Publications by authors named "Mattia Canevari"

Article Synopsis
  • Cardiovascular risk factors lead to atherosclerotic disease, affecting various types of arteries, with causes including genetics, lifestyle, and existing medical conditions.
  • Clinical effects can vary widely, leading to serious issues like heart attacks, strokes, and more, and about 70% of such events can't currently be prevented by drugs like statins.
  • A specific case is discussed where a young male with unaddressed atherosclerotic risk factors experienced severe complications, including pulmonary edema and strokes, highlighting the unpredictability and seriousness of the disease even in seemingly healthy individuals.
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Background: Whether healthy metabolic status is stable or only temporary is still controversial. The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of the transition from metabolically healthy to metabolically unhealthy status, or vice versa, over the long term.

Methods: We examined 970 individuals of 18 to 45 years of age.

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Aims: To investigate the prevalence of metabolically healthy overweight/obesity and to study its longitudinal association with major adverse cardiovascular and renal events (MARCE).

Methods And Results: The study was conducted in 1210 young-to-middle-age subjects grouped according to their BMI and metabolic status. The risk of MARCE was evaluated during 17.

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Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of orthostatic hypertension and the association of the blood pressure (BP) level, supine BP decline, and white-coat effect with the orthostatic pressor response.

Methods: We studied 1275 young-to-middle-age individuals with stage-1 hypertension. Orthostatic response was assessed three times over a 3 month period.

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Aim: To evaluate the association of alcohol and smoking combined with cardiovascular and renal events and investigate whether moderate and heavy alcohol consumption have a different impact on this association.

Methods: The study was conducted in 1208 young-to-middle-age stage 1 hypertensive patients. Subjects were classified into three categories of cigarette smoking and alcohol use, and the risk of adverse outcomes was assessed over a 17.

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