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Van Der Kelen A, Okutman Ö, Javey E, Serdarogullari M, Janssens C, Ghosh MS, Dequeker BJH, Perold F, Kastner C, Kieffer E, Segers I, Gheldof A, Hes FJ, Sermon K, Verpoest W, Viville S. A systematic review and evidence assessment of monogenic gene-disease relationships in human female infertility and differences in sex development. Hum Reprod Update 2023; 29:218-232. [PMID: 36571510 DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmac044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND As in other domains of medicine, high-throughput sequencing methods have led to the identification of an ever-increasing number of gene variants in the fields of both male and female infertility. The increasing number of recently identified genes allows an accurate diagnosis for previously idiopathic cases of female infertility and more appropriate patient care. However, robust evidence of the gene-disease relationships (GDR) allowing the proper translation to clinical application is still missing in many cases. OBJECTIVE AND RATIONALE An evidence-based curation of currently identified genes involved in female infertility and differences in sex development (DSD) would significantly improve both diagnostic performance and genetic research. We therefore performed a systematic review to summarize current knowledge and assess the available GDR. SEARCH METHODS PRISMA guidelines were applied to curate all available information from PubMed and Web of Science on genetics of human female infertility and DSD leading to infertility, from 1 January 1988 to 1 November 2021. The reviewed pathologies include non-syndromic as well as syndromic female infertility, and endocrine and reproductive system disorders. The evidence that an identified phenotype is caused by pathogenic variants in a specific gene was assessed according to a standardized scoring system. A final score (no evidence, limited, moderate, strong, or definitive) was assigned to every GDR. OUTCOMES A total of 45 271 publications were identified and screened for inclusion of which 1078 were selected for gene and variant extraction. We have identified 395 genes and validated 466 GDRs covering all reported monogenic causes of female infertility and DSD. Furthermore, we present a genetic diagnostic flowchart including 105 genes with at least moderate evidence for female infertility and suggest recommendations for future research. The study did not take into account associated genetic risk factor(s) or oligogenic/polygenic causes of female infertility. WIDER IMPLICATIONS We have comprehensively reviewed the existing research on the genetics of female infertility and DSD, which will enable the development of diagnostic panels using validated genes. Whole genome analysis is shifting from predominantly research to clinical application, increasing its diagnostic potential. These new diagnostic possibilities will not only decrease the number of idiopathic cases but will also render genetic counselling more effective for infertile patients and their families.
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- Annelore Van Der Kelen
- Clinical Sciences, Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Centre for Medical Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale LGM, Institut de Génétique Médicale d'Alsace IGMA, INSERM UMR 1112, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.,Laboratoire de Diagnostic Génétique, Unité de Génétique de l'infertilité (UF3472), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoires de Diagnostic Génétique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Cyprus International University, Northern Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey
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- Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Clinical Sciences, Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Centre for Medical Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut de Génétique Médicale d'Alsace IGMA, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Laboratoires de Diagnostic Génétique, Unité de Diagnostic Préimplantatoire (UF9327), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Clinical Sciences, Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Brussels IVF Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium.,Research Group Follicle Biology Laboratory (FOBI), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Clinical Sciences, Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Centre for Medical Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
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- Clinical Sciences, Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Centre for Medical Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Clinical Sciences, Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Brussels IVF Centre for Reproductive Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel), Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale LGM, Institut de Génétique Médicale d'Alsace IGMA, INSERM UMR 1112, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.,Laboratoire de Diagnostic Génétique, Unité de Génétique de l'infertilité (UF3472), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Goold S, Tipirneni R, Ayanian J, Beathard E, Chang T, Haggins A, Kieffer E, Kirch M, Kullgren J, Lee S, Lewallen M, Patel M, Rowe Z, Solway E, Clark S. Patterns of Enrollment Churn in Medicaid Expansion, Subsequent Insurance Coverage, and Access to Care: A Longitudinal Study. Health Serv Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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- S. Goold
- University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- Department of Family Medicine University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- Division of General Medicine Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- School of Public Health University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- Friends of Parkside Detroit MI United States
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- Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI United States
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- G Rancurel
- Service de Neurologie, Hospital de la Pitie-Salpétrière, Paris, France
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Chuter TA, Wendt G, Hopkinson BR, Scott RA, Risberg B, Kieffer E, Raithel D, vanBockel JH. European Experience with a System for Bifurcated Stent-Graft Insertion. J Endovasc Ther 2016; 4:13-22. [PMID: 9034914 DOI: 10.1177/152660289700400104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Purpose: To test an endovascular aneurysm exclusion system in the presence of a wide range of challenging anatomic features. Methods: Bifurcated endovascular stent-grafts were inserted in 52 patients and followed with serial computed tomography for up to 3 years. The device underwent several modifications during this time, the most significant of which represent the difference between the homemade (n = 42) and industry-made (n = 10) versions. Results: The initial procedural success rate was 92% in the homemade group and 100% in the industry-made group. In the 3 years of follow-up, the long-term success rate was 64% in the homemade group and 90% in the industry-made group. The primary reasons for failure in the homemade group were graft thrombosis due to kinking early in the series and proximal stent migration later in our experience. All cases of migration occurred when the neck was < 15 mm in length, the neck was lined with thrombus, or the stent was implanted > 15 mm from the renal arteries. Kinking was subsequently overcome by implanting Wallstents throughout the graft limbs. The sole failure in the industry-made group was a case in which collateral perfusion reached the aneurysm through patent lumbar arteries. Conclusions: The fruits of this experience are a better technique, a better device, and, most importantly, a better understanding of the system's limits, as reflected in the current selection criteria.
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- T A Chuter
- University of California-San Francisco Medical Center 94143-0628, USA
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Kieffer E, Nicod JC, Gardes N, Kastner C, Becker N, Celebi C, Pirrello O, Rongières C, Koscinski I, Gosset P, Moutou C. Improving preimplantation genetic diagnosis for Fragile X syndrome: two new powerful single-round multiplex indirect and direct tests. Eur J Hum Genet 2015; 24:221-7. [PMID: 25966634 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2014] [Revised: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Fragile X syndrome (FraX) is caused by the expansion of an unstable CGG repeat located in the Fragile X mental retardation 1 gene (FMR1) gene. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) can be proposed to couples at risk of transmitting the disease, that is, when the female carries a premutation or a full mutation. We describe two new single-cell, single-round multiplex PCR for indirect and direct diagnosis of FraX on biopsied embryos. These tests include five unpublished, highly heterozygous simple sequence repeats, and the co-amplification of non-expanded CGG repeats for the direct test. Heterozygosity of the new markers ranged from 69 to 81%. The mean rate of non-informative marker included in the tests was low (26% and 23% for the new indirect and direct tests, respectively). This strategy allows offering a PGD for FraX to 96% of couples requesting it in our centre. A conclusive genotype was obtained in all cells with a rate of cells presenting an allele dropout ranging from 17% for the indirect test to 26% for the direct test. The new indirect test was applied for eight PGD cycles: 32 embryos were analysed, 9 were transferred and 3 healthy babies were born. By multiplexing these highly informative markers, robustness of the diagnosis is improved and the loss of potentially healthy embryos (because they are non-diagnosed or misdiagnosed) is limited. This may increase the chances of success of couples requesting a PGD for FraX, in particular, when premature ovarian insufficiency in premutated women leads to a reduced number of embryos available for analysis.
