approach is associated with a significantly higher rate of vascular complications when compared with other approaches (1,3). The available alternatives are transapical for the Edwards Sapien valve (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, California), subclavian/axillary for the self-expandable Medtronic CoreValve ReValving system (CV) (Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota), and transaortic for both prostheses. Despite these options, more than 3% of patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis are believed to have anatomic or physiological features making none of these approaches feasible (2). We report our first- in-man experience and demonstrate the intra- procedural safety of the CV percutaneous aortic valve implantation using the novel retrograde caval-aortic approach in a subgroup of inoperable patients with severe aortic stenosis.
Corevalve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Using the Novel Transcaval Approach: First in Man Experience.
Approximately two thirds of screened patients with aortic stenosis (AS) are not suitable for the trans-femoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) approach due to peripheral arterial disease. Despite the availability of multiple access options such as trans- aortic or subclavian/trans-axillary, more than 3% of patients have anatomic features making none of these approaches feasible. We report our first in man experience and demonstrate intra-procedural safety of TAVR with self-expandable Medtronic-CoreValve ReValving system (CRS) using retrograde trans-caval approach in a subgroup of inoperable patients with severe AS.
Pedro O. Martinez-Clark, MD_CV
Pedro Martinez-Clark, MD is an internationally renowned physician in South Florida. Originally from Colombia, S.A., Dr. Martinez-Clark established his medical practice in Miami in 2008 after completing his training in Case Western Reserve University and at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. With board certifications in internal medicine, cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology Dr. Martinez-Clark has developed an international practice and has positioned himself as one of the top cardiologist in the region. Despite the fact that many celebrities, athletes and high profile individuals have trusted Dr. Martinez-Clark for their medical care, he strongly believes that every human being should have access to the best medical care.
RCN Radio: Médico barranquillero gana premio al mejor estudio investigativo de 2014
Por: Andrea Cardona
El cardiólogo Dr. Pedro Martinez-Clark realizó una novedosa técnica para tratar a pacientes con arterias severamente taponadas sin tener que hacer operación a corazón abierto. La investigación fue realizada junto a un equipo de investigadores y presentada a la conferencia de la Sociedad de Angiografía Cardiovascular e Intervencionismo de EE.UU donde ganó el premio al mejor estudio investigativo de 2014.
Desde hace más de 5 años el doctor Martinez-Clark en un importante centro de investigación cardiovascular en Cali conduce la investigación clínica de esta técnica, la cual ha sido usada en más de 120 pacientes.
Reconocido cardiólogo colombiano gana en EE.UU. el premio al mejor estudio de investigación clínica del 2014.
El cardiólogo barranquillero Dr. Pedro Martinez-Clark y su equipo de investigadores desarrollaron una novedosa técnica en un centro de investigaciones en Cali, Colombia para tratar pacientes con arterias severamente taponadas, ganando asÍ el premio al mejor estudio investigativo del 2014.