Publications by authors named "E Penza"
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- The study compares the effectiveness and safety of hybrid-convergent radiofrequency (RF) ablation and extensive pulsed field ablation (PFA) for treating long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (LSPAF).
- Both methods showed similar effectiveness in preventing atrial tachyarrhythmias after one year, with approximately 36.7% in the hybrid group and 40.9% in the PFA group experiencing recurrences.
- However, PFA had a better safety profile, with a significantly lower rate of major complications (0% for PFA compared to 12% for hybrid), indicating it may be a safer option for patients.*
Background: The Ozaki procedure is an innovative surgical technique aiming at the reconstruction of the aortic valve with autologous pericardium to overcome the limitations of commercially available prostheses.
Methods: We retrospectively analysed 71 patients who underwent Ozaki operation at our centre between October 2014 and February 2020.
Results: No in-hospital death occurred.
Aims: Patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) are at very high risk of recurrent events. A strategy to reduce excess risk might be to deliver structured secondary prevention programmes, but their efficacy has been mostly evaluated in the short term and in experimental settings. This is a retrospective case-control study aimed at assessing, in the real world, the efficacy of a secondary prevention programme in reducing long-term coronary event recurrences after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Ozaki procedure is an innovative surgical technique aiming at the reconstruction of the aortic valve with autologous pericardium to overcome the limitations of commercially available prostheses.
Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 71 patients who underwent the Ozaki operation at our center between October 2014 and February 2020.
Results: No in-hospital death occurred.
Background: Epidemiological data on fatal anaphylaxis are underestimated worldwide. Few Italian data do exist. The aims of the study are to determine the anaphylaxis mortality rate in Italy and its associations with demographic characteristics (gender, age, and geographical distribution), and to investigate which are the most common triggers of fatal anaphylaxis.
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