Ludovico Lazzari,Stefano Donzelli,Alessandra Tordini et al.
Ludovico Lazzari et al.
Arrhythmic storm is a clinical emergency associated with high mortality, which requires multi-disciplinary management. Reprogramming of the implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) aimed at reducing shocks, adrenergic blockade using beta-blo...
Marco Marini,Sara Belleggia,Leonardo Brugiatelli et al.
Marco Marini et al.
Cardiogenic shock can be defined as a state of inadequate organ perfusion linked primarily to cardiac pump dysfunction. The two predominant causes of this condition are acute myocardial infarction and acutely decompensated heart failure (AD...
I prefer the MitraClip in these cases: the 5-year COAPT data [0.03%]
我更喜欢在这些情况下使用MitraClip：COAPT的五年数据
Antonio L Bartorelli,Luca Grancini,Giovanni Monizzi et al.
Antonio L Bartorelli et al.
The COAPT 5-year data demonstrate that compared with medical treatment transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) with the MitraClip in symptomatic patients with Grade 3+/Grade 4+ secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) reduced by nearly half th...
Fiorenzo Gaita,Natascia Cerrato,Carla Giustetto et al.
Fiorenzo Gaita et al.
Brugada syndrome mainly affects young subjects with structurally normal heart and can cause x syncope or sudden death due to ventricular arrhythmias, even as the first manifestation, in approximately 5-10% of cases. To date, two questions r...
Carmelo Raffo,Davide Capodanno
Carmelo Raffo
A hypercoagulable condition is typical of patients with acute coronary syndrome and is a determining factor in the genesis of recurrent ischaemic events. Modern pharmacological therapies consisting of antiplatelets and anticoagulants derive...
Angela Beatrice Scardovi,Alessandro Boccanelli
Angela Beatrice Scardovi
Patients with advanced heart failure, due to the instability of their clinical conditions, need close surveillance to avoid dangerous exacerbations or sudden events. Digital technology can be of great help in this contest, thanks to remote ...
Filippo Stazi
Filippo Stazi
Implantable cardiac devices have shown that atrial fibrillation (AF) is more frequent than previously assumed, with subclinical, asymptomatic, self-limiting manifestations called atrial high-rate events (AHREs) or subclinical AF. The clinic...
Massimiliano Ruscica,Alessandra Bertoletti,Cecilia Gobbi et al.
Massimiliano Ruscica et al.
Statins have improved the potential to prevent cardiovascular disease events and to prolong the lives of patients. Statins, among the most widely used drugs worldwide, reduce the levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) by an a...
Andrea Lalario,Maddalena Rossi,Valentina Allegro et al.
Andrea Lalario et al.
A dyssynchronous biventricular activation, which can be determined by left bundle branch block, chronic right ventricular pacing, frequent premature ventricular complexes, or pre-excitation, can cause a global abnormal contractility, thus l...
Claudio Borghi,Alessio Bragagni
Claudio Borghi
The overwhelming evidence that the reduction of LDL cholesterol (LDLc) levels is associated with a parallel reduction in cardiovascular (CV) risk has led the scientific community to progressively and constantly reduce the optimal therapeuti...