Publications by authors named "F Formica"
Background: For patients with aortic root dilatation and a structurally normal aortic valve (AV) undergoing composite aortic valve-graft (Bentall-De Bono) versus valve-sparing aortic root replacement (VSARR) procedures there are conflicting data regarding early and long-term benefits. We undertook a study-level meta-analysis to compare the results of both procedures.
Methods: Three databases were assessed, and both randomized trials and observational studies were considered eligible.
Development of a prescriptive appropriateness project in RSAs affiliated with Local health authority of Vercelli: repercussions on the correct use of the drug and on the economic sustainability of the SSN.
Ig Sanita Pubbl
September 2024
Law 405/2001, DGR of 30 July 2012, n. 45-4248 and the DGR of 2 August 2013, n. 85-6287 provide that ASLs guarantee the direct distribution of drugs from the Company's Therapeutic Handbook (PTA) necessary for the treatment of patients in residential and semi-residential care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF: Understanding sex-based differences in cardiovascular outcomes is paramount to improving clinical outcomes. Surgery is an aggressive but effective therapy for ascending aortic aneurysm. We sought to determine if being a woman is a risk factor for long-term mortality after this surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurologic complications in patients receiving aortic versus subclavian versus femoral arterial cannulation for post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support: results of the PELS observational multicenter study.
Crit Care
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study looks at how the location where doctors put tubes in the arteries for heart support affects brain health after surgery.
- They compared three methods: using the aorta, subclavian/axillary arteries, and femoral artery to see which had the least brain problems.
- Results showed that patients using the subclavian/axillary method had more major brain issues compared to the others, and also had more seizures after the surgery.
Article Synopsis
- ECLS cannulation in post-cardiotomy patients is uncommon in general wards, with only 39 out of 2058 patients studied undergoing the procedure while at the hospital.
- The majority of these patients faced complications like acute kidney injury and arrhythmias, with a high in-hospital mortality rate of 84.6%, predominantly due to persistent heart failure.
- Findings suggest that ECLS cannulation mainly affects low-risk patients who experience cardiac arrest post-surgery, indicating a need for further research into improving outcomes.