Publications by authors named "Vincenzo De Rito"
Article Synopsis
- Takotsubo syndrome involves a temporary malfunction of the left ventricle that isn't linked to typical heart artery issues and often occurs after stress.
- A case study discusses this syndrome in a newborn experiencing acute heart failure and severe mitral regurgitation after stress during delivery due to a twisted umbilical cord.
- The dysfunction observed was regional and could be related to stress at birth leading to a surge in stress hormones, affecting heart function.
Non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and left bundle branch block (LBBB) remains challenging, and there is no consensus on the role of myocardial sesta-MIBI perfusion scintigraphy with pharmacological stress (dip-MIBI) or dipiridamole echocardiography (dip-ECHO). We thus performed a prospective study to test the diagnostic accuracy of such non-invasive tests. 27 consecutive patients with both LV dysfunction and LBBB undergoing diagnostic work-up for CAD were studied simultaneously with dip-ECHO and dip-MIBI.
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