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Perrins SP, Vermes E, Cincotta K, Xu Y, Godoy-Garraza L, Chen MS, Addison R, Douglas B, Yatco A, Idaikkadar N, Willis LA. Understanding forms of childhood adversities and associations with adult health outcomes: A regression tree analysis. Child Abuse Negl 2024; 153:106844. [PMID: 38761717 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2024] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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BACKGROUND Empirical studies have demonstrated associations between ten original adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and multiple health outcomes. Identifying expanded ACEs can capture the burden of other childhood adversities that may have important health implications. OBJECTIVE We sought to identify childhood adversities that warrant consideration as expanded ACEs. We hypothesized that experiencing expanded and original ACEs would be associated with poorer adult health outcomes compared to experiencing original ACEs alone. PARTICIPANTS The 11,545 respondents of the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) and Child and Young Adult Survey were 48.9 % female, 22.7 % Black, 15.8 % Hispanic, 36.1 % White, 1.7 % Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander/Native American/Native Alaskan, and 7.5 % Other. METHODS This study used regression trees and generalized linear models to identify if/which expanded ACEs interacted with original ACEs in association with six health outcomes. RESULTS Four expanded ACEs-basic needs instability, lack of parental love and affection, community stressors, and mother's experience with physical abuse during childhood -significantly interacted with general health, depressive symptom severity, anxiety symptom severity, and violent crime victimization in adulthood (all p-values <0.005). Basic needs instability and/or lack of parental love and affection emerged as correlates across multiple outcomes. Experiencing lack of parental love and affection and original ACEs was associated with greater anxiety symptoms (p = 0.022). CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to use supervised machine learning to investigate interaction effects among original ACEs and expanded ACEs. Two expanded ACEs emerged as predictors for three adult health outcomes and warrant further consideration in ACEs assessments.
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- ICF, 1902 ICF Reston Plaza, Reston, VA 20190, USA
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- ICF, 1902 ICF Reston Plaza, Reston, VA 20190, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop S106-10, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Injury Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop S106-8, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop S106-10, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA
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- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, 100 ORAU Way, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Injury Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop S106-8, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop S106-10, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA
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Salinger AP, Vermes E, Waid JL, Wendt AS, Dupuis SJN, Kalam MA, Kader A, Sinharoy SS. The role of self-efficacy in women's autonomy for health and nutrition decision-making in rural Bangladesh. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:338. [PMID: 38297259 PMCID: PMC10832193 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17663-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Agency - including the sub-domains of intrinsic agency, instrumental agency, and collective agency - is a critical component of the women's empowerment process. Self-efficacy (a component of intrinsic agency) may operate as a motivational influence for women to make choices according to their own preferences or goals, such that higher self-efficacy would be associated with more autonomous decision-making (a key component of instrumental agency). METHODS We examine these relationships using mixed methods. We developed a series of decision-making autonomy indices, which captured alignment between the woman's reported and preferred roles in health and nutrition decisions. Using ordinal logistic regression, we assessed the relationship between generalized self-efficacy and decision-making autonomy. RESULTS There was a consistently positive association across all categories of decision-making, controlling for a number of individual and household-level covariates. In a sub-sample of joint decision-makers (i.e., women who reported making decisions with at least one other household member), we compared the association between generalized self-efficacy (i.e., one's overall belief in their ability to succeed) and decision-making autonomy to that of domain-specific self-efficacy (i.e., one's belief in their ability to achieve a specific goal) and decision-making autonomy. Across all decision-making categories, domain-specific self-efficacy was more strongly associated with decision-making autonomy than generalized self-efficacy. In-depth interviews provided additional context for interpretation of the regression analyses. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate the importance of the role of self-efficacy in the women's empowerment process, even in the traditionally female-controlled areas of health and nutrition decision-making. The development of the decision-making autonomy index is an important contribution to the literature in that it directly recognizes and captures the role of women's preferences regarding participation in decision-making.
