Publications by authors named "Gisella Di Palma"
Article Synopsis
- Pre-existing atrial fibrillation (AF) is common in COVID-19 patients and the study aimed to determine its impact on disease severity and mortality.
- Out of 467 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, 26.1% had a history of AF, with most cases being persistent or permanent in nature.
- The study found that while pre-existing AF increased the risk of developing severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), it did not significantly affect the risk of in-hospital mortality.
Edoxaban for the treatment of pulmonary embolism in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol
October 2021
Purpose: We aimed to investigate the clinical performance of edoxaban for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis selecting hospitalized patients with COVID-19 admitted to our Institution from 20 May 2020 to 20 November 2020 with computer tomography (CT) detected PE at admission, treated with edoxaban after initial parenteral therapy. Clinical outcomes were compared between patients with and without ARDS at admission and between those with and without CT confirmed PE resolution.
Common cardiovascular risk factors and in-hospital mortality in 3,894 patients with COVID-19: survival analysis and machine learning-based findings from the multicentre Italian CORIST Study.
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
October 2020
Article Synopsis
- A study investigated factors contributing to in-hospital death among COVID-19 patients in Italy, analyzing data from 3,894 hospitalized individuals from February to May 2020.
- Key findings showed that impaired renal function, high levels of C-reactive protein, and older age were significant predictors of mortality, with the highest death rates found in Northern Italy (15.6%) compared to Central/Southern regions (6.4%).
- The results indicated that factors like obesity, tobacco use, and cardiovascular conditions did not correlate with mortality risk, emphasizing the importance of renal health and inflammation in COVID-19 outcomes.
Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor that produces a distant effect by secretion of catecholamines. This tumor usually presents with hypertension and palpitations but it may also cause cardiogenic shock because of catecholamine-induced myocardial dysfunction. We describe a rare case of Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy as first manifestation of pheochromocytoma with an unusual onset characterized by severe hypotension and transient basal left ventricular ballooning ('inverted' Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy).
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