Publications by authors named "Andrea Dilenarda"
Prevalence, predictors and prognostic value of acute impairment in renal function during intensive unloading therapy in a community population hospitalized for decompensated heart failure.
Giovanni Cioffi Luigi Tarantini Giovanni Pulignano Donatella Del Sindaco Stefania De Feo Andrea Dilenarda
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown)
June 2007
Background And Methods: Chronic heart failure (CHF) is often associated with impaired renal function. Diuretics and vasodilators may lead to aggravated renal dysfunction (ARD), particularly among patients with decompensated CHF. Although the prevalence of ARD has been evaluated in patients awaiting heart transplantation, little is known about ARD in the community sample of CHF patients.
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- Aortic valve calcification (AVC) and mitral annulus calcification (MAC) are linked to atherosclerosis and can indicate cardiovascular risks.
- In a study of 62 patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), those with ischemic DCM (DCMI+) had significantly higher calcium scores from echocardiograms compared to those with non-ischemic DCM (DCMI-).
- This suggests that echocardiographic assessment of cardiac calcification can effectively help differentiate between ischemic and non-ischemic forms of DCM, making it a valuable, low-cost diagnostic tool.