El Pórfiro de Alcaparrosa y su correlación con la sección inferior de la provincia magmática Choiyoi

El pórfiro de Alcaparrosa, situado en la Precordillera Occidental de San Juan (31° 17’ 14” S y 69° 23’ 43” O), constituye un pequeño cuerpo hipabisal (de aproximadamente 0.8 km2) de composición andesítica a dacítica y edad pérmica, con mineralización de Cu, Mo y metales base distribuida tanto en venillas como diseminada. Tanto en el intrusivo como en la roca de caja se detectó alteración potásica, fílica y propilítica penetrativa y en venas, lo que confirma que la mineralización corresponde a un sistema de tipo pórfiro. Los nuevos datos geoquímicos del cuerpo hipabisal muestran que el magmatismo precursor de la mineralización tiene características típicas de arco (magnesiano, calcoalcalino y metaluminoso) y se generó a profundidades relativamente someras. La comparación con rocas magmáticas de similar edad y características geoquímicas permite asignar al pórfiro de Alcaparrosa a la sección inferior de la provincia magmática Choiyoi.The porphyry of Alcaparrosa and its relationship with the lower section of the Choiyoi magmatic province. The porphyry of Alcaparrosa, located in the Western Precordillera of San Juan (31 ° 17 '14” S and 69 ° 23' 43” W), constitutes a small hypabyssal body (approximately 0.8 km2 ) of andesitic to dacitic composition and Permian age, with disseminated and in veins Cu, Mo, and base metals mineralization. Pervasive and in veins potassic, phyllic and propylitic alteration affecting the intrusive and the host rock confirms that the mineralization corresponds to a porphyry-type system. The new geochemical data of the hypabyssal body show that the magmatism precursor of mineralization has typical arc characteristics (magnesian, calc-alkaline and metaluminous) and was generated at relatively shallow depths. Comparison with magmatic rocks of similar age and geochemical characteristics allows including the Alcaparrosa porphyry in the lower section of the Choiyoi magmatic province.Fil: Quenardelle, Sonia Monica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Maisonnave, Emma Beatriz. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas; ArgentinaFil: Rubinstein, Nora Alicia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; Argentin

Technical choices for ceramic manufacture by first millenium societies (Tinogasta Department, Catamarca)

El objetivo de este trabajo es caracterizar la variabilidad técnica de la cerámica del oeste tinogasteño (Catamarca) producida y consumida durante el primer milenio de la era para poder conocer los cambios y continuidades en la ejecución de la cadena operativa alfarera durante dicho lapso. Para ello se analiza, mediante petrografía y estudios morfo-estilísticos, una muestra de artefactos procedentes de la aldea Palo Blanco y de otros sitios emplazados en la amplia región de estudio. Los resultados aportan a la definición de la secuencia operativa de producción y apuntan a la manufactura local de la cerámica y al empleo de distintas recetas para la confección de piezas destinadas a diferentes usos.The aim of this work is to characterize the technical variability of western Tinogasta (Catamarca) ceramics produced and consumed during the first millennium AD in order to identifythe changes and continuities in the execution of the pottery operational sequence during that time span. To that end we conducted petrographic and morpho-stylistic studies on a sample of artifacts from Palo Blanco village and other sites located in the wide study region. The results contribute to the definition of the operational sequence of production and point to the local manufacture of ceramics and the use of different recipes for making pots for different uses.Fil: Feely, Anabel. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Museo Etnográfico ; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Quenardelle, Sonia Monica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Ratto, Norma Rosa. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Museo Etnográfico ; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

The Choiyoi Group from central Argentina: A subalkaline transitionalto alkaline association in the craton adjacent to the active marginof the Gondwana continent

