Publications by authors named "Antongiulio Maione"
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in surgical aortic valve is a safe and effective procedure to treat patients with failed bioprosthetic surgical valves at high risk for reoperation. Performing bioprosthetic valve fracture has been shown to improve postprocedural hemodynamics of TAVR in surgical aortic valve replacement. However, specific complications related to valve fracture are becoming more common.
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- - The study aimed to examine how common coronary artery ectasia (CAE) is among patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and to evaluate the long-term outcomes for those with and without CAE after emergency coronary angiography.
- - Out of 1,674 STEMI patients analyzed, 154 (9.2%) were found to have CAE, and these patients exhibited different characteristics, such as being predominantly male and having a lower prevalence of diabetes.
- - Results indicated that patients with CAE had a higher risk of recurrent myocardial infarction compared to those without CAE, although there were no significant differences in all-cause or cardiac death rates between the two groups.
Objectives: The aims of the ERIS (Evolving Routine Standards of FFR Use) study are to describe the current use of invasive coronary physiology assessment and discern the reasons for its nonuse in daily practice.
Background: Adoption of coronary physiology guidance in the catheterization laboratory varies among countries, centers, and operators.
Methods: ERIS is an investigator-driven, nationwide, prospective, cross-sectional study involving 76 Italian catheterization laboratories.
Near-drowning syndrome: a possible trigger of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy.
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown)
May 2008
We report a case of transient tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy characterized by an unusual trigger in a woman victim of near-drowning syndrome. After 24 h, electrocardiogram changes and a typical echocardiographic pattern of apical ballooning with a mild increase of serum troponin level induced the suspicion of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy despite the absence of chest pain. Left ventriculography confirmed the apical ballooning, and coronary angiography revealed normal coronary arteries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a case of a 70-year-old woman with Tako-tsubo syndrome admitted to the hospital with typical chest pain and electrocardiogram changes in anterior precordial leads suggesting acute coronary syndrome. Coronary angiography demonstrated normal coronary artery and left ventriculography the typical apical ballooning of Tako-tsubo syndrome. Transthoracic echocardiographically derived coronary flow velocity reserve by adenosine was lower than normal (1.
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