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- Allison P Salinger
- Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Research Department 2, Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Potsdam, Germany
- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
- Bangladesh Country Office, Helen Keller International, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Research Department 2, Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research, Member of the Leibniz Association, Potsdam, Germany
- Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Bangladesh Country Office, Helen Keller International, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Global Health and Development Program, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Bangladesh Country Office, Helen Keller International, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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Coutance G, Tacafred F, Racape M, Dorent R, Battistella P, Guillemain R, Blanchart K, Epailly E, Gay A, Pattier S, Boignard A, Vermes E, Jouven X, Loupy A, Duong-Van-Huyen J. Validation of the Clinical Utility of MicroRNA as Non-Invasive Biomarkers of Cardiac Allograft Rejection Monitoring: A Prospective Longitudinal Multicenter Study. J Heart Lung Transplant 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.02.1110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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CANDELLIER A, Bohbot Y, Pasquet A, Diouf M, Vermes E, Goffin E, Gun M, Peugnet F, Hénaut L, Rusinaru D, Mentaverri R, Kamel S, Choukroun G, Vanoverschelde J, Tribouilloy C. WCN23-0900 CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IS A KEY RISK FACTOR FOR AORTIC STENOSIS PROGRESSION. Kidney Int Rep 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.02.351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
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Fuzeau A, Dion F, Angoulvant D, Ivanes F, Genet T, Delhommais A, Vermes E, Pucheux J, Cazeneuve N, Bernard A. Incidence, risk factors and multimodality imaging of post STEMI left ventricular thrombus, a monocentric one-year follow-up study. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acvdsp.2022.10.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Vermes E, Childs H, Faris P, Friedrich MG. Predictive value of CMR criteria for LV functional improvement in patients with acute myocarditis. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2014; 15:1140-4. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Vermes E, Nicolas R, Olivier G, Daniel A. Accuracy of a New Method for Semi-Quantitative Assessment of Right Ventricular Ejection Fraction by Cardiac MRI: Right Ventricular Fractional Diameter Changes. J Heart Lung Transplant 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.01.505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Vermes E, Sirinelli A, Marliere J, Mirza A, Aupart M. Impact of Sex Mismatch on Overall and Cardiac Survivals in Male Heart Recipients: A 21-Year French Experience. J Heart Lung Transplant 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.01.668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Viganò M, Dengler T, Mattei MF, Poncelet A, Vanhaecke J, Vermes E, Kleinloog R, Li Y, Gezahegen Y, Delgado JF. Lower incidence of cytomegalovirus infection with everolimus versus mycophenolate mofetil in de novo cardiac transplant recipients: a randomized, multicenter study. Transpl Infect Dis 2009; 12:23-30. [PMID: 19744284 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00448.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a major cause of infectious complications following cardiac transplantation, severely affecting short- and long-term outcomes. A 12-month, multicenter, randomized, open-label study in de novo cardiac transplant patients was undertaken to compare the efficacy, renal function, and safety of everolimus plus reduced cyclosporine versus mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) plus standard cyclosporine (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00150046). CMV-specific data was prospectively collected on infections, laboratory evidence, CMV syndrome, and CMV disease. In total, 176 patients were randomized (everolimus 92; MMF 84). Use of CMV prophylaxis was similar between groups (everolimus 20.8%; MMF 24.0%). Patients in the everolimus arm had a significantly lower incidence of any CMV event (8.8% versus 32.5% with MMF, P<0.001), CMV infection as an adverse event (4.4% versus 16.9%, P=0.011), laboratory evidence of CMV (antigenemia 7.7% versus 27.7%, P<0.001; polymerase chain reaction assay 2.2% versus 12.0%, P=0.015), and CMV syndrome (1.1% versus 8.4%, P=0.028). In the donor (D)+/recipient (R)+and D-/R+ subgroups, even after adjusting for use of prophylaxis, the CMV event rate remained significantly lower with everolimus than with MMF (P=0.0015 and P=0.0381, respectively). In conclusion, de novo cardiac transplant recipients experienced lower rates of CMV infection, CMV syndrome, or organ involvement on an everolimus-based immunosuppressant regimen compared with MMF.
