Publications by authors named "A V Bacca"
Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology (GISE) and Italian Society of Arterial Hypertension (SIIA) Position Paper on the role of renal denervation in the management of the difficult-to-treat hypertension.
Minerva Cardiol Angiol
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- - Renal denervation (RDN) is a safe and effective treatment option for hard-to-treat hypertension, showing blood pressure reductions similar to many common antihypertensive medications.
- - RDN is best considered alongside lifestyle changes and traditional medical therapies, highlighting the importance of a comprehensive approach to manage hypertension effectively.
- - Ongoing research is essential to understand RDN's impact on overall health outcomes and to pinpoint which patients are most likely to benefit from the procedure.
[Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology (GISE) and Italian Society of Arterial Hypertension (SIIA) Consensus document on the role of renal denervation in the management of the difficult to treat hypertension].
G Ital Cardiol (Rome)
October 2023
Arterial hypertension is the most prevalent cardiovascular risk factor worldwide. Despite the availability of many and effective antihypertensive medications, the prevalence of uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) remains high. As sympathetic hyperactivity has long been recognized as a major contributor to resistant hypertension, catheter-based renal denervation (RDN) has emerged as a new strategy to reduce BP.
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- The case study discusses a rare adrenal neoplasm misidentified as pheochromocytoma but found to be an adrenal cortical tumor upon histological examination.
- The diagnosis was supported by electron microscopy, which showed neuroendocrine granules alongside lipid droplets in the tumor cells.
- Following laparoscopic surgery to remove the tumor, the patient's urine levels of metanephrine and normetanephrine returned to normal, highlighting the importance of accurate diagnosis when symptoms and lab results differ from histological findings.
Aims: We explored multiple cardiometabolic patterns, including inflammatory and congestive pathways, in patients with heart failure (HF).
Methods And Results: We enrolled 270 HF patients with reduced (<50%, HFrEF; = 96) and preserved (≥50%, HFpEF; = 174) ejection fraction. In HFpEF, glycated hemoglobin (Hb1Ac) seemed to be relevant in its relationship with inflammation as Hb1Ac positively correlated with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP; Spearman's rank correlation coefficient ρ = 0.
Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) may be caused by biallelic variants in the TSHR gene. CH due to thyroid dysgenesis has also been linked to pathogenic variants of the nucleotide kinase 2, homeobox 5 (NKX2-5) gene, which can also cause sudden cardiac death from ventricular arrhythmia. In particular, the NKX2-5 p.
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