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2. Association between amount of biventricular pacing and heart failure status measured by a multisensor implantable defibrillator algorithm
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Santini, Luca, Calò, Leonardo, D’Onofrio, Antonio, Manzo, Michele, Dello Russo, Antonio, Savarese, Gianluca, Pecora, Domenico, Amellone, Claudia, Santobuono, Vincenzo Ezio, Calvanese, Raimondo, Viscusi, Miguel, Pisanò, Ennio, Pangallo, Antonio, Rapacciuolo, Antonio, Bertini, Matteo, Lavalle, Carlo, Santoro, Amato, Campari, Monica, Valsecchi, Sergio, and Boriani, Giuseppe
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Achieving a high biventricular pacing percentage (BiV%) is crucial for optimizing outcomes in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). The HeartLogic index, a multiparametric heart failure (HF) risk score, incorporates implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD)-measured variables and has demonstrated its predictive ability for impending HF decompensation.
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- 2024
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3. The impact of radical prostatectomy on global climate: a prospective multicentre study comparing laparoscopic versus robotic surgery
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Fuschi, Andrea, Pastore, Antonio Luigi, Al Salhi, Yazan, Martoccia, Alessia, De Nunzio, Cosimo, Tema, Giorgia, Rera, Onofrio Antonio, Carbone, Flavia, Asimakopoulos, Anastasios D., Sequi, Manfredi Bruno, Valenzi, Fabio Maria, Suraci, Paolo Pietro, Scalzo, Silvio, Del Giudice, Francesco, Nardecchia, Stefano, Bozzini, Giorgio, Corsini, Alessandro, Sciarra, Alessandro, and Carbone, Antonio
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Background: More than 4% of the global greenhouse gas emissions are generated by healthcare system. Focusing on the environmental impact of minimally invasive surgery, we assessed and compared the CO
2 emissions between Robot-assisted (RALP) and Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (LRP). Methods: In patients prospectively enrolled, we evaluated the age, surgical and anesthesiologic time, postoperative intensive care unit and hospital stay, blood transfusion, pre- and postoperative hemoglobin and Gleason score, open conversion need, and complications (Clavien–Dindo classification). We assessed the life cycle to estimate the energy consumption for surgical procedures and hospital stays. We reported the materials, CO2 produced, and fluid quantity infused and dispersed. Disposable and reusable materials and instruments were weighed and divided into metal, plastic, and composite fibers. The CO2 consumption for disposal and decontamination was also evaluated. Results: Of the 223 patients investigated, 119 and 104 patients underwent RALP and LRP, respectively. The two groups were comparable as regards age and preoperative Gleason score. The laparoscopic and robotic instruments weighed 1733 g and 1737 g, respectively. The CO2 emissions due to instrumentation were higher in the laparoscopic group, with the majority coming from plastic and composite fiber components. The CO2 emissions for metal components were higher in the robotic group. The robot functioned at 3.5 kW/h, producing 4 kg/h of CO2 . The laparoscopic column operated at 600 W/h, emitting ~1 kg/h of CO2 . The operating room operated at 3,0 kW/h. The operating time was longer in the laparoscopic group, resulting in higher CO2 emissions. CO2 emissions from hospital room energy consumption were lower in the robot-assisted group. The total CO2 emissions were ~47 kg and ~60 kg per procedure in the robot-assisted and laparoscopic groups, respectively. Conclusions: RALP generates substantially less CO2 than LRP owing to the use of more reusable surgical supplies, shorter operative time and hospital stay.- Published
- 2024
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4. La respuesta al levosimendán predice la respuesta a la terapia de modulación de la contractilidad cardiaca: un estudio piloto
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Masarone, Daniele, Falco, Luigi, d’Onofrio, Antonio, Nigro, Gerardo, Ammendola, Ernesto, and Pacileo, Giuseppe
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- 2024
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5. Drug management of atrial fibrillation in light of guidelines and current evidence: an Italian Survey on behalf of Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing
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Diemberger, Igor, Imberti, Jacopo Francesco, Spagni, Stefano, Rapacciuolo, Antonio, Curcio, Antonio, Attena, Emilio, Amadori, Martina, De Ponti, Roberto, D’Onofrio, Antonio, and Boriani, Giuseppe
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- 2023
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6. Dual Pathway Inhibition with Rivaroxaban and Aspirin Reduces Inflammatory Biomarkers in Atherosclerosis
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Russo, Vincenzo, Fabiani, Dario, Leonardi, Silvia, Attena, Emilio, D'Alterio, Giuliano, Cotticelli, Ciro, Rago, Anna, Sarpa, Sara, Maione, Benedicta, D'Onofrio, Antonio, Golino, Paolo, and Nigro, Gerardo
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Dual pathway inhibition (DPI) with low-dose rivaroxaban and aspirin in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and/or peripheral artery disease (PAD) reduces the occurrence of cardiovascular (CV) events; however, the underlying mechanisms explaining these latter CV benefits are not clearly understood. Our explorative observational study aimed to evaluate the effect of dual pathway inhibition on plasma inflammation and coagulation markers among real-world patients with CAD and/or PAD. We prospectively included all consecutive patients with an established diagnosis of CAD and/or PAD treated with aspirin 100 mg once daily (OD) and rivaroxaban 2.5 mg twice daily (TD). Clinical evaluation and laboratory analyses, including hemoglobin, renal function (creatinine, urea, and cystatin-C), coagulation markers (INR and aPTT), inflammation markers (IL-6, CRP, lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2, and copeptin), and growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15), were conducted at baseline, before starting treatment, and at 4 and 24 weeks after study drug administration. Fifty-four consecutive patients (mean age 66 ± 7 years; male 83%) who completed the 6-month follow-up were included. At 24-week follow-up, a statistically significant reduction in IL-6 serum levels [4.6 (3.5–6.5) vs. 3.4 (2.4–4.3) pg/mL; P= 0.0001] and fibrinogen [336 (290–390) vs. 310 (275–364) mg/dL; P= 0.04] was shown; moreover, a significant increase in GDF-15 serum level [1309 (974–1961) vs. 1538 (1286–2913) pg/mL; P= 0.002] was observed. Hemoglobin, renal function, and cardiovascular homeostasis biomarkers remain stable over the time. The anti-Xa activity at both [0.005 (0–0.02) vs. 0.2 (0.1–0.34); P< 0.0001) significantly increased. The dual pathway inhibitions with low-dose rivaroxaban and aspirin in patients with CAD and/or PAD were associated with the reduction of inflammation biomarkers.
