Outcomes of coronary artery aneurysms: insights from the Coronary Artery Ectasia and Aneurysm Registry (CAESAR).

Background: Coronary artery ectasias and aneurysms (CAE/CAAs) are among the less common forms of coronary artery disease, with undefined long-term outcomes and treatment strategies.

Aims: To assess the clinical characteristics, angiographic patterns, and long-term outcomes in patients with CAE, CAA, or both.

Methods: This 15-year (2006-2021) retrospective single-centre registry included 281 patients diagnosed with CAE/CAA via invasive coronary angiography.

Exploring Chronic Pain in Hemodialysis Patients: An Observational Study Based on the New IASP Classification for ICD-11.

Introduction: Pain is one of the most frequently reported symptoms in hemodialyzed (HD) patients, with prevalence rates between 33% and 82%. Risk factors for chronic pain in HD patients are older age, long-lasting dialysis history, several concomitant diseases, malnutrition, and others. However, chronic pain assessment in HD patients is rarely performed by specialists in pain medicine, with relevant consequences in terms of diagnostic and treatment accuracy.

Pain and the perception of space in fibromyalgia.

The Economy of action hypothesis postulates that bodily states rescale the perception of the individual's environment's spatial layout. The estimation of distances and slopes in navigation space (i.e.

A Decades-Long Journey of Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) for Chronic Neuropathic Pain Management: A Comprehensive Narrative Review.

Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) has been prescribed in neuropathic pain management for over 20 years. This study aims to summarize what has been published on the topic in the last 15 years and determine the appropriateness of the prescribing. It describes the pharmacological aspect of PEA, especially focusing on its pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.

Chronic pain management in fibromyalgia: the INTEGRO (INTEGRated Psychotherapeutic InterventiOn) protocol and its application on two case studies.

Objectives: To present an innovative integrated manualized psychotherapeutic intervention for fibromyalgia (FM) based on cognitive and behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and somatic experiential techniques (namely the INTEGRated Psychotherapeutic InterventiOn, INTEGRO) and illustrate its application on two case studies.

Methods: INTEGRO is composed of 12 individual sessions. The main objectives of the intervention were psychoeducation of chronic pain mechanisms, understanding the role of cognitive and emotional variables in one's pain perception, teaching patient-tailored skills to increase pain awareness and its management, and learning how to live with pain experience.