Less air pollution did not explain the decline in admissions for AMI during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Sardinia, Italy.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) decreased worldwide. We compared the admissions for AMI in the four regional 24/7 cath lab during the national lockdown, the 8 weeks before the lockdown, the 8 weeks after the e lockdown, and the corresponding time period in 2019 and we analyzed the average level of pollution in the studies areas. A marked decline in AMI admissions was observed during the lockdown period in comparison with the 8 weeks before the lockdown ( < 0.

Prevalence and management of COPD and heart failure comorbidity in the general practitioner setting.

Background: COPD frequently coexists with HF with which shares several risk factors. A greater collaboration is required between cardiologists and pulmonologists to better identify and manage concurrent HF and COPD. This observational, retrospective study provides new data regarding the management of these patients.

A double left anterior descending coronary artery emerging from the right Valsalva sinus: a case report and a brief literature review.

Anomalies of the coronary artery are incidentally detected during coronary angiography and are seldom found in daily clinical practice. In the reported studies, the incidence ranges from 0.6 to 1.

Coronary collateral for left anterior descending coronary artery from a developed right ventricular branch arising from the right sinus of Valsalva.

A 65-year-old man with stable angina refractory to medical therapy and with a low-threshold myocardial ischemia at ECG stress testing was referred for coronary angiography. The coronary angiogram showed an ostial subocclusive stenosis of a developed first diagonal branch located just upstream of a subocclusive stenosis of the mid left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery, occluded distally, and a coronary collateral for LAD from a developed right ventricular branch arising with separate ostia from the right sinus of Valsalva. We discuss the diagnostic interpretation of this coronary anomaly and some aspects regarding the percutaneous treatment of bifurcations.