Determination of total homocysteine in plasma by automated fluorescence polarization immunoassay

Poster (1999, June)

Determination of total homocysteine in plasma by automated fluorescence polarization immunoassay

in Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine (1999), 37(suppl), 373

Evaluation of a new automated immunoassay for measuring cardiac troponin I in serum

Poster (1998, May)

Anévrysme ou pseudoanévrysme ventriculaire?

in Revue Médicale de Liège (1997), 52(7), 457-62

Left Main Coronary Dissection after Mild Chest Trauma. Favorable Evolution with Fibrinolytic and Surgical Therapies

in CHEST (1988), 93(1), 213-4

A 32-year-old woman had acute anterior myocardial infarction after a mild chest trauma (automobile accident). Unstable angina recurred shortly after admission, and extensive dissection of the left ... [more ▼]

A 32-year-old woman had acute anterior myocardial infarction after a mild chest trauma (automobile accident). Unstable angina recurred shortly after admission, and extensive dissection of the left coronary artery was demonstrated. Medical therapy including systemic fibrinolysis was started but clinical stabilization and good long-term result was achieved only by aortocoronary bypass grafting. [less ▲]

Viabilité myocardique après infarctus du myocarde traité par fibrinolyse: évaluation directe par tomographie à émission de positons combinant une étude régionale de la perfusion et de la captation glucidique

Poster (1987, September)

Complementary role of thallium-201 scintigraphy to predischarge exercise electrocardiography for patients stratification after a first myocardial infarction.

in European Heart Journal (1986), 7(8), 644-53726

The value of a predischarge exercise test combined with thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy in detecting patients with severe multivessel disease (MVD) was studied in 58 consecutive patients discharged ... [more ▼]

The value of a predischarge exercise test combined with thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy in detecting patients with severe multivessel disease (MVD) was studied in 58 consecutive patients discharged after a first acute myocardial infarction. Twelve electrocardiographic, clinical and scintigraphic variables were analysed. Angiography at one month revealed MVD (greater than 70% narrowing in vessels unrelated to infarction) in 26 patients (45%). ST segment depression of 1mm or greater, thallium defects in multiple vascular distributions (MVTL), and reversible thallium defects in a vascular distribution different from the infarct related vessel predicted patients at risk for MVD (predictive value respectively of 68%, 65% and 75%). The other variables were not significantly associated with the presence of MVD. Only ST segment depression and thallium defects in multiple vascular distributions emerged as independent predictors of MVD. Their combination yielded a 77% sensitivity and a 59% specificity for MVD. Combination of thallium imaging with the predischarge exercise ECG significantly improved the stratification provided by the exercise test alone (P less than 0.05). A positive thallium scan (MVTl defects) associated with a positive ECG (ST depression) carried a risk for MVD of 80% in the population studied. When both tests were negative, MVD was infrequent (risk 22%). Because improvement in the stratification of patients is not as clear as expected from studies performed at a later stage, it appears that exercise thallium scintigraphy at a submaximal level one or two weeks after infarction does not provide optimal information. Predischarge exercise thallium-201 scintigraphy, however, is superior to an exercise tolerance test alone in separating patients into those with high and low risk of MVD. [less ▲]