Publications by authors named "S Longhi"
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent a global health challenge that requires coordination across various healthcare settings. This study in Tuscany, Italy, investigates professional integration between primary care physicians (PCPs) and specialists in NCD management. A self-developed survey was used to explore professionals' views on clinical and organizational collaboration, accountability, and service improvement.
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- The understanding of cardiac amyloidosis has significantly evolved in the past decade, leading to better diagnostic and treatment methods.
- This complex disease requires collaboration among various medical specialists to ensure timely diagnosis, risk assessment, and effective management.
- The inter-society consensus document aims to standardize diagnostic approaches in Italy and address clinical challenges for healthcare providers working with patients suspected of having cardiac amyloidosis.
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- The study investigates the incidence, mechanisms, and predictors of sudden death (SD) in patients with cardiac amyloidosis, a serious heart condition.
- It analyzed data from 784 patients with either ATTR or AL cardiac amyloidosis, finding that SD is more common in AL patients compared to those with ATTR.
- Key risk factors for SD include previous pacemaker implantation for ATTR patients and the use of beta-blockers and advanced heart failure symptoms (NYHA III-IV) for AL patients.
The random walk of photons in a tight-binding lattice is known to exhibit diffusive motion similar to classical random walks under decoherence, clearly illustrating the quantum-to-classical transition. In this study, we reveal that the random walk of intense classical light under dephasing dynamics can disentangle quantum and ensemble averaging, making it possible to observe subdiffusive walker dynamics, i.e.
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- The current method for diagnosing Trypanosoma cruzi infections relies on less sensitive microscopy, compelling the need for serological testing for infants born to infected mothers.
- The new loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) test is an efficient and easy-to-use alternative, showing improved accuracy when combined with a rapid DNA extraction method on dried blood spots.
- In a study across several South American countries, LAMP demonstrated higher sensitivity for detecting infections in newborns compared to traditional microscopy, aligning well with real-time PCR results.