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Indovina G
Malattia parodontale:fattore di rischio per insorgenza delle cardiopatie.Protocollo di indagine e risultati preliminari di uno studio multicentrico
L’ISCHEMIA MIOCARDICA NEL SOGGETTO IPERTESO: IL RUOLO DELLE ALTERAZIONI DEL MICROCIRCOLO CORONARICO
RISK FACTORS, MULTIFOCAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND RESTENOSIS POST-PTCA
Reduced regional systolic function evolved compacted segments in noncompaction
Abstract In a recent report about noncompaction Nemes et al. reported that systolic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction assessed using the wall motion score during 2D echocardiography in noncompaction is not confined to noncompacted LV segments. These results confirmed some published reports of our group. Recently we analyzed a population of 238 patients affected by noncompaction, and demonstrated that the number of noncompacted segment is uncorrelated with the degree of systolic dysfunction. It is an attractive hypothesis that the systolic dysfunction could be depend on the fibrosis of the left ventricle, itself a consequence of microcirculatory dysfunction, which has been confirmed by repor…
An uncommon case of syncope in a 4-year-old child affected by a long QT syndrome
Non-Invasive Assessment of LV Systolic Function and Diastolic Filling at Rest and During Exercise in Coronary Heart Disease
In the assessment of the main determinants of cardiac function the study of the systolic phase and diastolic filling appear to be of paramount importance[1–3].
Motion index: A new parameter to evaluate the diastole by M-Mode imaging
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…
PREVALENCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME IN CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
PREVALENCE OF METABOLIC SYNDROME IN CHRONIC ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
CORRELAZIONE TRA ATEROSCLEROSI EPERIFERICA E CORONARICA IN PAZIENTI CON CARDIOPATIA ISCHEMICA CRONICA
Anticoagulant drugs in noncompaction: A mandatory therapy?
BACKGROUND: Noncompaction of left ventricular myocardium is a rare congenital cardiomyopathy resulting from an incomplete myocardial morphogenesis that leads to the persistence of the embryonic myocardium. This condition is characterized by a thin compacted epicardial and an extremely thickened endocardial layer with prominent trabeculations and deep intertrabecular recesses. It is not clear, in noncompaction of myocardium, whether intertrabecular recesses could be responsible for thrombi formation and thromboembolic complications. METHODS: The prevalence of stroke and echocardiographic finding of thrombus was evaluated in a continuous series of 229 patients (men and women) affected by nonc…