Epidemiological Study to Assess the Prevalence of Lung Cancer in patients with smoking-associated atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases: PREVALUNG study protocol.

Introduction: Eligibility criteria definition for a lung cancer screening (LCS) is an unmet need. We hypothesised that patients with a history of atheromatous cardiovascular disease (ACVD) associated with tobacco consumption are at risk of lung cancer (LC). The main objective is to assess LC prevalence among patients with ACVD and history of tobacco consumption by using low-dose chest CT scan.

Silent Brain Infarction After Endovascular Arch Procedures: Preliminary Results from the STEP Registry.

Objective: Few data exist concerning the rate of silent cerebral ischaemic events following endovascular treatment of the aortic arch. The objective of this work was to quantify these lesions using the STEP registry (NCT04489277).

Methods: This multicentre retrospective cohort study included consecutive patients treated with an aortic endoprosthesis deployed in Ishimaru zone 0-3 and brain diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) within seven days following the procedure.

Predictors of survival in patients with not-operated chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Background: Treatment options for inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) have recently evolved with the availability of balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) and pulmonary vasodilators. Our aim was to analyze the prognostic variables associated with long-term outcome in a cohort of patients with not-operated CTEPH.

Methods: From January 2006 to December 2016, 343 newly diagnosed consecutive patients with not-operated CTEPH were diagnosed and followed up in the French Reference Center for Pulmonary Hypertension.

Poor Subpleural Perfusion Predicts Failure After Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Nonoperable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.

Background: Poor subpleural perfusion (PSP) in the capillary phase of pulmonary angiography predicts worse outcomes following pulmonary endarterectomy in operable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) has emerged as a treatment for nonoperable CTEPH. The goal of the present article was to assess the association between PSP and BPA failure.

Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation of Pulmonary Metastasis and Thoracic Paravertebral Block Under Computed Tomographic Scan Guidance: A Case Report.

Pain during and after pulmonary percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) may be severe enough to require opioids. Thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) is a regional anesthetic technique that can relieve pain during and after abdominal or thoracic painful procedures. We report the use of TPVB to relieve postprocedural pain in a 50-year-old woman after RFA of lung metastasis.