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- Emmanuelle Kieffer
- Laboratoire de Diagnostic Préimplantatoire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, site du CMCO, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Diagnostic Préimplantatoire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, site du CMCO, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Diagnostic Préimplantatoire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, site du CMCO, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Diagnostic Préimplantatoire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, site du CMCO, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, site du CMCO, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, site du CMCO, Strasbourg, France
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- Assistance Médicale à la Procréation, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, site du CMCO, Strasbourg, France
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- Assistance Médicale à la Procréation, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, site du CMCO, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, site du CMCO, Strasbourg, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Diagnostic Préimplantatoire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, site du CMCO, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Diagnostic Préimplantatoire, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, site du CMCO, Strasbourg, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Tarabay Y, Kieffer E, Teletin M, Celebi C, Van Montfoort A, Zamudio N, Achour M, El Ramy R, Gazdag E, Tropel P, Mark M, Bourc'his D, Viville S. The mammalian-specific Tex19.1 gene plays an essential role in spermatogenesis and placenta-supported development. Hum Reprod 2013; 28:2201-14. [PMID: 23674551 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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STUDY QUESTION What is the consequence of Tex19.1 gene deletion in mice? SUMMARY ANSWER The Tex19.1 gene is important in spermatogenesis and placenta-supported development. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Tex19.1 is expressed in embryonic stem (ES) cells, primordial germ cells (PGCs), placenta and adult gonads. Its invalidation in mice leads to a variable impairment in spermatogenesis and reduction of perinatal survival. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION We generated knock-out mice and ES cells and compared them with wild-type counterparts. The phenotype of the Tex19.1 knock-out mouse line was investigated during embryogenesis, fetal development and placentation as well as during adulthood. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS We used a mouse model system to generate a mutant mouse line in which the Tex19.1 gene was deleted in the germline. We performed an extensive analysis of Tex19.1-deficient ES cells and assessed their in vivo differentiation potential by generating chimeric mice after injection of the ES cells into wild-type blastocysts. For mutant animals, a morphological characterization was performed for testes and ovaries and placenta. Finally, we characterized semen parameters of mutant animals and performed real-time RT-PCR for expression levels of retrotransposons in mutant testes and ES cells. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE While Tex19.1 is not essential in ES cells, our study points out that it is important for spermatogenesis and for placenta-supported development. Furthermore, we observed an overexpression of the class II LTR-retrotransposon MMERVK10C in Tex19.1-deficient ES cells and testes. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION The Tex19.1 knock-out phenotype is variable with testis morphology ranging from severely altered (in sterile males) to almost indistinguishable compared with the control counterparts (in fertile males). This variability in the testis phenotype subsequently hampered the molecular analysis of mutant testes. Furthermore, these results were obtained in the mouse, which has a second isoform (i.e. Tex19.2), while other mammals possess only one Tex19 (e.g. in humans). WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS The fact that one gene has a role in both placentation and spermatogenesis might open new ways of studying human pathologies that might link male fertility impairment and placenta-related pregnancy disorders. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S) This work was supported by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) (Grant Avenir), the Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche, the Université de Strasbourg, the Association Française contre les Myopathies (AFM) and the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM) and Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg.The authors have nothing to disclose.
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- Yara Tarabay
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Institut National de Santé et de Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964/Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 1704/Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France
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Kovacevic P, Redzek A, Kovacevic-Ivanovic S, Velicki L, Ivanovic V, Kieffer E. Coronary and carotid artery occlusive disease: single center experience. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2012; 16:483-490. [PMID: 22696875] [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: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Due to increased life expectancy, the risk profile of the patients undergoing cardiac surgery changed dramatically. This is especially important in case of concomitant coronary artery disease and carotid artery stenosis (CAS). Careful decision making and appropriate surgical strategy in these patients is critical for the success of the operation. Controversy about relationship between staged and concomitant carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) still exists. In the current study, we present our case lood in treating patients with concomitant carotid artery stenosis and coronary artery disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS CABG with additional CEA due to neurologic symptoms or high grade (>80%) CAS has been performed in 835 patients in the period of 1982-2010. Results of evaluation of perioperative mortality and morbidity in regard to the surgical approach have been discussed. RESULTS The average patient age was 62.6 +/- 8.7 years. Echocardiography revealed that 28% of the patients had poor left ventricle ejection fraction (<30%). Coronarography demonstrated that 21.4% of the operated patients had significant left main coronary artery stenosis (>60%). In terms of neurological status, majority of the patients (88.3%) were neurologically asymptomatic. The overall mortality regardless the sequence of procedures was 2.3% (19 patients). In the group of concomitantly treated patients 44.6% (50 patients) required triple coronary bypass while the mean number of coronary bypasses was 2.6. Postoperative neurologic complications were present in 102 patients (12.2%). Eighty-four patients (10.0%) have had TIA, while 18 patients (2.2%) have had permanent neurologic deficit while 4 patients (0.5%) died as a result of it. CONCLUSIONS It is imperative that every patient being considered for CABG should undergo ultrasonic evaluation of the carotid arteries regardless the neurological symptomatology. Concomitant surgery on patients with severe CAS and coronary disease carries a slightly higher operative risk and, therefore, should be avoided. Concomitant surgical treatment should only be considered in patients with unstable angina and significant CAS in whom we may expect higher morbidity and mortality.
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- P Kovacevic
- Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Vojvodina, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia
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Celebi C, van Montfoort A, Skory V, Kieffer E, Kuntz S, Mark M, Viville S. Tex 19 paralogs exhibit a gonad and placenta-specific expression in the mouse. J Reprod Dev 2012; 58:360-5. [PMID: 22447323 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.11-047k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have previously suggested that TEX19, a mammalian-specific protein of which two paralogs exist in rodents, could be implicated in stem cell self-renewal and pluripotency. We have established here the expression profiles of Tex19.1 and Tex19.2 during mouse development and adulthood. We show that both genes are coexpressed in the ectoderm and then in primordial germ cells (PGCs). They are also coexpressed in the testis from embryonic day 13.5 to adulthood, whereas only Tex19.1 transcripts are detected in the developing and adult ovary as well as in the placenta and its precursor tissue, the ectoplacental cone. The presence of both Tex19.1 and Tex19.2 in PGCs, gonocytes and spermatocytes opens the possibility that these two genes could play redundant functions in male germ cells. Furthermore, the placental expression of Tex19.1 can explain why Tex19.1 knockout mice show embryonic lethality, in addition to testis defects.
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- Catherine Celebi
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), U964/Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 1704/Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France
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Bouakaze C, Eschbach J, Fouquerel E, Gasser I, Kieffer E, Krieger S, Milosevic S, Saandi T, Florentz C, Maréchal-Drouard L, Labouesse M. "OpenLAB": A 2-hour PCR-based practical for high school students. Biochem Mol Biol Educ 2010; 38:296-302. [PMID: 21567848 DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The Strasbourg University PhD school in Life and Health Sciences launched an initiative called "OpenLAB." This project was developed in an effort to help high school teenagers understand theoretical and abstract concepts in genetics. A second objective of this program is to help students in defining their future orientation and to attract them to biology. The general idea is a 2-hour PCR-based practical that is developed around a fictitious criminal investigation. The practical is taught by PhD graduate students who bring all the required reagents and modern equipment into the classroom. Running the PCR provides free time dedicated to discussions with students about their future plans after the high school diploma. A specific website and a powerpoint presentation were developed to provide appropriate scientific information. Starting on a modest scale in Strasbourg in December 2008, "OpenLAB" was rapidly and well received all around, visiting 53 classes spread over a 200 km area in Alsace until May 2009. It permitted interactions with almost one thousand students in their last year of high school, with the prospect to visit 20% more classes this school year. Our experience, along with feedback from students and their teachers, suggests that it is possible to reach out to many students and have a strong impact with a rather limited budget.
