Publications by authors named "Benoit Merat"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigated the use of the TAPSE/sPAP ratio, measured by echocardiography, to predict in-hospital major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure (AHF) across multiple French hospitals.
- - A total of 333 patients were included, revealing that a TAPSE/sPAP ratio of less than 0.40 mm/mmHg was independently linked to a higher risk of in-hospital MACEs, which occurred in 15% of patients studied.
- - The findings suggest that early assessment of TAPSE/sPAP can improve risk stratification in AHF patients and may prompt closer monitoring and intervention strategies.
Prevalence of psychoactive drug use in patients hospitalized for acute cardiac events: Rationale and design of the ADDICT-ICCU trial, from the Emergency and Acute Cardiovascular Care Working Group and the National College of Cardiologists in Training of the French Society of Cardiology.
Arch Cardiovasc Dis
October 2022
Article Synopsis
- A study is being conducted to investigate the prevalence of psychoactive drug use in patients admitted to intensive cardiac care units for acute cardiovascular events across 39 centers in France.
- Researchers will systematically test patients for illicit and non-illicit psychoactive drugs using urine assays within 2 hours of admission, alongside assessing smoking and alcohol consumption.
- The study aims to explore the relationship between detected psychoactive drugs and in-hospital major adverse events, as well as track patient outcomes over a 12-month follow-up period.
Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess the 12-month clinical outcomes in patients with drug-eluting stent in-stent restenosis (DES-ISR) who were either pre-dilated with non-compliant balloons (NCBA) and with additional scoring balloons (NCBA + SBA) prior to drug coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty.
Methods: This monocentric, retrospective study included patients with DES-ISR who were routinely treated over a 2-year time span. Patients with stable angina and documented ischemia or selected forms of unstable angina due to a culprit DES-ISR lesion were analyzed.
Background: Direct stenting is the best method for achieving reperfusion in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI). We hypothesized that the use of a microcatheter (MC) during PPCI when Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow ≤ 1 after wire crossing would allow visualization of the downstream artery with an optimal TIMI 3 flow at the end of the procedure.
Methods: In this pilot study, PPCI patients with TIMI flow ≤ 1 after wire crossing formed the MC group (n = 60); the MC was positioned in the distal part of the culprit artery and a small amount of contrast was injected through it to determine stent size and length to treat the culprit lesion.