Echocardiography predictors and prognostic value of pulmonary artery systolic pressure in chronic organic mitral regurgitation.

Objective: To evaluate the predictors of pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) in organic mitral regurgitation (MR) and its prognostic value after surgery.

Design: Prospective observational study, conducted from 1998 to 2006.

Setting: Echocardiography and cardiac surgery departments, University Hospital.

Frequency of abdominal aortic aneurysm in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.

The aims of this study were to clarify the prevalence and the risk factors for unsuspected abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting for severe coronary artery disease and to identify the most at risk patients for AAA. Among 217 patients (189 men, mean age 64 +/- 11 years), asymptomatic AAAs, as prospectively identified by echocardiography, were found in 15 patients (6.9%).

Longitudinal right ventricular function as a predictor of functional capacity in patients with mitral stenosis: an exercise echocardiographic study.

Background: The influence of right ventricular (RV) function on exercise capacity has been poorly explored in mitral stenosis (MS). The objective of this study was to assess the determinants of functional status with exercise echocardiography in MS.

Methods: Thirty-nine patients (55 +/- 12 years, 29 female) with MS (1.

[Ankle brachial index measurement at the first visit for hypertension: a safe and very useful tool for aortic coarctation screening. A case report].

A 24-year-old African who had been living in France for few years first consulted at our institution for severe systemic hypertension. He had no prior medical or surgical history. The patient was strictly asymptomatic.