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    171 Definitive pacemaker requirement after percutaneous Edwards Sapien aortic valve implantation: a rare complication

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    In 2009, more than 6000 patients have been treated with percutaneous aortic valve implantation using one of the two commercialized models of bioprothesis. The occurrence of complete atrioventricular block (AV-Block) requiring a pacemaker was described after implantation, particularly with the Corevalve (up to 25%).Purpose of the StudyTo evaluate the occurrence of conduction abnormalities and requirements for permanent pacing after Edwards Sapien aortic valve implantation.MethodsWe analyzed the standard 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) of 55 consecutive Pts in whom an Edwards Sapien aortic valve was successfully implanted between June 2006 and December 2008 using either trans-femoral or trans-apical approach. We examined the ECGs before treatment, at day 1, and at one-month and analyzed the presence of a second or third-degree AV-block.ResultsMean age was 82 +/- 8.4 years and 46% were female. Logistic Euroscore was 27.8 + 14.9%. We noted a slight increase in HR at day-1 (78.8 + 16 vs 74.9 + 13 b / min, p=0.005) with decrease in QT interval (395±47.7 vs 416.8±40.2 ms, p=0.02). These values returned to baseline values at 1 month. There was no change in PR interval (198.8±42.4 vs 199.7±45.7 ms at day 1, p=0.98 and 199.3±39.8 ms at day 30, p=0.56) and QRS duration (113.3±26.2 vs 116.8±28 ms at day 1, p=0.14 and 113.2±25.4 ms at day 30, p=0.63) neither in the occurrence of hemiblocks. A new left bundle branch developed in 5 Pts (9%) at day one but was not present anymore at day-30. A permanent pacemaker was implanted in 2 cases (4.1%) for 3-degree AV-block: at day 3 one for persistent AV-Block developed immediately after aortic valve predilatation and at day 10 in the second case due to the delayed occurrence of 3-degree AV-Block.ConclusionsIn our experience, conductive disorders and the requirement of a definitive pacemaker after implantation of an Edwards-Sapien bioprothesis are unfrequent (4.1%)

    "Prise en charge de l'infarctus du myocarde en phase aigue au CHU de Rouen en 2009-2010 (Ă©tude prospective sur 131 patients")

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    Le but de notre Ă©tude, rouennaise, prospective, monocentrique, a Ă©tĂ© d'Ă©valuer, parmi 131 patients hospitalisĂ©s en unitĂ© de soins intensifs de cardiologie Ă  la phase aiguĂ« d'un infarctus du myocarde, la stratĂ©gie de revascularisation coronarienne durant les phases prĂ©hospitaliĂšres et hospitaliĂšres, ainsi que les complications engendrĂ©es par cet Ă©vĂ©nement coronarien. La population Ă©tudiĂ©e, comprenant une prĂ©dominance masculine (71,2 %), est comparable, sur les critĂšres dĂ©mographiques et cliniques, aux grands registres nationaux et internationaux (FAST-MI 2005 132 et le registre GRACE 133) Le mode d'admission principal se fait par le SAMU prenant en charge 51,1% des patients prĂ©sentant un syndrome coronarien aigu avec Ă©lĂ©vation du segment ST. Les hommes appellent le SAMU, significativement, plus vite que les femmes, avec un dĂ©lai d'appel moyen depuis le dĂ©but de la douleur Ă  105.9 (+/- 91,9) minutes contre 122.5 (+ /- 74,4) minutes pour les femmes. (p = 0.045). Une stratĂ©gie de dĂ©sobstruction coronarienne en urgence est envisagĂ©e chez 94,1 % des patients ; cette stratĂ©gie est 30 % supĂ©rieure aux rĂ©sultats des grands registres prĂ©cĂ©dents avec des taux de revascularisation de 64 % dans le registre FAST-MI 132 et 62 % dans le registre GRACE 133 L'angioplastie primaire est la stratĂ©gie de revascularisation privilĂ©giĂ©e dans notre registre avec 77,1 % des cas, ce chiffre est Ă©galement en nette augmentation car jusqu'en 2005, dans le registre FAST-MI 132 l'angioplastie primaire reprĂ©sentait 34,8 % des prises en charge. Une stratĂ©gie fibrinolytique est entreprise dans 19,1 % des cas avec un taux d'Ă©chec Ă©levĂ© de 44%. Cependant, le choix de la stratĂ©gie de reperfusion optimale fait encore dĂ©bat dans la littĂ©rature, et l'analyse des dĂ©lais de prise en charge entre les diffĂ©rentes structures logistiques est au coeur des derniĂšres recommandations europĂ©ennes de 2008. Le dĂ©lai entre le premier contact mĂ©dical et l'arrivĂ©e en salle de cathĂ©tĂ©risme cardiaque est de 82,3 +/- 46,2 minutes en moyenne, avec un dĂ©lai variant entre 77,7 +/- 38,6 minutes pour une prise en charge par SAMU et 94,7 +/- 62,4 minutes pour les patients admis au SAU (p= ns). Ces rĂ©sultats sont en accord avec les derniĂšres recommandations europĂ©ennes de 2008. Le temps d'acheminement des patients de plus de 75 ans vers un centre d'angioplastie est significativement le plus long , avec un dĂ©lai de PCM-revascularisation de 104,5 +/ 75,2 minutes versus 77,6 +/- 37,2 minutes (p= 0,001). En complĂ©ment de ces stratĂ©gies de dĂ©sobstruction, un large choix de thĂ©rapie mĂ©dicamenteuse s'offre Ă  nous avec l'arrivĂ©e de nouveaux anti-agrĂ©gants plaquettaires, encore sous utilisĂ©s dans notre registre, tels que le prasugrel ( 6,5 % des patients ), mais aussi de nouveaux anticoagulants tels que la bivalirudine. Le taux de dĂ©cĂšs Ă  la phase aigue est de 1,5 %, avec une tendance significativement plus Ă©levĂ©e chez les plus de 75 ans de 6,6 %( p= 0,06 ). Ce taux passe Ă  un mois Ă  4,5 % avec une mĂȘme tendance significative chez les plus de 75 ans. Le taux d'Ă©vĂ©nements cardio-vasculaires majeurs Ă  la phase aigue est de 4,6 % et de 7,5 % Ă  1 mois. Ainsi, l'objectif reste, dans ce registre ou ailleurs, la dĂ©sobstruction coronaire la plus rapide et la plus efficace possible. La stratĂ©gie de revascularisation passe par une rĂ©flexion en termes de dĂ©lais ainsi qu'une analyse des patients au cas par cas, afin de limiter les complications Ă  court et long terme de cette pathologie.ROUEN-BU MĂ©decine-Pharmacie (765402102) / SudocSudocFranceF

