Publications by authors named "E Saloux"
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- The study aims to assess the safety and efficacy of using expanded CD34+ cells for treating patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and reduced left ventricular function, crucial for improving patient outcomes.
- Patients with severe AMI (left ventricular ejection fraction <50%) are randomly assigned to receive either CD34+ cell treatment alongside standard care or standard care only, with a focus on monitoring major adverse cardiac events over six months.
- This trial is groundbreaking as it explores the automated expansion and administration of autologous CD34+ cells, addressing current technological limitations in cell therapy for heart recovery post-AMI.
Aims: Participation in outdoor cold-water swimming (OCWS) events combines endurance exercise and cold exposure. Concerns have emerged about the potential risk of acute adverse cardiac events during OCWS, particularly during endurance events. We analysed the effect of prolonged OCWS on cardiac function in trained athletes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Recent studies on American-style football (ASF) athletes raised questions about the impact of training on the cardiovascular phenotype, particularly among linemen players who engage mostly in static exercise during competition and who exhibit concentric cardiac remodeling, often considered maladaptive. We aimed to examine the cardiovascular adaptation to the inter-season mixed-team training program among ASF players.
Methods: A prospective, longitudinal, cohort study was conducted among competitive male ASF players from the University of Montreal before and after an inter-season training, which lasted 7 months.
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- Pre-participation screening for athletes with congenital heart conditions like valvulopathy can be complex, especially in ultra-endurance sports.
- A 55-year-old female athlete developed signs of heart failure during a long ultra-trail race, despite having no prior heart issues.
- An echocardiogram revealed a parachute mitral valve that, while normal at rest, showed severe narrowing during exercise, highlighting the need for thorough cardiac evaluations for athletes with rare valve issues.
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- The study evaluated the performance of cardiac shear wave imaging using a new MACH 30 ultrasound machine and compared it to a validated Aixplorer system, focusing on accuracy and measurement consistency.
- The results showed that both systems had similar accuracy for linear probes, with measurements influenced by the stiffness of the target and position in the field of view, but without significant time drift.
- The MACH 30 system performed best at depths of 4 to 10 cm, providing reliable stiffness measurements, suggesting potential applications for future in vivo studies.