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- Caroline Bouakaze
- Ecole Doctorale des Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé (ED414), Université de Strasbourg, 12 rue de l'Université, F-67000 Strasbourg; Faculté de Médecine, 11 rue Humann, F-67000 STRASBOURG
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Ciaudo C, Servant N, Cognat V, Sarazin A, Kieffer E, Viville S, Colot V, Barillot E, Heard E, Voinnet O. Highly dynamic and sex-specific expression of microRNAs during early ES cell differentiation. PLoS Genet 2009; 5:e1000620. [PMID: 19714213 PMCID: PMC2725319 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2009] [Accepted: 07/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Embryonic stem (ES) cells are pluripotent cells derived from the inner cell mass of the mammalian blastocyst. Cellular differentiation entails loss of pluripotency and gain of lineage-specific characteristics. However, the molecular controls that govern the differentiation process remain poorly understood. We have characterized small RNA expression profiles in differentiating ES cells as a model for early mammalian development. High-throughput 454 pyro-sequencing was performed on 19–30 nt RNAs isolated from undifferentiated male and female ES cells, as well as day 2 and 5 differentiating derivatives. A discrete subset of microRNAs (miRNAs) largely dominated the small RNA repertoire, and the dynamics of their accumulation could be readily used to discriminate pluripotency from early differentiation events. Unsupervised partitioning around meloids (PAM) analysis revealed that differentiating ES cell miRNAs can be divided into three expression clusters with highly contrasted accumulation patterns. PAM analysis afforded an unprecedented level of definition in the temporal fluctuations of individual members of several miRNA genomic clusters. Notably, this unravelled highly complex post-transcriptional regulations of the key pluripotency miR-290 locus, and helped identify miR-293 as a clear outlier within this cluster. Accordingly, the miR-293 seed sequence and its predicted cellular targets differed drastically from those of the other abundant cluster members, suggesting that previous conclusions drawn from whole miR-290 over-expression need to be reconsidered. Our analysis in ES cells also uncovered a striking male-specific enrichment of the miR-302 family, which share the same seed sequence with most miR-290 family members. Accordingly, a miR-302 representative was strongly enriched in embryonic germ cells derived from primordial germ cells of male but not female mouse embryos. Identifying the chromatin remodelling and E2F-dependent transcription repressors Ari4a and Arid4b as additional targets of miR-302 and miR-290 supports and possibly expands a model integrating possible overlapping functions of the two miRNA families in mouse cell totipotency during early development. This study demonstrates that small RNA sampling throughout early ES cell differentiation enables the definition of statistically significant expression patterns for most cellular miRNAs. We have further shown that the transience of some of these miRNA patterns provides highly discriminative markers of particular ES cell states during their differentiation, an approach that might be broadly applicable to the study of early mammalian development. The discovery of the first microRNA (lin-4) in C. elegans in 1993 and the increasing realization that small RNAs are at the heart of many biological processes have led to a revolution in our thinking about development and disease. In animals, several hundred microRNAs (miRNAs) have been identified that regulate diverse biological processes ranging from cell metabolism to cell differentiation and growth, apoptosis, and cancer. Moreover, it has been shown that many miRNAs are characterized by highly specific spatial and temporal expression patterns supporting their role in such processes. However, the dynamics of small RNA patterns in male and female embryonic stem (ES) cells in the course of early differentiation has not been investigated so far. Our work represents the first study of this kind. Notably, we have identified new classes of miRNAs that show extremely defined temporal profiles during ES cell differentiation, as well as sex-specificity. Our results are of broad interest and importance because they raise the power of ES cells in defining the repertoire of small RNAs and their dynamics in mammals, and underline the importance of integrating miRNA expression patterns into the transcription factor networks and epigenomic maps defined in ES cells in order to provide a better understanding of the control of pluripotency and lineage commitment.
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- Constance Ciaudo
- CNRS UPR2357—Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- CNRS UMR3215—INSERM U934, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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- INSERM U900, Institut Curie, Paris, France
- Ecole des Mines de Paris, ParisTech, Fontainebleau, France
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- CNRS UPR2357—Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- CNRS UMR 8186—Département de Biologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR7104—INSERM U964, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Department of Developmental Biology, Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- CNRS UMR7104—INSERM U964, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Department of Developmental Biology, Université de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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- CNRS UMR 8186—Département de Biologie, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
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- INSERM U900, Institut Curie, Paris, France
- Ecole des Mines de Paris, ParisTech, Fontainebleau, France
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- CNRS UMR3215—INSERM U934, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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- CNRS UPR2357—Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Ciaudo C, Servant N, Cognat V, Sarazin A, Kieffer E, Viville S, Colot V, Barillot E, Heard E, Voinnet O. 01-P002 Highly dynamic and sex-specific expression of microRNAs during early ES cell differentiation. Mech Dev 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2009.06.003] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Madan B, Madan V, Weber O, Tropel P, Blum C, Kieffer E, Viville S, Fehling HJ. The pluripotency-associated gene Dppa4 is dispensable for embryonic stem cell identity and germ cell development but essential for embryogenesis. Mol Cell Biol 2009; 29:3186-203. [PMID: 19332562 PMCID: PMC2682008 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01970-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [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: 12/31/2008] [Revised: 03/04/2009] [Accepted: 03/19/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Dppa4 (developmental pluripotency-associated 4) has been identified in several high-profile screens as a gene that is expressed exclusively in pluripotent cells. It encodes a nuclear protein with an SAP-like domain and appears to be associated preferentially with transcriptionally active chromatin. Its exquisite expression pattern and results of RNA interference experiments have led to speculation that Dppa4, as well as its nearby homolog Dppa2, might play essential roles in embryonic stem (ES) cell function and/or germ cell development. To rigorously assess suggested roles, we have generated Dppa4-deficient and Dppa4/Dppa2 doubly deficient ES cells, as well as mice lacking Dppa4. Contrary to predictions, we find that Dppa4 is completely dispensable for ES cell identity and germ cell development. Instead, loss of Dppa4 in mice results in late embryonic/perinatal death and striking skeletal defects with partial penetrance. Thus, surprisingly, Dppa4-deficiency affects tissues that apparently never transcribed the gene, and at least some loss-of-function defects manifest phenotypically at an embryonic stage long after physiologic Dppa4 expression has ceased. Concomitant with targeted gene inactivation, we have introduced into the Dppa4 locus a red fluorescent marker (tandem-dimer red fluorescent protein) that is compatible with green fluorescent proteins and allows noninvasive visualization of pluripotent cells and reprogramming events.
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- Babita Madan
- Institute of Immunology, University Clinics Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Buhr N, Carapito C, Schaeffer C, Kieffer E, Van Dorsselaer A, Viville S. Nuclear proteome analysis of undifferentiated mouse embryonic stem and germ cells. Electrophoresis 2008; 29:2381-90. [DOI: 10.1002/elps.200700738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Mongardon N, Fléron MH, Kahn D, Kieffer E, Coriat P. [Herpetic meningoencephalitis: a rare case of postoperative fever]. Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 2008; 27:265-266. [PMID: 18314299 DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2008.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Kuntz S, Kieffer E, Bianchetti L, Lamoureux N, Fuhrmann G, Viville S. Tex19, a mammalian-specific protein with a restricted expression in pluripotent stem cells and germ line. Stem Cells 2007; 26:734-44. [PMID: 18096721 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-0772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [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: 01/02/2023]
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Although the properties of embryonic stem (ES) cells make these cells very attractive in the field of replacement therapy, the molecular mechanisms involved in the maintenance of their pluripotency are not fully characterized. Starting from the observation that most pluripotent markers are also expressed by spermatogonia stem cells, we identified Tex19 as a new potential pluripotency marker. We show that Tex19 is a mammalian-specific protein duplicated in mouse and rat, renamed Tex19.1 and Tex19.2, whereas only one form is found in human. In mouse, both forms are localized on chromosome 11 and transcribed in opposite directions. Tex19 proteins are well conserved, showing two highly conserved domains that do not present any similarity with any other known domains. We show that Tex19.2 is specifically detected in the male somatic gonad lineage, whereas Tex19.1 expression is very similar to that of Oct4. Transcripts are maternally inherited, and expression starts as soon as the early embryo and later is limited to the germ line. Tex19.1 transcripts were also detected in mouse pluripotent stem cells, and expression of Tex19.1, like that of Oct4, decreases after murine embryonic stem and germ cell differentiation. Human TEX19 was more closely related to murine Tex19.1 and was also detected in adult testis and in undifferentiated ES cells. By immunofluorescence, we found that Tex19.1 protein localizes to the nucleus of mouse ES and inner cell mass cells. All these results suggest that Tex19.1, as well as human TEX19, could be a new factor involved in the maintenance of self-renewal or pluripotency of stem cells.
