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High-frequency currents constitute an attractive form of energy for transcutaneous myocardial destruction, but their potential for creating lesions varies with the nature of contact between electrode and skin. The adequacy of a suction catheter for electrocoagulation of the AV node-His bundle junction was assessed in 7 dogs. The high-frequency current (1.2 MHz) was delivered as bursts of 6 watts lasting 30 seconds, between the distal electrode of a bipolar catheter containing a central lumen (USCI 8F) and a wide skin electrode. During firing, an 80 kPa depression was applied to the lumen. Electrophysiological testing was performed before and immediately after firing. Continuous 24-hour Holter recording was carried out before, immediately after, then between the 2nd and 20th days post-firing. Following another electrophysiological study, the animals were killed on the 15th or 21st day for anatomical study. Complete atrioventricular block was obtained in all dogs during the first (n = 4) or second (n = 3) firing and persisted in 6 dogs up to the time of anatomical study. The atrial and right ventricular electrophysiological parameters remained unmodified after firing, and no severe ventricular arrhythmia was recorded during the study. The histological lesions were 4.7 +/- 0.7 mm in mean diameter and 3.1 +/- 0.6 mm in mean depth. It is concluded that electrocoagulation of the AV node-His bundle junction performed with high-frequency currents is a safe and selective technique. Using suction catheters makes this technique well reproducible with moderate amounts of energy. The development of preformed catheters should reduce the duration of the procedure.
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1989 Jun
PMID:[Electrocoagulation of the His bundle node junction in dogs by a high-frequency current delivered by suction catheter]. 250 69

The purpose of this multicenter randomised, double-blind and cross-over study was to compare the antihypertensive effects of labetalol (L) and captopril (C) in 42 moderate hypertensive patients (mean age: 52 years). The drugs were given during two 4-weeks periods at the end of which the systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressures (DBP) were measured at rest in supine and standing positions. The assessment of the quality of life was realized with 4 scales completed by the practitioner [anxiety, depression, well-being, visual analog scale (VAS)] and 4 scales of auto-assessment completed by the patient [2 VAS, well-being, sub-scale of pleasure]. At the end of the first treatment's period (D28), both drugs had decreased significantly supine SBP and DBP (p less than 0.001), standing DBP (L = p less than 0.01; C = p less than 0.05), while only L lowered supine SBP (p less than 0.01). The cross-over analysis was unable to conclude, due to the number of patients and a significant interaction which reduced its power. Thus the effect of the first treatment's period seemed to influence the efficacy of the second one. The percentages of patients with a controlled BP were respectively: after 4 weeks of treatment, L = 61 p. 100 vs C = 42 p. 100 and at the end of study (D56), L = 67 p. 100 vs C = 64 p. 100.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1989 Jul
PMID:[Essential arterial hypertension and quality of life. Comparative crossed double-blind study of labetalol and captopril]. 251 Jun 60

One hundred and fifty patients with more than 70 p. 100 three vessel (3V) stenosis and 69 patients with more than 50 p. 100 left main (LM) coronary artery stenosis underwent an exercise test at maximum or symptom-limited level, after discontinuing all anti-ischaemic therapies. Three comparative statistical methods were used: 1. Univariate analysis. Among the mean values of the 17 variables studied, 6 differed significantly (p less than 0.05), viz.: cardiac work performed until the appearance, on the CM5 lead, of an ST depression (STd) of 1 mm (W1) (LM = 1,002 Kpm; 3V = 1,461 Kpm) and of 2 mm (W2) (LM = 2,445 Kpm; 3V = 2,904 Kpm); maximum STd/maximum heart rate ratio; rise of systolic pressure during exercise and rise of heart rate associated with a 2 mm STd less pronounced with LM; maximum exercise capacity (W3) (LM = 2,445 +/- 1,514; 3V = 2,904 +/- 2,095 Kpm). 2. Linear discriminant function analysis. No discriminant variable could be obtained (subjects well classified 53 p. 100, ill-classified 47 p. 100). 3. Multivariate analysis, Cox's model. This method demonstrated that stenosis of the LM coronary artery is characterized by the early appearance of ischaemia rather than by its severity. After 4 minutes of exercise, 62 p. 100 of LM patients and only 28 p. 100 of 3V patients had a 1 mm ST depression. It is concluded that exercise tests do not provide a certainty of LM stenosis, but they identify patients with severe ischemia who most probably have this type of stenosis. Such patients can then be selected for coronary arteriography and operated upon as soon as possible.
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1989 Sep
PMID:[Discrimination attempt between stenoses of the left trunk and tritroncular involvement using univariate and multivariate analysis of the variables of the exercise test]. 251 Jun 74

