Publications by authors named "Christophe Cron"
Article Synopsis
- - 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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe role of stent-grafts in the management of aortic trauma.
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol
February 2012
Stent graft has resulted in major advances in the treatment of trauma patients with blunt traumatic aortic injury (TAI) and has become the preferred method of treatment at many trauma centers. In this review, we provide an overview of the place of stent grafts for the management of this disease. As a whole, TEVAR repair of TAIs offers a survival advantage and reduction in major morbidity, including paraplegia, compared with open surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute aortic syndrome (AAS) describes several life threatening aortic pathologies. Acute aortic syndrome include intramural haematoma, penetrating aortic ulcer and acute aortic dissection. Advances in both imaging and endovascular treatment has led to an increase in diagnosis and improved management of these often catastrophic pathologies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The endovascular management of aortic traumatic ruptures has been proposed as an alternative to classical surgical procedures. The aim of this work was to report the midterm results of the endovascular treatment of traumatic ruptures of the isthmic aorta.
Methods: Between January 1996 and July 2005, endovascular repair of blunt traumatic aortic ruptures was performed in 33 patients (mean age, 40 +/- 17 years).
Objective: We sought to determine the midterm results of endovascular repair of atherosclerotic aneurysms of the thoracic descending aorta by using second-generation, commercially available stent grafts.
Methods: Between 1996 and 2005, 45 patients (mean age, 68 +/- 11 years) with aneurysms of the descending thoracic aorta underwent endovascular repair. Aortic dissections, penetrating ulcers, and traumatisms were excluded.