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- Sandra Kuntz
- IGBMC, Department of Developmental Biology, 1 Rue Laurent Fries, Illkirch, F-67400 France
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Monsel G, Maubec E, Picard-Dahan C, Brocheriou I, Henry Feugeas MC, Kieffer E, Francès C, Crickx B. Anévrysmes aortiques multiples au cours d’une polychondrite atrophiante. Ann Dermatol Venereol 2007; 134:552-4. [PMID: 17657182 DOI: 10.1016/s0151-9638(07)89267-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although rare, cardiovascular involvement is the second most frequent cause of mortality in chronic relapsing polychondritis behind tracheobronchial tree chondritis. The most frequent cardiovascular complications are valvulopathy and aortic aneurysm. CASE REPORT We report a case of chronic relapsing polychondritis with multiple aortic aneurysms that were clinically silent but continued to progress despite systemic corticosteroids and immunosuppressive therapy. DISCUSSION Progression of aortic aneurysms and extravascular disease do not appear to be correlated. Although the disease may appear to be in remission, vascular lesions can continue to progress independently. This case shows that medical treatment has little effect on the progression of these aneurysms. Consequently, it is necessary to opt for surgical therapy at the opportune moment.
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- G Monsel
- Service de Dermatologie, AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Bichat Claude Bernard, Université Paris 7 Denis-Diderot, Paris
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Arnaud L, Haroche J, Gambotti L, Limal N, Cacoub P, Le-Thi-Huong Boutin D, Papo T, Kieffer E, Amoura Z, Piette JC. Maladie de Takayasu: étude rétrospective monocentrique de 82 cas. Rev Med Interne 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2006.10.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Kieffer E, Chiche L, de Warnier Wailly G, Lefevre F, Koskas F, Cluzel P. [Evolution of the treatment of chronic post-traumatic aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta: 30 years experience]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 2006; 99:813-7. [PMID: 17067100] [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: 05/12/2023]
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The authors present the early and late results of a series of 40 patients treated for chronic post-traumatic aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta from 1975 to 2005. With the exception of a patient who died of an intra-pleural rupture before surgery, the patients were treated by aortotomy and prosthetic graft (N=17), aortotomy and direct suture (N=17) or endoprosthesis (N=5). The use of distal aortic perfusion in 22 patients enabled 17 direct sutures (77.3%) thanks to extensive mobilisation of the aortic arch. Endoprostheses have been used since 1997 in high surgical risk patients with severe comorbid conditions. There were no deaths, one transient paraparesia after simple aortic clamping, one reoperation for a haemothorax and four cases of dysphonia due to paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Thirty-five patients (90%) were followed up for an average of 119.7 +/- 16.4 months. There were no clinical complications and the late morphological results were good in all cases with the exception of one type 1 endoprosthetic leak. The treatment of chronic post-traumatic aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta gives excellent early and late results, justifying wide operative indications. The wish to avoid use of a prosthesis in young patients with a long life expectancy should give preference to conventional surgical techniques which, providing distal aortic perfusion is employed, allow direct suture of three quarters of cases. Endovascular treatment is reserved only for "poor surgical risks".
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- E Kieffer
- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
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Surgery of visceral arteries is mainly indicated for ostial and juxtaostial atherosclerosis of the celiac axis and superior mesenteric arteries. Their surgical exposures are often difficult because of their deepness.
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- E Kieffer
- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, centre hospitalier universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris cedex 13, France.
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Berguer R, Kieffer E. Our New Face. Ann Vasc Surg 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/s10016-003-0109-8] [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: 11/29/2022]
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Koskas F, Cluzel P, Kieffer E. [Aortic dissections: recent endovascular therapeutic advances and current indications]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 2002; 95:1195-204. [PMID: 12611040] [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: 03/01/2023]
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Dissection is one of the most serious diseases of the aorta if only because of its potential for rupture, but also for other complications which may be fatal. Replacement with a prosthesis remains the treatment of reference as an emergency for proximal dissection and as an elective procedure for selected cases of distal dissection with complications. Despite steady progress in ancillary management (distal perfusion, circulatory arrest, cardiac, neurological and visceral protection) the operation remains a very invasive procedure. Aortic endoprostheses represent the therapeutic innovation of the decade for the treatment of aortic aneurysms and their use could be extended to dissections, at least for the most distal forms and to patients at very high surgical risk.
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- F Koskas
- Services de chirurgie et de radiologie vasculaire, groupe hospitalier La Pitié-La Salpêtrière, 75651 Paris.
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Hyperhomocysteinemia (HCY) is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis. Arterial aneurysm has rarely been described in association with heterozygous HCY. Here we report two cases of this association. Case 1 was 32-Year-old man who presented with distal trophic manifestations of the lower extremities. Upon investigation, occlusive arterial disease with fusiform aneurysm of both popliteal arteries and occlusion of the left cubital artery were found. Laboratory findings indicated HCY due to homozygous methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency. Case 2 was 38-year-old man with no history of trauma who presented with repeated ischemic events involving the right hand in association with isolated aneurysm of the right cubital artery. Histological study demonstrated extensive dystrophic changes in the aneurysmal vessel wall, including sclerohyalin deposits. The only abnormality was homozygous MTHFR deficiency. Pathologic changes induced by HCY in vessel walls may be implicated in early arterial aneurysm. The association of anatomic lesions, young age, and absence of other causes suggests that the relationship between HCY and arterial aneurysm observed in these two patients was not coincidental.
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- P Cacoub
- Service de Médecine Interne, Hĵpital Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France
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Zimmerman MA, Tuttle L, Kieffer E, Parker E, Caldwell CH, Maton KI. Psychosocial outcomes of urban African American adolescents born to teenage mothers. Am J Community Psychol 2001; 29:779-805. [PMID: 11594699 DOI: 10.1023/a:1010469218757] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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This is a study of psychosocial outcomes of adolescents born to teenage mothers. Adolescents'problem behaviors, psychological well-being, social support, school variables, and sexual behaviors are compared across three groups- those born to mothers 17 or younger, mothers 18-19 years old, and mothers 20 or older. Analyses from two samples of African American adolescents from Maryland (n = 205) and Michigan (n = 570) are reported. The results from both samples indicate that mother's age at birth is unrelated to adolescents' psychosocial outcomes. These two studies add to the limited number of analyses that examine adolescent outcomes for children of teen mothers. The results suggest that efforts to understand social structural determinants of healthy and problematic adolescent development may be more informative than examining the effects of mother's age. They also suggest that teen pregnancy prevention programs may be more effective if they are part of a larger prevention strategy that incorporates social structural change efforts and not only a focus on individual level change.
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- M A Zimmerman
- Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-2029, USA.
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PURPOSE Aneurysms of the innominate artery (AIA) are widely considered to be a rare entity. We describe our experience with AIAs in the last three decades. METHODS From October 1973 to October 2000, we operated on 27 patients with an AIA. The underlying cause of aneurysm was Takayasu's disease in 7 patients, degenerative disease in 6 patients, syphilis in 5 patients, chronic dissection in 3 patients, trauma in 2 patients, infection in 2 patients, a postoperative complication in 1 patient, and Marfan syndrome in 1 patient. AIA was associated with an aortic aneurysm in 17 patients. Fourteen patients had no symptoms. The remaining patients had symptoms, with thromboembolic complications in 7 patients, pain without rupture in 3 patients, and a ruptured aneurysm in 3 patients. In two patients at high risk for surgery who had a small AIA with embolic complications, a cervical approach was used as a means of performing distal exclusion and crossover bypass. In the remaining 25 patients, a midline sternotomy was used. One patient with a ruptured AIA exsanguinated during sternotomy. Ten patients underwent a prosthetic replacement of the ascending aorta and/or aortic arch with a separate prosthetic branch to the innominate artery (IA). Thirteen patients underwent ascending aorta-to-IA prosthetic bypass in association with lateral suture (8 patients) or prosthetic patching (5 patients) of the aorta. One patient with an infected aneurysm was treated by means of resection of the aneurysm, proximal ligation of the IA, and transposition of the right into the left common carotid artery. Cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest was used in 10 patients. RESULTS Three perioperative deaths occurred (2 of 4 in association with emergency treatment and 1 of 23 with elective treatment). Respiratory complications requiring prolonged artificial ventilation developed in five patients. Two patients had transient worsening of preoperative neurologic deficits. Late results, with a mean follow-up of 85 months, were good. CONCLUSION The etiology and presentation of AIAs are variable. Surgical management with current cardiovascular techniques achieves excellent results.
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- E Kieffer
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris France.
