Publications by authors named "B De La Tour"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how nutritional status affects surgical outcomes in patients undergoing pneumonectomy for lung cancer.
- The research evaluates patients based on their nutritional markers (albumin and transthyretin levels) and finds that malnutrition significantly predicts complications and mortality post-surgery.
- The results indicate that malnutrition, along with factors like smoking status and the extent of resection, should be considered in preoperative assessments to improve patient outcomes.
Background: Aortic stenosis is of concern in the elderly. Although aortic valve replacement provides good long-term survival with functional improvement, many elderly patients are still not referred for surgery because of their age. Percutaneous aortic valve implantation offers an alternative to open-heart surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim Of The Study: The increasing incidence of cardiovascular disease with age, coupled to a constant extension of life expectancy in industrialized countries, is leading to an ever-increasing number of elderly patients being referred for aortic valve replacement (AVR). In light of advances in surgical technology and cardiac protection, the operative mortality and risk factors have been updated in order to specify surgical indications.
Methods: Between January 2000 and December 2004, a total of 442 patients (203 males, 239 females) aged > or =80 years (mean age 82.
A 45 year old man, 10 weeks after angioplasty and endoprosthesis insertion for myocardial infarction, developed tamponade in an infectious context. RNA 16S investigation, using the universal amplification method with ribotyping, detected Porphyromonas gingivalis (a strict anaerobic bacillus associated with peridontitis) in the pericardial fluid. This appears to be the first description of such a clinical scenario, and suggests 5 aetio-pathological mechanisms: fissure syndrome, malignant tamponade, post-infarction pericardial syndrome, endoprosthesis infection and infectious tamponade.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term results of aortic valve replacement with the Carpentier-Edwards supraannular porcine bioprosthesis.
Methods: A total of 278 patients who underwent aortic valve replacement between January 1983 and December 1986 were reviewed. Mean age was 69.