[Évaluation de la qualité de vie et description des facteurs associés, chez les patients en insuffisance cardiaque chronique vivant dans un pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest à faible revenu].

Objective: To assess the quality of life (QOL) and describe associated factors in patients with chronic heart failure (HF) living in a low-income population in West Africa.

Methods: This is was a cross-sectional study conducted from January 2017 to June 2018, in the department of cardiology of the University Teaching Hospital (CHU-Campus) in Lomé (Togo). Enrolled patients had stable chronic HF and have been hospitalized in the past 6 months; QOL was assessed using the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure questionnaire (MLHFQ).

Cardiac implantable electronic device dysfunctions in patients undergoing radiotherapy: A prospective cohort study.

Background: Increasing numbers of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) are undergoing radiotherapy (RT) for cancer. The aim of the study was to prospectively evaluate the incidence, characteristics, and associated factors of CIED dysfunctions related to RT.

Methods: Between April 2013 and March 2020, all patients with a CIED who underwent ≥1 RT session were enrolled.

[Takotsubo cardiomyopathy].

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or transient apical ballooning syndrome of the left ventricle, affects women after menopause often after mental or physical stress. Mimicking clinical, electrocardiographic and biological features of an acute coronary syndrome, it requires admission to the intensive care unit and an immediate coronary angiography, which will show the absence of coronary occlusion or rupture of atheromatous plaque.

Bilateral semilunar perihilar opacities in a patient with pulmonary hypertension.

Pulmonary arterial aneurysm is a rare entity with a high mortality if left untreated. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is an important cause of PAAs although other infective and auto-immune causes must be excluded when an aneurysm is identified.

Belhassen anterior fascicular ventricular tachycardia: a case in a black African.

Belhassen ventricular tachycardia can be characterized by a complete right branch block and a right axial deviation. This type, although rare, must be recognized to properly treat the patient, as verapamil treatment is effective.

Age-Related Differences in Reperfusion Therapy and Outcomes for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Objectives: To compare timely access to reperfusion therapy and outcomes according to age of older adults with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEM) managed within an integrated regional system of care.

Design: Ongoing, prospective, regional, hospital-based clinical registry.

Setting: Twenty-three public and private hospitals in the Northern Alps in France.

Management of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in non-academic hospitals in France: The Observational French SyndromEs of TakoTsubo (OFSETT) study.

Background: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a rare condition characterized by a sudden temporary weakening of the heart. TTC can mimic acute myocardial infarction and is associated with a minimal release of myocardial biomarkers in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease.

Aims: To provide an extensive description of patients admitted to hospital for TTC throughout France and to study the management and outcomes of these patients.

Detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation by prolonged electrocardiographic recording after ischaemic stroke in patients aged<60years: a study with 21-day recording using the SpiderFlash(®) monitor.

Background: Many studies have suggested that longer duration of cardiac monitoring is suitable for the detection of occult paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) after stroke; however, most studies involved patients aged≥65years - a population with a high stroke rate.

Aims: To assess the incidence of paroxysmal AF in unselected young patients presenting with stroke.

Methods: We included consecutive patients aged<60years with a stroke diagnosis on magnetic resonance imaging.

Role of primary care physicians in treating patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction located in remote areas (from the REseau Nord-Alpin des Urgences [RENAU], Network).

Background: European guidelines for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) encourage healthcare networks to increase rates of, and decrease delays to, reperfusion. We examined the impact of training primary care physicians (PCPs) to use equipment for pre-hospital management of STEMI patients in remote areas.

Methods And Results: A network for cardiac emergencies was set up in the French Northern Alps in 2002 and a registry of STEMI patients has been kept since.

Thrombotic and bleeding events after coronary stenting according to clopidogrel and aspirin platelet reactivity: VerifyNow French Registry (VERIFRENCHY).

Background: Dual antiplatelet therapy, comprising aspirin and clopidogrel, is recommended in patients undergoing coronary stenting to avoid the occurrence of stent thrombosis and others ischaemic events. Interindividual response to clopidogrel varies, however, with poor response associated with an increased risk of ischaemic events. New assays are available for testing aspirin and clopidogrel response routinely at the bedside.

Mortality associated with cardiovascular diseases in three hospitals of Lomé-city.

The aims of present study were; to determine the mortality rate related to cardiovascular diseases and the causes of those deaths in local hospitals. We conducted a cross sectional study carried out from January 2005 to June 2006, in three hospitals of Lomé. All deaths registered in the departments of cardiology and neurology from cardiovascular diseases were taken into account.