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Bertrand M, Godet G, Koskas F, Cluzel P, Fléron MH, Kieffer E, Coriat P. Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms: is there a benefit regarding postoperative outcome? Eur J Anaesthesiol 2001; 18:245-50. [PMID: 11350462 DOI: 10.1046/j.0265-0215.2000.00821.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms has raised great interest amongst vascular surgeons. The aim of this study was to compare the postoperative morbidity and mortality rates of endovascular treatment with those of open surgery, from the anaesthesiologist's standpoint. METHODS From January 1997 to June 2000, 425 consecutive patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms were referred for regular surgery. Thirty-nine patients who needed a visceral or renal artery revascularization, or a nephrectomy were excluded. The remaining 386 patients were studied in a prospective manner. Aneurysms were evaluated with spiral computerized tomography scanning and calibrated aortography. After informed consent, only those patients with a suitable vascular anatomy underwent endovascular treatment (n = 193). All other patients underwent open surgery and are considered as a control group (n = 193). Endovascular treatment was performed by a femoral or an iliac retroperitoneal route. All stent-grafts were made to measure using auto-expandable stainless-steel stents covered with a standard polyester prosthetic graft. RESULTS Six patients in the endovascular treatment group needed to be converted to the open surgical technique (during the same operation) because of rupture of the iliac bifurcation (1 patient), a large endoleak (2 patients), or technical problems (3 patients). CONCLUSION The amount of bleeding and the need for blood products were significantly lower in the endovascular treatment group. Despite the absence of significant differences regarding cardiac complications and mortality, there was a lesser incidence of pneumonia, acute respiratory and renal failure. Patients in the endovascular treatment group spent less time in the intensive care unit and in the Hospital.
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- M Bertrand
- Department of Anesthesiology, University Paris VI, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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Kieffer E, Sabatier J, Plissonnier D, Knosalla C. Prosthetic graft infection after descending thoracic/ thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmectomy: management with in situ arterial allografts. J Vasc Surg 2001; 33:671-8. [PMID: 11296316 DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.112314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 11/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Prosthetic graft infection is an uncommon but life-threatening complication of descending thoracic/thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmectomy. The purpose of this study was to assess the value of in situ arterial allografts in the management of this complication. METHODS From 1992 to 2000 we treated 11 consecutive patients with prosthetic graft infection after descending thoracic/thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmectomy by replacing the prosthetic graft with an in situ arterial allograft. There were 10 men and one woman with a mean age of 50.8 years (range, 32-73 years). The primary aortic disease was degenerative aneurysm in 6 patients, chronic type B dissection in 2 patients, inflammatory aneurysm in 1 patient, Marfan's disease in 1 patient, and Behçet's disease in 1 patient. Replacement involved only the descending thoracic aorta in three patients and more or less extensive segments of the thoracoabdominal aorta in eight patients. Signs of severe infection were present in all patients, and false anastomotic aneurysms were noted in six patients. Aortoenteric fistula occurred in three patients and aortobronchial fistula in two patients. The causative organisms were identified in nine patients. The mean interval between the primary surgery and reoperation was 33.4 +/- 27.5 months. Reoperation was performed under emergency conditions because of hemorrhage in three patients. Cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest was used in seven patients. Allograft replacement of the aorta was associated with reimplantation of intercostal and/or visceral arteries in all patients. RESULTS One patient died intraoperatively of heart failure during emergency surgery. Two patients died of persistent infection during the postoperative period at 19 and 58 days. Mean follow-up was 34 +/- 19 months. One patient died during the late follow-up period after surgery of the infrarenal aorta. Another patient underwent surgery for stenoses of one branch of a bifurcated allograft and a renal bypass graft to a solitary kidney. CONCLUSIONS The use of in situ arterial allografts is a significant advance in the management of prosthetic graft infection after descending thoracic/thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmectomy provided that reoperation is performed early.
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- E Kieffer
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France
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Camiade C, Goldschmidt P, Koskas F, Ricco JB, Jarraya M, Gerota J, Kieffer E. Optimization of the resistance of arterial allografts to infection: comparative study with synthetic prostheses. Ann Vasc Surg 2001; 15:186-96. [PMID: 11265083 DOI: 10.1007/s100160010051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Arterial allografts can be used for in situ treatment of prosthetic graft infection. The purpose of this in vitro study was to compare the resistance of allografts and synthetic prostheses to infection by five strains of bacteria and to study antibiotic treatments designed to reduce allograft infection. Fresh and cryopreserved allografts were compared with synthetic prostheses made of various biomaterials including PTFE, plain Dacron, gelatine-sealed Dacron, and gelatine-sealed, rifampicine-bonded Dacron. Allografts were used with or without treatment using an antibiotic containing gentamycine, lincomycine, and vancomycine. The bacterial strains tested were Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, slime-producing Staphylococcus epidermidis, non-slime-producing Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Infection was evaluated by counting the number of adherent bacteria on the allograft or synthetic material after rinsing and ultrasonication. Statistical analysis was achieved using nonparametric Mann-Whitney tests. Results showed that allografts not treated with antibiotics were highly susceptible to bacterial infection. Antibiotic treatment decreased infection. Application of antibiotic after thawing cryopreserved allografts led to a significant decrease. None of the biomaterials tested provided sufficient protection against bacteria resistant to the antibiotics used.
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- C Camiade
- Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire La Milétrie, 350 Avenue Jacques Coeur, 86021 Poitiers Cedex, France
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Kieffer E, Bahnini A, Mouren X, Gamand S. A new study demonstrates the efficacy of naftidrofuryl in the treatment of intermittent claudication. Findings of the Naftidrofuryl Clinical Ischemia Study (NCIS). INT ANGIOL 2001; 20:58-65. [PMID: 11342997] [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: 02/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND The efficacy and safety of naftidrofuryl were assessed in a double blind, placebo controlled, parallel group study, in patients presenting with intermittent claudication, according to the latest European guidelines. METHODS The outpatients selected were of both sexes, aged 35 to 85, with moderately severe chronic, stable intermittent claudication and a pain-free (PFWD) and maximum walking distance (MWD) on the treadmill of between 100 and 300 metres. They received naftidrofuryl 200 mg tid or placebo for six months and were then assessed during a six-month follow-up period without treatment. The primary outcome measures were the pain-free walking distance and maximum walking distance. RESULTS Of the 221 selected patients, 196 were randomised and 181 entered the intention-to-treat analysis. The two groups were well matched for demographic variables, risk factors and history of vascular disease. After six months of treatment, patients who received naftidrofuryl had a 92% im-provement of geometric pain-free walking distance versus 17% in the placebo group (p < 0.001) and an 83% improvement of geometric maximum walking distance versus 14% in the placebo group (p < 0.001). During the follow-up period without treatment, the walking distances of the patients in the naftidrofuryl group significantly decreased. The incidence of adverse events was similar in the two groups. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated the efficacy of naftidrofuryl versus placebo in patients with intermittent claudication with a highly significant and clinically relevant difference and confirmed its good safety profile.
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BACKGROUND Perioperative activation of hemostasis could play an important role in the occurrence of postoperative cardiac events. The authors conducted a prospective study to assess platelet function, coagulation, and fibrinolysis status during and after infrarenal aortic surgery. METHODS Seventeen patients were studied. Excluded were patients with preoperative coagulopathies or liver disease, or cardiac or renal insufficiency; patients receiving anticoagulant treatment, antiplatelet agents, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents, fresh frozen plasma, or platelet concentrates; and patients undergoing reoperation and septic patients. Blood samples were drawn before induction (T1), 1 h after incision (T2), 1 h after extubation (T3), 24 h postoperatively (T4), 48 h postoperatively (T5), and at day 7 (T6). The following tests were performed: platelet count, platelet aggregation, platelet flow cytometry for CD62 and CD63, usual coagulation tests, thrombin--antithrombin complexes, plasminogen activator inhibitor 1. RESULTS A significant increase of adenosine diphosphate--induced platelet aggregation was observed postoperatively at T4 and T5. This was not associated with a change of flow cytometry profile. No increase of thrombin--antithrombin complex levels was observed. A higher fibrinogen rate was detected at T5 and T6. Greater amounts of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 were detected at T3 and T4. Thus, thrombin generation was limited and fibrinolysis was impaired postoperatively. Platelets were not activated in the postoperative period, as shown by flow cytometry, but were prone to be activated, as shown by aggregation studies. CONCLUSION The association of more easily activated platelets with a higher fibrinogen rate and a temporary shut down of fibrinolysis during the early postoperative period may indicate an increased thrombotic risk in patients undergoing major vascular surgery.