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- M Viganò
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Policlinico S. Matteo - IRCCS Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Damy T, D’ortho MP, Estrugo B, Margarit L, Mouillet G, Roudot-Thoraval F, Vermes E, Roche F, Macquin-Mavier I, Dubois-Rande JL, Hittinger L. H013 Heart rate variability analysis is not effective for sleep-apnoea-syndrome screening in patients with chronic heart failure. Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1875-2136(09)72312-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vermes E, Almenar L, Viganò M, MacCherini M, Poncelet A, Mattei MF, Dengler T, Delgado J, Vanhaecke J, Hexham M, Mange K. 465: More Adverse Events Leading to Drug Dose Adjustment/Interruption in the Presence of MMF- vs Everolimus-Based Immunosuppression in De Novo Heart Transplant Patients. J Heart Lung Transplant 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.11.478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Zuckermann A, Arizon J, Wang SS, MacCherini M, Vermes E, Bara C, Ross H, Laufer G, Lehmkuhl H, Keogh A, Sips C. 161: Impact of De Novo Everolimus-Based Immunosuppression on Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration in Heart Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.11.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Kirsch M, Vermes E, Boval B, Drouet L, Loisance D. [Four years of circulatory support with the INCOR axial pump from Berlin Heart]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 2007; 100:967-970. [PMID: 18209700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Implantation of definitive left ventricular support is now a therapeutic option for certain patients in refractory heart failure who are not candidates for transplantation. Here we report the case of a patient assisted for more than 4 years with an INCOR axial pump from Berlin Heart. This case shows the feasibility of long term assistance with a continuous flow pump, and an innovative anti-thrombotic strategy relying on the combination of low molecular weight heparin with platelet anti-aggregants.
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- M Kirsch
- Service de chirurgie thoracique et cardiovasculaire, hôpital Henri-Mondor, Créteil.
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Adamy C, Le Corvoisier P, Candiani G, Kirsch M, Pavoine C, Defer N, Bourin MC, Su JB, Vermes E, Hittinger L, Pecker E. Tumor necrosis factor alpha and glutathione interplay in chronic heart failure. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 2005; 98:906-12. [PMID: 16231578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The pro-inflammatory cytokine, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), in concert with neurohormones, contributes to chronic heart failure (CHF) progression. This implies that TNF a antagonism may constitute an important target for CHF therapy. However, clinical trials in CHF patients using compounds that trap TNF alpha, comprising infliximab, an antibody directed to TNF alpha, and etanercept, a soluble recombinant receptor of TNF alpha, gave disappointing results bringing back to light the dual, short-term beneficial and long-term harmful effect of TNF alpha. This review focuses on the dual, concentration- and time-related effects of TNF alpha, the yin and yang action of TNF alpha in cardiac ischemia/reperfusion and contraction. Importantly, the harmful effects of TNF a are related to glutathione deficiency, a common hallmark to several other chronic inflammatory diseases. Recently, in rat models of CHF, oral administration of the glutathione precursor, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), was shown to hinder pathways of TNF alpha harmful signalling and to rescue cardiac structure and function. These results suggest that glutathione deficiency in association with TNF alpha activation may play a role in the pathophysiology of CHF and that NAC may represent a potential therapy in CHF.
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- C Adamy
- Inserm U581, Université Paris 12, Faculté de Médicine
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Kirsch M, Vermes E, Boval B, Tual L, Mekontso-Dessap A, Drouet L, Loisance D. L'activation sanguine au cours de l'assistance circulatoire mécanique prolongée. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 53:97-104. [PMID: 15708654 DOI: 10.1016/j.patbio.2004.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2004] [Accepted: 04/21/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mechanical circulatory support has become an approved treatment option for patients with cardiogenic shock or end-stage heart failure. However, recipients of heart assist devices are prone to high incidences of bleeding, thrombo-embolic and infectious complications. The occurrence of these complications is favoured by systemic alterations of coagulation and fibrinolysis, inflammation and immune responses. Several studies have evaluated these pathophysiological changes in patients undergoing long term circulatory support with pulsatile devices. However, the systemic consequences of the more recently introduced rotary blood pumps remain largely unknown. The present review focuses on the systemic consequences of long term circulatory support with pulsatile and non-pulsatile devices.
