What drug must be used to avoid the most common hypertensive complications?

abstract：AIM:The best reperfusion strategy for patients of advanced age (either primary-angioplasty or thrombolysis) after a ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains controversial. Aim of the study was to test differences in morbidity and mortality regarding the reperfusion strategy adopted. METHODS:From 2007...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Renilla A,Barreiro M,Díaz E,Rozado J,Barriales V,Moris C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pseudoaneurysm of the superficial femoral artery identified preoperatively by Magnetic Resonance is reported. The number of different parameters and planes covered by the technique permitted an accurate assessment of the site, extent, internal conformation and staging of the thrombotic deposits inside the ps...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Pavone P,Tella S,Di Renzi P,Di Cesare E

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this comparative registry study was to evaluate the supplementation with Pycnogenol® in subjects with Behçet syndrome (BS) with symptoms impairing their quality of life despite being in a remitting phase of the disease. METHODS:Thirty-four patients with a confirmed diagnosis of BS were divided in...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Hu S,Belcaro G,Ledda A,Corsi M,Cotellese R,Feragalli B,Hosoi M,Dugall M,Torino-Rodriguez P,Cesarone MR

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is known that resistance to activated protein C (APCR), often associated with a single point mutation (Arg506-->Gln) in the coagulation factor V gene (factor V Leiden), is the most frequent inherited abnormality of blood coagulation. It plays a key role as pathogenetic factor of venous thromboembolism, bu...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Avellone G,Di Garbo V,Di Raimondo D,Bono M,Abruzzese G,De Simone R,Raneli G

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical hand ischemia (CHI) is a quite uncommon but highly disabling condition, generally caused by chronic occlusive arterial disease. For a correct approach to the endovascular treatment of these patients, good knowledge of the normal vascular anatomy and of the most frequently encountered vascular anatomical varia...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Mauri G,Fresa M,Ferraris M,Acuña-Valerio J,Hamade M,DI Luca G,Danzi GB,Ferraresi R

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation is an important contributor to atherothrombosis. The C-reactive protein (CRP) is not only an excellent biomarker of inflammation, but it is also a direct participant in atherogenesis. CRP consistently predicts new coronary events, including myocardial infarction and death, in patients with ischemic heart ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Ursella S,Mazzone M,Portale G,Testa A,Pignataro G,Covino M,Fenici P,Gasbarrini GB,Gentiloni Silveri N

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adjuvant trastuzumab therapy increases survival rates in patients with early HER2-positive breast cancer, although it can be potentially cardiotoxic. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction; and the relationship between the presence of cardiovascular...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Bergamini C,Torelli F,Ghiselli L,Rossi A,Trevisani L,Vinco G,Truong S,Benfari G,LA Russa F,Golia G,Molino A,Vassanelli C

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationship between patients gender, age and the development of different types of internal carotid artery plaque. DESIGN:Prospective open clinical study. METHODS:455 carotid duplex scans with a greater than 50% stenosis were analysed in terms of gender, age, degree of stenosis symptoms and...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Holdsworth RJ,Bryce JS,Harrison DK,McCollum PT

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The worldwide prevalence of heart failure is increasing in part due to an ageing population. In the developed world, heart failure affects 1-2% of the general population, accounting for 5% of adult hospital admissions. There is now convincing evidence supporting the beneficial effects of cardiac resynchronization ther...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Williams L,Ellery S,Frenneaux M

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a disease characterised by massive ventricular hypertrophy, reduced diastolic function and excessive ventricular contraction. It involves sections of both ventricles, but in particular the left ventricle. Although it was initially thought that this pathology might depend on a modified sy...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Barillà F,Pace V,Artico M

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation frequently coexists with heart failure, and these two chronic disease states often physiologically exacerbate one another. Clinical trials comparing rate versus rhythm control strategies have not demonstrated superiority with one strategy over the other, with pharmacologically based rhythm manageme...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Tung R,Boyle NG

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sutureless aortic valve prostheses have the potential to augment the adoption of alternative incision approaches for aortic valve replacement (AVR). Still, we lack the evidence on which surgical approach is best associated with sutureless AVR. METHODS:Data on 483 patients undergoing sutureless small incisio...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Gilmanov D,Solinas M,Santarpino G,Farneti PA,Murzi M,Fischlein T,Pfeiffer S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the safety and efficacy of intravenous propafenone in the treatment of atrial fibrillation and flutter of recent onset (1-10 days). The drug was administered, at a dosage of 2 mg/kg, to 46 consecutive patients (with age variable from 35 to 86 years), 36 with atrial fibrillation, 10 with atrial flutter. The...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Minutiello L

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Loffi M,Galeazzi G,Di Tano G,Pedroni P,Passamonti E

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty patients suffering from chronic venous disease were treated for 30 days with heparan sulphate 100 mg per os, b.i.d., or mesoglycan 50 mg per os, t.i.d., in a single blind random study. Both therapies led to a marked improvement in comparison to basal clinical values, but patients treated with heparan sulphate sh...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Agrati AM,De Bartolo G,Palmieri G

