Publications by authors named "Francesco Pelizzo"
Article Synopsis
- Cardiovascular risk factors lead to atherosclerotic disease, affecting various types of arteries, with causes including genetics, lifestyle, and existing medical conditions.
- Clinical effects can vary widely, leading to serious issues like heart attacks, strokes, and more, and about 70% of such events can't currently be prevented by drugs like statins.
- A specific case is discussed where a young male with unaddressed atherosclerotic risk factors experienced severe complications, including pulmonary edema and strokes, highlighting the unpredictability and seriousness of the disease even in seemingly healthy individuals.
Background: Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a bacterium of the normal oral flora of dogs and cats. Human infection is caused by animal bite but is rarely observed, mainly in immunocompromised patients. We present 2 cases of C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCarcinoid syndrome is the constellation of symptoms mediated by humoral factors produced by some carcinoid tumors. It consists primarily of vasomotor symptoms, gastrointestinal hypermotility, hypotension, and bronchospasm, due to the production and release of vasoactive substances. Carcinoid heart disease occurs in more than 50% of patients with carcinoid syndrome; in some cases, it represents the initial manifestation of the disease.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGiant left atrium in undersized mitral ring annuloplasty.
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis
October 2016
Enlargement of left atrium occurs in patients with longstanding mitral valve disease due to chronic pressure and volume overload and occasionally left atrium reaches a massive enlargement, condition known as giant left atrium. It is most commonly associated with rheumatic mitral valve disease, both stenosis and regurgitation. This unique case deals with a 70-year-old woman who developed a giant left atrium due to a severe mitral regurgitation from complete prolapse of both mitral leaflets, as a consequence of previous undersized mitral ring annuloplasty.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of colour-Doppler sonography and CT-angiography in the selection of extracranial stenosis of the internal carotid artery to be treated with either endarterectomy or percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.
Materials And Methods: A total of 35 atherosclerotic plaques in 20 patients were studied with colour-Doppler sonography and CT-angiography (technical parameters: 2 mm raw thickness; 3.5 helical pitch; 2 mm image thickness; 1 mm reconstruction interval; non ionic contrast medium; Iodine concentration: 400 mg/ml, injection rate 5 ml/sec; Sure Start).
Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare real time compound sonography with conventional sonography in the evaluation of rotator cuff tears.
Materials And Methods: A prospective study was performed on 50 supraspinatus tendons in 101 patients treated by surgical acromioplasty. The surgeon described 33 (66%) full-thickness tears and 17 (34%) partial-thickness tears.