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AUTHOR
Danilo Puccio
[Pharmacological treatment of depression after acute myocardial infarction].
Depressed mood and other depressive symptoms frequently appear after acute myocardial infarction and it is known how these patients have an increased risk for morbidity and mortality compared to patients without depression. Many risk factors promote the development of clinical depression in patients with recent myocardial infarction. Although a large number of studies underline the negative prognostic impact of depression on the infarcted patient, only rarely depressed patients are appropriately diagnosed and treated. Furthermore it should be borne in mind that the use of psychotropics in medically ill patients requires attention. These compounds, in fact, may interact with the disease caus…
Impact of ''off-label'' use of ivabradine on exercise capacity, gas exchange, functional class, quality of life, and neurohormonal modulation in patients with ischemic chronic heart failure.
Background: Epidemiologic studies indicate that elevated heart rate (HR) is an independent risk factor for mortality and morbidity in patients (pts) with chronic heart failure (CHF). Clinical trials with b-blockers suggest that HR reduction is an important mechanism of their benefit in pts with stable CHF. Pharmacologic inhibition of the If current now provides the opportunity of pure HR reduction. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of ‘‘Off-Label’’ use of ivabradine on exercise capacity, gas exchange, functional class, quality of life, and neurohormonal modulation in pts with ischemic CHF. Methods: Between January 2008 and June 2008, a graded maximal exercise test with re…
Un caso di endoplastite in portatore di ICD: ruolo Dell'ecografia cardiaca nell'iter diagnostico
GLI INIBITORI DIRETTI DELLA TROMBINA
ABI – MARKER OF MULTIFOCAL DISEASES AND INDICATOR OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENT
PROPIONIL-L-CARNITINA E ARTERIOPATIA OBLITERANTE PERIFERICA
FIBRILLAZIONE ATRIALE E DETERIORAMENTO COGNITIVO CEREBRALE
NUOVI FATTORI DI RISCHIO CARDIOVASCOLARE E ALIMENTAZIONE
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: WHAT CORRELATION?
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: WHAT CORRELATION? Aim. Atrial fibrillation (AF), in addition to macroembolic complications, may also produce multiple cerebral ischemic areas due to microembolic phenomena and transient hypoperfusion, eventually leading to a progressive cognitive impairment and even to acclaimed vascular dementia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of cognitive impairment in patients with AF. The reported results concern data obtained at the moment of recruitment. Methods. The authors studied 42 patients with a history of non valvular AF (paroxysmal, persistent, recurrent or permanent) and 40 homogenous controls in sinus rhythm without pre…
L’IMPIEGO CLINICO DI UNA NUOVA CLASSE DI FARMACI ANTICOAGULANTI: GLI INIBITORI DIRETTI DELLA TROMBINA
The coagulation cascade, and particularly thrombin, plays a very important role in arterial and venous thrombosis. Thereby, it is clear that thrombin inactivation is an optimal strategy for thrombotic disease prevention and treatment. The direct thrombin inhibitors are a new class of anticoagulant drugs directly binding thrombin and blocking its interaction with fibrinogen. The group of direct thrombin inhibitors includes recombinant hirudin (lepirudin and desirudin), bivalirudin, melagatran and its oral precursor, ximelagatran, argotraban and dabigatran. These drugs have several advantages compared to other anticoagulant drugs, and the particular pharmacokinetic properties of some of them …
NON INVASIVE VALUATION OF ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN THE PATIENTS WITH ANDERSON- FABRY DISEASE
FIBRILLAZIONE ATRIALE E MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: QUALE RELAZIONE.
Atrial fibrillation and cognitive disorders: An overview on possible correlation
Atrial Fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia affecting people of all ages, principally the elderly. Cognitive decline and dementia are also prevalent diseases in elderly. The scientific community always showed interest in the possible association between these two pathological entities, both implicating social and economic burden. This has been confirmed by several longitudinal population-based studies. Some studies also revealed that the association between atrial fibrillation and dementia may be not related to history of stroke. Therefore, other pathophysiological mechanisms are likely implicated, so far unclear or undefined. The aim of the present review is to analyse the po…
RISCHIO VASCOLARE O RISCHIO CARDIOVASCOLARE?
RISULTATI DEI TRIALS DI INTERVENTO PER LA MALATTIA VASCOLARE PERIFERICA E SUA COMORBILITÀ
INIBITORI DEL SISTEMA RENINA-ANGIOTENSINA E FIBRILLAZIONE ATRIALE: UNO STUDIO RETROSPETTIVO SU 187 PAZIENTI
PREVALENCE OF A MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
INFECTION, INFLAMMATION AND VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS: AN EMERGING SCENARIO
ELEVATED C-REATIVE PROTEIN LEVELS ARE STRONG PREDICTOR OF CLINICAL EVENTS IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH EARLY STAGES OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Coronary embolism in a young patient with nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis related to antiphospholipid syndrome
myocardial infarction