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Expert en Médecine, Optimisation des Parcours de Soins et Révision Médicale
Validation scientifique effectuée le 09/04/2025
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4 publications dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
3 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Disorders, Department of Subspecialty Care for Women's Health, Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: wallacs8@ccf.org.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and reconstructive Surgery Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, 250 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: Christina.LewickyGaupp@nm.org.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory Gyn/Ob Clinic, 1365 Clifton Road, Bldg A, 4th Floor, Attention Daphne Blow, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Electronic address: Linder.Brian@mayo.edu.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Urogynecology/Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (Urogynecology), Women's Health Institute, Cleveland, Ohio.
Department of Surgery, Stanford Pelvic Health Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Precision and Translation Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Precision and Translation Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Precision and Translation Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of General and Plastic Surgery, and Orthopedics, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of General and Plastic Surgery, and Orthopedics, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of General and Plastic Surgery, and Orthopedics, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy.
Publications dans "Prolapsus viscéral" :
The development of a novel artificial heart valve with outstanding durability and safety has remained a challenge since the first mechanical heart valve entered the market 65 years ago. Recent progres...
Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defects in humans and frequently involve heart valve dysfunction. The current treatment for unrepairable heart valves involves valve replacem...
Specialists in Obstetric Haematology continue to be challenged by pregnant women with mechanical heart valves, who are at high risk of death or severe morbidity. Effective anticoagulation to reduce va...
Prosthetic heart valve (PHV) dysfunction is a serious complication. Echocardiography remains the first-line imaging investigation to assess PHV dysfunction. However, the role of Computed Tomography (C...
This prospective cohort study was conducted on 54 patients with suspected PHV dysfunction. All patients underwent routine diagnosis work-up (transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography) and add...
This study demonstrates that an integrated approach including transthoracic, transesophageal echocardiography and computed tomography is useful in patients with suspected PHV dysfunction. While comput...
The effect of perioperative oral management on the prevention of postoperative complications remains unclear in cardiac surgery. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to examine whether a lack of ...
We retrospectively enrolled 365 patients who underwent heart valve surgery between April 2010 and March 2019. We extracted data on patient characteristics and set postoperative pneumonia and postopera...
Significant risk factors for postoperative pneumonia included dialysis, long operative time, and long-term intubation. Similarly, risk factors for postoperative bloodstream infection were long-term in...
We demonstrated that a lack of perioperative oral management could be a risk factor for postoperative bloodstream infection and long-term intubation in heart valve surgery. The results suggest that pe...
Background Whereas the risk factors for structural valve degeneration (SVD) of glutaraldehyde-treated bioprosthetic heart valves (BHVs) are well studied, those responsible for the failure of BHVs fixe...
Valvular heart diseases (VHDs) are currently treated using either mechanical or bioprosthetic heart valves. Unfortunately, mechanical valves require lifelong anticoagulation therapy, and bioprosthetic...
Background Guidelines for choice of prosthetic heart valve in people of reproductive age are not well established. Although biologic heart valves (BHVs) have risk of deterioration, mechanical heart va...
Arterial calcification is an integral component of active atherosclerosis and is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis is a systemic, life-threating disease that may o...
A blinded neuroradiologist graded intracranial calcifications (ICC) of all hemodialysis patients who underwent brain computerized tomography (CT) from 2015 to 2017 in our institution. Valvular calcifi...
This study included 119 patients (mean age 70.6 ± 12.6 years, 57.1% men, and mean dialysis vintage 25.8 ± 42.6 months). Among the cohort, 19 (16%) had no cardiac or brain calcifications and 65 (54.6%)...
We found an independent association between ICC and the risk of death among hemodialysis patients. Assessing ICC may contribute to the risk stratification of hemodialysis patients. These calcification...
Valvular heart disease (VHD) requires optimized outpatient management that is generally considered to be best delivered by a dedicated, multidisciplinary team (Heart Valve Clinic [HVC]). Although HVC ...
By interrogating the local database, 1047 consecutive patients admitted to the HVC from January 2015 to October 2020 were found. Management and mortality were checked for all patients. After 3 years o...
A total of 1047 consecutive patients admitted to the HVC constituted the study population; 346 patients (33%) were recommended for invasive treatment. After a mean follow-up of 25.7±3.1 months, 37 pat...
The present study reports a comprehensive assessment of the characteristics and outcomes achieved through an original HVC model. Standardization of access criteria supports the HVC improvement....