Publications by authors named "Alain Levy"

Objective(s): To quantify implant migration to the pulmonary artery in France since 2012 and to describe the diagnoses and treatments.

Study Design: We surveyed 780 physicians of the French national implant-referral network, the French Society of Chest and Cardiovascular Surgery, and the French Radiology Society about diagnosis of implant migration to the pulmonary artery vasculature. We evaluated total implant insertions in France using data from the Medic'AM database.

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Background: Despite clear international guidelines, the achievement of blood pressure (BP) control is still disappointing.

Objective: To determine whether physicians' perception of hypertension, in general, is related to their patients' BP measures.

Methods And Results: DUO-HTA is a French cross-sectional survey, which included a representative sample of 346 general practitioners, 209 cardiologists and 2014 hypertensive patients.

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