Catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias.

abstract：:Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been a mainstay in the management of coronary artery disease since its introduction in the late 1970s. Bare-metal stent (BMS) and then first- and second-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) have enhanced the results of PCI by improving early results and reducing the risk of...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Longo G,La Manna A,Capodanno D,Tamburino C

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:Chronic venous insufficiency and chronic venous ulcers represent an important medical problem, because of the high incidence and prevalence in the general population, and need to be considered as a lifelong degenerative condition, with socioeconomic consequences. Ulceration is a severe complication of the post-thrombo...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Cerbone AM,Tufano A,Coppola A,Cimino E,Di Minno MN,Di Minno G

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a study of plethysmographic changes induced by methacholine (a derivative of acetylcholine) administered via iontophoresis in a population of 41 young women with apparently primary Raynaud's disease. All patients presented with a very clear statistically significant sphygmic increment, obviously co...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Taccola A,Zambelli M

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous coronary artery revascularization has now evolved to a status where angioplasty and stenting have become routine practice for the treatment of significant obstructive atherosclerotic vascular disease. Angioplasty and stenting have become routine practice for the treatment of significant obstructive athero...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Kiernan TJ,Kiernan GD,Yan BD

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTC) is classified into 4 types dependent on anatomical area affected identified on gross visual assessment. We have sought to understand if it is feasible and advantageous to use left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS), LV segmental longitudinal strain and right ventric...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Reddin G,Forrestal BJ,Garcia-Garcia HM,Medvedofsky D,Singh M,Asch FM,Ribeiro HB,Campos CM

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Of the main aspects of hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy and appearance of cardiac dysfunction seem to be the most common and to produce an early and severe cardiac deterioration. Even in the presence of normal systolic function diastolic filling abnormalities are described. The efficacy of many ant...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： De Simone R,Irace L,Perna B,Caruso C,Guida M,Iacono A

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) occurs in 1 in every 500 individuals. It represents the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in those under the age of twenty-five. 3-5% patients with HCM go on to develop the dilated, hypokinetic end stage (ES) HCM with systolic failure. They have a higher incidence of heart fai...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Nanda S,Levin V,Martinez MW

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:A carotid stenosis is responsible for about 30% of strokes occurring. Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is considered to be the gold standard treatment of a carotid stenosis. Carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) is emerging as a new alternative treatment for a carotid artery stenosis, but the risk of neurological complic...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Henry M,Polydorou A,Klonaris C,Henry I,Polydorou AD,Hugel M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of double unruptured intracranial aneurysm associated with aortic coarctation is presented. The main characteristics of the unusual association, the diagnostic criteria and the surgical strategies are reviewed. ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Cosentino F,Innocenzi G,Salvati M,Tacconi L,Ferrante L,Cosentino F

更新日期：1992-01-01 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: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：: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：:This report describes a rare case of concurrent abdominal aortic aneurysm and bilateral renal ectopia. Preoperative work-up included intravenous pyelography and angiography to assess renal function, renal artery anatomy, and ureter position. Conventional surgery was performed without renal protection. No deterioration...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Bianco G,Micheletti E,Silvestri F,Laezza F,Platì S,Mauro G,Scotto Di Uccio A,De Donato G

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is the treatment of choice among patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS) deemed inoperable and a valuable alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement for high-risk surgical patients. Over the years, this procedure proved to be relatively safe, but despi...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Tamburino CI,IMMè S,Barbanti M,Capranzano P,Sgroi C,Scalia M,Riccobene F,Condorelli A,Gulino S,Capodanno D,Tamburino C

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a controlled study of 100 patients, mean age 65 years old, suffering from chronic peripheral obliterative arterial disease, Leriche's stage II, were randomised in two groups treated respectively with defibrotide (400 mg bid) or heparan-sulfate (40 mg bid) by the oral route for a period of 6 months. At basal and aft...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Michelini S,Micci A,Failla A,Grechi G,Iantaffi A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant variations in the ECG have been observed in a female aged 77 with heart failure and chronic atrial fibrillation during an occasional increase in blood potassium followed by normalization. The major phenomena observed during hyperkalemia, due to a severe dehydration, were a transient sinus rhythm with atrio...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Cecchetti G,Arlotti M,Cecchetti V