    The role of RNA interference in the developmental separation of blood and lymphatic vasculature

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    Background: Dicer is an RNase III enzyme that cleaves double stranded RNA and generates functional interfering RNAs that act as important regulators of gene and protein expression. Dicer plays an essential role during mouse development because the deletion of the dicer gene leads to embryonic death. In addition, dicer-dependent interfering RNAs regulate postnatal angiogenesis. However, the role of dicer is not yet fully elucidated during vascular development. Methods: In order to explore the functional roles of the RNA interference in vascular biology, we developed a new constitutive Cre/loxP-mediated inactivation of dicer in tie2 expressing cells. Results: We show that cell-specific inactivation of dicer in Tie2 expressing cells does not perturb early blood vessel development and patterning. Tie2-Cre; dicerfl/fl mutant embryos do not show any blood vascular defects until embryonic day (E)12.5, a time at which hemorrhages and edema appear. Then, midgestational lethality occurs at E14.5 in mutant embryos. The developing lymphatic vessels of dicer-mutant embryos are filled with circulating red blood cells, revealing an impaired separation of blood and lymphatic vasculature. Conclusion: Thus, these results show that RNA interference perturbs neither vasculogenesis and developmental angiogenesis, nor lymphatic specification from venous endothelial cells but actually provides evidence for an epigenetic control of separation of blood and lymphatic vasculature

    Innovative molecular-based fluorescent nanoparticles for multicolor single particle tracking in cells

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    Based on an original molecular-based design we present bright and photostable fluorescent organic nanoparticles (FONs) with an excellent colloidal stability in various aqueous environments. Near-infrared emitting and green emitting FONs were prepared using a simple and robust protocol. Both types of FONs could be simultaneously imaged at the single-particle level in solution as well as in biological environments using a monochromatic excitation and a dual-color fluorescence microscope. No evidence of acute cytotoxicity was found upon incubation of live cells with mixed solutions of FONs, and both types of nanoparticles were found internalized in the cells where their movements could be simultaneously tracked at video-rate up to minutes. These fluorescent FONs open a novel non-toxic alternative to existing nanoparticles for imaging biological structures, compatible with live-cell experiments and specially fitted for multicolor single particle tracking

    Innovative molecular-based fluorescent nanoparticles for multicolor single particle tracking in cells

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    International audienceBased on an original molecular-based design we present bright and photostable fluorescent organic nanoparticles (FONs) with an excellent colloidal stability in various aqueous environments. Near-infrared emitting and green emitting FONs were prepared using a simple and robust protocol. Both types of FONs could be simultaneously imaged at the single-particle level in solution as well as in biological environments using a monochromatic excitation and a dual-color fluorescence microscope. No evidence of acute cytotoxicity was found upon incubation of live cells with mixed solutions of FONs, and both types of nanoparticles were found internalized in the cells where their movements could be simultaneously tracked at video-rate up to minutes. These fluorescent FONs open a novel non-toxic alternative to existing nanoparticles for imaging biological structures, compatible with live-cell experiments and specially fitted for multicolor single particle tracking

    Separation of function between isotype switching and affinity maturation in vivo during acute immune responses and circulating autoantibodies in UNG-deficient mice.