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasodilators represent one of the main steps for the medical treatment of pulmonary hypertension; the rationale for their use is the reversibility of the pulmonary vasoconstriction, to be tested with a correct pharmacological trial. In this report the authors consider the use of calcium-channel blockers, prostaglandin...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Ceriana P,De Amici D,Pagnin A,Braschi A

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aim of the present comparative clinical study was to demonstrate the efficacy of the topical application of mesoglycan, a profibrinolytic agent, for healing of leg ulcers in patients with chronic venous insufficiency. METHODS:Forty patients, observed in our outpatients department, with venous leg ulcers hav...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： La Marca G,Pumilia G,Martino A

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intra-arterial infusion of PGE1 alpha-ciclodestrina was achieved by intrafemoral catheter in critical limb ischemia. METHODS:The acute infusion of 10 micrograms in 20 minutes, in 50 ml of saline was followed by chronic infusion 20 micrograms/die of PGE1 alpha-ciclodestrina for 5 days. Three male patients (a...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Laurora G,Cesarone MR,Belcaro G,Incandela L,De Sanctis MT,Fascetti E,D'Archivio C

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative analysis of arrhythmias by "basal" electrocardiogram (ECG) and by continuous 24-hour Holter electrocardiogram monitoring was performed in 17 patients with systemic sclerosis (16 women and one man). Our study confirms that rhythm disturbances are better detectable using Holter monitoring. In fact, no pati...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Palermo R,Tulli D,Moretti S,Balestra E,Pratillo G,Conti V

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cognitive decline and dementia recognize multiple risk factors and pathophysiological mechanisms, often involved simultaneously with complex interactions. Several studies have shown that both arterial hypertension and hypotension are associated with a greater risk of cognitive decline and dementia, but cli...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Antonazzo B,Marano G,Romagnoli E,Ronzoni S,Frati G,Sani G,Janiri L,Mazza M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pharmacological treatment of non-complicated chronic venous insufficiency is a current and well-debated topic. The introduction of new products with action on the venous system, improved knowledge on the physiopathology of venous insufficiency and the possibility provided by new analytical instruments, h...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Costantini A,De Bernardi T,Gotti A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred carotid plaques (stenosis 45 to 65%) in 300 asymptomatic patients were included into a follow-up study considering three ultrasound types of plaques: type 1, non echogenic; type 2 intermediate, partially echogenic and type 3 highly echogenic. Types 1 and 2 had regular contour/surface while type 3 was irr...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Laurora G,Cesarone MR,De Sanctis MT,Belcaro G

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolic abnormalities associated with diabetes mellitus result in macrovascular and microvascular complications in multiple organ systems; it is the cardiovascular impact that accounts for the greatest morbidity and mortality associated with this disease. Heart failure, both with reduced and preserved systolic f...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Sander GE,Wilklow FE,Giles TD

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study to investigate the correlation of the peripheral concentrations of one representative estrogen, E2 estradiol, with various indicators reflecting different aspects of cardiac structures and functions. METHODS:A total of 84 typical patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and 77 h...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Tan B,Zhao L,FaweiHE F

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author reviews the use of the main antithrombotic drugs (thrombolytics, dicumarol compounds, heparins and anti-platelet drugs) in the treatment and prophylaxis of the main nosographic syndromes of arterial and venous thrombosis. In the context of arterial thrombosis the paper initially reports the results of the m...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Ferlito S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is the preferred first treatment option in case of patients with advanced age and/or fit anatomy owing to shorter length of in hospital staying, less complications or laparotomy-related re-interventions, and lower initial costs. Although it is a le...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Biagi P,de Donato G,Setacci C

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of women who become ill and die from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) increases steadily with age. It is not yet clearly defined whether and why women suffer from a higher in-hospital mortality rate after AMI. In this study we evaluated the importance of the female sex as a risk factor for in-hospital mort...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Fiandra U,Bo M,Poli L,Casoli G,Esposito E,Fonte G,Bobbio M,Fabris F

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to correlate uric acid levels with the classic cardiovascular risk factors in an adult population in Campania. METHODS:The following parameters were assessed in the study population (600 men and 600 women) aged between 25-74 years old, subdivided into 5 age groups (25-34, 35-44, 45...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Capuano V,Bambacaro A,Lanzara C,Fortunato I,D'Arminio T,Del Regno B,D'Antonio V

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell based therapy has become a new and attractive option for the treatment of cardiac disease and heart failure. Although it has been demonstrated in vitro and in vivo that differentiation of non-differentiated cells (progenitor cells) into cardiomyocytes is able even in adult hearts the potential use of such transdi...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Schlüter KD,Maxeiner H,Wenzel S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported of pseudoaneurysm of the right iliac artery secondary to an endarterectomy with dacron patch due to atherosclerosis performed 4 years ago. The case presented acute anemia and massive enteric hemorrhage subsequent to arterial rupture into the cecum. Because of the dramatic onset, the patient was imme...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Anfossi A,Mosca L,Gori A,Brunengo M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00