Publications by authors named "Stefania Trimboli"
Clinical features of muscle cramp in 14 dogs.
J Vet Intern Med
January 2021
Background: Muscle cramps (MCs) are prolonged, involuntary, painful muscle contractions characterized by an acute onset and short duration, caused by peripheral nerve hyperactivity.
Objectives: To provide a detailed description of the clinical features and diagnostic findings in dogs affected by MCs.
Animals: Fourteen dogs.
Article Synopsis
- Postpericardiotomy syndrome, postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF), and effusions can lead to higher health care costs after cardiac surgery, but colchicine may help reduce these issues.
- This study was a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving 360 cardiac surgery patients across 11 Italian centers, assessing the effectiveness of colchicine taken before and after surgery.
- Results showed that there was a significant reduction in postpericardiotomy syndrome for those taking colchicine (19.4% vs. 29.4% for placebo), but no major difference in rates of postoperative AF or effusions between the two groups.
Coronary artery spasm after off-pump coronary artery by-pass grafting.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
November 2003
The immediate postoperative period of patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery by-pass grafting can be severely complicated by unsuspected coronary artery spasm. A case of right coronary artery spasm possibly induced by myocardial stabilisation technique is presented.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim Of The Study: A congenitally dysfunctioning bicuspid aortic valve may require surgical treatment in children and young adults. This retrospective study evaluated mid-term clinical results obtained with the Ross procedure in this patient group.
Methods: Between July 1994 and December 2000, 55 patients (48 males, seven females; mean age 27+/-10 years; range: 7-49 years) underwent replacement of a diseased bicuspid aortic valve (stenosis in six cases (11%); insufficiency in 36 (65%); mixed lesion in 13 (24%)) with a pulmonary autograft.