The prognostic value of exercise testing was studied in 118 patients with angiographically proven chronic coronary disease, positive ET and/or a history of myocardial infarction (MI) who were followed up for 698 years (mean 5.9 years). Medical treatment was instituted step by step and controlled by repeated ET's. ET remained positive (ST depression 1 mm) in 58 cases (group I), was alternately positive and negative in 22 cases (group II) and became normal in 38 cases (group III). The mean duration of follow-up in these three groups was 5.0, 7.6 and 6.4 years respectively. Eight patients were lost sight of. Ergometric data and outcome were similar in groups II and III, but there were differences between group I (58 patients) and groups II + III (60 patients) as regards: (a) ergometric data: total workload (22,077 +/- 9,860 vs 34,856 +/- 15,552 joules), workload causing a 1 mm ST depression (13,892 +/- 9,253 vs 31,555 +/- 15,811 joules) and maximal ST depression (2.5 +/- 0.9 vs 0.9 +/- 0.8 mm); (b) outcome: cardiac deaths (12 vs 3), myocardial revascularization (19 vs 6); but there was no significant difference as regards MI (4 vs 5), heart failure (11 vs 5) and extracardiac deaths (3 vs 4). It is concluded that the persistence of a positive ET under optimal medical treatment is a major argument in favour of myocardial revascularization.
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1989 Oct
PMID:[Prognostic value of the normalization of the exercise test under medical treatment in coronary insufficiency]. 251 71

In order to determine the value of a positive exercise test (ET) (i.e. ischaemic ST depression) without chest pain observed after a myocardial infarction (MI), 102 ET's were reviewed. ET was performed without anti-ischaemic drugs. The mean time-lag between MI and ET was 51 +/- 55 months. The MI was inferior in 26 cases, inferior and/or posterior in 74 cases and of undetermined location in 2 cases. Thirty patients had both ST depression and chest pain (group 1); 35 had electrocardiographic signs of ischaemia without pain (group 2), and 37 had neither chest pain nor signs of ischaemia (group 3). Age, sex ratio, site of infarction and time-lag between MI and ET were similar in all three groups. The post-ET follow-up period was 33 +/- 18 months (range: 6 to 66 months); 2 patients in group 3 were lost sight of. There was no significant difference between groups 1 and 2 as regards total duration of ET, workload attained, heart rate, systolic arterial pressure, pressure-rate product and amplitude of ST depression at maximum exercise level. Group 3 differed from the other 2 groups in workload attained (p less than 0.05) and in pressure-rate product (p less than 0.05 vs group 1, p less than 0.01 vs group 2). There was no significant difference between groups 1 and 2 as regards post-ET events (recurrent angina, reinfarction, coronary bypass, transluminal angioplasty).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1989 Oct
PMID:[Value of the positive exercise test without angina (after myocardial infarct)]. 251 72

Exercise tests systematically performed during coronary arteriography in patients who had undergone coronary angioplasty show a very large number of ST depressions in the absence of significant coronary lesion. This could be ascribed either to electrocardiographic traces of chronic ischaemia or to a reduced predictive value of exercise tests due to a combination of low prevalence of coronary disease and poor specificity and/or sensitivity. In order to confirm or infirm these hypotheses, the values observed in a study group of 122 patients who had undergone angioplasty for single lesion of the anterior interventricular artery were compared with the values calculated by Bayes' theorem from a 30 p. 100 theoretical restenosis rate and a sensitivity and specificity calculated from a group of control patients who did not have coronary angioplasty but showed the same coronary arteriographic characteristics as the study group. In the study group as in the control group, sensitivity (60 versus 67 p. 100) and specificity (56 versus 54 p. 100) were low. Positive predictive values were also very low (33 versus 38 p. 100), whereas negative values were acceptable (78 p. 100 in both groups). Differences between groups were not significant. The predictive value of ST depression in the diagnosis of post-angioplasty restenosis is too low to be used alone. This low predictive value can be ascribed to the low prevalence of restenosis and to the extremely low specificity observed in the presence of non significant lesions. However, the finding of a negative exercise test in asymptomatic patients enables coronary arteriography to be avoided with a low risk of error (7.7 p. 100).
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1989 Jun
PMID:[Predictive value of exercise-induced ST depression in the diagnosis of restenosis after coronary angioplasty]. 252 21