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High sensitivity cardiac troponins I (hs-cTnI) and T (hs-cTnT) and natriuretic peptides (BNP and NT-proBNP) are universally recognized as cardiac reference biomarkers in patients with acute coronary syndromes and heart failure respectively. However, while on one hand the high sensitivity methods of cardiac b...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Perrone MA,Macrini M,Maregnani A,Ammirabile M,Clerico A,Bernardini S,Romeo F

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is commonly calculated using the modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) and Cockroft-Gault (CG) formulas and recently by the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) algorithm and not directly measured, so that the real impact of antihypertensive therapy on ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Mazza A,Montemurro D,Maffione AM,Vescovo G,Rampin L,Zuin M,Schiavon L,Camerotto A,Marzola MC,Fiorini F,Rubello D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The deep femoral artery provides the primary blood supply to the thigh, and in addition serves as the major collateral channel for bypassing the obstructed superficial femoral artery. The purpose of isolated profundoplasty is to relieve a significant stenosis and improve perfusion of the ischaemic leg. METH...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Witz M,Shnacker A,Lehmann JM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) warfarin has been the mainstay therapy for stroke prevention. In recent randomized clinical trials (RCTs) oral direct thrombin inhibitor (Dabigatran) and factor Xa inhibitors (Rivaroxaban and Apixaban) challenged the efficacy and safety benchmarks set by warfarin. These drugs ...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Destephan C,Waller AH,Patel RJ,Dhruvakumar S,Mazza V,Gerula C,Maher J,Kaluski E

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy and safety of the treatment of arterial hypertension with the ACE-inhibitor quinapril, were evaluated in a multicentre study conducted in Italy. The study, lasting 14 weeks, after a preliminary wash-out period, allowed response-based titration of quinapril dose from 10 mg to 40 mg once a day, with provisi...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Ambrosioni E,Brusca A,Caponnetto S,Condorelli M,Corea L,Dal Palù C,Fogari R,Mameli P,Mancia G,Neri Serneri GG

更新日期：1992-03-01 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：:Stenting of symptomatic myocardial bridges is a therapeutic option with documented good short-term outcome. However, limited data on the long term outcome of myocardial bridge stenting has shown a higher restenosis rate comparing to stenting of de novo atherosclerotic lesions. Drug-eluting stenting of de novo atherosc...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Ziakas A,Gavrilidis S,Parisiadou A,Parxaridis G

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease has been reported in up to 10% of all patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and in the majority of cases are associated with severe three-vessel CAD. Among patients with chronic coronary syndrome revascularization of significant LMCA disease improves prognosis, while ther...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Chiarito M,Mehilli J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (IOTEE) has become an important diagnostic and monitoring tool in the operating theatre during cardiac and noncardiac operations. However, its routine application during valve replacement operations has not received universal recognition. The cumulative experience, broug...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Shapira Y,Vaturi M,Weisenberg D,Sagie A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneurysms are a later consequence of acute myocardial infarction, developing in about 20% of patients with transmural infarcts. Pathologically aneurysms have two general forms: the first type has large endocardial fibroelastosis overlying the infarct size, the second type contains little or no endocardial fibroelastos...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Minutiello L

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of this paper was to verify whether there is any sign of involvement of the cardiovascular system in the early stages of collagen diseases. METHODS:Seventeen patients (10 female and 7 male, average age 41.35 +/- 9.85 years) (group A) recruited at the Ambulatory of Internal Medicine for suspected collag...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Manes MT,Guzzo D,Rizzo M,Balsano M,Serafini O,Russo F,Venneri N

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this paper was to compare the in-hospital management and outcome of patients on oral anticoagulation (OAC) undergoing coronary artery stenting (PCI-S) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) vs. other indications. METHODS:One hundred and sixteen patients on OAC at the time of PCI-S who were prosp...

journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica

authors： Vecchio S,Zanolla L,Valencia J,Colletta M,Capecchi A,Franco N,Piovaccari G,Margheri M,Di Pasquale G,Rubboli A,WARfarin and Coronary STENTing (WAR-STENT) Study Group.

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00