Presse MedicalePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-10-26DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104191
Karl Bounader , Erwan Flécher
{"title":"End-stage heart failure: The future of heart transplant and artificial heart","authors":"Karl Bounader , Erwan Flécher","doi":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104191","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104191","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the last decades, outcomes significantly improved for both heart transplantation<span><span><span> and LVAD. Heart transplantation remains the gold standard for the treatment of end stage heart failure and will remain for many years to come. The most relevant limitations are the lack of grafts and the effects of long-term </span>immunosuppressive therapy that involve infectious, cancerous and metabolic complications despite advances in immunosuppression management. Mechanical </span>circulatory support has an irreplaceable role in the treatment of end-staged heart failure, as bridge to transplant or as definitive implantation in non-transplant candidates. Although clinical results do not overcome those of HTx, improvement in the new generation of devices may help to reach the equipoise between the two therapies.</span></p><p>This review will go through the evolution, current status and perspectives of both therapeutics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20530,"journal":{"name":"Presse Medicale","volume":"53 1","pages":"Article 104191"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66784227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"XBB and BQ.1, the two Omicron cousins dominating globally: Is it the time we should think again?","authors":"Rubai Ahmed, Sovan Samanta, Jhimli Banerjee, Sandeep Kumar Dash","doi":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104220","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104220","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20530,"journal":{"name":"Presse Medicale","volume":"53 1","pages":"Article 104220"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138804449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Presse MedicalePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-10-22DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104185
Damien Logeart
{"title":"Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: New challenges and new hopes","authors":"Damien Logeart","doi":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104185","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Heart failure (HF) is a major public health<span><span> problem affecting millions of adults worldwide. HF with preserved ejection fraction<span>, i.e. > 50 %, (HFpEF) accounts for more than half of all HF cases, and its incidence and prevalence are increasing with the aging of the population and the growing prevalence of metabolic disorders<span> such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension. Diagnosis of HFpEF<span> requires a combination of numerous echocardiographic parameters and also results of natriuretic peptide assays, to which may be added the need for a stress test. HFpEF is characterized by complex, interrelated pathophysiological mechanisms, which must be understood. This complexity probably accounts for the lack of evidence-based medicine compared with HF with reduced EF. Nevertheless, significant progress has been made recently, with a high level of evidence obtained for the </span></span></span></span>SGLT2 inhibitor<span> class on the one hand, and promising data with new drugs targeting more specifically certain mechanisms such as obesity and inflammation on the other.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":20530,"journal":{"name":"Presse Medicale","volume":"53 1","pages":"Article 104185"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50158629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Presse MedicalePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-12-08DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104219
Jean-Noël Trochu
{"title":"Chronic heart failure with reduced EF: A decade of major pharmacological innovations","authors":"Jean-Noël Trochu","doi":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104219","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104219","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and objectives</h3><p>Because of its severity, prevalence, and medical economic<span> importance, heart failure is a chronic disease that is the subject of intense medical research<span>. The aim of this article was to review the therapeutic innovations of the last decade that have been incorporated into the latest international recommendations for the treatment of heart failure.</span></span></p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>Review of literature and current guidelines.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The results of the clinical trials<span> reviewed here represent major advances that will have a significant impact on quality of life<span>, survival, rehospitalisation and, for certain treatments, a beneficial joint effect on commonly associated comorbidities such as diabetes and chronic renal failure.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":20530,"journal":{"name":"Presse Medicale","volume":"53 1","pages":"Article 104219"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138804444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Presse MedicalePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-10-26DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104192
Cecilia Linde
{"title":"Electrical therapies in heart failure: Evolving technologies and indications","authors":"Cecilia Linde","doi":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104192","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104192","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Device therapy for heart failure has rapidly evolved over 2 decades. The knowledge of indications, assessment lead and device technology has expanded to include CRT, leadless pacing and conduction system pacing such as His bundle and left bundle branch area pacing. But there is still a lack of evidence for these new technologies as well as for common indications such as atrial fibrillation and upgrading from a previous device. The role of personalized medicine will become increasingly important when selecting candidates for CRT, primary preventive ICD ablation procedures and emerging new devices such as cardiac contractility modulation (CCM). Rapidity of therapy is associated with outcome which will be a challenge. If properly implemented devices and drugs will have a large positive affect of HF outcomes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20530,"journal":{"name":"Presse Medicale","volume":"53 1","pages":"Article 104192"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0755498223000295/pdfft?md5=308445461c6b675bf60093ce261c8143&pid=1-s2.0-S0755498223000295-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66784226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Presse MedicalePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-02-08DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2024.104224
Claude Daubert
{"title":"Heart failure: A major public health problem","authors":"Claude Daubert","doi":"10.1016/j.lpm.2024.104224","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lpm.2024.104224","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20530,"journal":{"name":"Presse Medicale","volume":"53 1","pages":"Article 104224"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139716368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Presse MedicalePub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2023-12-30DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104221