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- C M Samama
- Department of Anesthesiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Avicenne, Univeristé Paris 13, Bobigny, France.
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Sbaï A, Wechsler B, Bitker M, Deray G, Kieffer E, Blétry O, Godeau P, Piette J. Transplantation rénale dans la maladie de Behçet. Rev Med Interne 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0248-8663(00)90144-9] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Kieffer E, Koskas F, Godet G, Bertrand M, Bahnini A, Benhamou AC, Cluzel P, Eyraud D. Treatment of aortic arch dissection using the elephant trunk technique. Ann Vasc Surg 2000; 14:612-9. [PMID: 11128456 DOI: 10.1007/s100169910111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The elephant trunk technique was developed to facilitate multiple-stage treatment of extensive aneurysm of the thoracic aorta. However, little information is available concerning its usefulness for aortic dissection. From April 1992 to July 1998, we used the elephant trunk technique for treatment of aortic arch dissection in 22 patients (including 19 men) with a mean age of 58.5 years (range 21 to 85 years). Twelve patients presented with type A dissection (acute in 3 and chronic in 9), 3 with type B acute dissection, and 7 with "non A/non B" dissections with retrograde extension to the aortic arch or entry site located in the aortic arch without involvement of the ascending aorta. All patients had aneurysms of the descending (n = 7) or thoracoabdominal (n = 15) aorta. Procedures were performed under hypothermic circulatory arrest at between 15 degrees and 20 degrees C. Antegrade cerebral perfusion was used in three cases. The procedure was associated with aortic valve replacement and/or coronary bypass in 6 cases and bypass of one or more supraaortic vessels in 13. In two patients the distal end of the elephant trunk was attached with an endovascular prosthesis during the same procedure. The ensuing results in these patients indicate that the elephant trunk technique can be highly effective for treatment of complex aortic arch dissection.
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- E Kieffer
- Departement d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France
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Koskas F, Cluzel P, Bertrand M, Godet G, Fléron MH, Boccara G, Fiévet MH, Liou A, Kieffer E. [Endovascular treatment of aorto-iliac aneurysms. Made-to-measure endoprotheses increase the feasibility]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 2000; 93:1069-79. [PMID: 11054997] [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 authors describe their experience of tailoring endoprostheses for endovascular treatment of aorto-iliac aneurysms with components available on the market. Between January 1996 and December 1999, 188 aorto-iliac aneurysms were treated by tailor-made endoprostheses using self-expanding Z stents made of stainless steel compiled with polyester ligatures and covered with standard commercially available polyester prostheses. These endoprostheses were implanted with an 18 to 24 Fr (usually 20 Fr) introducer and positioned by a surgical approach. This method allows construction of tubular, bifurcated, digressive or occlusive endoprostheses associated with an extra-anatomical bypass graft. It increased the number of endovascular procedures for aorto-iliac aneurysms in the authors' department. This number has been further increased by using endoprostheses with an uncovered proximal or distal stent for cases with particularly short or angled necks and by using hybrid endoprostheses with one or more extremities without a stent, allowing surgical suture of the anastomosis. The authors' results show that tailoring endoprostheses considerably increased the feasibility of endovascular treatment of aorto-iliac aneurysms, even in unselected patients whilst providing an effectiveness and safety to justify the continuation of this experience.
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- F Koskas
- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, CHU La Pitié-La Salpêtrière, Paris
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OBJECTIVE To analyse pre and peroperative variables for predicting mortality after abdominal aortic surgery. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study. PATIENTS We prospectively included 658 consecutive patients undergoing abdominal aortic surgery from January 1993 to July 1997. METHODS Age, gender, hypertension, history of myocardial infarction or coronary revascularization, angina pectoris, diabetes, arrhythmia, cardiac insufficiency, serum creatinine > 150 mumol.L-1, beta-blockers therapy, calcium channel inhibitors, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors were preoperative analysed variable. Type of aortic disease (anuerysms versus aortic occlusion), duration of surgery, blood loss, type of laparotomy (medium versus lombotomy) were peroperative analysed variables. Haemoglobinemia was monitored during surgery and patients were transfused if haemoglobinaemia < 80 g.L-1. RESULTS Thirty-three patients died after aortic surgery (5%). In multivariate analysis, angina pectoris (OR = 5.47, P < 0.001), chronic obstructive bronchopulmonary disease (OR = 2.27, P = 0.05) and duration of surgery (OR = 1.60, P < 0.001) were the independent predictive factors of mortality. Age, blood loss were predictive factors only in univariate analysis. CONCLUSION Angina pectoris and COBP were the two independent preoperative factors of mortality. The duration of surgery was the only peroperative factor. Well monitored blood loss was not a predictive factor.
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- D Eyraud
- Département d'anesthésie-réanimation, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Godet G, Dumerat M, Baillard C, Ben Ayed S, Bernard MA, Bertrand M, Kieffer E, Coriat P. Cardiac troponin I is reliable with immediate but not medium-term cardiac complications after abdominal aortic repair. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2000; 44:592-7. [PMID: 10786748 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2000.00518.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The diagnosis of cardiac complications is particularly challenging in the postoperative course of non-cardiac surgery. Follow-up of patients suggests that silent or symptomatic postoperative myocardial infarction have similar short-term outcomes. Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) has been reported as being a sensitive and specific marker of these complications. METHODS We conducted a prospective study to determine the cut-off values of cTnI which may predict cardiac complications, i: in the postoperative period until discharge, and ii: during a 1-year period after aortic surgery. Three hundred and twenty-nine consecutive patients undergoing infrarenal aortic surgery were included over a 2-year period in a single center. cTnI was measured at recovery and on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd postoperative days. The presence or absence of cardiac complications was classified by reviewers who had no knowledge of cTnI. For evaluation of the ideal discrimination value of cTnI between the complicated and uncomplicated patient groups, we calculated receiver-operator characteristics for the mean values of the peak of cTnI. RESULTS Thirteen patients (4%) developed 19 postoperative cardiac complications. Thirteen patients (4%) died in the postoperative period. Nine patients (3%) developed 10 cardiac complications during the 1-year follow-up in 316 patients. In 280 patients, cTnI was below 0.5 ng/ml, in 22 patients between 0.5 and 1.5 ng/ml and the 27 remaining patients had a cTnI higher than 1.5 ng/ml. The area under the curve for postoperative cardiac complications was 0.84 (SD=0.21). A limit value of 0.54 ng/ml yielded a sensitivity of 75% and a specificity of 89%. The area under the curve for late cardiac complications was 0.45 (SD= 0.13). CONCLUSION A cTnI level greater than 0.54 ng/ml appears to be correlated with the occurrence of cardiac complications in the period until discharge, but no value of cTnI is predictive of late cardiac complications occurring in the 1st year after aortic surgery.
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- G Godet
- Department of Anesthesiology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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Cacoub P, Sbaï A, Wechsler B, Brocheriou I, Braesco J, Kieffer E, Piette JC. [Vascular manifestations of Behçet's syndrome associated with solitary ulcerations and resolved with immunosuppressants]. Rev Med Interne 2000; 21:353-7. [PMID: 10795328 DOI: 10.1016/s0248-8663(00)88938-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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: 11/16/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Behçet's disease is a systemic inflammatory disorder characterized by vasculitis. Its typical features are recurrent oral and genital ulcerations with uveitis. Although vascular lesions are not listed among the criteria for diagnosis of Behçet's disease, up to 25-35% of the patients develop complications in arterial and venous large vessels. EXEGESIS We describe the case of a 45-year-old French man with Behçet-type vasculopathy. Though only one sign of Behçet's disease, i.e., oral ulcerations, was present, the patient had to undergo emergency surgery three times. The postoperative treatment combined corticosteroids, azathioprine, and oral anticoagulants. Three years later no therapy failure was observed. CONCLUSION On the basis of 1) recurrent aortic aneurysms, 2) large arterial and venous occlusive lesions, 3) superficial phlebitis, and 4) ulcerations of the aorta in macro- and microscopic examination of resected aortic walls, we concluded that the patient's life threatening vasculopathy was of the Behçet's type, even if several of the diagnostic features of Behçet's disease were lacking. Variations in clinical features of Behçet's disease are observed that might be due to hereditary traits, particularly to the genetic expression of an incomplete phenotype that would lead to the lack of typical clinical features.
