Publications by authors named "Roberta Lugli"
Background: Although telemedicine has been proven to have significant potential for improving care for patients with cardiac problems, there remains a substantial risk of introducing disparities linked to the use of digital technology, especially for older or socially vulnerable subgroups.
Objective: We investigated factors influencing adherence to a telemedicine-delivered health education intervention in patients with ischemia, emphasizing demographic and socioeconomic considerations.
Methods: We conducted a descriptive, observational, prospective cohort study in consecutive patients referred to our cardiology center for acute coronary syndrome, from February 2022 to January 2023.
Article Synopsis
- Echocardiography is crucial for diagnosing infective endocarditis (IE), and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has set guidelines that need further evaluation in real-world practice.
- This study retrospectively assessed the effectiveness of the ESC echocardiographic algorithm on patients suspected of having IE, finding that only 8% were diagnosed with the condition based on the guidelines.
- Results indicated that for patients with low clinical suspicion and a negative transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE), the initial TTE was generally sufficient to rule out IE, with only 1% subsequently developing IE within three months.
Background: a negative peak supine bicycle exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) was shown to have a long-term favourable prognostic value. Data on the long-term prognosis of ischaemic electrocardiographic (ISECG) changes in the setting of a negative peak supine bicycle ESE are lacking.
Design: we evaluated the prognostic value of negative peak supine bicycle ESE with or without concomitant ISECG changes in a referral population evaluated for chest pain after an inconclusive first-line work-up including clinical evaluation and exercise ECG stress.
Background: The natural history of myopericarditis/perimyocarditis is poorly known, and recently published studies have presented contrasting data on their outcomes. The aim of the present article is to assess the prognosis of myopericarditis/perimyocarditis in a multicenter, prospective cohort study.
Methods And Results: A total of 486 patients (median age, 39 years; range, 18-83 years; 300 men) with acute pericarditis or a myopericardial inflammatory syndrome (myopericarditis/perimyocarditis; 85% idiopathic, 11% connective tissue disease or inflammatory bowel disease, 5% infective) were prospectively evaluated from January 2007 to December 2011.