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- M Kirsch
- Service de chirurgie thoracique et cardiovasculaire, CNRS UPRESA 7054, hôpital Henri-Mondor, 51 avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil, France.
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Kirsch M, Vermes E, Nakashima S, Farrokhi T, Loisance D. Left ventricular assistance with axial flow pumps: can we control right ventricular function? J Heart Lung Transplant 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2003.11.317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Two years after aortic valve replacement with a Freestyle stentless aortic xenograft using the partial scallop inclusion technique, late prosthetic valve endocarditis developed with abscess formation in the space between the porcine and native human aortic wall. The presence of such a periprosthetic dead space exposes the patient to increased postoperative pressure gradients and the risk of superinfection.
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- M Kirsch
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 51 Avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94 010, Créteil Cédex, France.
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Vermes E, Kirsch M, Houel R, Legouvelo S, Aptecar E, Benvenuti C, Lang P, Abbou C, Loisance D. Immunologic events and long term survival after combined heart and kidney transplantation : a twelve-year single-center experience. J Heart Lung Transplant 2001; 20:247. [PMID: 11250488 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-2498(00)00561-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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- E Vermes
- Hopital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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Vermes E, Mesguich M, Houel R, Soustelle C, Le Besnerais P, Hillion ML, Loisance D. Cardiac troponin I release after open heart surgery: a marker of myocardial protection? Ann Thorac Surg 2000; 70:2087-90. [PMID: 11156125 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)02152-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Unlike creatine kinase MB isoenzyme, cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is a highly specific marker of myocardial injury. Its release has recently been studied after coronary artery bypass grafting operation. However, its significance after open heart surgery (OHS) remains to be determined. This protein release could be a marker of myocardial protection. We sought to study cTnI release after OHS in patients with normal coronary arteries and to compare it with cTnI release in patients after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. METHODS Eighty-five patients undergoing OHS and 86 patients undergoing CABG were enrolled in the study. CTnI concentrations were measured in serial venous blood samples drawn before surgery and immediately, 12 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours, and 5 days after aortic unclamping. RESULTS In the OHS group and in the CABG group without acute myocardial infarction (AMI), cTnI peaked at 12 hours postoperatively (6.35 +/- 6.5 and 5.38 +/- 8.55 ng/mL, respectively) and normalized on day 5 postoperatively (0.57 +/- 2 and 0.72 +/- 1.62 ng/mL, respectively). CTnI concentration did not differ significantly between the OHS group and the CABG group in the absence of AMI for any samples considered. In the CABG group, 2 patients had AMI. In the OHS group, cTnI levels at 12 hours postoperatively were found to correlate closely with CPB and aortic cross-clamping (ACC) times, contrary to the CABG group, which correlated only with occurrence of AMI. CTnI release was independent of age and ejection fraction in either group. CONCLUSIONS cTnI release in patients after OHS with normal coronary arteries has the same profile as cTnI release in patients after CABG in the absence of AMI. However, its peak at 12 hours postoperatively is only correlated to ACC and CPB times, which is contrary to cTnI release after CABG surgery. This observation suggests that cTnI could be a marker of myocardial ischemia after OHS.
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- E Vermes
- Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, CNRS UPRES A 7054, Association Claude Bernard, H pital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
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Bridge to recovery is a possibility for patients receiving mechanical circulatory support. However, no reliable factors exist to predict a sustained myocardial recovery. We report the use of a new technique of Doppler tissue imaging to document myocardial recovery in two cases with promising results.
