Atrial fibrillation and mitral prolapse in a subject affected by Refetoff syndrome.

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in the Western countries and their prevalence is increasing in developing world. The final biological evolution of atherosclerotic process, supporting development and progression of cardiovascular diseases, is thrombosis. In the most recent years s...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： De Lorenzo F,Dotsenko O,Kakkar VV

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this meta-analysis was to systematically review and synthesize existing data on long term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with multiple stenting in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease. METHODS:Three randomized control tria...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Athappan G,Vinodhkumaradithyaa A,Srinivasan M,Jeyaseelan L,Ponniah T

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragments of synthetic prostheses in knitted Dacron velour implanted years previously have been examined. Macrophages were found which fragment elements of the prostheses. It is concluded that synthetic knitted velour prostheses are biodegradable. ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Matturri L,Tardito E

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In mitral stenosis (MS) patients with a poor symptom-echocardiography correlation, dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) still does not have a confirmed utility and predictive value. Our aim is to evaluate usefulness of DSE in assessing 2 and 5 years clinical outcomes. METHODS:Forty-four consecutive patients wi...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Chirio C,Anselmino M,Mangiardi L,Morello M,Oliaro E,Omedè P,Trevi GP

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and with an aging population its prevalence will increase. In addition to appropriate anticoagulation to reduce the thromboembolic risk, there has been an increasing need for a personalized approach in identifying which patients are likely to benefit ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Selvendran S,Aggarwal N,Li J,Tse G,Vassiliou VS

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：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 report a case of a 86-year-old woman, with a 1-year history of pain during walking and standing; a duplex scanning of the popliteal fossa was performed bilaterally. We pointed out the presence of a bilateral popliteal vein aneurysm, partially thrombosed. She was treated only with oral anticoaugulant therapy, becaus...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Corsi M,Martone N,Palusci C,Caratozzolo M

更新日期：1996-11-01 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：:Pulmonary thromboembolism is a relatively common disease in an Emergency Department. Diagnosis, often difficult, is based on careful evaluation of risk factors, clinical examination, radiological and laboratory investigations. Plasma D-dimer, a degradation product of cross-linked fibrin with low specificity and very h...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Di Grande A,Tomaselli V,Massarelli L,Narbone G,Sabbia CM,Noto P,Amico S,Nigro F,Di Mauro A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brief periods of non-lethal ischemia and reperfusion render the myocardium more resistant to subsequent ischemia. This adaption occurs in a biphasic pattern: the first being active immediately and lasting for 2-3 hrs (early preconditioning), the second starting at 24 hrs until 72 hrs after the initial ischemia (delaye...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Post H,Heusch G

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Arrhythmias are frequent pathology in patients with chronic hemodialysis. We evaluated whether a relatively new technique, signal averaging, could be useful in predicting the development of complex arrhythmias in these patients. METHODS:Thirty-three patients, 18 male and 15 female, subjected to thrice weekl...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Pomini G,Salvo P,Torchiarella C,Lucangeli A,Ruffatti A,Naso A,Gribaldo R

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac hydatid disease represents 0.02-2% of the possible locations of the parasite. The case of an asymptomatic 60-year-old male patient, hospitalised for mnesic and cognitive disease, and with history of hepatic and pulmonary echinococcosis is reported. The patient showed a cardiac cyst localised in the mediobasal ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Busacca G,Puzzo A,Fiamma G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The definition of an ischaemic condition at lower limb level, may imply any different degree of the pathology, starting from a simple chronic slight claudication up to a severe ischaemia. Critical Limb Ischaemia is the term defined to identify an ischaemic condition, which endangers the limb or part of a limb and requ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Giuffrida GF,Longhi F,De Monti M,Boneschi M,Miani S,Giordanengo F

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The impact of the 'International Criteria' for ECG interpretation in athletes has further improved the diagnostic accuracy of the 12-lead ECG use for pre-participation screening (PPS) and these criteria have been evaluated in different populations of athletes and settings proving good results. EVIDENCE AC...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Cavarretta E,Pingitore A,Della Porta S,Capitani R,Bernardi M,Sciarra L,Saglietto A,Versaci F,Autore C,Perroni F,Biondi-Zoccai G,Frati G,Peruzzi M

