• Cold Ischemia >4 Hours Increases Heart Transplantation Mortality. An Analysis of the Spanish Heart Transplantation Registry 

      Valero-Masa, María Jesús; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Manito-Lorite, Nicolás; Sobrino-Márquez, José Manuel; Gómez-Bueno, Manuel; Delgado Jiménez, Juan Francisco; Pérez-Villa, Félix; Brossa-Loidi, Vicens; Arizón-del-Prado, José M.; Díaz-Molina, Beatriz; Fuente Galán, Luis de la; Portolés-Ocampo, Ana; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Rábago, Gregorio; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel (Elsevier, 2020-06-20)
      [Abstract] Background. Cold ischemia time (CIT) has been associated to heart transplantation (HT) prognosis. However, there is still uncertainty regarding the CIT cutoff value that might have relevant clinical ...
    • Empleo del balón de contrapulsación intraaórtico como puente al trasplante cardiaco en España: resultados del estudio ASIS-TC 

      Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Delgado, Juan F.; Mirabet-Pérez, Sonia; González-Costello, José; Pérez-Villa, Félix; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; Hervás-Sotomayor, Daniela; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Rábago-Juan-Aracil, Gregorio; Muñiz, Javier; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Elsevier, 2018)
      [Resumen] Introducción y objetivos. En España, el balón de contrapulsación intraaórtico (BCIA) se ha usado frecuentemente como puente al trasplante cardiaco (TxC) urgente. El propósito es analizar los resultados de esta ...
    • Impact of Donor-Recipient Age on Cardiac Transplant Survival. Subanalysis of the Spanish Heart Transplant Registry 

      López-Vilella, Raquel; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; Cobo, Manuel; Delgado Jiménez, Juan Francisco; Arizón-del-Prado, José M.; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; Sobrino-Márquez, José Manuel; Mirabet, Sonia; González-Costello, José; Pérez-Villa, Félix; Lambert Rodríguez, José Luis; Rábago, Gregorio; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Otero, Déborah; Almenar-Bonet, Luis (Elsevier, 2020-06-26)
      [Abstract] Introduction and objectives. The age of heart transplant recipients and donors is progressively increasing. It is likely that not all donor-recipient age combinations have the same impact on mortality. The ...
    • Impact of intrapatient blood level variability of calcineurin inhibitors on heart transplant outcomes 

      González-Vílchez, Francisco; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F.; Pérez-Villa, Félix; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; Díaz-Molina, Beatriz; Mirabet, Sonia; Arizón-del-Prado, José M.; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Rábago, Gregorio; Vázquez de Prada, José A. (Elsevier, 2021-03-18)
      [Abstract] Introduction and objectives. Intrapatient blood level variability (IPV) of calcineurin inhibitors has been associated with poor outcomes in solid-organ transplant, but data for heart transplant are scarce. ...
    • Incidence and prognosis of colorectal cancer after heart transplantation: data from the spanish post-heart transplant tumor registry 

      Sagastagoitia-Fornie, Marta; Morán-Fernández, Laura; Blázquez-Bermejo, Zorba; Díaz-Molina, Beatriz; Gómez-Bueno, Manuel; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; López Granados, Amador; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Mirabet-Pérez, Sonia; García-Romero, Elena; Sobrino-Márquez, José Manuel; Rábago Juan-Aracil, Gregorio; Castel-Lavilla, María Ángeles; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Muñiz, Javier; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Frontiers, 2023-05)
      [Abstract] In this observational and multicenter study, that included all patients who underwent a heart transplantation (HT) in Spain from 1984 to 2018, we analyzed the incidence, management, and prognosis of colorectal ...
    • Infectious complications associated with short-term mechanical circulatory support in urgent heart transplant candidates 

      Solla-Buceta, Miguel; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; Lambert Rodríguez, José Luis; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; González-Costello, José; Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F.; Pérez-Villa, Félix; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Rangel-Sousa, Diego; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; Rábago, Gregorio; De-la-Fuente Galán, Luis; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; Hervás-Sotomayor, Daniela; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Mirabet, Sonia; Muñiz, Javier; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo (Elsevier, 2021-02-27)
      [Abstract] Introduction and objectives. Short-term mechanical circulatory support is frequently used as a bridge to heart transplant in Spain. The epidemiology and prognostic impact of infectious complications in these ...
    • Malignancy following heart transplantation: differences in incidence and prognosis between sexes – a multicenter cohort study 

      Minguito‐Carazo, Carlos; Gómez-Bueno, Manuel; Almenar‐Bonet, Luis; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F.; Arizón-del-Prado, José M.; Sousa-Casasnovas, Iago; Mirabet, Sonia; González-Costello, José; Sobrino-Márquez, José Manuel; Pérez-Villa, Félix; Díaz Molina, Beatriz; Rábago, Gregorio; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; García-Guereta, Luis; Camino, Manuela; Albert-Brotons, Dimpna C.; Muñiz, Javier; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Wiley Online Library, 2021-01-22)
      [Abstract] Male patients are at increased risk for developing malignancy postheart transplantation (HT); however, real incidence and prognosis in both genders remain unknown. The aim of this study was to assess differences ...
    • Mechanical circulatory support in severe primary graft dysfunction: peripheral cannulation but not earlier implantation improves survival in heart transplantation 

      Olivella, Aleix; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Díez-López, Carles; Díaz-Molina, Beatriz; Blázquez-Bermejo, Zorba; Sobrino-Márquez, José Manuel; Gómez-Bueno, Manuel; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; Farrero-Torres, Marta; García-Cosío, María Dolores; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; Pomares-Varó, Antonia; Muñiz, Javier; González-Costello, José (Elsevier, 2023-03-15)
      [Abstract] Background. Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) still affects 2-28% of heart transplants (HT). Severe PGD requires mechanical circulatory support (MCS) and is the main cause of death early after HT. Earlier initiation ...
    • Preoperative toxoplasma gondii serostatus does not affect long-term survival of cardiac transplant recipients: analysis of the Spanish Heart Transplantation Registry 

      Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Brossa-Loidi, Vicens; Rangel-Sousa, Diego; Gómez-Bueno, Manuel; Farrero-Torres, Marta; Díaz-Molina, Beatriz; Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F.; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; López-Granados, Amador; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; González-Costello, José; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; Rábago, Gregorio; González-Vílchez, Francisco (Elsevier, 2017-10-07)
      [Abstract] Background. It's unclear whether pre-transplant T. gondii seropositivity is associated with impaired survival in heart transplant recipients. Objectives. To test the above-mentioned hypothesis in the Spanish ...
    • Prognostic value of serum lactate levels in patients undergoing urgent heart transplant: a subanalysis of the ASIS-TC spanish multicenter study 

      Couto-Mallón, David; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; Díaz-Molina, Beatriz; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; González-Costello, José; Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F.; Castel-Lavilla, María A.; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Rangel-Sousa, Diego; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; Rábago, Gregorio; De-la-Fuente Galán, Luis; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; Hervás-Sotomayor, Daniela; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Mirabet, Sonia; Muñiz, Javier; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo (Elsevier, 2018-05-30)
      [Abstract] Introduction and objectives. To study the prognostic value of serum lactate in patients under temporary preoperative mechanical circulatory support who underwent urgent heart transplant. Methods. We conducted ...
    • Pulmonary vascular remodeling and prognosis in patients evaluated for heart transplantation: insights from the OCTOPUS-CHF study 

      Martínez-Solano, Jorge; Gutiérrez-Ibañes, Enrique; Ortiz-Bautista, Carlos; García-Cosío, María Dolores; Sarnago-Cebada, Santiago; Díaz-Molina, Beatriz; Pascual, Isaac; Oteo-Domínguez, Juan Francisco; Gómez-Bueno, Manuel; Calviño-Santos, Ramón; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Gómez-Hospital, Joan Antoni; Díez-López, Carles; García-Lara, Juan; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; de la Fuente-Galán, Luis; López-Díaz, Javier; Mirabet-Pérez, Sonia; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel (MDPI, 2022-12-06)
      [Abstract] Objective: In patients with advanced heart failure, the intravascular optical coherence tomography (OCT) of subsegmental pulmonary artery measurements is correlated with right heart catheterization parameters. ...
    • Steroids withdrawal during the first year after heart transplantation and its association with changes in renal function in a two year follow-up. RESTCO study 

      Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Paniagua-Martín, María J.; Gómez-Bueno, Manuel; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Lambert Rodríguez, José Luis; Fernández-Yáñez, Juan; Brossa-Loidi, Vicens; Lage-Gallé, Ernesto; Arizón-del-Prado, José M.; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Muñiz, Javier; Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F. (Elsevier, 2014)
    • Temporal trends in the use and outcomes of temporary mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to cardiac transplantation in Spain. Final report of the ASIS-TC study 

      Barge-Caballero, Eduardo; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; García-Cosío, María Dolores; González-Costello, José; Gómez-Bueno, Manuel; Castel-Lavilla, María Ángeles; Lambert-Rodríguez, José Luis; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; Mirabet-Pérez, Sonia; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Hervás-Sotomayor, Daniela; Rangel-Sousa, Diego; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; Rábago Juan-Aracil, Gregorio; Muñiz, Javier; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa (Elsevier, 2022-11-09)
      [Abstract] Background: We aimed to describe recent trends in the use and outcomes of temporary mechanical circulatory support (MCS) as a bridge to heart transplantation (HTx) in Spain. Methods: Retrospective case-by-case ...
    • Utility of the IMPACT score for predicting heart transplant mortality: analysis on a contemporary cohort of the Spanish Heart Transplant Registry 

      Ortiz-Bautista, Carlos; Muñiz, Javier; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Sobrino-Márquez, José Manuel; Farrero-Torres, Marta; García-Cosío, M. Dolores; Díaz-Molina, Beatriz; Zegrí-Reiriz, Isabel; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Blázquez-Bermejo, Zorba; López Granados, Amador; Gómez-Bueno, Manuel; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Blasco-Peiró, Teresa; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; García-Romero, Elena; Rábago Juan-Aracil, Gregorio; García-Guereta, Luis; Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F. (Wiley, 2022-07-13)
      [Abstract] Introduction and objectives: The Index for Mortality Prediction After Cardiac Transplantation (IMPACT) score was derived and validated as a predictor of mortality after heart transplantation (HT). The primary ...
    • Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation with or without Simultaneous Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Support as a Direct Bridge to Heart Transplantation: Results from a Nationwide Spanish Registry 

      Barge-Caballero, Gonzalo; Castel-Lavilla, María A.; Almenar-Bonet, Luis; Garrido-Bravo, Iris P.; Delgado-Jiménez, Juan F.; Rangel-Sousa, Diego; González-Costello, José; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; Farrero-Torres, Marta; Lambert Rodríguez, José Luis; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Hervás-Sotomayor, Daniela; Portolés-Ocampo, Ana; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; De la Fuente-Galán, Luis; Rábago, Gregorio; González-Vílchez, Francisco; Mirabet, Sonia; Muñiz, Javier; Barge-Caballero, Eduardo (Oxford Academic, 2019-06-30)
      [Abstract] OBJECTIVES To investigate the potential clinical benefit of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) in patients supported with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) as a bridge to heart ...