Gabsi Amira , Dlala Akram , Missaoui Fadoua , Neili Bilel , Boutaba Alya , Ben salem Khalil , Smiti Khanfir Monia , Said Fatma , Houman Mohamed Habib , Bardin Nathalie , Triki Marrakchi Raja
{"title":"Imbalance of TH17/TREG cells in Tunisian patients with systemic sclerosis","authors":"Gabsi Amira , Dlala Akram , Missaoui Fadoua , Neili Bilel , Boutaba Alya , Ben salem Khalil , Smiti Khanfir Monia , Said Fatma , Houman Mohamed Habib , Bardin Nathalie , Triki Marrakchi Raja","doi":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104221","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104221","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fibrosis is a pathological manifestation in which connective tissue replaces normal one. It can affect many tissues from the skin to internal organs such as the lungs. Manifestations of pulmonary involvement can be pulmonary arterial hypertension or pulmonary fibrosis. The latter one is currently the leading cause of death in various autoimmune diseases, including systemic sclerosis.</p><p>Our study group consists of 50 patients with systemic sclerosis: 24 with limited cutaneous form and 26 with diffuse cutaneous form. This cohort was compared to 50 healthy controls (age and sex matched); our aim is to explore the distribution of TH17 cells (TH17) as well as regulatory T cells (TREG) and study their correlation with the disease's progress. Our results show an increase for IL17A in patients compared to controls and that this increase is correlated with a specific clinical involvement: Pulmonary fibrosis. This correlation suggests a crucial role of IL17A in fibrosis especially in systemic sclerosis. In addition, we have shown that the percentages of TH17 cells are higher in patients; however, the percentages of TREG cells are similar between patients and controls. A study of TREG cell activity showed that TREG lost suppressive activity by inactivating the FOXP3 transcription factor. This proves that despite their presence, TREG does not adequately carry out their regulatory activity. Finally, we analyzed the correlation between TH17/TREG and clinical damage; the results show a positive correlation with pulmonary involvement proving the role of TH17/TREG balance in induced fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. No significative difference was observed, for all the parameters, between the two different forms of the disease.</p><p>In conclusion, the results associated with the TH17/TREG scale and their correlations with fibrosis in systemic sclerosis open a way for new tools to manage this autoimmune disease, which up to today has neither treatment nor accurate diagnosis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20530,"journal":{"name":"Presse Medicale","volume":"53 1","pages":"Article 104221"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139074933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Presse MedicalePub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-07DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104201
Giulia Reggiani, Maria Paola Boaro, Raffaella Colombatti
{"title":"Prevention of neurovascular complications in children with Sickle Cell Disease in the real-world setting: What adult medicine physicians should know","authors":"Giulia Reggiani, Maria Paola Boaro, Raffaella Colombatti","doi":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104201","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104201","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Neurovascular complications represent one of the most detrimental manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), affecting many patients since infancy. They include overt stroke, silent </span>cerebral infarcts<span><span><span> and neurocognitive disorders<span>. In fact, neurodevelopment can be impaired in children resulting in </span></span>cognitive dysfunction in adults with SCD. This review is meant to resume the most recent guidelines about the prevention of SCD neurovascular complications and to highlight the open challenges in their implementation. </span>Transcranial Doppler<span>, Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Angiography and neurocognitive test are useful screening tools. Chronic transfusion regimen, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and neurocognitive rehabilitation find indications in the context of primary and secondary prevention of neurovascular complications of SCD. However, international guidelines are often difficult to bring into the real world due to the lack of appropriate instruments and trained personnel. Many challenges have still to be faced to guarantee the best possible neurocognitive function to each child affected by SCD.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":20530,"journal":{"name":"Presse Medicale","volume":"52 4","pages":"Article 104201"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71522466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Presse MedicalePub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-11-07DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104202
Philippe Connes , Céline Renoux , Philippe Joly , Elie Nader
{"title":"Vascular pathophysiology of sickle cell disease","authors":"Philippe Connes , Céline Renoux , Philippe Joly , Elie Nader","doi":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104202","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.lpm.2023.104202","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an hereditary disorder characterized by the production of an </span>abnormal hemoglobin<span> called hemoglobin S (HbS). HbS may polymerize in deoxygenated conditions, which leads to red blood cell (RBC) sickling. Sickled RBCs are more rigid and fragile, and prone to lysis. SCD patients exhibit various acute and/or chronic complications, which may affect several organs. The clinical presentation of SCD is highly variable from one patient to another and cannot be only explained by RBC sickling. Increased blood viscosity, caused by the presence of RBCs with abnormal deformability and aggregation, may increase </span></span>vascular resistance<span><span><span> and increase the risk of acute and chronic vascular complications. Chronic hemolysis results in decreased nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability which may compromise </span>vasodilation<span> and participate to the development of chronic vasculopathy. Furthermore, chronic hemolysis is responsible for increased inflammation and oxidative stress<span>, which affect the vascular system<span> and may promote the adhesion of circulating cells to endothelial cells. Extracellular vesicles and especially RBC </span></span></span></span>microparticles<span><span><span> (massively released in the context of SCD) are also at the origin of vascular damages and increased white blood </span>cells adhesion to the endothelium, which may trigger vaso-occlusive crisis and other vascular-related complications. This review highlights the fact that SCD should not only be considered as a </span>hematological disorder but also as a vascular disease.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":20530,"journal":{"name":"Presse Medicale","volume":"52 4","pages":"Article 104202"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72015196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}