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- E Vermes
- Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, CNRS UPRES-A 7054, Association Claude Bernard, H pital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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Vermes E, Leroy G, Soustelle C, Otmani A, Darondel JM, Halphen C, Haïat R. [Validation of the measurement of cardiac output by acoustic quantification in patients with severe congestive heart failure]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 2000; 93:1089-95. [PMID: 11054999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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The technique of acoustic quantification (AQ), because of its automatic detection of the contours, enables left ventricular volumes to be calculated in real time using the technique of disk summation. The objective of the study was to evaluate the reliability of cardiac output (CO) measurements obtained with AQ based on left ventricle volumes in patients with severe congestive heart failure. Seventeen patients, mean age 68 +/- 11 years, NYHA stage IV, in sinus rhythm and without significant valve regurgitation were enrolled prospectively. CO, measured simultaneously by 2-dimensional echocardiography (2DE), pulsed Doppler echocardiography (DOP) and AQ, was compared to the thermodilution technique (TD) data. CO, measured by AQ, was highly correlated with TD (r = 0.875; p < 0.001) with a small bias (-0.05 l/min). DOP and 2DE were also well correlated with TD (r = 0.835 and r = 0.701, respectively). Concerning ventricular volume measurement, AQ was well correlated with 2DE (for telediastolic, r = 0.892, and telesystolic volumes, r = 0.874). However, telesystolic (bias, +36.6 +/- 35 ml) and telediastolic volumes (bias, +35.6 +/- 35 ml) were overestimated. We conclude that AQ is a reliable technique, able to estimate CO precisely in patients with severe congestive heart failure. On the other hand, both telesystolic and telediastolic volumes were overestimated.
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- E Vermes
- Service de chirurgie thoracique et cardiovasculaire, CHU Henri-Mondor, Créteil
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Vermes E, Guyon P, Weingrod M, Otmani A, Soussana C, Halphen C, Leroy G, Haïat R. Assessment of left ventricular regional wall motion by color kinesis technique: comparison with angiographic findings. Echocardiography 2000; 17:521-7. [PMID: 11000586 DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2000.00521.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The analysis of segmental wall motion using two-dimensional (2-D) echocardiography is subjective with high interobserver variability. Color kinesis is a new technique providing a color-encoded map of endocardial motion. We evaluated the accuracy of color kinesis and 2-D for assessment of regional asynergy compared with left ventricular angiography as a reference method. Fifteen patients admitted for myocardial infarction were studied by echocardiography the day before left ventricular angiography. The left ventricle was divided into seven segments. Each segment was classified by two independent observers as normal or abnormal in 2-D and color kinesis. Accuracy of color kinesis and 2-D was evaluated and compared to left ventricular angiography. Color kinesis is significantly superior to 2-D for all seven segments (mean 0.80/0.68, P = 0.05), except for the septum (0.67/0.60, P = NS). Interobserver variability studied by chi-square statistic is lower with color kinesis (0.70) than with 2-D (0.57). We conclude that these data suggest that color kinesis is a useful method for assessing systolic wall motion in all segments, except the septum and for improving the accuracy of segmental ventricular function and interobserver variability.
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- E Vermes
- Department of Cardiology, General Hospital, Saint Germain en Laye, France
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Houël R, Vermes E, Le Besnerais P, Hillion ML, Alimoussa B, Loisance DY. [External ventricular support in primary cardiogenic shock]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 2000; 93:131-8. [PMID: 10830089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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Primary cardiogenic shock is a common condition with a high mortality rate. In this indication, mechanical assist plays an important part and has improved a lot over the last decade. The authors report their experience with the same assist device in patients with primary cardiogenic shock. Nineteen patients (9 dilated cardiomyopathies, 7 myocardial infarctions, 2 myocardities, 1 undetermined) were treated with an external mechanical ventricular assist device (Thoratec, Berkeley, U.S.). Fourteen patients received a biventricular assist and 5 had a uni-left ventricular assist device. Four of the 19 patients were completely weaned off their ventricular assist after 13, 27, 36 and 94 days, respectively. Ten patients underwent transplantation after an average of 43 days (range 8-95 days). Of the 19 patients, 7 had a portable console allowing autonomous ambulation. Five patients died under mechanical assistance (26.9%) and 3 patients died after transplantation. Three patients required temporary haemodialysis; 4 suffered embolic complications; 4 had mediastinal haemorrhages; 4 had bleeding from other sites, and 6 suffered from late tamponnade. Fourteen patients had at least one infectious episode. The authors conclude that, in patients referred for severe primary cardiogenic shock, the implantation of an external biventricular assist is a reliable option, allowing sequential weaning or being a bridge to transplantation in non-dependent patients, providing they are severely selected.
