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Evola G
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L’ISCHEMIA MIOCARDICA NEL SOGGETTO IPERTESO: IL RUOLO DELLE ALTERAZIONI DEL MICROCIRCOLO CORONARICO
2005
Infection and inflammation influence the outcome of patients with asymptomatic carotid lesions. Int Angiol. 2004. 23(suppl.1)
2004
Chronic pharmacological treatment in takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
2008
Abstract Background Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a disorder that has been appreciated only recently. In most of reported cases, this syndrome mimes an acute myocardial infarction. Till this moment no data are available from literature about the treatment in the acute phase of this disease. Aim of the study In our multicentric experience we have retrospectively looked at the benefits of a treatment with ACE-inhibitors, beta-blockers, Aspirin and calcium channels blockers, started until the early phases of the disease and continued for 30 days, in 36 patients affected by Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. We chose as endpoint of the study the efficacy of the used drug in improving left ventricular myoc…
L’eta’ e gli elevati livelli di proteina C-reattiva e fibrinogeno sono forti predittori di eventi clinici in una popolazione di donne con aterosclero…
2007
INFLUENCE OF CAROTID AND PERIPHERAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS ON THE OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
2006
IL PROCESSO INFIAMMATORIO E LA FIBRILLAZIONE ATRIALE: RELAZIONE FRA I LIVELLI EMATICI DI PCR, FIBRINOGENO C E MMP-9 E DIFFERENTI PATTERN CLINICI DELL…
2011
Infection and inflammation influence the outcome of patients with asymptomatic carotid lesions
2004
Impact of insulin resistance on cardiac and vascular function.
2016
Background Insulin resistance (IR), constitutes an important cardiovascular risk factor and can cause ischemic heart disease. It can lead to left ventricular dysfunction with a mechanism independent of ischemic heart disease and it is closely associated with impaired vascular function. The aim of our study was to explore the impact of IR on cardiac and vascular function, in patients with cardiovascular risk factors but angiographically undamaged coronary arteries. Methods We studied 32 patients (62.06 ± 11.19 years) with cardiovascular risk factors. All patients underwent coronary angiography, echocardiography, Doppler ultrasound of carotid arteries and laboratory tests. Exclusion criteria …
VALUTAZIONE ANGIOGRAFICA DELLA RIPERFUSIONE MIOCARDICA IN PAZIENTI CON INFARTO MIOCARDICO ACUTO TRATTATI CON ANGIOPLASTICA PRIMARIA
2008
Scopo L'obiettivo del presente studio è quello di valutare se, nella popolazione in esame, il Myocardial Blush Grade e gli altri parametri angiografici siano correlati ad altri indici clinici dopo la riapertura dell'arteria epicardica. Materiali e metodi Il presente studio consiste in una valutazione retrospettiva dei parametri angiografici, in relazione a dati ecocardiografici ed elettrocardiografici, di una popolazione osservata comprendente 118 pazienti, tra Febbraio 2003 e Giugno 2007, con sopraslivellamento del tratto ST > 1 mm in almeno due derivazioni elettrocardiografiche vicine, sottoposti ad angioplastica primaria nel nostro Dipartimento. Risultati Dopo PCI, un flusso TIMI 3 è sta…
An uncommon case of syncope in a 4-year-old child affected by a long QT syndrome
2008
INFLUENCE OF CAROTID AND PERIPHERAL ATHERLSCLEROSIS IN THE OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
2006
INFLUENCE OF CAROTID AND PERIPHERAL ATHERLSCLEROSIS IN THE OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
Motion index: A new parameter to evaluate the diastole by M-Mode imaging
2009
AIM: Heart failure with normal left ventricle (LV) ejection fraction is commonly understood as diastolic heart failure because this expression implies the presence of LV diastolic dysfunction diagnosed by specific echocardiographic findings, such as slow LV relaxation and increased LV stiffness. In this work the authors propose a new parameter named Motion Index, which is measurable by M-Mode technique and it is likely linked to diastolic dysfunction. METHODS: A patient population composed by 134 subjects was enrolled. They all were in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II. Echocardiogram carried out in all patients allowed the authors to distinguish 2 patient arms depending…
P776 Stress ecocardiography and speckle tracking analysis in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction
2020
