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Filter by:Few teams in the world can reliably analyze tissue microbiota. In this regard, the present group has unique expertise in the analysis of blood and tissue microbiota, the first to describe in 2011. Having a blood biomarker of this valve microbiota could help guide the therapeutic strategy before and after the intervention. This study will be the first to test the hypothesis that the analysis of the blood microbiota makes it possible to detect the carriage of a tissue microbiota in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) for degenerative aortic valve disease and should also lay the foundations for a prospective study. intended to evaluate the impact of the blood and valve microbiota on the post-operative prognosis of these patients and the complications at one year. This would be a first proof of concept of the role of the tissue microbiota in valvular degeneration linked to aging.
Prospective Study, Single Arm to evaluate the safety and efficacy of polyurethane expandable valve implantation in the pulmonary position, in 5 patients over 18 years of age, with pulmonary valve dysfunction and moderate to severe impairment of Right Ventricular function. During throughout the study, safety parameters related to valve operation will be evaluated (patient's Functional Class), in addition to the occurrence of Serious Adverse Events. After the procedure, the patient must be hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit until the complete hemodynamic stabilization and normalization of lung function and in good general condition (2 to 3 days of stay) and then transferred to the ward (2 to 3 days and stay) before hospital discharge. A formal Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) will be developed and finalized before closing the database. Full details of data presentations and analysis will be provided in SAP. Additional statistical analyses, other than those described in this section, may be performed if deemed appropriate and included in SAP. Any deviations from the final analysis plan or what is presented in the protocol will be discussed in the final study report. No formal inferential statistics will be applied to the data collected in the study.
Heart failure is characterized by cardiac fibrosis linked to extracellular collagen deposits. Collagens are synthesized as soluble precursors, procollagens, which must undergo proteolytic maturation to assemble into fibres. This step is under the control of two extracellular proteins, procollagen C-proteinase enhancer 1 and 2 (PCPE-1 and -2). The mechanism of action of these highly effective and specific activators was recently elucidated by one of our partners. Preliminary results, as well as data from the literature, indicate a strong correlation between the expression rates of PCPEs and cardiac fibrosis. The aim of this study is to validate in humans, by analysis of endomyocardial tissue biopsies, the hypothesis that PCPEs contribute to the anarchic accumulation of collagen during cardiac fibrosis and to evaluate the interest of developing new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for cardiac fibrosis using PCPE agonists.