Publications by authors named "G S Camastra"
Background: Extensive myocardial edema is a key feature of acute takotsubo syndrome (TTS) and it can be quantitatively assessed by T2 mapping cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. Clinical correlates of myocardial edema in TTS are not well characterized.
Methods: Sixty patients with acute TTS underwent CMR with T2 mapping within one week of hospitalization.
Aims: While factors associated with adverse events are well elucidated in setting of isolated left ventricular dysfunction, clinical and imaging-based prognosticators of adverse outcomes are lacking in context of biventricular dysfunction. The purpose of this study was to establish role of clinical variables in prognosis of biventricular heart failure (HF), as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
Methods: Study cohort consisted of 840 patients enrolled in DERIVATE registry with coexisting CMR-derived right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, as defined by RV and LV ejection fractions ≤45 % and ≤ 50 %, respectively.
Background: takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute heart failure syndrome characterized by a relevant comorbid background, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, TTS patients with COPD are still not well characterized.
Aim: to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with TTS and COPD.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular disorder, more often presenting with asymmetrical septal hypertrophy. Here we report the case of a patient, affected by arterial hypertension, presenting to the emergency department with chest pain, electrocardiographic changes and troponin rise. Further diagnostic work-up ruled out ischemic heart disease and lead to the diagnosis of a rare HCM phenotype affecting the lateral wall of the left ventricle.
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