5 results on '"Enrica Pezzullo"'
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2. Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound: Incremental Diagnostic Role in Cryptogenic Stroke Part II
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Rosangela Cocchia, Marianna Conte, Massimo Cavallaro, Antonello D'Andrea, Francesco Natale, M. Scherillo, Maria Giovanna Russo, Lucia Riegler, Giuseppe Santoro, Raffaella Scarafile, Enrica Pezzullo, Raffaele Calabrò, and Marco Di Maio
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medicine.medical_specialty ,patent foramen ovale ,Venous circulation ,Review Article ,Cryptogenic stroke ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Paradoxical embolism ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,In patient ,Ultrasound study ,business.industry ,paradoxical embolism ,medicine.disease ,Transcranial Doppler ,Cardiology ,Patent foramen ovale ,cardiovascular system ,transcranial Doppler ultrasonography ,Radiology ,Ultrasonography ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography is a noninvasive ultrasound study, which has been extensively applied in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Its main use in current clinical practice is the research for "Paradoxical Embolism," due to migration of thromboembolic material from systemic venous circulation to the left cardiac chambers and arterial circulation through cardiopulmonary shunts such as patent foramen ovale which represents an important cause of cryptogenic stroke, especially in patients under 55 years of age. In this review, we shall describe the incremental diagnostic role in cryptogenic stroke for this imaging modality. TCD not only can be used to detect right-left cardiopulmonary shunts but it also allows to classify the grade of severity of such shunts using the so-called "Microembolic Signals grading score."
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- 2016
3. Right Ventricular Changes in Highly Trained Athletes: Between Physiology and Pathophysiology
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Antonello D'Andrea, Eduardo Bossone, Rosangela Cocchia, Raffaele Calabrò, Enrica Pezzullo, Lucia Riegler, Enrica Golia, Agostino Mattera Iacono, Raffaella Scarafile, Maria Giovanna Russo, Alberto Morello, D'Andrea, A, Morello, A, Iacono, Am, Scarafile, R, Cocchia, R, Riegler, L, Pezzullo, E, Golia, E, Bossone, E, Calabro, R, and Russo, Mg
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Cardiac function curve ,medicine.medical_specialty ,sport training ,Cardiomyopathy ,Athletes heart ,Review Article ,strain ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,right heart ,Sport training ,biology ,business.industry ,Athletes ,Doppler ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Pathophysiology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Ventricle ,exercise-induced cardiomyopathy ,Right heart ,Cardiology ,sense organs ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
Several studies have described the adaptive remodeling of the heart during exercise. In some more practiced endurance athletes, there is a disproportionate load on the right ventricle (RV), at least during exercise, and this might be the basis for a chronic pro-arrhythmic RV remodeling. Especially, in these kinds of athletes the recovery after detraining might be incomplete, in particular for RV changes. The observation of acute myocardial injury based on transient elevation of biomarkers and chronic myocardial scar, not completely reversible changes of the RV and an increased prevalence of some arrhythmias support the existence of an "exercise-induced cardiomyopathy." The aim of this paper is to review current knowledge about changes in the right heart in highly trained athletes and how these change influence cardiac function.