Permian and Lower Triassic igneous rocks from La Pampa province, central Argentina, are part of the Choiyoi Group, whose extension in Argentina exceeds 500,000 km2. In La Pampa, the distribution of these outcrops occurs along a NW-SE belt that cuts obliquely across the N-S structures of the Lower Paleozoic rocks. The basement of the Choiyoi Group in western La Pampa consists of Mesoproterozoic to Lower Paleozoic rocks that form part of the exotic Cuyania terrane. In central La Pampa, the basement consists of Lower Paleozoic igneous and metamorphic rocks affected by the Lower Paleozoic Famatinian orogeny.The Choiyoi Group from La Pampa shares features with the Choiyoi Group elsewhere, such as an abundance of mesosilicic to silicic ignimbrites, subvolcanic domes, and granite plutons emplaced at sallow levels. In La Pampa, we recognize two suites: shoshonitic and trachydacitic to rhyolitic. The shoshonite suite is overlain by trachydacites and rhyolites. The plutonic rocks that belong to the cupola of the intrusive bodies are monzogranitic.The most significant difference between the Choiyoi Group from La Pampa and that from the Cordillera Frontal and the San Rafael block is that the San Rafael orogenic phase (Lower Permian) is not obvious in La Pampa. Therefore, we cannot attribute to the Choiyoi Group a postorogenic character, as in the Cordillera Frontal or the San Rafael Block. This difference in the tectonic setting is reflected in the composition of the igneous rocks of La Pampa, in that they generally have a higher alkali content with respect to silica, a weak enrichment in TiO2, and a depletion in CaO. Both suites are transitional from subalkaline to alkaline series.The shoshonitic suite is rich in clinopyroxene and apatite. Whole-rock compositions have high content of P2O5 (0.5-3.9%) and Sr (1320-1890 ppm). Zr is weakly enriched (273-502 ppm), and Nb (29-37 ppm) is depleted. The Th (16-45 ppm) and U (3-14 ppm) content is high.We postulate a crustal origin for the magma with a source with a calc-alkaline signature. The extensional regime that prevailed during the evolution of the Choiyoi Group favors melting processes.Fil: Llambias, Eduardo Jorge. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Quenardelle, Sonia Monica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; ArgentinaFil: Montenegro, Teresita Francis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; Argentin

Upper Carboniferous retroarc volcanism with submarine and subaerial facies at the western Gondwana margin of Argentina

During Late Carboniferous times a continental magmatic arc developed at the western margin of Gondwana in South America, as several marine sedimentary basins were formed at the same time in the retroarc region. North of 33°S, at Cordón Agua del Jagüel, Precordillera of Mendoza, Argentina, a volcanic sequence crops out which was emplaced in a submarine environment with some subaerial exposures, and it is intercalated in marine sediments of Agua del Jagüel Formation, which fills of one of these retroarc basins. This paper presents, for the first time, a facies analyses together with geochemical and isotopic data of this volcanic suite, suggesting its deposition in an ensialic retroarc marine basin. The volcanic succession comprises debris flows with either sedimentary or volcanic fragments, base surge, resedimented massive and laminated dacitic-andesitic hyaloclastite, pillow lava, basic hyaloclastite and dacitic-andesitic lavas and hyaloclastite facies. Its composition is bimodal, either basaltic or dacitic-andesitic. The geochemistry data indicate a subalkaline, low K calk-alkaline and metaluminous affinity. The geochemistry of the basalts points to an origin of the magmas from a depleted mantle source with some crustal contamination. Conversely, the geochemistry of the dacites-andesites shows an important participation of both crustal components and subduction related fluids. A different magmatic source for the basalts than for the dacites-andesites is also supported by Sr and Nd isotopic initial ratios and Nd model ages. The characteristics of this magmatic suite suggest its emplacement in an extensional setting probably associated with the presence of a steepened subduction zone at this latitude during Upper Carboniferous times.Fil: Koukharsky, Magdalena Maria L.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Kleiman, L.. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; ArgentinaFil: Etcheverría, M.. Secretaría de Industria y Minería. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino; ArgentinaFil: Quenardelle, Sonia Monica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Bercowski, Felisa. No especifica

Textural and compositional characterization and provenance analysis of beach sediments in golfo Nuevo, Chubut province