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- R Houël
- Service de chirurgie thoracique et cardiovasculaire, CNRS UPRES-A 7054, association Claude-Bernard, hôpital Henri-Mondor, Créteil
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Bertrand S, Houel R, Vermes E, Soustelle C, Hillion ML, Loisance D. Preliminary experience with Silzone-coated St. Jude medical valves in acute infective endocarditis. J Heart Valve Dis 2000; 9:131-4. [PMID: 10678385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY The rate of recurrent postoperative endocarditis after valve replacement in early-stage acute infective endocarditis is extremely high. Metallic silver coating of the sewing ring may improve the short- and long-term outcome after valve implantation. This report details our experience with the St. Jude Medical Silzone prosthesis in early surgical treatment of acute infective endocarditis. METHODS Ten patients (mean age 66.4 years) referred for native valve or prosthetic valve endocarditis were operated on between April 1998 and June 1999. The microorganisms responsible for the acute infection were Staphylococcus (n = 1), Streptococcus (n = 1) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n = 1); blood cultures remained negative in two cases. The indication for surgical treatment was related to hemodynamic condition (n = 5), a major cerebral event (stroke; n = 1), annulus abscess (n = 1), and echocardiographic evidence of large cuspal vegetations (n = 3). All patients had received preoperative intravenous antibiotics (mean 7.8 days). Four mitral, five aortic valve replacements, and one double mitral-aortic valve replacement, were performed after extensive debridement of the infected and necrotic tissues. Mean duration of postoperative antibiotic treatment was 32.3 days. Postoperative follow up (mean 6 months; range: 2-14.2 months) was 100% complete, and included prospective repeated transthoracic echocardiography at one week, and one, six and 12 months postoperatively. RESULTS One patient died early in the immediate postoperative period from pneumonia and major hypoxemia. All other patients are symptom-free, without evidence of recurrent infection and perivalvular leak. CONCLUSION Although these early results with the St. Jude Medical Silzone prosthesis require confirmation by more extensive studies, they infer that silver coating of the sewing ring may dramatically improve management of patients with active endocarditis.
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- S Bertrand
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, CNRS and Association Claude Bernard, CHU Henri Mondor, Creteil, France
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Houël R, Vermes E, Tixier DB, Le Besnerais P, Benhaiem-Sigaux N, Loisance DY. Myocardial recovery after mechanical support for acute myocarditis: is sustained recovery predictable? Ann Thorac Surg 1999; 68:2177-80. [PMID: 10616998 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00839-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND At present, myocardial recovery with mechanical support for acute myocarditis is a more frequently observed issue. However, predictive parameters of a sustained myocardial recovery are still under investigation. METHODS Two recent cases of mechanical support for acute lymphocytic myocarditis with two different outcomes are reported. Literature about this disease and predictability of a sustainable myocardial recovery are reviewed. RESULTS Acute lymphocytic myocarditis is an individual entity whose outcome is associated with the importance of healed cell damage. Unfortunately, there are no available means of quantifying the fibrotic scar and endomyocardial biopsy has a high percentage of false-negative results. Echocardiographic assessment of systolic and diastolic cardiac function is difficult while under mechanical support and its significance is not obvious. Forthcoming development of Doppler could better correlate myocardial contractility and histology to be predictive of a sustained recovery after acute myocarditis under mechanical support. CONCLUSIONS Long-lasting recovery after mechanical support for acute myocarditis remains unpredictable in our experience. More predictive factors are needed.