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- 2015
4. The Role of Multimodality Cardiac Imaging for the Assessment of Sports Eligibility in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve
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Enrica Pezzullo, Alessandro Della Corte, Antonello D'Andrea, Pio Caso, Francesca Pisacane, Adelaide Fusco, Raffaella Scarafile, Raffaele Calabrò, Guido Coppola, Fiorella Fratta, Roberto Padalino, Maria Giovanna Russo, Giuseppe Limongelli, D'Andrea, Antonello, Corte, Alessandro Della, Padalino, Roberto, Limongelli, Giuseppe, Scarafile, Raffaella, Fratta, Fiorella, Pezzullo, Enrica, Fusco, Adelaide, Pisacane, Francesca, Coppola, Guido, Caso, Pio, Calabrã², Raffaele, and Russo, Maria Giovanna
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging ,bicuspid aortic valve ,sports training ,Athlete's heart ,Hemodynamics ,Computed tomography ,Review Article ,cardiac magnetic resonance ,multimodality imaging ,power ,Bicuspid aortic valve ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,echocardiography ,In patient ,Cardiac imaging ,endurance ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,computed tomography ,medicine.disease ,Cardiology ,cardiovascular system ,Cardiac magnetic resonance ,business ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine - Abstract
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) cannot be considered an innocent finding, but it is not necessarily a life-threatening condition. Athletes with BAV should undergo a thorough staging of the valve anatomy, taking into consideration hemodynamic factors, as well as aortic diameters and looking for other associated significant cardiovascular anomalies by use of a multimodality cardiac imaging approach. Furthermore an accurate follow-up is mandatory with serial cardiological controls in those allowed to continue sports.
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- 2017
5. La stretta correlazione tra la funzione ventricolare destra valutata all’ecografia tridimensionale e la capacità funzionale nei pazienti con cardiomiopatia dilatativa
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Rita Gravino, Roberto Padalino, Antonello D'Andrea, Giuseppe Pacileo, Luigi Nunziata, Massimo Romano, Raffaele Calabrò, Pio Caso, Enrica Pezzullo, Eduardo Bossone, Gemma Salerno, Giuseppe Limongelli, Lucia Riegler, Maria Giovanna Russo, and Raffaella Scarafile
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business.industry ,Medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Humanities - Abstract
Riassunto Obiettivi Lo scopo dello studio e stato quello di stabilire se la frazione di eiezione del ventricolo destro stimata all’ecocardiografia tridimensionale real-time (real-time 3D echocardiography, RT3DE) possa individuare i pazienti affetti da cardiomiopatia dilatativa (dilated cardiomyopathy, DCM) con capacita funzionale maggiormente compromessa al test cardiopolmonare. Materiali e metodi 55 pazienti affetti da cardiomiopatia dilatativa in fase di scompenso cardiaco cronico (eta 56,5 ± 9,1 anni; 40 maschi; 30 di eziologia ischemica; Classe NYHA III: 40) e 30 soggetti sani di controllo sono stati sottoposti attraverso RT3DE all’analisi sia del ventricolo sinistro sia del ventricolo destro. Dopo aver acquisito le immagini, il software post processing ha elaborato i dati della RT3DE relativi all’indice di dissincronia sistolica (systolic dyssynchrony index, SDI) dei 16 segmenti del ventricolo sinistro e ha registrato, inoltre, la frazione di eiezione del ventricolo sinistro e del ventricolo destro. La risonanza magnetica cardiaca e stata effettuata in un sottogruppo di 20 pazienti affetti da cardiomiopatia dilatativa per confermare le misurazioni ottenute mediante RT3DE. Tutti i pazienti con cardiomiopatia dilatativa sono stati inoltre sottoposti a test cardiopolmonare, condotto al cicloergometro, per la misurazione di VO2 di picco (espresso come percentuale del valore predetto), soglia anaerobica (VE/VCO2 slope) e circulatory power (CP). Risultati Nei pazienti dilatati la frazione di eiezione media era pari a 29,8 ± 4,6%. Il valore di SDI del ventricolo sinistro valutato alla RT3DE era 8,4 ± 4,2 e la frazione di eiezione del ventricolo destro era 51,3 ± 4,6%. Al test cardiopolmonare il valore medio di VO2 di picco era 15,2 ± 4,4 mL/kg/min, mentre quello di CP era 2,1 ± 0,8. Attraverso l’analisi univariata, la frazione di eiezione del ventricolo destro e risultata direttamente proporzionale al VO2 di picco (%) (r = 0,55; p Conclusioni Nei pazienti affetti da cardiomiopatia dilatativa la riduzione della funzione sistolica del ventricolo destro e associata in maniera indipendente a una peggiore tolleranza all’esercizio fisico aerobico.
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- 2011
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