Prehabilitation Using a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for a Patient With a Total Artificial Heart Prior to Heart Transplantation.

Introduction: The last few decades have been marked by significant advances in mechanical cardiocirculatory support. A total artificial heart (TAH) became a viable therapeutic option for numerous patients as a bridge to heart transplantation, particularly for those in end-stage heart failure. This technology aims to address the various subsequent shortfalls of organs.

Is hybrid cardiac rehabilitation superior to traditional cardiac rehabilitation?

Background: The current COVID-19 pandemic imposes changes in the management of cardiac pathologies. Cardiac rehabilitation needs to define new protocols to welcome patients back. In connection with the observations of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology, the choice of cardiac tele-rehabilitation appeared to be unavoidable.

[Assessment of muscular toxicity due to chemotherapy by cardio-pulmonary exercise testing].

Introduction: Cardio-pulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is frequently used to assess aerobic capacity, to evaluate respiratory tolerance and to provide prognostic information. Therefore, CPET is often incorporated in the preoperative assessment of cancer patients. This clinical case report presents the preoperative assessment of a patient before thoracic surgery, in whom an important decrease of aerobic capacity was noted, possibly because of muscular toxicity linked to chemotherapy.

Infusion set characteristics such as antireflux valve and dead-space volume affect drug delivery: an experimental study designed to enhance infusion sets.

Background: The ability of an infusion set to deliver a specific amount of drug to the patient can be directly related to the presence of an antireflux valve and dead-space volume. In this study we quantified separately the impact of these 2 components on drug delivery.

Methods: Various infusion sets were assessed differing in length, in dead-space volume, and with or without an antireflux valve.

Impact of multiaccess infusion devices on in vitro drug delivery during multi-infusion therapy.

Background: Multiaccess infusion sets allow multiple simultaneous infusions but may induce interference in drug delivery resulting from large variations in the delivery rate of potent drugs. In this study, we sought to understand the influence of multiaccess infusion device properties (dead space volume and antireflux valve [ARV]) on drug delivery during multi-infusion therapy.

Methods: Infusion sets differing in length, dead space volume, and presence of an ARV were assessed.