Interaction between the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire and the Pocock's clinical score in predicting heart failure outcomes.

Purpose: Heart failure (HF) is a complex syndrome. Its appropriate management should combine several health measurements. We assessed the relationship between the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) and the Pocock's clinical score.

Safety and efficacy of the cobalt chromium PRO-Kinetik coronary stent system: results of the MULTIBENE study.

Background: The aim of this MULTIBENE study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the silicon carbide coated cobalt chromium PRO-Kinetik coronary stent system in patients with single de novo coronary lesions.

Methods And Materials: This prospective international multicenter study included 202 patients at 10 European sites. Analysis was performed on the per protocol population of 197 patients.

[Pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta. Rare complication following aortic valve replacement].

False aneurysm of the ascending aorta has been reported as a rare complication of cardiovascular surgery among which the etiology, the physiopathology and the natural evolution are still badly known. The diagnosis is often fortuitous. The clinical polymorphism of the affection imposes the appeal to the morphological explorations to establish an early diagnosis and determine the adequate therapeutic attitude.

Rescue extracorporeal circulation as bridge to recovery in fulminant cocaine-induced heart failure.

Cocaine is an increasing cause of admission in the emergency room. The widespread abuse of this drug during the last decade in the USA is now widely emerging in Europe. Because of its various cardio-vascular complications, cocaine is one of the most death-related drugs known at this time.

Brachial, radial, or femoral approach for elective Palmaz-Schatz stent implantation: a randomized comparison.

Unlabelled: From October 1994 to November 1995, 150 male eligible patients were randomly assigned to Palmaz-Schatz stent implantation through 6 French catheters using the femoral (puncture) (n = 56), radial (puncture) (n = 56), or brachial (cutdown) (n = 38) approach at 6 participating Belgian centers. Acenocoumarol was given for 1 month after stenting.

End Points: Primary-entry site complications (bleeding, haematoma, transfusion, occlusion, surgery) poststent implantation.