Following a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (MI), a 68-year-old hypertensive, severely obese woman with 45% left ventricular ejection fraction underwent an implantable cardiac monitor (ICM) insertion. After 8 months, the ICM remotely transmitted multiple non-sustained ventricular tachycardia episodes. Symptomatic during these events, the patient underwent an invasive electrophysiologic stimulation, which induced ventricular arrhythmia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Italian Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging (SIECVI) conducted a national survey to understand better how different echocardiographic modalities are used and accessed in Italy.
Methods: We analyzed echocardiography laboratory activities over a month (November 2022). Data were retrieved via an electronic survey based on a structured questionnaire, uploaded on the SIECVI website.
SGLT2 (sodium-glucose cotransporter 2) enables glucose and sodium reabsorption in the kidney. SGLT2-inhibitors (also known as gliflozins, which include canagliflozin, dapagliflozin, empagliflozin, and ertugliflozin) act by increasing glycosuria, thereby reducing glycemia. These drugs are critical to reach and keep glycemic control, a crucial feature, especially in patients with comorbidities, like frail individuals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStatin therapy has been recently suggested as possible adjuvant treatment to improve the clinical outcome in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of preadmission statin therapy in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and to investigate its potential association with acute distress respiratory syndrome (ARDS) at admission and in-hospital mortality. We retrospectively recruited 467 patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 admitted to the emergency department of 10 Italian hospitals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: No data are provided about the effect of triple combination therapy with Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPN/RTN), hydroxychloroquine (HQ) and azithromycin (AZT) on corrected QT (QTc) interval and arrhythmic risk, in COVID-19 patients. This study aims to describe the incidence of extreme QTc interval prolongation among COVID-19 patients on this experimental treatment and to identify the clinical features associated with extreme QTc prolongation.
Materials And Methods: Data of 87 COVID-19 patients, treated with triple combination including LPN/RTN, HQ and AZT, were analyzed.
Introduction: Little is still known about the prognostic impact of incident arrhythmias in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and predictors of sustained tachyarrhythmias in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, and their potential association with disease severity and in-hospital mortality.
Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective multicenter observation study including consecutive patients with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 admitted to emergency department of ten Italian Hospitals from 15 February to 15 March 2020.
Background: Although transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is an excellent noninvasive screening test for pulmonary hypertension, the physiologic range of Doppler echocardiography-derived pulmonary pressures remains not completely investigated. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to explore the full spectrum of pulmonary pressures and right ventricular (RV) functional indexes by TTE in healthy subjects and to investigate clinical and echocardiographic correlates.
Methods: A random sample of 1,480 healthy individuals (mean age, 36.
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown)
September 2013
Background: The right heart is a major determinant of prognosis in cardiac transplant recipient patients.
Aim: To investigate right ventricular morphology and function and their relationship with exercise capacity in cardiac transplant recipient patients using standard tranthoracic echocardiography and a new three-dimensional echocardiographic software adapted for right ventricular analysis.
Methods: One hundred fifteen relatively stable cardiac transplant recipient patients (71 men; 58.
Objectives: To explore the full range of right heart dimensions and the impact of long-term intensive training in athletes.
Background: Although echocardiography has been widely used to distinguish the athlete's heart from pathologic left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, only few reports have described right ventricular (RV) and right atrial (RA) adaptations to extensive physical exercise.
Methods: 650 top-level athletes [395 endurance- (ATE) and 255 strength-trained (ATS); 410 males (63.
Hepatogastroenterology
September 2010
Background/aims: The total mesorectal excision (TME) for rectal tumours was introduced in 1982 by Heald et al. and has led both to a 5% de crease of local recurrences 5 and 10 years after the operation when compared with cases treated with conventional surgery, and to an increase of survival up to five years estimated in 80% of all cases. In Italy TME was firstly introduced for distal rectal carcinomas about 20 years ago, and has shown the same rate of local recurrences reported by Heald.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe authors report the cases of two young female patients aged 17 and 27 years who underwent surgery for a rare tumor of the pancreas, Frantz's tumor or solid-cystic pseudopapillary tumor. Solid-cystic pseudopapillary tumor of the pancreas is a rare tumor, accounting for 2.7% of pancreatic exocrine tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe authors take a treated clinical case as a starting point to consider lateral ventral hernia, generally referred to as "Spigelian hernia". Such hernias are rare (1-2% of all hernias), with a slightly higher incidence in the female sex. Obesity and multiparous status are known to be predisposing factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims And Background: Pancreatic resections for neoplastic diseases have a high risk of severe intra- and postoperative complications and are associated with high mortality rates. They should be performed as a rule in centers specializing in this type of surgery. However, it is becoming increasingly likely that such tumors may have to be treated in surgery units which are not specifically dedicated to pancreatic surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeritoneal multicystic mesothelioma is a very rare clinical condition. This neoplastic variant has a high incidence of recurrence after surgical resection. It usually occurs in middle-aged women with a previous history of gynaecological surgery and presents with the symptoms of an abdominal or pelvic mass.
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