Erratum to: 3D thermal history and maturity modelling of the Levant Basin and its eastern margin, offshore–onshore Lebanon

International audienceThe original version of this article, unfortunately, containederrors.The images of Figures 8 and 9 found in the online PDF did notmatch with the HTML version. In the PDF, continued imagesof Figs. 8 and 9 were duplication of panel "b" of each figure.The correct images are presented in this article.In addition, "Upper Triassic," which is found in the caption ofFigure 8 was corrected to "Lower Triassic" and is nowreflected in this paper.Lastly, the name Samer Bou Daher, though appearing correctlyin the published version, appears as S. B. Daher in indexingsites instead of S. Bou Daher. The metadata was updated todisplay the name correctly in indexing sites.The original version of this paper was updated to reflect thechanges stated on this erratum.The online version of the original article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12517-016-2455-1

Predictors of common femoral artery access site complications in patients on oral anticoagulants and undergoing a coronary procedure

Nicolas W Shammas,1,2 Gail A Shammas,1 Susan Jones-Miller,1,2 Mileah Rose Gumpert,1 Miranda Jade Gumpert,1 Christine Harb,1 Majid Z Chammas,1 W John Shammas,1 Rommy A Khalafallah,1 Amy Barzgari,1 Bassel Bou Dargham,1 Ghassan E Daher,1 Rayan Jo Rachwan,1 Andrew N Shammas1 1Midwest Cardiovascular Research Foundation, 2Cardiology Division, Genesis Heart Institute, Davenport, IA, USA Background: It is unclear whether patients on oral anticoagulants (OAC) undergoing a procedure using common femoral artery access have higher adverse events when compared to patients who are not anticoagulated at the time of the procedure.Methods: We retrospectively reviewed data from consecutive patients who underwent a cardiac procedure at a tertiary medical center. Patients were considered (group A) fully or partially anticoagulated if they had an international normalized ratio (INR) ≥1.6 on the day of the procedure or were on warfarin or new OAC within 48 h and 24 h of the procedure, respectively. The nonanticoagulated group (group B) had an INR <1.6 or had stopped their warfarin and new OAC >48 h and >24 h preprocedure, respectively. The index primary end point of the study was defined as the composite end point of major bleeding, vascular complications, or cardiovascular-related death during index hospitalization. The 30-day primary end point was defined as the occurrence of the index primary end point and up to 30 days postprocedure.Results: A total of 779 patients were included in this study. Of these patients, 27 (3.5%) patients were in group A. The index primary end point was met in 11/779 (1.4%) patients. The 30-day primary composite end point was met in 18/779 (2.3%) patients. There was no difference in the primary end point at index between group A (1/27 [3.7%]) and group B (10/752 [1.3%]; P=0.3155) and no difference in the 30-day primary composite end point between group A (2/27 [7.4%]) and group B (16/752 [2.1%]; P=0.1313). Multivariable analysis showed that a low creatinine clearance (odds ratio [OR] =0.56; P=0.0200) and underweight patients (<60 kg; OR =3.94; P=0.0300) were independent predictors of the 30-day primary composite end point but not oral anticoagulation (P=0.1500).Conclusion: Patients on OAC did not have higher 30-day major adverse events than those who were not anticoagulated at index procedure. Keywords: access site, common femoral artery, complications, oral anticoagulan

Integrated 3D forward stratigraphic and petroleum system modeling of the Levant Basin, Eastern Mediterranean

International audienceThe Eastern Mediterranean Levant Basin is a proven hydrocarbon province with recent major gas discoveries. To date, no exploration wells targeted its northern part, in particular the Lebanese offshore. The present study assesses the tectono‐stratigraphic evolution and related petroleum systems of the northern Levant Basin via an integrated approach that combines stratigraphic forward modeling and petroleum systems/basin modeling based on the previous published work. Stratigraphic modeling results provide a best‐fit realisation of the basin‐scale sedimentary filling, from the post‐rift Upper Jurassic until the Pliocene. Simulation results suggest dominant eastern marginal and Arabian Plate sources for Cenozoic siliciclastic sediments and a significant contribution from the southern Nilotic source mostly from Lower Oligocene to Lower Miocene. Basin modeling results suggest the presence of a working thermogenic petroleum system with mature source rocks localised in the deeper offshore. The generated hydrocarbons migrated through the deep basin within Jurassic and Cretaceous permeable layers towards the Latakia Ridge in the north and the Levant margin and offshore topographic highs. Furthermore, the basin model indicates a possibly significant influence of salt deposition during Messinian salinity crisis on formation fluids. Ultimately, the proposed integrated workflow provides a powerful tool for the assessment of petroleum systems in underexplored areas