Publications by authors named "Diletta Bolognesi"

Patient: Male, 0 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Tetralogy of Fallot Symptoms: -

Medication: - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Cardiology.

Objective: Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment.

Background: Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) is the most common form of cyanotic congenital defect.

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Background: Patients with acute cardiac symptoms, elevated cardiac troponin, and culprit-free angiograms are a consistent proportion of patients admitted with presumed acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Current literature on this population of patients justifies the diagnostic importance of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging.

Case Report: This report describes the case of a 58-year-old cyclist in which CMR allowed us to perform a diagnosis of myopericarditis mimicking acute STEMI against other evidence.

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Background: Peritoneal tuberculosis is very rare in European countries. However, its incidence is increasing due to the continued immigration of people from endemic areas affected by tuberculosis.

Case Report: The authors report a case of tuberculous peritonitis in a 46-year-old male patient from North Africa.

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Notoriously, the valvular disease of the right heart have always received less attention than the left heart valvular disease both by echocardiographers and by researchers, probably due to the long period of latent asymptomatic and for the intrinsic difficulties of examination. However, it is increasingly recognized that right-sided valve disease is not a benign lesion and has a significant and independent impact on morbidity and mortality. Pulmonary regurgitation (PR) is common after surgical or percutaneous relief of pulmonary stenosis and following repair of tetralogy of Fallot.

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Introduction: The crista terminalis is a variant of normal anatomical structures within the right atrium that mimics an atrial mass on a transthoracic echocardiogram. Atrial septal aneurysm is a rare but well-recognized cardiac abnormality of uncertain clinical significance. The association between crista terminalis and atrial septal aneurysm is unusual but not completely casual.

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