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- R Houël
- Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Hopital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
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Otmani A, Tribouilloy C, Leborgne L, Vermes E, Trojette F, Beckers C, Remond A, Fonroget J, Rey JL, Lesbre JP. [Diagnostic value of echocardiography and thoracic spiral CT angiography in the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism]. Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris) 1998; 47:707-15. [PMID: 9922847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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The objective of this study was to define the limits of echocardiography and to evaluate thoracic spiral CT angiography (TSCTA) for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE). One hundred twelve consecutive patients, hospitalised for suspected PE, were included in this prospective study. All were investigated by pulmonary ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy (Sc) and 50 had a high probability of PE on this examination. Sc was normal in 22 patients. Forty patients were excluded because of an intermediate probability. In 50 patients with PE confirmed on Sc, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) showed only indirect evidence of PE (intracavitary thrombus in 4% of cases). TSCTA demonstrated PE in 82% of cases and did not show any thrombus image when Sc was normal. Its negative predictive value was therefore 70% and its positive predictive value was 100%. Its sensitivity varied according to degree of perfusion defect (96% in the case of lobar lesion, 66% in the case of segmental lesion and 16% for a subsegmental lesion). Multidimensional transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE), performed in 37 of the 50 patients with PE, only revealed thrombi in the pulmonary tree in 3 patients (8%), all presenting severe PE. No thrombus was visualized on TOE in patients with non-serious PE. All thrombi observed on TOE were also demonstrated by TSCTA. In conclusion, TTE usually provides only indirect signs of PE. TOE has a poor diagnostic sensitivity for PE. TSCTA has a better sensitivity than TOE for the detection of thrombi in the pulmonary artery trunk and proximal centimetres of its two branches, but normal CT angiography cannot exclude a distal PE.
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- A Otmani
- Département de Cardiologie, Hôpital sud, Amiens
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Bosio P, Benacerraf S, Garot J, Garot P, Haziza F, Vermes E, Loisance D, Dubois-Randé JL. [Therapeutic strategy of the management of acute heart failure]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1998; 91:1349-58. [PMID: 9864603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Acute cardiac failure should be approached clinically and paraclinically as an emergency and precipitation is not always what is required. Consequently, strict clinical and paraclinical strategy leads to decisive action to improve the prognosis. The authors describe the principles of management of acute cardiac failure. The different stages which are carried out simultaneously in clinical practice are discussed: physiopathological basis, clinical and paraclinical investigations, symptomatic and aetiological treatment. The description and indications of circulatory assistance are considered. This constitutes a major therapeutic advance of the last decade and has changed the treatment of the most severe clinical forms of acute cardiac failure.
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- P Bosio
- Fédération de cardiologie, hôpital Henri-Mondor, Créteil
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Vermes E, Guyon P, Weingrod M, Otmani A, Soussana C, Halphen C, Leroy G, Haïat R. [Left ventricular kinetics studied by the color kinesis method. Comparison of bidimensional echographic and angiographic data]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1998; 91:1221-6. [PMID: 9833085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The object of this study was to assess the value of CK in the evaluation of left ventricular wall motion. Fifteen coronary patients aged 56 +/- 12 years were included: 8 patients were examined after acute myocardial infarction and 7 after unstable angina with a history of myocardial information. The left ventricle was divided into 7 segments after a modified Heger model, excluding the basal septal and basal lateral segments not seen on angiography. The left ventricular wall motion was assessed in two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) and colour kinesis (CK) by two observers and compared with the results of left ventriculography, considered the reference method. Over all the 105 segments studied (7 segments for each of the 15 patients), CK was significantly better than 2DE (80% of segments correctly evaluated by CK vs 68% by 2DE, p < 0.05). Colour kinesis significantly improved the study of all segments except the interventricular septum (67% vs 60%, p = NS). The inter-observer variability in 2DE and CK evaluated over 135 segments (9 per patient) by the kappa was improved by colour kinesis (0.57 in 2DE, 0.7 in CK). The authors conclude that CK enables evaluation of left ventricular wall motion with greater precision and less inter-observer variability.
