Publications by authors named "Francois Vinchon"
Article Synopsis
- A study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions for myocardial infarction (MI) in two French provinces, revealing a significant decline in MI cases during the lockdown period.
- In "Hauts-de-France," there was a 23% decrease in MI incidences, while "Pays-de-la-Loire" saw a 19% decline, both correlating to the number of COVID-19-related deaths in each region.
- The findings indicate that the pandemic's response may have negatively affected cardiovascular health, emphasizing the need for careful communication strategies in crisis situations.
Reports have suggested that the leukotriene receptor antagonists may cause Churg-Strauss syndrome following the tapering of oral corticosteroids or even in patients not treated with corticosteroids. We report a patient not treated with long-term corticosteroids and who developed Churg-Strauss syndrome with myocarditis and central nervous system involvement following the initiation of omalizumab. Given the possible role of omalizumab in the development of this vasculitis in our patient, we recommend careful monitoring of the appearance of Churg-Strauss symptoms and rising eosinophil count in patients treated with omalizumab.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production increases after injury and potentially contributes to restenosis after angioplasty. We therefore evaluated the effect of adenovirus-mediated gene transfer (Ad) of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) on ROS production and restenosis after balloon angioplasty.
Methods: O(2)(-) and H(2)O(2 )production was quantified in cultured cells after incubation with either LPS or CuSO(4).