Publications by authors named "E Tommasi"
Background: Right ventricular (RV) imaging has not a definite role in risk stratification of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients. We tested the hypothesis that echocardiography-derived phenotypes, depicting different degrees of RV remodeling and dysfunction, may provide additional prognostic information to current risk stratification tools.
Methods: Consecutive incident PAH patients aged ≥18 years, diagnosed between January 2005 and December 2021, underwent clinical assessment, right heart catheterization, standard echocardiography.
Article Synopsis
- The study explores how nanostructures in organisms, like diatoms, can manipulate light for communication and photosynthesis.
- Diatoms, tiny microalgae with silica cell walls, have evolved unique structures to efficiently handle light, enhancing their photosynthetic capabilities.
- Using various imaging and simulation techniques, the research shows that these structures help optimize light for photosynthesis while protecting against harmful UV radiation.
Eleonora Tommasi was not included as an author in the original publication [...
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeveral living organisms are able to synthesize complex nanostructures provided with peculiar physical and chemical properties by means of finely-tuned, genetically controlled biomineralization processes. Frustules, in particular, are micro- and nano-structured silica shells produced by ubiquitous diatom microalgae, whose optical properties have been recently exploited in photonics, solar energy harvesting, and biosensing. Metallization of diatom biosilica, both in the shape of intact frustules or diatomite particles, can trigger plasmonic effects that in turn can find application in high-sensitive detection platforms, allowing to obtain effective nanosensors at low cost and on a large scale.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe discrimination between heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) requires a multiparametric approach, eventually culminating in right heart catheterization. Solving this differential diagnosis is crucial in order to properly tailor patient treatment, with relevant clinical implications. However, it is not uncommon to be confronted with patients at intermediate or high risk of having HFpEF whose pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) falls in a grey zone in between 13 and 15 mmHg.
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