Publications by authors named "Daria Sgreccia"
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- Body size, specifically Body Surface Area (BSA), is the strongest predictor of radiation dose received during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), with other factors like height and female sex also influencing dose outcomes.
- A study analyzed 6,623 PCIs, finding that an increase in BSA significantly raises the fluoroscopy dose rate and total radiation dose, while patients with higher height and female sex received less dose.
- Understanding these relationships can help clinicians better adjust X-ray usage based on individual patient characteristics, particularly in light of growing complexities in PCI and rising obesity rates.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in the setting of critically ill patients. Pneumonia, and in particular community-acquired pneumonia, is one of the most common causes of illness and hospital admission worldwide. This article aims to review the association between AF and acute diseases, with specific attention to pneumonia, from the pathophysiology to its clinical significance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This paper aims to evaluate the concordance between the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) formula and alternative equations and to assess their predictive power for all-cause mortality in unselected patients discharged alive from a cardiology ward.
Methods: We retrospectively included patients admitted to our Cardiology Division independently of their diagnosis. The total population was classified according to Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) categories, as follows: G1 (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥90 mL/min/1.
Introduction: Remote monitoring (RM) of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) allows rapid detection of clinical and electrical events. Recently, several smartphone applications have been developed with the aim of improving patient compliance and better interpreting and integrating data deriving from remote control for the management of heart failure (HF).
Areas Covered: Studies investigating the role of CIEDs' RM in HF patients to predict and early treat acute decompensation.
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- * An analysis of 700 patients revealed that higher RDW levels were linked to an increased risk of all-cause death (more than double) and a composite endpoint of other serious health issues after about 3.78 years of follow-up.
- * The findings suggest that RDW can be a useful prognostic marker for predicting adverse outcomes in patients with cardiovascular diseases.
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the implementation of telemedicine has represented a new potential option for outpatient care. The aim of our study was to evaluate digital literacy among cardiology outpatients.
Methods: From March to June 2020, a survey on telehealth among cardiology outpatients was performed.
Burden of disease and costs of infections associated with cardiac implantable electronic devices.
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res
January 2022
Introduction: Infections are complications of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) procedures, associated with high mortality (20-25% at 1 year), long hospitalizations (23-30 days), and high costs for health-care systems (often higher than 30.000 €). The incidence rates are around 1-4%.
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- * A systematic review included 10 studies with over 81,000 patients, revealing no significant differences in all-cause and cardiovascular death, as well as stroke risks between symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals.
- * The findings suggest that clinical management strategies for AF should not rely solely on whether patients exhibit symptoms, as their symptomatic status does not correlate with health outcomes.