Publications by authors named "Frederic Turcotte Gosselin"
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- This study analyzed 83 patients who underwent primary PCI for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) to determine the occurrence and risk factors for neoatherosclerosis one year later.
- It found that diabetes was more common among patients with neoatherosclerosis, and those patients had higher levels of various cholesterol measures (total cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and lipoprotein(a)).
- The research concluded that poorly managed non-HDL cholesterol and elevated lipoprotein(a) levels are significant risk factors for developing neoatherosclerosis a year after experiencing ACS.
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a cause of myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries. We describe a case of SCAD in a 39-year-old postpartum woman who presented with acute anterior myocardial infarction, no coronary occlusion but a suspicious coronary angiography. A coronary computed tomography angiogram demonstrated a left anterior descending intramural hematoma confirming the diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSystemic sclerosis patients with primary cardiac involvement can be reliably diagnosed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and are associated with a poor prognosis. This case report highlights the importance of considering heart transplantation in those patients as a lifesaving procedure.
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