Se presenta un estudio de caracterización textural y composicional de los sedimentos de playa en 17 perfiles costeros desde cerro Prismático al norte hasta cerro Avanzado al sur, en el golfo Nuevo, provincia de Chubut. Se pretende determinar la principal fuente de aporte de sedimentos al sistema litoral y los factores que controlan su textura y composición. Este trabajo profundiza y avanza sobre el conocimiento de los sedimentos actuales de la costa argentina, estableciendo un antecedente preciso y cuantitativo para futuras investigaciones. Los sedimentos del intermareal alto están compuestos por arena (62%) y grava (38%) y muestran selección pobre. Los sedimentos del intermareal bajo, playa distal y duna costera presentan sedimentos mejor seleccionados y dominantemente arenosos (más del 90% en promedio). La composición petrográfica resulta homogénea a lo largo de la costa, caracterizada mayormente y en promedio por fragmentos líticos (35%), plagioclasa (24%), cuarzo (23%), feldespato potásico (6%) y alteritas (5%). Los afloramientos rocosos costeros presentan entre un 40% y un 70% de arena, según diversos autores, y se comprueba que tanto la composición petrográfica como la proporción de sus componentes mayoritarios son equivalentes a la descripta para las arenas de playa. Además, debido al ambiente parcialmente protegido que representa el golfo Nuevo, la ausencia de evidencia de deriva litoral dentro del mismo y de cursos fluviales de alimentación alóctona que desembocan en él, se concluye que la principal fuente de arena al sistema litoral resulta de la erosión de los acantilados que dominan el paisaje costero (Formación Gaiman y Puerto Madryn).A textural and compositional characterization of beach sediments in 17 coastal profiles is presented from cerro Prismático northward to cerro Avanzado southward, in the golfo Nuevo, Chubut province. The aim of this work is to establish the main input source of sediments to the littoral system and the factors controlling their texture and composition. This work deepens and advances on sediments knowledge of Argentinean coast, establishing an accurate and quantitative background for futures researches. High intertidal sediments are composed by sand (62%) and gravel (38%), showing poor sorting. Sediments from the low intertidal, backshore and coastal dune environments show well sorted sandy sediments (more than 90% on average). Petrographic composition is homogenous along the coast, mostly characterized on average by lithic fragments (35%), plagioclase (24%), quartz (23%), feldspar (6%) and alterites (5%). The rocky coastal outcrops present up between 40% and 70% of sand, according to various authors, and it is found that both the composition and the proportion of its majority components are equivalent to that presented for beach sands. Also, due to the golfo Nuevo is a partially protected environment and the absence evidences of littoral drift as well as the absence of allochthonous fluvial input inside it, it is concluded that the main source of sand to the littoral system results from the erosion of the cliffs that dominate the coastal landscape (Gaiman and Puerto Madryn formations).Fil: Bunicontro, Maria Paula. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; ArgentinaFil: Marcomini, Silvia Cristina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; ArgentinaFil: Weiler, Nilda Ester. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Nacional Patagónico; ArgentinaFil: López, Rubén Álvaro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; ArgentinaFil: Quenardelle, Sonia Monica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; Argentin

The Sierra de Macon, Plutonic expression of the Ordovician magmatic arc, Salta Province Argentina

The Macon granitoids are part of a tonalite/diorite granodiorite suit. Their trace elements place these rocks in the volcanic arc field. They have distribution patterns similar to those observed for rocks from Choschas, Taca Taca, Chuculaqui, and Quebrada de Batin. Macon rocks show strong enrichment of elements such as K, Rb, Th, and light REEs, which suggests crustal participation associated with the arc source. 87Sr/86Sri and (143Nd/144Nd)i isotopic ratios of two samples are compatible with arc-related rocks. Their calculated age of 482.7 Ma is consistent with other ages determined for the Ordovician western Puna eruptive belt (Faja Eruptiva de la Puna Occidental). This belt is made up of a set of granitoids, characteristic of the northern part of the Puna of Catamarca that, together with similar exposures of Salta and the Chilean region near the border with Argentina, suggests a meridian strike. The Ordovician ages and arc characteristics of the Sierra de Macon rocks, at the eastern extreme of the belt, incorporate them into this igneous province. This significantly increases the width of the Sierra de Macon igneous province to as much as 150 km at this latitude.Fil: Poma, Stella Maris. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Quenardelle, Sonia Monica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Litvak, Vanesa Dafne. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Maisonnave, Emma Beatriz. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; ArgentinaFil: Koukharsky, Magdalena Maria L.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Geología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentin

Las observaciones de Darwin en Sudamérica: ¿Qué encontró en Agua de la Zorra, provincia de Mendoza?