Abstract BACKGROUND Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is characterized by heart failure symptoms despite preserved LV systolic function together with at least one among left ventricle hypertrophy/left atrial enlargement plus diastolic dysfunction (DD) and increased brain natriuretic peptide levels. Rest echocardiography could still be normal despite patients experience HF symptoms. Speckle tracking analysis (STE) analyzes myocardial deformation and is able to identify subtle left ventricular dysfunction. PURPOSE to analyze the added value of stress echocardiography to improve diagnostic accuracy in patients with normal ejection fraction and unexplained dyspnoea by evalu…
MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA IN THE HYPERTENSIVE PATIENT: THE ROLE OF CORONARY MICROCIRCULATION
2006
Early detection of coronary artery flow and myocardial perfusion impairment in hypertensive patients evidenced by myocardial blush grade (MBG) and th…
2012
OBJECTIVE: In hypertensive patients with typical chest pain but absence of coronary stenosis the coronary microcirculation may be impaired, thus, our study aimed to appraise, in these subjects, the role of the coronary microcirculation, assessed by Myocardial Blush Grade (MBG) and Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Frame Count (TFC). METHODS: A total of 95 subjects with chest pain and uninjured coronary arteries were recruited into the study: 80 subjects were hypertensive while 15 subjects were normotensive. The hypertensive subjects were divided into two subgroups: hypertensive subjects with positive scintigraphy and hypertensive subjects with negative scintigraphy. The TFC, a qu…
ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID LESIONS AND AGING: ROLE OF HYPERTENSION AND OTHER RISK FACTORS
2004
DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF MDCT 40 SLICES IN PATIENTS WITH CHEST PAIN
2007
IL TRATTAMENTO FARMACOLOGICO NELLA CARDIOMIOPATIA DI TASKOTSUBO: IL RUOLO DEI BETABLOCCANTI, DEGLI ACE INIBITORI, DEI CALCIOANTAGONISTI E DELL’ASPIRI…
2006
CLINICAL APPROPRIATENESS OF CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY EXAMINATION IN PATIENTS OBSERVED IN A DIVISION OF CARDIOLOGY
2005
LA CARDIOMIOPATIA DI TAKOTSUBO: UNO STUDIO MULTICENTRICO INTERNAZIONALE SU 39 PAZIENTI
2006
The role of macrophage colony-stimulating factor in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a pilot study.
2011
We assessed whether macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) levels are associated with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We studied 56 patients with AMI (mean age: 67 ± 12 years) and identified those with clinical (Killip class >II) or echocardiographic signs (ejection fraction ≤45%) of LVSD. We evaluated the established cardiovascular risk factors and measured several cardiovascular biomarkers, including M-CSF. Serum M-CSF concentrations (pg/mL) were significantly increased in patients with both clinical and echocardiographic signs of LVSD (460 ± 265 vs 290 ± 210, P = .0103 and 493 ± 299 vs 287 ± 174, P = .0028, respec…
Approccio diagnostico non invasivo con tomografia computerizzata multidetettore a 40 strati per lo studio della malattia aterosclerotica coronarica
2007
Background. Multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography (MDCT-CA) is a non-invasive technique that clearly shows coronary anatomy and correctly identifies plaque location and morphology. In this study we assessed diagnostic accuracy of MDCT-CA in detectiong significant stenosis in patients with clinically relevant coronary tree disease. Methods. Fifty patients (38 males, 12 females, mean age 60.9 ± 9.2 years) with atypical chest pain, stable or unstable angina pectoris, or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction underwent MDCT-CA (Brilliance 40, Philips Medical Systems, Cleveland, OH, USA) within 3 days before diagnostic conventional coronary angiography. Inclusion criteria were s…
ELEVATED C-REATIVE PROTEIN LEVELS ARE STRONG PREDICTOR OF CLINICAL EVENTS IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH EARLY STAGES OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
2006
P1462 Additive value of global longitudinal strain measurement in patients with known or suspected ischaemic heart disease undergoing stress echo
2020
Abstract BACKGROUND Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) can be applied in a large variety of clinical conditions. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) shows high diagnostic accuracy for the detection of myocardial ischemia as it reflects changes in subendocardial fibers deformation that are more exposed to ischemic damage, even before alterations in segmental kinetics are revealed. PURPOSE Aim of our study was to assess whether the measurement of global longitudinal strain during stress-echo can provide additional information compared to the assessment of conventional parameters such as left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and wall motion abnormalities. We also evaluated the added valu…