3 results match your criteria: "Universita La Sapienza II[Affiliation]"
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
November 2001
Università La Sapienza II-div. Cardiochirurgia, viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy.
Endovascular stent graft repair of type B dissection is a new and alternative treatment to the surgical or medical therapy. This technique is not free from minor or major complications and we herein report the case of a patient who developed a retrograde dissection after endovascular stent graft placement. The emergent surgical treatment undertaken consisted of ascending aorta replacement without treating the arch in account of the presence of the endoluminal prosthesis.
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June 1998
Servizio di Neurologia, Universita La Sapienza II, Roma, Italia.
We describe a 52-year-old woman presenting a 2-year history of limb clumsiness and gait difficulties, characterized by progressive worsening. Neurological examination revealed cerebellar intention tremor, cerebellar dysmetria of all 4 limbs and ataxic gait. However, brain MRI was normal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurol Res
June 1998
Servizio di Neurologia, Universita La Sapienza II, Roma, Italia.
Lithium salts have been shown to impair kinematics of fast voluntary movements during acute intoxication. The aim of the present study was to determine whether lithium carbonate affected the kinematics of fast movements in patients chronically treated and who did not exhibit signs of neurotoxicity. We analysed fast wrist flexion movements in 6 healthy subjects, in 5 patients presenting a manic-depressive illness without treatment, and in 8 patients receiving lithium carbonate for a manic-depressive disease.
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