Nahéma ISSA

Dr. Nahéma ISSA

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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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18 June 2025 in European Heart Journal
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JPJohn R Power
John R Power
CDCharles Dolladille
Charles Dolladille
BOBenay Ozbay
Benay Ozbay
Adrien ProcureurAdrien Procureur
Adrien Procureur
SEStephane Ederhy
Stephane Ederhy
IRInternational ICI-Myocarditis Registry
International ICI-Myocarditis Registry
Background and Aims: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are associated with life-threatening myocarditis but milder presentations are increasingly recognized. The same autoimmune process that causes ICI myocarditis can manifest concurrent generalized myositis, myasthenia-like syndrome, and respiratory muscle failure. Prognostic factors for this ‘cardiomyotoxicity’ are lacking. The main aim of this study was to determine predictors and construct a risk score associated with negative outcomes in patients admitted for ICI myocarditis. Methods: A multicentre registry collected data retrospectively from 17 countries between 2014 and 2023. A multivariable Cox regression model was used to determine risk factors for the primary composite outcome: time to severe arrhythmia, heart failure, respiratory muscle failure, and/or cardiomyotoxicity-related death. Covariates included demographics, comorbidities, cardiomuscular symptoms, diagnostics, and treatments. Time-dependent covariates were used, and missing data were imputed. A point-based prognostic risk score was derived and externally validated. Results: In 748 patients (67% male, age 23–94 years), 30-day incidence of the primary composite outcome, cardiomyotoxic death, and overall death were 33%, 13%, and 17%, respectively. By multivariable analysis, the primary composite outcome was associated with active thymoma (hazard ratio [HR] 3.6, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.7–7.7), presence of cardiomuscular symptoms (HR 2.6 [1.5–4.2]), low QRS voltage on presenting electrocardiogram (HR for ≤0.5 mV vs >1 mV 1.9 [1.1–3.1]), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < 50% (HR 1.7 [1.1–2.6]), and incremental troponin elevation (HR 1.8 [1.4–2.4], 2.9 [1.8–4.7], and 4.6 [2.3–9.3], for 20, 200, and 2000-fold above upper reference limit, respectively). A prognostic risk score developed using these parameters showed good performance; 30-day primary outcome incidence increased gradually from 4% (risk score = 0) to 81% (risk score ≥ 4). This risk score was externally validated in two independent French and US cohorts. This risk score was used prospectively in the external French cohort to identify low-risk patients who were managed with no immunosuppression resulting in no cardiomyotoxic events. Conclusions: ICI-associated myocarditis can manifest with high morbidity and mortality. Myocarditis severity is associated with magnitude of troponin, thymoma, low QRS voltage, depressed LVEF, and cardiomuscular symptoms. A risk score incorporating these features performed well. Clinical trial registration: NCT04294771 and NCT05454527.

13 August 2020 in Journal of Medical Virology
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Nahéma ISSA
MDMargot Dumery
Margot Dumery
OGOlivier Guisset
Olivier Guisset
GMGaelle Mourissoux
Gaelle Mourissoux
FBFabrice Bonnet
Fabrice Bonnet
FCFabrice Camou
Fabrice Camou

1 October 2020 in Annals of Oncology
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NINahéma ISSA
Nahéma ISSA
FLF. Lacassin
F. Lacassin
FCF. Camou
F. Camou

26 June 2019 in Supportive Care in Cancer
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FCFabrice Camou
Fabrice Camou
MDMarion Didier
Marion Didier
TLThibaut Leguay
Thibaut Leguay
NMNoël Milpied
Noël Milpied
ADAmaury Daste
Amaury Daste
NINahéma ISSA
Nahéma ISSA

1 October 2020 in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
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NINahéma ISSA
Nahéma ISSA
CMClément Martin
Clément Martin
CDCécile Dulau
Cécile Dulau
FCFabrice Camou
Fabrice Camou

1 February 2024 in Infectious Diseases Now
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EBElisabeth Carolle Ngo Bell
Elisabeth Carolle Ngo Bell
VCVirginie Chapon
Virginie Chapon
EBEmilie Bessede
Emilie Bessede
EMEtienne Meriglier
Etienne Meriglier
NINahéma ISSA
Nahéma ISSA
MVMarie-Anne Vandenhende
Marie-Anne Vandenhende