High prevalence of cardiac post-acute sequelae in patients recovered from Covid-19. Results from the ARCA post-COVID study.

Background: Many data were published about Long-Covid prevalence, very few about the findings of new cardiac alterations (NCA) in COVID-19-recovered people. is an observational study designed to investigate the prevalence of NCA in patients recovered from Covid-19.Methods: from June 2020 to December 2022, we enrolled 502 patients with a positive nasopharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV2 and a subsequent negative one.

Alert-LDL-2: adherence to guidelines and goals attainment in the treatment of diabetic patients with dyslipidemia.

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with a cluster of lipid and apolipoprotein abnormalities which increase the risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the adherence to guidelines-oriented dyslipidemia treatment in diabetic patients and to assess the efficacy of a territorial goal-oriented program.

Methods: One thousand seventy-one diabetic patients at very high cardiovascular risk were enrolled in this prospective study.

ALERT-LDL: adherence to guidelines in the treatment of patients with dyslipidemia.

The association between LDL-c levels and cardiovascular outcomes suggests tailoring lipid-lowering therapies according to total cardiovascular risk. We aimed to evaluate the adherence to guidelines-oriented dyslipidaemia's treatment in an outpatient population referring to ARCA cardiologists, and assess the efficacy of treatment's optimization for each specific level of risk. Three thousand seventy-five patients enrolled in this prospective study were classified according to cardiovascular risk category, and their therapies were optimized.

Clinical Discussions in Antithrombotic Therapy Management in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Delphi Consensus Panel.

Background: In recent years, direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) have entered clinical practice for stroke prevention in non-valvular atrial fibrillation or prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism. However, remaining uncertainty regarding DOAC use in some clinical scenarios commonly encountered in the real world has not been fully explored in clinical trials.

Methods: We report on use of a Delphi consensus process on DOAC use in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients.

Management of chronic heart failure: Role of home echocardiography in monitoring care programs.

Aim: To identify a possible role of home echocardiography for monitoring chronic heart failure (CHF) patients.

Methods: We prospectively investigated 118 patients hospitalized during the last year for CHF who could not easily reach the pertaining District Healthcare Center. The patients were followed up with 2 home management programs: one including clinical and electrocardiographic evaluations and also periodic home echocardiographic examinations (group A), the other including clinical and electrocardiographic evaluations only (group B).