Myocarditis and pericarditis during COVID-19 pandemic: a study of the Italian Society of Cardiology.

Aims: Some studies about myocarditis and pericarditis following COVID-19 vaccination raised concerns worldwide. However, the heterogeneous diagnostic criteria for postvaccination inflammatory heart diseases may result in overestimating incidence rates. The aim of this multicentre Italian registry is to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 vaccines on the incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis in the Italian population.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation: the Cardiomyopathy/Myocarditis Registry of the EURObservational Research Programme of the European Society of Cardiology.

Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is commonly associated with atrial fibrillation (AF), but its impact on outcomes in real-world practice is uncertain. The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical profile and prognosis of patients with HCM and AF.

Methods: Overall, 1739 adult patients with HCM (40.

CARAvELA - Competency in Anaesthesiology - self-Reported Assessment on European Learning Aims: a national survey.

Introduction: Competency-based teaching is the preferred approach for anaesthesia training, however, limited data exists on Portuguese residents' exposure to essential competencies. This study aimed to evaluate their daily exposure to seven selected competencies from the 2022 European Training Requirements (ETR).

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted amongst 350 Portuguese anaesthesia residents, throughout a 10 working day period, using a questionnaire with 170 questions.

Cellular Immunology of Myocarditis: Lights and Shades-A Literature Review.

Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium with heterogeneous etiology, clinical presentation, and prognosis; when it is associated with myocardial dysfunction, this identifies the entity of inflammatory cardiomyopathy. In the last few decades, the relevance of the immune system in myocarditis onset and progression has become evident, thus having crucial clinical relevance in terms of treatment and prognostic stratification. In fact, the advances in cardiac immunology have led to a better characterization of the cellular subtypes involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory cardiomyopathy, whether the etiology is infectious or autoimmune/immune-mediated.

Defining conceptual artefacts to manage and design simplicities in complex adaptive systems.

The concept of Simplexity has emerged several times in many discourses within different scientific domains: it somehow refers to the intertwined nature of Simplicity and Complexity. To the eye of the scientist beholder, any of these contributions renders different facets. None of those is negligible nor seems to be superior.