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- P Cacoub
- Service de médecine interne, hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Milea D, Cassoux N, Lehoang P, Gerber S, Marsault C, Piette JC, Amoura Z, Kieffer E, Lehoang P. Neovascular glaucoma after bypass surgery in Takayasu's disease. Eye (Lond) 1999; 13 ( Pt 6):786-9. [PMID: 10707146 DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Wechsler B, Du LT, Kieffer E. [Cardiovascular manifestations of Behçet's disease]. Ann Med Interne (Paris) 1999; 150:542-54. [PMID: 10637670] [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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Vascular involvement in Behçet's disease, recognized since 1946, is peculiar since it occurs in young subjects with no vascular risk factor. Recurrent phlebitis, sometimes associated with fever and biological signs of inflammation, commonly involve the large vessels (superior and inferior vena cava, hepatic veins) and cerebral veins. Arterial involvement was more recently identified and is expressed by thrombosis, stenosis and/or aneurysms diversely associated. Aneurysms, true "arterial aphthae", may be multifocal and can involve all arterial territories with a clear preference for the abdominal aorta and the pulmonary arteries (Hughes-Stovin syndrome). Mortality is significant due to rupture and the risk of recurrence. Cardiac involvement includes coronary artery disease which merits attention since it affects young subjects and is often expressed by myocardial infarction or angina; all three tunics can be involved; mortality is high: 20% in the months or years following diagnosis. A few cases of recurrent pericarditis have been reported. Myocardiopathy can be of inflammatory nature or secondary to coronary artery disease. Endocardiac involvement may be limited to valve disease or spread to the ventricular wall. Endomyocardial fibrosis is exceptional and usually associated with intracavitary thrombus formation. Coagulation disorders have been reported but they cannot explain the different thrombotic manifestations which are probably the consequence of an abnormal response of the vascular endothelial cells.
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- B Wechsler
- Service de Médecine Interne, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris
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Kieffer E, Vasseur MA. [Surgery of thoracic outlet syndromes]. Rev Med Interne 1999; 20 Suppl 5:506S-514S. [PMID: 10573746 DOI: 10.1016/s0248-8663(00)80120-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- E Kieffer
- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Amoura Z, Cambau E, Brocheriou I, Cacoub P, Wechsler B, Kieffer E, Piette J. L'artérite de Takayasu n'est pas liée à une infection par Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Rev Med Interne 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0248-8663(99)80184-2] [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: 10/18/2022]
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Godet G, Ben Ayed S, Bernard M, Foglietti MJ, Guillosson JJ, Kieffer E, Coriat P. Cardiac troponin I cutoff values to predict postoperative cardiac complications after circulatory arrest and profound hypothermia. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 1999; 13:272-5. [PMID: 10392676 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-0770(99)90262-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Cardiac failure and myocardial infarction are complications of thoracic aorta, thoracoabdominal aorta, or aortic arch surgery, especially when surgery is performed using profound hypothermia and circulatory arrest (PHCA). Moreover, the diagnosis of non-Q-wave postoperative myocardial infarction (PMI) is challenging because there is no gold standard. The aims of this study were to determine values for cardiac troponin I (cTnl) in patients undergoing aortic arch or thoracoabdominal aortic surgery with PHCA who were free of cardiac complications in the postoperative period, and to test the validity of cutoff values of cTnl to predict postoperative cardiac complications in such patients. DESIGN Prospective, nonrandomized study. SETTING Single university hospital; Departments of Anesthesiology, Biochemistry and Vascular Surgery. PARTICIPANTS Fifty-two consecutive patients were studied over a 2-year period. None was excluded, even patients who underwent emergency surgery. INTERVENTIONS Patients undergoing aortic arch or thoracoabdominal aortic surgery with PHCA were studied. Thirty patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in the same period constituted a control group. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The cTnl concentrations were determined using an immunoenzymofluorometric assay on a Stratus analyzer (Dade, Massy, France) on blood samples obtained at recovery and on day 1 (D1) and D2. Seventeen patients developed a cardiac complication, which was lethal in 10 patients. In patients without cardiac complication, the peak level for cTnl was observed on D1. Cutoff values of cTnl were identical in both the CABG control group (11 .6 microg/mL) and the sternotomy group (12.2 microg/mL), but were significantly greater (20.5 microg/mL) in patients with a thoracotomy approach. Sensitivity and specificity of these cutoff values were high in both groups (control group, sensitivity = 100%, specificity = 100%; sternotomy group, sensitivity = 78%, specificity = 100%; thoracotomy group, sensitivity = 100%, specificity = 94%). CONCLUSION In patients who underwent surgery using PHCA for aortic arch or descending aorta repair, myocardial damage related to cardiac arrest, vents or fibrillation explains the increased cutoff value (12.2 microg/mL). This value is similar to patients undergoing CABG surgery through a sternotomy approach with cardioplegia administration. In contrast, and probably related to the absence of cardioplegia, patients undergoing surgery through a left thoracotomy approach had a greater cutoff value (20.5 microg/mL). Values of cTnl greater than these respective cutoff values were closely related to cardiac complications during the postoperative period.
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- G Godet
- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Paris VI, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, France
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We describe here our preliminary experience with use of a range of made-to-measure stent-grafts made from commercially available components. From January 1996 to June 1998, 94 aortoiliac aneurysms (AIA) were treated with stent-grafts that were made to measure using Z autoexpandable stainless steel stents connected with polyester sutures and covered with commercially available polyester vascular prostheses. These stent-grafts were implanted through 18 to 24 (typically 20) Fr commercially available introducers via a surgical remote access. Made-to-measure tubular, bifurcated, tapered, and/or blind stents combined with extraanatomic bypass designs increased the rate of endovascular treatment (ET) of AIA in this series. This rate was further increased through the use of uncovered proximal or distal stents when dealing with short or tortuous necks near major collaterals and through use of hybrid, partly surgical designs, one with stented and the other with stentless ends, the latter allowing for a surgically made anastomosis. The results of our experience with these techniques show that use of made to-measure stent-grafts greatly increases the feasibility of the ET of AIA among unselected patients while offering enough efficiency and safety to deserve further investigation.
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- F Koskas
- Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire et Radiologie, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Veyssier-Belot C, de Gennes C, Papo T, Cacoub P, Amarenco P, Blétry O, Wechsler B, Godeau P, Kieffer E, Piette JC. [An unknown cause of prolonged fever: apropos of 6 cases of chronic aortic dissection]. Rev Med Interne 1998; 19:704-8. [PMID: 9827441 DOI: 10.1016/s0248-8663(98)80704-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 10/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Aortic arch dissection may be sometimes misdiagnosed due to the lack of mild to moderate chest pain. Definite diagnosis is often made while dissection has already occurred more than 15 days ago, being thereafter considered as chronic. Aortic dissection may then present as a prolonged febrile illness with fever and/or inflammation as main symptoms, with little or no pain. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed cases of chronic aortic dissections seen in a department of internal medicine and a department of neurology between 1975 and 1992. RESULTS We report six cases of patients presenting with aortic dissection and describe their outcome and treatments after the diagnosis was made based on either thoracic computerized tomography or trans-esophageal echocardiography evidence. Four patients had surgical aortic arch repair while one patient was treated with beta-blockers. CONCLUSION Chronic aortic dissection has rarely been reported to cause fever or increased sedimentation rate. Treatment has to be discussed between medical and surgical teams involved in the therapeutical management of these unusual patients.
