Publications by authors named "Aime Amonchot"
Aims: The aim of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility and safety of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) management in young patients by limiting implantation of durable intracoronary devices (using a bioresorbable stent or medical treatment alone).
Methods And Results: Patients <50 years old admitted for STEMI with single-vessel disease received a two-stage management strategy. During a second coronary angiography performed between day 2 and day 7, optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) guided the decision on therapeutic management, i.
Article Synopsis
- SCAD, or spontaneous coronary artery dissection, is when the artery in the heart gets injured on its own and can cause serious heart problems, especially in young women.
- In a study from 1999 to 2014, researchers found that about 36 of 56 cases of ACS in women under 60 years were due to SCAD, mainly in those with few heart disease risk factors.
- They identified specific signs during tests that help doctors figure out if SCAD is happening, and also used a special imaging method to confirm the diagnosis when things were unclear.
Pulmonary arterial systolic pressure and susceptibility to high altitude pulmonary edema.
Respir Physiol Neurobiol
December 2011
Article Synopsis
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension is linked to high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), and the study aimed to see if pulmonary arterial systolic pressure changes during hypoxia and mild exercise could predict HAPE susceptibility.
- Researchers measured systolic pressure using Doppler echocardiography in two groups: HAPE susceptible (HAPE-S) and HAPE resistant (HAPE-R) mountaineers during a specific hypoxic exercise test.
- The findings showed distinct differences in systolic pressure changes between the two groups, with a notable cut-off value for predicting HAPE, and only the HAPE-S group experienced significant increases in certain biomarkers following the hypoxic exercise challenge.
The prevalence of coronary artery abnormalities, in particular the single vessel form, is low among the general population. We report a case of a transluminal angioplasty of the left anterior descending artery arising from the right coronary artery during the acute phase of myocardial infarction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: This study validates a new quantitative myocardial perfusion SPECT software.
Methods: The processing starts with the extraction of the morphologic skeleton of the left ventricular myocardium from reconstructed transverse sections. Fuzzy logic is used to decide whether a pixel belongs to the myocardium and any perfusion defect is filled according to a truncated bullet model.