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Novo G
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Risk factors, atrial fibrillation and thromboembolic events.
2008
AIM: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF) and thromboembolic complications. METHODS: We studied 480 patients (mean age: 71.2+/-11.6 years): 240 with paroxysmal AF, 240 with permanent AF. The association between AF and the presence of risk factors, cardiac and systemic disease was observed and the correlation with the occurrence of complications analyzed. RESULTS: Patients with AF had a high prevalence of the following conditions: hypertension, hypertensive heart disease (HHD), coronary artery disease, hyperthyroidism. Thromboembolism was observed in 26.6% of the patients. A correlation between the occurrence of a thromboembolic…
An uncommon case of syncope in a 4-year-old child affected by a long QT syndrome
2008
LA CARDIOPATIA “TAKOTSUBO”: DOCUMENTO DI CONSENSO
2008
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…
[Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a consensus document].
2008
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a syndrome characterized by acute regional systolic dysfunction of the left ventricle, frequently related to psycho-physical acute stress, and usually reversible. This rare syndrome involves more often the female sex with the highest frequency of occurrence between the seventh and eighth decade of life. Etiology has not been clarified yet and several hypotheses have been postulated: multiple epicardial coronary artery damage, abnormal coronary microcirculation, catecholamine-mediated cardiac toxicity, and neurogenic stunning. Clinical presentation is not easy to distinguish from an acute coronary syndrome: chest pain at rest or dyspnea, new-onset electrocardiogra…
Cardiac involvement in Friedreich's ataxia: our experience.
2009
Ventricular arrhythmias in children: The uselessness of MRI
2008
Preclinical atherosclerosis and markers of inflammation: do they influence the global cardiovascular risk?
2016
Atherosclerosis (ATS) is a slowly progressive pathologic process involving the intima and media tunicae of the arteries with large and medium diameter. The concept of Global Cardiovascular Risk (GCVR) aims at establishing the role ofeach risk factor (RF) in the atherosclerosis process.