Publications by authors named "R Corso"
Aims: Few data are available regarding the role of tricuspid annulus plane systolic excursion to pulmonary artery systolic pressure (TAPSE/PASP), a measurement of right ventricular to pulmonary artery coupling, in patients with chronic heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
Methods And Results: This retrospective single-centre study included outpatients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (ejection fraction ≤ 50%) evaluated between January 2022 and December 2022. TAPSE/PASP was evaluated as a continuous variable and as tertiles according to its value on the first visit.
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- The study evaluates the effectiveness of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) metrics in predicting responses to neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.
- A retrospective analysis of 94 patients was conducted using MRI data to assess pre- and post-treatment ADC values, which were correlated with the tumor regression grade (TRG) after surgery.
- Results indicated that while pre-ADC values did not correlate with TRG, post-ADC and changes in ADC values were significantly associated with patient responses and overall survival rates, highlighting their potential as predictive markers in treatment outcomes.
Treatment of degenerated mitral bioprosthesis using inovare alpha rapid deployment balloon-expandable prosthesis-a minimally invasive approach.
Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- - An 82-year-old woman suffered from severe mitral bioprosthesis stenosis and heart failure, with significant EuroScore and STS Scores indicating high surgical risk.
- - She underwent a novel surgical procedure involving a valve-in-valve implantation using a balloon-expandable prosthesis, accessed through a small incision in the chest.
- - Post-surgery, she was discharged and improved to NYHA Class I with no angina, indicating a significant recovery under cardiology follow-up.
Emergency laparotomy is a surgical procedure associated with significantly higher mortality rates compared to elective surgeries. Awake laparotomy under neuraxial anaesthesia has recently emerged as a promising approach in abdominal surgery to improve patient outcomes. This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and potential benefits of using neuraxial anaesthesia as the primary anaesthetic technique in emergency laparotomies.
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