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ion model.Background Valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as a treatment for aortic bioprosthesis failure in case of prohibitive risk for redo surgery. However, clinical evaluation of valve-in-valve TAVI remains limited by the number of patients analysed. Aim To evaluate outcomes of valve-in-valve TAVI compared with native aortic valve TAVI at a nationwide level in France. Methods Based on the French administrative hospital discharge database, the study collected information for all consecutive patients treated with TAVI for aortic stenosis or with isolated valve-in-valve TAVI for aortic bioprosthesis failure between 2010 and 2019. Propensity score matching was used for the analysis of outcomes. Results A total of 44,218 patients were found in the database. After matching on baseline characteristics, 2749 patients were analysed in each arm. At 30 days, no significant differences were observed regarding the occurrence of major clinical events (composite of cardiovascular mortality, all-cause stroke, myocardial infarction, major or life-threatening bleeding and conversion to open heart surgery) (odds ratio [OR] 0.83, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.68-1.01; P=0.32). During follow-up (mean 516 days), the combined endpoint of cardiovascular death, all-cause stroke or rehospitalization for heart failure was not different between the valve-in-valve TAVI and native TAVI groups (RR 1.03, 95% CI 0.94-1.13; P=1.00). Conclusion We observed that valve-in-valve TAVI was associated with good short- and long-term outcomes. No significant differences were observed compared with native valve TAVI regarding clinical follow-up.Objective To investigate the correlation between invasively measured renal venous oxygen saturation (SrvO2) and tissue oxygenation (rSO2) measured with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Design Prospective observational study. Setting Single cardiac surgery center at a university hospital. Participants Thirteen adult patients with skin- to- kidney distance ≤4 cm undergoing open cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Interventions All patients received renal vein catheters for invasive measurement of SrvO2, and NIRS electrodes for assessment of renal rSO2 were placed over the kidney using ultrasound guidance. Measurements were made before CPB, during CPB at 3 different flow rates (2.4, 2.7, and 3.0 L/min/m2), and after CPB. Measurements and main results Repeated- measures correlation analyses and Bland-Altman plots were used to study the correlation and agreement between rSO2 and SrvO2. For all measurement points, renal rSO2 correlated with SrvO2 (rrm = 0.61, p less then 0.001), and the mean difference (bias) between rSO2 and SrvO2 was -2.71 ± 7.22 (p = 0.002), with an error of 17.6%. When measurements during CPB and before and after CPB were studied separately, rSO2 and SrvO2 were correlated (rrm = 0.51, p less then 0.007 and rrm = 0.73, p less then 0.001, respectively). During CPB, renal rSO2 predicted SrvO2 with a bias of -3.41 ± 7.76 (p = 0.009) and an error of 18.8%. Before and after CPB, the mean difference was -1.93 ± 6.60 (p = 0.092), with an error of 16.2%. Conclusions Renal rSO2 is correlated to and predicts SrvO2 with a small bias and acceptable agreement. Further studies are needed before renal NIRS can be used as a surrogate marker of renal oxygenation in clinical practice.Objectives To evaluate the dynamics of the cerebral oxygen supply in patients aged ≥65 years, during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), and to test the hypothesis that lower intraoperative brain oxygen saturation is associated with postoperative neurological complications. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting The E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Novosibirsk, Russia. Participants The study comprised 200 elderly patients who underwent CABG between April, 2018 and November, 2019. Interventions None. Measurements and main results The regional hemoglobin oxygen saturation (rSO2, %) of the right and left brain hemispheres were assessed during the intraoperative period using bilateral near-infrared spectroscopy. Furthermore, neurological complications during hospitalization were evaluated. RVX-208 At the anesthesia induction stage, the average levels of rSO2 for the right and left hemispheres were within 65% and did not differ significantly at any stage of CABG (p>0.05). The risk of neurological complications was associated with rSO2 decrease during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). An increased risk was associated with rSO2 decrease by 20% or more during CPB, relative to the stage of anesthesia induction, which was observed in 19% of patients. Conclusions In elderly patients, the decrease in rSO2 during CPB is associated with an increased risk of neurological complications during hospitalization. This risk increases with a decrease in rSO2 by 20% or more during CPB relative to the stage of anesthesia induction, by a 5-fold and 7-fold for the left and right hemispheres, respectively.Passive immunotherapy with plasma derived from patients convalescent from SARS-CoV-2 infection can be a promising approach in the treatment of COVID-19 patients. It is important that Blood Establishments are prepared to satisfy requests for immune plasma by defining the requirements applicable to plasma donors and the standards for preparation, qualification, storage, distribution and control of use of the product. This position paper is aimed to give recommendations on biological characteristics of a plasma preparation from convalescent donors and to support the evaluation of this therapeutic approach in more rigorous investigations.Hepatotoxicity is a rare but serious side effect of antithyroid drug (ATI) therapy in Graves' disease patients. Cessation of ATI drug is needed in most of the patients if liver enzymes highly elevated or in case of agranulocytosis. Permanent therapy, surgery or radioactive iodine ablation are the treatment choices to ensure euthyroidism in active Graves' disease patients. Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) can be an option to ensure euthyroidism, especially in patients scheduled for urgent surgery. In the present study, we present consecutive five cases of methimazole related severe hepatotoxicity that underwent TPE before thyroid surgery. The median number of apheresis sessions was 3 (range 2-5). Free triiodothyronine (FT3) 65-83 %, free thyroxine (FT4) 22-66 %, thyrotropin receptor antibodies (TRAB) 55-96 % decreases were observed. All patients underwent total thyroidectomy. TPE is an effective method to reduce serum FT3, FT4, TRAB levels in the short term to provide better thyroid hormone status before urgent surgery in ATI induced toxic hepatitis patients.
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