Publications by authors named "M Ziccardi"
Echocardiography for Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Pregnancy.
Curr Cardiol Rep
November 2024
Purpose Of Review: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be a leading contributor to maternal mortality and morbidity. Echocardiography is an essential tool for patients with suspected and known CVD to establish symptom etiology, treatment strategy, and prognosis. We summarize the current status of conventional and novel techniques for assessment of CVD during pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery is a rare congenital anomaly and potential aetiology for sudden cardiac death. However, the mere presence of this anomaly does not portend clinical significance, and there are many factors that contribute to limiting coronary blood flow in these patients. The standard of care for symptomatic individuals is surgical management with coronary unroofing although not all cases are amenable to surgery.
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- Peninsular bighorn sheep are endangered due to threats like introduced diseases, primarily found in Southern California and Baja Mexico.
- A study spanning from 1981 to 2017 examined 16 pathogens, revealing that disease prevalence varies by location and time, affecting lamb survival and overall population recovery.
- Findings suggest that lambs' lower survival rates are linked to higher levels of disease exposure, while adult survival is influenced by population size and past infectious disease rates.
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- Accurate blood chemistry analysis is crucial for informing emergency treatment and improving health monitoring in both captive and free-ranging animal populations, specifically for canvasbacks in this study.
- Blood samples from 52 canvasbacks were analyzed using various point-of-care devices and standard laboratory analyzers, revealing generally expected reference values, but noted some exceedances in sodium, chloride, and specific enzyme levels indicative of muscle stress.
- The study emphasizes the importance of establishing analyzer-specific reference values, as some devices showed clinical agreement with laboratory standards for certain parameters, while others did not align, highlighting the complexity of blood analysis in wildlife health assessments.
Southern sea otters (SSO: Enhydra lutris nereis) are a federally-listed threatened subspecies found almost exclusively in California, USA. Despite their zoonotic potential and lack of host specificity, K. pneumoniae and Klebsiella spp.
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