Publications by authors named "Anouk Asselin"
Aims: The epidemiology of sudden cardiac death (SCD) after heart transplantation (HTx) remains imprecisely described. We aimed to assess the incidence and determinants of SCD in a large cohort of HTx recipients, compared with the general population.
Methods And Results: Consecutive HTx recipients (n = 1246, 2 centres) transplanted between 2004 and 2016 were included.
Background: The impact of COVID-19 sanitary measures on the time trends in infectious and chronic disease consultations in Sub-Saharan Africa remains unknown.
Methods: We conducted a cohort study on all emergency medical consultations from January 2016 to July 2020, from SOS Medecins in Dakar, Senegal. The consultation records provided basic demographic information such as age, ethnicity (Senegalese or Caucasian), and sex as well as the principal diagnosis using an ICD-10 classification ("infectious", "chronic", and "other").
Background: Inconclusive non-invasive stress testing is associated with impaired outcome. This population is very heterogeneous, and its characteristics are not well depicted by conventional methods.
Aims: To identify patient subgroups by phenotypic unsupervised clustering, integrating clinical and cardiovascular magnetic resonance data to unveil pathophysiological differences between subgroups of patients with inconclusive stress tests.
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces the highest rate of hypertension worldwide. The high burden of elevated blood pressure (BP) in black people has been emphasized. Guidelines recommend two or more antihypertensive medications to achieve a BP control.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Cardiovascular health (CVH), as many other aspects of health, is socially patterned. However, little is known about the socioeconomic determinants of following a more or less favourable pattern of CVH change at midlife.
Methods: We used data on 11,049 participants in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, a prospective, population-based, bi-racial cohort that included participants aged 44-66 years in 1987-1989, who attended a second visit 6 years later.
Epidemiological characteristics and prognostic profiles of patients with newly diagnosed coronary artery disease (CAD) are heterogeneous. Therefore, providing individualized cardiovascular (CV) risk stratification and tailored prevention is crucial. Phenotypic unsupervised clustering integrating clinical, coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA), and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) data were used to unveil pathophysiological differences between subgroups of patients with newly diagnosed CAD.
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- The study evaluated the effect of pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) on the incidence of ventricular arrhythmias in tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) patients who have implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).
- Results showed that among the 165 TOF patients monitored, those who underwent PVR experienced significantly fewer appropriate ICD therapies after the surgery compared to before, indicating a reduction in arrhythmia burden.
- The findings suggest that PVR may play a crucial role in decreasing the risk of arrhythmias and highlight the importance of considering PVR in the treatment plans for high-risk TOF patients.
Objectives: To assess the value of effective regurgitant orifice (ERO) in predicting outcome after edge-to-edge transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) for secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) and identify the optimal cut-off for patients' selection.
Methods: Using the EuroSMR (European Registry of Transcatheter Repair for Secondary Mitral Regurgitation) registry, that included patients undergoing edge-to-edge TMVR for SMR between November 2008 and January 2019 in 8 experienced European centres, we assessed the optimal ERO threshold associated with mortality in SMR patients undergoing TMVR, and compared characteristics and outcomes of patients according to baseline ERO.
Results: Among 1062 patients with severe SMR and ERO quantification by proximal isovelocity surface area method in the registry, ERO was < 0.
Background: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease, and sudden cardiac death represents an important mode of death in these patients. Data evaluating the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in this patient population remain scarce.
Methods: A Nationwide French Registry including all patients with tetralogy of Fallot with an ICD was initiated in 2010 by the French Institute of Health and Medical Research.