Publications by authors named "Michele Della Rocca"

Background: Older patients are less likely to receive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) compared to younger patients. We investigated the prognostic impact of PCI in a large population of patients hospitalized with AMI in the period 2003-2018 by using the administrative Lombardy Health Database (Italy).

Methods: We considered all patients aged ≥75 years hospitalized with AMI (either STEMI or NSTEMI) from 2003 to 2018 in Lombardy.

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Background: In advanced heart failure (HF), levosimendan increases peak oxygen uptake (VO). We investigated whether peak VO increase is linked to cardiovascular, respiratory, or muscular performance changes.

Methods And Results: Twenty patients hospitalized for advanced HF underwent, before and shortly after levosimendan infusion, 2 different cardiopulmonary exercise tests: (a) a personalized ramp protocol with repeated arterial blood gas analysis and standard spirometry including alveolar-capillary gas diffusion measurements at rest and at peak exercise, and (b) a step incremental workload cardiopulmonary exercise testing with continuous near-infrared spectroscopy analysis and cardiac output assessment by bioelectrical impedance analysis.

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