Publications by authors named "G Ignone"
Article Synopsis
- * INOCA patients face recurrent symptoms, functional limitations, and a higher risk of cardiovascular events, yet the condition is often underdiagnosed due to a lack of awareness and reliable diagnostic tools.
- * In 2022, a nationwide initiative was conducted across 30 cardiology units to improve understanding and management of INOCA, aiming to create consistent diagnostic and treatment pathways for affected patients.
Importance: There is growing awareness of sex-related differences in cardiovascular risk profiles, but less is known about whether these extend to pre-menopausal females experiencing an early-onset myocardial infarction (MI), who may benefit from the protective effects of estrogen exposure.
Methods: A nationwide study involving 125 Italian Coronary Care Units recruited 2,000 patients between 1998 and 2002 hospitalized for a type I myocardial infarction before the age of 45 years (male, = 1,778 (88.9%).
Background: Acute myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA) is frequent in patients experiencing an early-onset MI, but data concerning its long-term prognosis are limited and conflicting.
Methods: The Italian Genetic Study on Early-onset MI enrolled 2000 patients experiencing a first MI before the age of 45 years, and had a median follow-up of 19.9 years.
[An unusual case of ischemic mitral valve].
G Ital Cardiol (Rome)
July 2021
Mechanisms leading to mitral regurgitation can be multiple and have different etiologies. We present the case of severe mitral insufficiency due to posterior papillary muscle rupture in a young man, with exertional dyspnea, but permanently asymptomatic for chest pain and without clinical and laboratory signs of myocardial ischemia at the time of our evaluation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn explorative study focusing on the process of a Cardiac Rehabilitation Psychodynamic Group Intervention (CR-PGI) addressed to myocardial infarction (MI) patients is discussed. The study aimed at analyzing whether the treatment based on CR-PGI serves as a communicational context within which MI patients are enabled to explore new interpretations of their post-infarction condition. The intervention, divided into 12 weekly one-hour group sessions, was addressed to MI patients recruited within a Public Hospital of southern Italy.
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