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- E Vermes
- Service cardiologie et urgences cardiovasculaires, CHG, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
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Ember I, Kiss I, Vermes E. Early effect of cyclophosphamide on oncogene expression in vivo. In Vivo 1998; 12:201-7. [PMID: 9627803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cyclophosphamide (CP) is a widely used chemotherapeutic drug, with proven carcinogenic effects. Secondary tumours induced by CP are kidney tumours in humans and haemopoietic malignancies in rodents. Previous experiments have shown its effect on H-ras, c-myc and p53 gene expression in long term in vivo experiments. Our model was developed to analyse the events in the first 24 hours after the administration of CP in short term experiments. The expression of Ha -ras, c-myc and p53 was investigated in the target organs during and up to 24 hours after the administration, at 0.25, 0.5, 1, 6, 12 and 24 h. Since the majority of CP-induced tumours are leukemias and lymphomas in the CBA/Ca mouse model, RNA was obtained from the thymus and the spleen. The results show that p53 is strongly expressed in the thymus during the focused period. On the other hand, the samples were subjected to in situ hybridisation and compared with the results of in situ hybridisation of lung and liver samples. Comparing the results of total RNA and in situ hybridisation should prove useful if the total RNA signal is too weak or not detectable at all. The in situ hybridisation picture showed many positive cells without high expression of oncogenes. Further flow-cytometric studies are necessary to provide a full explanation of the mechanism of CP induced changes.
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- I Ember
- Department of Preventive Medicine, University Medical School of Pécs, Hungary
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Vermes E, Leroy G, Halphen C, Guyon P, Labib M, Stoltz JP, Haïat R. [Myocardial infarction in a pregnant woman during salbutamol therapy]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1997; 90:1651-4. [PMID: 9587447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The authors report the case of a 31 year old woman at 30 weeks' gestation who developed a non-Q wave postero-lateral myocardial infarction during treatment with salbutamol. There were no complications and delivery took place at term normally. Coronary angiography was performed 3 months post-partum and was normal: the Methergin test was negative. Myocardial ischaemia occurring during treatment with a beta-2 mimetic in pregnancy is rare and hardly ever progresses to myocardial infarction. The usual mechanism of ischaemia is an imbalance of myocardial oxygen demand and supply. Myocardial oxygen consumption is naturally increased during pregnancy and excess intracellular calcium secondary to the beta-1 stimulation occurring with the use of beta-2 mimetic drugs further aggravates matters. This hypothesis raises the question of the value of calcium inhibitors in these forms of myocardial ischaemia.
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- E Vermes
- Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier de Saint Germain-en-Laye
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Haïat R, Scemama A, Halphen C, Vermes E, Cornuejols I, Stoltz JP, Leroy G. [Spontaneous reduction of late chronic atrial fibrillation after mitral valvuloplasty. Echocardiographic evidence of the restoration of mechanical atrial activity]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1997; 90:835-9. [PMID: 9295936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Spontaneous, long lasting reduction of chronic permanent atrial fibrillation, usually complicating rheumatic valvular heart disease, has rarely been described in the literature. Its mechanism is unclear. In practice, the question is to determine whether the electrical activation coincides with restoration of a mechanical atrial contraction. The authors report the case of a woman with mixed rheumatic aortic and mitral valve disease (essentially mitral stenosis), in whom reversion to sinus rhythm was observed after 9 years of atrial fibrillation and which was long lasting (at least 9 months), and, above all, accompanied by atrial contraction documented for the first time to the best of the authors' knowledge, by Doppler echocardiography.
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- R Haïat
- Service de cardialogie et urgences cardiovasculaires, Centre hospitalier, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
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Otmani A, Jarry G, Vermes E, Leborgne L, Bruaire JP, Quiret JC. [Pulmonary embolism and thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale. Cure by heparin therapy]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1996; 89:375-7. [PMID: 8734192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The authors report the case of a 84-year old patient admitted to hospital for pulmonary embolism. The diagnosis was made by ventilation and perfusion pulmonary scintigraphy. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed routinely and showed a thrombus wedged across a patient foramen ovale, confirmed at transoesophageal echocardiography. Spiral thoracic computerised tomography showed thrombus in the two main pulmonary arteries and the inferior vena cava. Thrombolysis or thrombectomy under cardiopulmonary bypass, was thought to carry an excessive risk at that age and with the left-sided position of the thrombus. The alternative was therefore anticoagulation which led to dissolution of the thrombus without recurrence of pulmonary embolism or cerebrovascular accident.
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- A Otmani
- Service de cardiologie A, CHU Amiens
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