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Virtual calcium removal in calcified coronary arteries with photon-counting detector CT-first experience.
Front Cardiovasc Med
February 2024
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of quantification of calcified coronary stenoses using virtual non-calcium (VNCa) images in coronary CT angiography (CCTA) with photon-counting detector (PCD) CT compared with quantitative coronary angiography (QCA).
Materials And Methods: This retrospective, institutional-review board approved study included consecutive patients with calcified coronary artery plaques undergoing CCTA with PCD-CT and invasive coronary angiography between July and December 2022. Virtual monoenergetic images (VMI) and VNCa images were reconstructed.
Echocardiographic characteristics of non-resectional ring-only valve repair in mitral valve prolapse.
Echocardiography
April 2022
Monaco Cardiothoracic Center, Monaco, Monaco.
Background: Simple mitral valve repair (MVR) using a ring-only approach (ROA) was recently proposed for some complex forms of bileaflet myxomatous mitral valve prolapse (MVP). Nevertheless, few data are available concerning the characteristics of MVP patients that may benefit from this simple repair technique.
Methods: Based on 39 consecutive patients (28 men; mean age 57 ± 15) with severe primary Mitral regurgitation (MR) caused by bileaflet MVP referred for MVR, we sought to identify the preoperative echocardiographic parameters associated with successful ROA repair.
TAVR Patients Requiring Anticoagulation: Direct Oral Anticoagulant or Vitamin K Antagonist?
JACC Cardiovasc Interv
August 2021
Department of Cardiology, Brest University Hospital, Brest, France. Electronic address:
Article Synopsis
- A study analyzed data from French TAVR registries to compare long-term outcomes in patients using direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) versus vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
- The research found that patients on DOACs experienced lower mortality and major bleeding rates after three years compared to those on VKAs, although rates of ischemic events were similar between the two groups.
- The findings suggest that DOACs may be the preferred choice for oral anticoagulation therapy in TAVR patients, promoting better long-term safety and efficacy.
Right-Sided Heart Structural and Functional Remodeling in Mitral Regurgitation Secondary to Mitral Valve Prolapse.
Am J Cardiol
December 2018
Monaco Cardiothoracic Center, Monte Carlo, Monaco. Electronic address:
Preoperative evaluation of the mitral valve but also of tricuspid valve and right ventricular (RV) function is mandatory in primary mitral regurgitation (MR) secondary to mitral valve prolapse (MVP). Tricuspid annulus (TA) diameter plays a pivotal role in the surgical decision to perform preventive combined tricuspid valve annuloplasty. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the gold standard for the assessment of RV size and function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAneurysmectomy with left ventricular (LV) patch plasty reconstruction for anterior post-infarction LV aneurysm is usually followed by favourable haemodynamic results. The aim of this work was to describe the changes in LV shape induced by the intervention and to correlate them to the pre-operative data and to the surgical results. Twenty-two patients submitted to aneurysmectomy with this technique underwent a haemodynamic study before and 10-15 days after the intervention.
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