False-positive responses to exercise tests have been reported as been more frequent in athletes than in the general population and attributed to physiological hypertrophy of the athlete's heart. In this study, we have investigated the significance of major ST depression (-3.55 +/- 1.8 mm) in a group of 13 athletes aged 40 +/- 9 years who had normal coronary angiography. All subjects underwent a standard exercise test followed by a second one after administration of nitroglycerin; the post-test probability of coronary was evaluated by multivariate analysis of the results. Myocardial perfusion was studied in 9 subjects by stress thallium 201 scintigraphy, and the data obtained were compared with those of angiography. Left ventricular hypertrophy was systematically looked for by calculating the myocardial mass index at echocardiography. The subjects were also investigated for possible alteration of the diastolic function, using doppler ultrasound. The mean follow-up period was 5 +/- 2 years. The mean performance at exercise tests was 238 +/- 118 watts. The Q wave significantly increased at exercise (-0.61 +/- 0.8; p less than 0.05), whereas the R wave remained constant (-0.95 +/- 4.5 mm; N.S.). The mean probability or coronary disease was 0.49 +/- 0.41, which justified the thallium scintigraphy test. This test was abnormal in 8 out of 9 cases. The myocardial mass index was slightly increased up to 138 +/- 25 g/m2, reflecting a very moderate physiological hypertrophy, as testified by the normality of diastolic function related to age in 8/9 cases. There was no obvious correlation between ST depression amplitude and myocardial mass index.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1989 Aug
PMID:[Contribution of Doppler echocardiography and thallium in cases of major ST segment depression in athletes]. 253 Sep 58

Chronic respiratory failure defined in terms of limitation of activity rather than airflow obstruction is classified under five subgroups which take account of this consideration. Those aspects which are more specifically psychological and social such as: anxiety, withdrawal from society, the lack of emotions and depression are touched upon (and literature is reviewed on this subject). These are briefly discussed with the aim of both understanding and being aware of the difficulties to achieve the most complete approach possible towards the patient and his problems. One compares whether inhalation therapy is more efficient than psychotherapy and touches on anxiolytic therapy, hypnosis, antidepressants and neuroleptics (with a diminution in drug therapy of the order of 50 to 80% compared to the usual dosage). The relation of the therapist and his teaching role for the patient and his close family are presented as being extremely useful.
Rev Mal Respir 1989
PMID:[Chronic respiratory insufficiency. Psychosomatic considerations]. 267 25

The syndrome of obstructive sleep apnoea is associated with an increased morbidity (the consequence of diurnal hypersomnolence and cardiovascular complications). The contraction of the dilator muscles of the upper airways (nose and pharynx) allows their patency at the time of inspiration. The obstruction of the airways resulted in a disequilibrium between the forces which tend to their collapse (negative inspiratory transpharyngeal pressure gradient) and those which contribute to their opening (muscle contraction). The mechanisms which underlie the triggering of obstructive apnoea are multiple including a reduction in the calibre of the superior airways, an increase in their compliance, and a reduction in the activity of the muscle dilators. This latter is intimately linked to the respiratory muscles and these muscles respond in a similar manner to a stimulation or a depression of the respiratory centre. The ventilatory fluctuations observed during sleep (alternately hyper and hypo ventilation of periodic respiration) thus favours an instability of the superior airways and the occurrence of oropharyngeal obstruction. The depth of post-apnoeic desaturation depends on the value of the arterial oxygen saturation at the beginning of apnoea, the duration of the period of apnoea and the pulmonary volume as the period of apnoea passes off. The cardiovascular consequences of apnoea include disorders of rhythm (bradycardia, auriculoventricular block, ventricular extrasystoles) and haemodynamic (pulmonary and systemic hypertension). This results in a stimulatory metabolic and mechanical effect on the autonomic nervous system. The electroencephalographic awakening which precedes the easing of obstruction of the upper airways is responsible for the fragmentation of sleep. The factors implicated in the cessation of the apnoea include hypoxia and hypercapnia but one also invokes a role for the negative pressure generated during the course of the apnoea.
Rev Mal Respir 1989
PMID:[Physiopathology of obstructive sleep apneas]. 269 Feb 8

The ergometric effects of different vasodilator drugs in 5 series of 10 patients with stable angina and persistent effort ischaemia despite beta-offckade, were compared two by two in a random, single blind cross-over study under basal conditions on betablocker therapy and at the peak of their action, the second measurement being performed after a 2 to 7 day interval. The principal criteria of assessment were the work required to induce 1 mm ST depression (WST1), and the maximum ST depression (ST max) at comparable work loads. Molsidomine (2 mg), Risordan 20 mg) and Nifedipine (10 mg) significantly improved both parameters (p less than 0.001). Lenitral (7.5 mg), Langoran (40 mg), Trinitrin skin patch (10 mg) did not produce a significant improvement. Corditrine improved WST1 (p less than 0.05) and slow release Trinitrin (2.5 and 5 mg) improved WST1 at 3 hours (p less than 0.05) and ST max at 15 minutes (p less than 0.001) and 3 hours (p less than 0.05). The fall in resting blood pressure was parallel to the ergometric changes. These results suggest that Molsidomine, Nifedipine, Risordan and slow release Trinitrin (2.5 mg) are the most effective vasodilators when used in association with betablockers.
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1986 Feb
PMID:[Randomized ergometric study of vasodilators combined with betablockaders]. 287 18


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