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:As echocardiography is being used more often, its value and accuracy are becoming more fully appreciated, especially for identifying normal anatomic variants and their possible erroneous interpretation as pathologic states. We report the echocardiographic and clinical findings observed in sixteen subjects examined at ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Chesi G,Farinelli F,Di Donato C,Marani L,Reverzani A

更新日期：1989-07-01 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：: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：:The search for the ideal antihypertensive drug is ongoing. Carvedilol is a new beta-adrenoceptor antagonist which also causes peripheral vasodilation primarily via alpha 1-adrenergic blockade. Twenty patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension and previous intolerance and side effects to other antihypertensi...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Perocchio M,Gigli G,Barra M,Sacchetti R,Vallebona A,Rosolen GA,Orlandi S

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In presence of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with cryptogenic cerebral embolism, traditional therapy consists of oral anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy. Surgery was considered only in case of recurrence. Transcatheter closure of PFO is currently performed. The availability of new user friendly devices and the inc...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Chatterjee T,Ritz A,Rehders TC,Ince H,Kische S,Petzsch M,Nienaber CA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the usefulness of autologous blood salvage and intraoperative isovolemic hemodilution in conjunction with autologous blood salvage in cardiac surgery, and also to compare two different autologous blood salvage methods. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of transfusion practice in cardiac s...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Lee J,Ikeda S,Johnston MF

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to provide a further contribution to the study on the alterations of left ventricular diastolic function induced by dialysis, using simple indexes of diastolic function obtained with Doppler. The study is conduced in 15 patients with renal failure aged between 22 and 51 years old by means of ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Cavarra M,Lo Giudice P,Statella P,Liuzzo G,Circo A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUD:This study aimed to analyze the correlations between anterior wall motion velocity of ascending aorta measured by quantitative tissue velocity image (QTVI) technique and left ventricular geometry as well as left heart function to evaluate its value of clinical application. METHODS:One hundred ten hypertensio...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Luo C,Liu Y,Li Z,Lin J,Chen R,Zhang T,Hu Y,Cheng G

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac mixoma in the elderly. A clinical study. The clinical features of 13 cardiac myxomas surgically resected are presented. The mean age at presentation was 68 years. Ten were in the left atrium, 5 near the fossa ovalis, 3 at the base of the atrial septum, 1 at the inferior wall and 1 on the anterior leaflet of mi...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Pentimone F,Del Corso L,Siuti E,Verunelli F,Bortolotti U,Salvatore L

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aortic thrombus may be detected by using transesophageal echocardiography after an embolic event. Clinical features are variable and may include cardiac and neurologic symptoms, such as the stroke. We report a case of a woman with an acute ischemic stroke, a myocardial infarction and a free floating aortic thrombus...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Colombo GM,Albi F,Salvini P,Sacco T,Cicchinelli M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess left ventricular structure and diastolic function, 50 hypertensive male subjects, 25 with and 25 without a history of alcohol abuse, and 20 normotensive male controls underwent Doppler echocardiographic examination followed by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring for 24 hours. Left ventricular mass ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Melina D,Colivicchi F,Melina G,Pristipino C

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Galectin-3 is a recently developed biomarker of fibrosis, which may play a role in cardiac remodeling and associated with both the progression and severity of heart failure (HF). METHODS:A prospective cohort study of 190 patients with documented prior myocardial infarction and chronic HF (NYHA class II-IV) ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Medvedeva EA,Berezin II,Surkova EA,Yaranov DM,Shchukin YV

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This work aimed to study extracranial carotid dolichoarterial disease in outpatients using color Doppler ultrasonography. METHODS:A total of 1220 outpatients, 620 males and 600 females, aged between 25 and 89 years old, were enrolled in the study. Subjects were divided into three groups according to age: un...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Pellegrino L,Prencipe G,Vairo F

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have verified the utility of echo-dipyridamole test in the diagnosis of chest pain of unsure origin, especially in patients who cannot be quickly submitted to exercise stress test because of permanent abnormalities at basal ECG or because of clinical reasons. 17 patients with chest pain, abnormalities at basal ECG ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Piccone U,Potenza S,Pala M,Bongarzoni A,Regalia F

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The universal definition of myocardial infarction has proved how important the role of biomarkers in the assessment of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has become. As a result, management of patients with ACS today is more specific and personalized than ever, but there is still a lot of room for improvement. Unmet needs ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Searle J,Danne O,Müller C,Mockel M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00