A escasos 23 km de Uspallata, a lo largo de la antigua ruta nacional 7, se encuentra la localidad de Agua de la Zorra en la provincia de Mendoza al oeste de Argentina. La región fue explorada por Charles Darwin durante su viaje por Sudamérica en el siglo XIX. Allí descubrió una secuencia geológica conteniendo una paleoflora que no había sido descripta hasta entonces. La flora incluye un importante número de especies y particularmente, un pequeño bosque de coníferas, los que se encuentran silicificados, y en posición de vida. Darwin describió e interpretó la secuencia como sedimentaria; sus notas y descripciones muestran un alto nivel de detalle en las observaciones. Darwin además se cuestionó acerca de los procesos que habrían causado el sepultamiento de la paleoflora, la que de acuerdo a sus deducciones ocurrió en un ambiente sedimentario marino. En el contexto geológico moderno y como consecuencia de un estudio detallado de las rocas que contienen los troncos, se interpreta que el bosque de coníferas fue sepultado por flujos piroclásticos. Darwin fue acertado en describir material volcánico como constituyente esencial del depósito, pero la clave del enigma acerca del origen de la secuencia y el soterramiento del bosque radica en la identificación de las características del depósito. Corresponden a acumulaciones producto del volcanismo fragmentario; que incluye un conjunto de procesos desconocidos al tiempo de las observaciones e interpretación de Darwin.Scarcely 23 km from Uspallata, along the track of the old national highway 7, lies the district of Agua de la Zorra, in Mendoza province in western Argentina. Charles Darwin visited the area during his South American journeys in the 19th century and discovered a geological sequence that contained a paleoflora never described before. The flora includes an important number of species, particularly what is considered a small conifer forest with many silicified trunks still in life position. Darwin described and interpreted the sequence as sedimentary; his records show a very detailed level of observation. He also wondered about the processes that would cause the burial of the paleoflora, which he considered had happened in a marine sedimentary environment. In the modern geological framework and after a detailed study of the rocks containing the trunks, it is now interpreted that the conifer forest was buried by pyroclastic flows. Darwin accurately described the fine volcanic materials as an essential part of the deposit, but the key of the enigma about the origin of the deposits and the burial of the forest is the identification of the pyroclastic flow features; these were unknown process at the time of Darwin´s observations and interpretation.Fil: Poma, Stella Maris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas; ArgentinaFil: Litvak, Vanesa Dafne. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas; ArgentinaFil: Koukharsky, Magdalena Maria L.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas; ArgentinaFil: Maisonnave, Emma Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas; ArgentinaFil: Quenardelle, Sonia Monica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas; Argentin

Magmatismo neógeno en la sección sur de los Andes centrales sobre la zona de subducción horizontal pampeana: Implicancias respecto de las contribuciones de los fundidos corticales y de la placa subductada en la generación de magmas en precordillera, Argentina

A Miocene to Pliocene (13 to 4.6 Ma) mostly pyroclastic sequence is exposed along the Iglesia Valley, to the east of the former main volcanic arc. This area is a transitional region between Cordillera Frontal and Precordillera, over the flat slab segment of the Southern Central Andes, at 29°30' S to 30°00' S. New radiometric ages, geochemical data, petrography and field relationships are evaluated to establish differences and similarities between Miocene arc-related sequences across the main arc and its expansion towards a back arc position, in western Precordillera. Analyzed rocks have a magmatic arc signature partially like the former main volcanic arc to the west. The Iglesia Valley rocks are LREE-enriched (La/Sm: 3.7-6.5) with respect to HREE (Sm/Yb: 2.2-6.0) and define patterns with a pronounced slope. Sm/Yb ratios generally increase with time, as pressures increase, with retention of HREE in residual mineralogy, particularly garnet at Sm/Yb>4. Volcanic activity in Cordillera Frontal and the volcanic-volcaniclastic expression in Precordillera show a continuous increase in the La/Yb ratio with decreasing age. Variations in the residual mineral phase equilibrating with magmas would be related to the progressive increase in crustal thickness due to the tectonic compressive regime resulting from shallow subduction since Middle Miocene. The data presented suggest that the arc magmatic activity during the Miocene was expanded notably to the East in relation to the location of the main arc at Valle del Cura, in Cordillera Frontal. The extensive amplitude of the volcanic arc activity is indicative of the slab gradual flattening. Particularly, the mantle-derived magmas from Lomas del Campanario Formation (Western Precordillera) are enriched by subduction related fluids but also by crustal components. It is interpreted that the cause of the geochemical differences between the back arc position rocks and the main arc lay in the heterogeneous composition of the underlying continental crust involved in both locations. Presence of volcanic rocks with adakitic geochemical affinity probably reflect astenospheric-derived melts that interacted through a heterogeneous and thickened crust toward the surface.Fil: Poma, Stella Maris. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Ramos, Adriana Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Litvak, Vanesa Dafne. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber". Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Estudios Andinos "Don Pablo Groeber"; ArgentinaFil: Quenardelle, Sonia Monica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Maisonnave, Emma Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Geociencias Básicas, Aplicadas y Ambientales de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Díaz, Iris. Secretaría de Industria y Minería. Servicio Geológico Minero Argentino; Argentin

