Publications by authors named "C Cron"
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- - The study investigates how right ventricular (RV) function impacts exercise capacity in heart transplant recipients (HTRs), noting that traditional measurements can be misleading compared to healthy individuals.
- - Data from 61 HTRs were analyzed using echocardiography, cardiac imaging, and exercise tests over 1- and 2-year follow-ups, revealing generally decreased RV systolic function but stable RV ejection fraction (RVEF).
- - Although RV function decreased over time, its influence on exercise capacity was weak, suggesting that parameters like peak systolic S' wave tricuspid annular velocity (PSVtdi) and RVEF should be used to redefine what constitutes normal RV function in HTRs.
Objective: Participating in either competitive or leisure sports is restrictive after surgical mitral valve repair (MVR). In this study, we examine the impact of sports on outcomes after MVR.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Surgical antegrade transcatheter valve implantation and heavily calcified heart.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann
July 2018
It is well known that a heavily calcified mitral valve significantly increases the perioperative and postoperative risks of mitral valve surgery. A 71-year-old woman was referred to our department with severe mitral valve disease. Cardiac imaging revealed extremely severe calcification of the entire left heart.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF• Coronary artery perforation was related to angiosarcoma with prior radiation therapy. • Pericardial effusion must make a neoplastic origin suspicious, even from coronary arteries. • Angiosarcomas are rare complications of radiotherapy that must be considered in case of complex situations.
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