M Gilard

..This trial sought to assess the influence of omeprazole on clopidogrel efficacy...

..We report the results of a prospective multicenter study of the French national transcatheter aortic-valve implantation registry, FRANCE 2...

..Temporary discontinuation decreased this bleeding risk but tended to increase the risk of stroke. A radial approach for PCI could be a good alternative to the conventional femoral route to avoid bleeding...

..The aim of our study is to prospectively assess the safety of ruling out CAD based solely on a normal MSCT-CAG result...

..We report the results of a hybrid procedure performed on the same day, combining PCI of the right coronary artery and internal mammary artery bypass grafting of the left coronary artery, for the treatment of diffuse extensive lesions...

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..To evaluate the accuracy of left ventricular volumetric and functional parameters from multi-slice computed tomography using automated analysis software, and to correlate results with those of invasive left ventriculography...

..To analyse coronary stents with multislice spiral computed tomography (MSCT) in comparison with coronary angiography...

..With the exception of arrhythmic or heavily calcified segments, multislice CT provides a noninvasive alternative to conventional coronary angiography in the follow-up of left main angioplasty with stenting...

..To pace the left ventricle, the electrode is implanted in tributaries of the coronary sinus (CS). However, the anatomy of cardiac veins with this purpose in mind has not been described in detail...

..Beneficial effects of left ventricular (LV)-based pacing on acute hemodynamic parameters were reported in several series, but only a few studies examined the long-term effects of this new pacing procedure...

..The two pacing modes (LV and BiV) were associated with almost equivalent improvement of subjective and objective parameters...

..In most cases two-dimensional echocardiography combined with doppler ultrasound can provide an accurate evaluation of the lesions from which can be deduced roughly the possibilities of percutaneous valvuloplasty limited to pure TS...

..However, it is not known whether the cause of the underlying heart disease influences the potential effect of left ventricular-based pacing...

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..Surgical coronary artery reconstruction for diffuse coronary disease is described and assessed...

..Recent improvement of this S-shaped lead model will hopefully reduce the rate of implantation failures and acute dislodgements...

..Although consultations to help stop smoking and nicotine substitution did not seem to have significant benefits in this study, the authors recommend continuing and improving the management of coronary patients who smoke...

..Benign acute pericarditis is a common disorder. Although, at first glance, its management appears well defined, the guidelines issued by professional societies with respect to optimal treatment and length of its administration remain vague...

..Preliminary studies suggest that multislice spiral computed tomography coronary angiography (MSCT-CA) can be used to rule out coronary artery disease (CAD)...

..It can also give information about left ventricular function and venous network anatomy. We here sought to validate a MSCT-based strategy in the initial evaluation of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)...

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..This is a case-report of two patients with superior vena cava syndrome related to pacemaker leads. Both patients were treated successfully using intravenous stenting...

..In this observational study, the IVUS data showed clearly under-expansion of stents in both groups in comparison with previously published CSA values (minimum stent CSA of 7.5 mm2)...

..13 +/- 0.42 mm; P = 0.0002). DS of complex lesions with stents >or= 18 mm in length was performed safely and with a high success rate. This strategy was less successful in the treatment of small vessels and in presence of calcifications...

..It is unclear whether primary aspiration can prevent distal embolisation and thereby improve myocardial perfusion in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) within 12 hours after onset...

..The objective of this study was to assess the outcome over a 1-year period of patients paced exclusively in the left ventricle...

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..We therefore used serial intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to study how such lesions, detected in the context of a first acute coronary syndrome with elevated troponin I levels, develop...

..The Balloon Equivalent to STent (BEST) study aimed to assess whether this strategy would give the same results as systematic stenting...

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