Thrombectomy complications in large vessel occlusions: Incidence, predictors, and clinical impact in the ETIS registry

International audienceBACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Procedural complications in thrombectomy for large vessel occlusions of the anterior circulation are not well described. We investigated the incidence, risk factors, and clinical implications of thrombectomy complications in daily clinical practice. METHODS: We used data from the ongoing prospective multicenter observational Endovascular Treatment in Ischemic Stroke Registry in France. The present study is a retrospective analysis of 4029 stroke patients with anterior large vessel occlusions treated with thrombectomy between January 2015 and May 2020 in 18 centers. We systematically collected procedural data, incidence of embolic complications, perforations and dissections, clinical outcome at 90 days, and hemorrhagic complications. RESULTS: Procedural complications occurred in 7.99% (95% CI, 7.17%–8.87%), and embolus to a new territory (ENT) was the most frequent (5.2%). Predictors of ENTs were terminal carotid/tandem occlusion (odds ratio [OR], 5 [95% CI, 2.03–12.31]; P<0.001) and an increased total number of passes (OR, 1.22 [95% CI, 1.05–1.41]; P=0.006). ENTs were associated to worse clinical outcomes (90-day modified Rankin Scale score, 0–2; adjusted OR, 0.4 [95% CI, 0.25–0.63]; P<0.001), increased mortality (adjusted OR, 1.74 [95% CI, 1.2–2.53]; P<0.001), and symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (adjusted OR, 1.87 [95% CI, 1.15–3.03]; P=0.011). Perforations occurred in 1.69% (95% CI, 1.31%–2.13%). Predictors of perforations were terminal carotid/tandem occlusions (39.7% versus 27.6%; P=0.028). 40.7% of patients died at 90 days, and the overall rate of poor outcome was 74.6% in case of perforation. Dissections occurred in 1.46% (95% CI, 1.11%–1.88%) and were more common in younger patients (median age, 64.2 versus 70.2 years; P=0.002). Dissections did not affect the clinical outcome at 90 days. Besides dissection, complications were independent of the thrombectomy technique. CONCLUSIONS: Thrombectomy complication rate is not negligible, and ENTs were the most frequent. ENTs and perforations were associated with disability and mortality, and terminal carotid/tandem occlusions were a risk factor

European Multicenter Study of ET-COVID-19

International audienceBackground and Purpose: Acute ischemic stroke and large vessel occlusion can be concurrent with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. Outcomes after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for large vessel occlusion in patients with COVID-19 are substantially unknown. Our aim was to study early outcomes after MT in patients with COVID-19. Methods: Multicenter, European, cohort study involving 34 stroke centers in France, Italy, Spain, and Belgium. Data were collected between March 1, 2020 and May 5, 2020. Consecutive laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases with large vessel occlusion, who were treated with MT, were included. Primary investigated outcome: 30-day mortality. Secondary outcomes: early neurological improvement (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale improvement ≥8 points or 24 hours National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale 0–1), successful reperfusion (modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction grade ≥2b), and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage. Results: We evaluated 93 patients with COVID-19 with large vessel occlusion who underwent MT (median age, 71 years [interquartile range, 59–79]; 63 men [67.7%]). Median pretreatment National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale and Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score were 17 (interquartile range, 11–21) and 8 (interquartile range, 7–9), respectively. Anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke represented 93.5% of cases. The rate modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction 2b to 3 was 79.6% (74 patients [95% CI, 71.3–87.8]). Thirty-day mortality was 29% (27 patients [95% CI, 20–39.4]). Early neurological improvement was 19.5% (17 patients [95% CI, 11.8–29.5]), and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage was 5.4% (5 patients [95% CI, 1.7–12.1]). Patients who died at 30 days exhibited significantly lower lymphocyte count, higher levels of aspartate, and LDH (lactate dehydrogenase). After adjustment for age, initial National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score, and successful reperfusion, these biological markers remained associated with increased odds of 30-day mortality (adjusted odds ratio of 2.70 [95% CI, 1.21–5.98] per SD-log decrease in lymphocyte count, 2.66 [95% CI, 1.22–5.77] per SD-log increase in aspartate, and 4.30 [95% CI, 1.43–12.91] per SD-log increase in LDH). Conclusions: The 29% rate of 30-day mortality after MT among patients with COVID-19 is not negligible. Abnormalities of lymphocyte count, LDH and aspartate may depict a patient’s profiles with poorer outcomes after MT. Registration: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov . Unique identifier: NCT04406090