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- C Veyssier-Belot
- Service de médecine interne B, centre hospitalier de Poissy-Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
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Paccalin M, Amoura Z, Brocheriou I, Hernigou A, Delangle MH, Lecso Bornet M, Godeau P, Kieffer E, Piette JC. [Infectious aneurysm due to Listeria monocytogenes: a new case and review of the literature]. Rev Med Interne 1998; 19:661-5. [PMID: 9793154 DOI: 10.1016/s0248-8663(99)80046-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [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]
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INTRODUCTION Infections due to Listeria monocytogenes usually occur in pregnant women, in the elderly and in immunocompromised patients. Arterial aneurysms due to this germ are rare. Only 16 cases have been previously described in the literature. EXEGESIS We report the case of a patient who had been hospitalized for recurrent fever over the past 3 months. Aortic mycotic aneurysm was diagnosed; blood and aneurysm cultures revealed Gram-positive bacilli consistent with the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. We also review previous reports focusing on infections due to Listeria monocytogenes. Mycotic aneurysms due to this germ are mainly observed in elderly male patients and occur on large arteries. In the present study, only one patient was immunocompromised. Furthermore, all patients who were not operated on died. CONCLUSION Arterial aneurysm due to Listeria moncytogenes is best managed via surgical resection in combination with antimicrobial therapy. Immunosuppression is not necessary for the development of arterial aneurysm due to Listeria. Bacteriological and histological examinations should be done systematically when surgical resection of an aneurysm is required.
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- M Paccalin
- Service de médecine interne, hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Marro B, Zouaoui A, Koskas F, Sahel M, Belkacem S, Bonan I, Marsault C, Kieffer E. Computerized tomographic angiography scan following carotid endarterectomy. Ann Vasc Surg 1998; 12:451-6. [PMID: 9732423 DOI: 10.1007/s100169900183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of computed tomographic angiography (CTA) for postoperative assessment of carotid endarterectomy (CE). Twenty carotid endarterectomies were performed and controlled by using (1) intraoperative angiography, (2) postoperative duplex scanning and CTA with multiprojection volume reconstruction (MPVR). Intraoperative angiographic controls were deemed satisfactory for all patients. In 12 patients, the postoperative morphological aspect was satisfactory with CTA and duplex scanning. In the eight remaining patients, CTA and/or duplex scanning revealed 12 abnormalities: 3 were equally visualized on CTA and duplex scanning, 6 only on CTA and 3 only on duplex scanning. CTA is a rapid and noninvasive technique allowing the surgeon to get informative and comparative data. It might be an interesting alternative to postoperative angiography.
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- B Marro
- Service de Neuroradiologie, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Knosalla C, Goëau-Brissonnière O, Leflon V, Bruneval P, Eugène M, Pechère JC, Koskas F, Nicolas MH, Leschi JP, Gerota J, Kieffer E. Treatment of vascular graft infection by in situ replacement with cryopreserved aortic allografts: an experimental study. J Vasc Surg 1998; 27:689-98. [PMID: 9576083 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(98)70235-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE The purposes of this study were to prove the efficacy of cryopreserved aortic allografts to treat an established vascular graft infection by in situ replacement in an animal model and to evaluate the role of the antibiotics normally used to decontaminate the allografts. METHODS Twenty-three dogs underwent infrarenal aortic replacement with a gelatin-sealed knitted polyester graft contaminated in vitro by Staphylococcus epidermidis RP-62. One week later, the 18 surviving animals underwent reoperation for graft removal and were randomized into three groups for in situ replacement: group I (control, n = 6) received a new gelatin-sealed graft; group II (n = 6) received a non-antibiotic-treated cryopreserved allograft; and group III (n = 6) received an antibiotic-treated cryopreserved allograft. Control grafts and allografts were removed 4 weeks after the initial intervention for quantitative bacteriologic analysis and histologic analysis. Bacteriologic results were expressed as colony-forming units per square centimeter of graft material. Qualitative bacteriologic analysis was also obtained from perigraft fluid and tissue. RESULTS All of the initially implanted grafts and all of the control grafts (group I) were infected at the time of removal. In group II, three out of six allografts were not totally incorporated, whereas in group III incorporation was always complete, with a significantly decreased inflammatory reaction. All of the antibiotic-treated allografts were sterile, whereas three untreated allografts grew bacteria. CONCLUSIONS In this model, cryopreserved aortic allografts were more resistant to reinfection than synthetic grafts after in situ replacement of an infected prosthetic graft. However, the antibiotic loading of the cryopreserved aortic allograft appears to be essential to obtain optimal therapeutic effects.
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- C Knosalla
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Pitié-Salpêtière University Hospital, Paris, France
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Fakhouri F, Gepner P, Piette AM, Kieffer E, Blétry O. Maladie de Takayasu et fibrose rétropéritonéale : association fortuite ou relation pathogénique ? Rev Med Interne 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0248-8663(98)90143-6] [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: 11/16/2022]
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Godet G, Fléron MH, Vicaut E, Zubicki A, Bertrand M, Riou B, Kieffer E, Coriat P. Risk factors for acute postoperative renal failure in thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic surgery: a prospective study. Anesth Analg 1997; 85:1227-32. [PMID: 9390585 DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199712000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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UNLABELLED Acute postoperative renal failure is a common complication of thoracic aorta, thoracoabdominal aorta, or aortic arch surgery. To identify variables associated with acute postoperative renal failure, we prospectively studied 475 consecutive patients undergoing thoracoabdominal aortic surgery over a 12-yr period, including those requiring emergent surgery. One hundred twenty-one (25%) patients developed acute postoperative renal failure, and 39 (8%) required hemodialysis. Using multivariate analysis, acute postoperative renal failure was significantly associated with the following variables: age >50 yr (odds ratio [OR] 2.90 [95% confidence interval 1.52-5.53]), preoperative serum creatinine >120 micromol/L (OR 2.76 [1.70-4.48]), duration of left kidney ischemia >30 min (OR 2.01 [1.27-3.17]), packed red cells administration >5 units (OR 2.04 [1.24-3.37]), and Cell-Saver administration >5 units (OR 2.31 [1.34-1.96]). Reimplantation of visceral, renal arteries and the Adamkievicz artery; duration of visceral, spinal, and right kidney ischemia; requirement for fresh frozen plasma; administration of aprotinin; extracorporeal circulation; and procedures with circulatory arrest and profound hypothermia were not predictive of postoperative renal failure. In addition, age >50 yr (OR 5.59 [1.31-23.91]), requirement for packed red blood cells >5 unit (OR 3.91 [1.58-9.67]), and preoperative serum creatinine concentration >120 micromol/L (OR 2.26 [1.13-4.53]) were independent factors for acute renal failure requiring hemodialysis. In conclusion, acute renal failure is often observed after thoracic aortic surgery. Numerous predictive factors must be considered when evaluating the etiology of this complication. IMPLICATIONS Acute postoperative renal insufficiency is a common complication of thoracic aortic surgery. This study found that age >50 yr, preoperative renal dysfunction, duration of renal ischemia, and amount of blood transfusion are significant predictors of this complication.
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- G Godet
- Department of Anesthesiology, University Paris VI, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, France
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Kieffer E, Chiche L, Bertal A, Bahnini A, Koskas F. [Inflammatory aneurysms of the thoracic aorta. Surgical aspects]. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1997; 90:1751-8. [PMID: 9587461] [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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In the Western world, inflammatory aneurysms account for only 1 to 5%, of all operated thoracic aorta aneurysms. Takayasu's disease is by far the commonest cause although all forms of aortitis may result in aneurysm formation. Usually observed in young patients, these aneurysms are suitable for often major surgery with results that are globally better than in degenerative or dissecting aneurysms. However, they pose, two specific problems: the progression of the inflammatory disease which may require pre- and/or post-operative steroid therapy and that of the risk, at least in theory, of a late pseudo-aneurysm, which justifies regular long-term follow-up after surgery.
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- E Kieffer
- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris
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Ruotolo C, Plissonnier D, Bahnini A, Koskas F, Kieffer E. In situ arterial allografts: a new treatment for aortic prosthetic infection. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 1997; 14 Suppl A:102-7. [PMID: 9467626 DOI: 10.1016/s1078-5884(97)80165-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- C Ruotolo
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Paris, France
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