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    International audienceActivation-induced deaminase converts deoxycytidine to deoxyuridine at the Ig loci. Complementary pathways, initiated by the uracil-DNA glycosylase (UNG) or the mismatch repair factor MSH2/MSH6, must process the deoxyuridine to initiate class-switch recombination (CSR) and somatic hypermutation. UNG deficiency most severely reduces CSR efficiency and only modestly affects the somatic hypermutation spectrum in vitro. This would predict isotype-switching deficiency but normal affinity maturation in Ung(-/-) mice in vivo, but this has not been tested. Moreover, puzzling differences in the amount of circulating Ig between UNG-deficient humans and mice make it unclear to what extent MSH2/MSH6 can complement for UNG in vivo. We find that Ab affinity maturation is indeed unaffected in Ung(-/-) mice, even allowing IgM responses with higher than normal affinity. Ung(-/-) mice display normal to only moderately reduced basal levels of most circulating Ig subclasses and gut-associated IgA, which are elicited in response to chronically available environmental Ag. In contrast, their ability to produce switched Ig in response to immunization or vesicular stomatitis virus infection is strongly impaired. Our results uncover a specific need for UNG in CSR for timely and efficient acute Ab responses in vivo. Furthermore, Ung(-/-) mice provide a novel model for separating isotype switching and affinity maturation during acute (but not chronic) Ab responses, which could be useful for dissecting their relative contribution to some infections. Interestingly, Ung(-/-) mice present with circulating autoantibodies, suggesting that UNG may impinge on tolerance

    P040 : TANC2 : un nouveau gÚne responsable de troubles neuro développementaux ?

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    National audienceDes Ă©tudes d’exome de larges cohortes de patients avec phĂ©notype caractĂ©risĂ© ont fortement contribuĂ© Ă  l'identification degĂšnes candidats dans les troubles neuro dĂ©veloppementaux (TND) et Ă  la caractĂ©risation de nouveaux syndromes avecdĂ©ficience intellectuelle (DI). Plusieurs de ces gĂšnes codent pour des protĂ©ines d’échaffaudage jouant un rĂŽle critique dans laneurotransmission glutamatĂ©rgique, organisant la composition post-synaptique des complexes de rĂ©cepteur glutamate et jouantun rĂŽle clĂ© au niveau des synapses ainsi que sur la plasticitĂ© neuronale. Parmi ceux-ci, le gĂšne TANC2 (Tetratricopeptiderepeat-, Ankyrin repeat-, and coiled-coil-containing protein 2, OMIM 615047) est un possible gĂšne candidat de TND avec desvariations faux sens identifiĂ©es dans le spectre phĂ©notypique des TND Ă  savoir DI isolĂ©e, trouble du spectre autistique etschizophrĂ©nie. RĂ©cemment, l'analyse in silico de la famille de protĂ©ines TANC a conduit Ă  prĂ©ciser leurs interactions et Ă comprendre les consĂ©quences neurobiologiques possibles de leur perturbation. Nous rapportons un frĂšre et une sƓurprĂ©sentant tous les deux un syndrome de Rett atypique et porteurs de la mĂȘme dĂ©lĂ©tion intragĂ©nique de TANC2, identifiĂ©e parCGHarray, non retrouvĂ©es chez les parents asymptomatiques. Par ailleurs, l'Ă©tude molĂ©culaire des gĂšnes impliquĂ©s dans lesencĂ©phalopathies Ă©pileptiques est nĂ©gatives dans la limite des techniques utilisĂ©es. Cette observation Ă©voque un mosaĂŻscismegerminal parental et la possible implication de TANC2 dans le phĂ©notype observĂ©. L’analyse des transcrits dans le sangpĂ©riphĂ©rique chez les deux patients comparĂ©s aux parents a permis d’identifier un transcrit mutant emportant les exons 2 Ă  7 deTANC2, avec des Ă©tudes in silico indiquant une protĂ©ine tronquĂ©e de 290 acides aminĂ©s sans dĂ©calage du cadre de lecture.D’autre part, l’étude d’expression du transcrit TANC2 indique une double expression avec contribution non altĂ©rĂ©e du transcritsauvage chez ces 2 patients. Le mĂ©canisme suggĂ©rĂ© est une perte de fonction par effet dominant nĂ©gatif. L’ensemble de cesĂ©lĂ©ments est en faveur de l’implication du gĂšne TANC2 dans les TND
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