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- 2023
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7. Ventricular Arrhythmias and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy in Women
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Maglia, Giampiero, Giammaria, Massimo, Zanotto, Gabriele, D’Onofrio, Antonio, Della Bella, Paolo, Marini, Massimiliano, Rovaris, Giovanni, Iacopino, Saverio, Calvi, Valeria, Pisanò, Ennio C., Ziacchi, Matteo, Curnis, Antonio, Senatore, Gaetano, Caravati, Fabrizio, Saporito, Davide, Forleo, Giovanni B., Pedretti, Stefano, Santobuono, Vincenzo Ezio, Pepi, Patrizia, De Salvia, Alberto, Balestri, Giulia, Maines, Massimiliano, Orsida, Daniela, Bisignani, Giovanni, Baroni, Matteo, Lissoni, Fabio, Bertini, Matteo, Giacopelli, Daniele, Gargaro, Alessio, and Biffi, Mauro
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Causes of sex differences in incidence of sustained ventricular arrhythmias (SVAs) are poorly understood.
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- 2022
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8. Effects of COVID‐19 lockdown on arrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter‐defibrillators in southern Italy
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Ducceschi, Valentino, Divitiis, Marcello, Bianchi, Valter, Calvanese, Raimondo, Covino, Gregorio, Rapacciuolo, Antonio, Russo, Vincenzo, Canciello, Michelangelo, Volpicelli, Mario, Ammirati, Giuseppe, Sangiuolo, Raffaele, Papaccioli, Giovanni, Ciardiello, Carmine, Innocenti, Sara, and D'Onofrio, Antonio
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The effects of lockdown on non‐COVID patients are varied and unexpected. The aim is to evaluate the burden of cardiac arrhythmias during a lockdown period because of COVID‐19 pandemics in a population implanted with cardiac defibrillators and followed by remote monitoring. In this retrospective, multicentre cohort study, we included 574 remotely monitored implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy‐defibrillator (CRT‐D) recipients implanted before January 1, 2019, at seven hospitals in the Campania region, comparing the burden of arrhythmias occurred during the lockdown period because of COVID‐19 epidemics (from March 9 to May 1, 2020) with the arrhythmias burden of the corresponding period in 2019 (reference period). Data collection was performed through remote monitoring. During the lockdown period, we observed ventricular tachyarrhythmias (ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation) in 25 (4.8%) patients while in seasonal reference period we documented ventricular tachyarrhythmias in 12 (2.3%) patients; the comparison between the periods is statistically significant (P< .04). Atrial arrhythmias were detected in 38 (8.2%) subjects during the lockdown period and in 24 (5.2%) during the reference period (P< .004). In seven hospitals in the Campania region, during the pandemic lockdown period, we observed a higher burden of arrhythmic events in ICD/CRT‐D patients through device remote monitoring. In this retrospective, multicentre cohort study, we included 574 remotely monitored implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization devices (CRT‐D) recipients, comparing the burden of arrhythmias occurred during the lockdown period due to COVID‐19 epidemics (from March 9th to May 1st 2020) with the arrhythmias burden of the corresponding period in 2019. #10;During pandemics lockdown period we observed an higher burden of arrhythmic events in ICD/CRT‐D patients followed up through device remote monitoring. #10;
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- 2022
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9. Early evaluation of atrial high rate episodes using remote monitoring in pacemaker patients: Results from the RAPID study
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Russo, Vincenzo, Rapacciuolo, Antonio, Rago, Anna, Tavoletta, Vincenzo, De Vivo, Stefano, Ammirati, Giuseppe, Pergola, Valerio, Ciriello, Giovanni Domenico, Napoli, Paola, Nigro, Gerardo, and D'Onofrio, Antonio
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Remote monitoring (RM) of implantable cardiac devices has enabled continuous surveillance of atrial high rate episodes (AHREs) with well‐recognized clinical benefits. We aimed to add evidence on the role of the RM as compared to conventional follow‐up by investigating the interval from AHRE onset to physician’s evaluation and reaction time in actionable episodes. A total of 97 dual‐chamber pacemaker recipients were followed with RM (RM‐ON group; N= 64) or conventional in‐office visits (RM‐OFF group; N= 33) for 18 months. In‐office visits were scheduled at 1, 6, 12, and 18 months in the RM‐OFF group and at 1 and 18 months in the RM‐ON group. The overall AHRE rate was 1.98 per patient‐year (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.76–2.20) with no difference between the two groups (RM‐ON vs. RM‐OFF weighted‐HR, 0.88; CI, 0.36–2.13; p= .78). In the RM‐ON group, 100% AHREs evaluated within 11 days from onset, and within 202 days in the RM‐OFF group, with a median evaluation delay 79 days shorter in the RM‐ON group versus the RM‐OFF group (p< .0001). Therapy adjustment in actionable AHREs occurred 77 days earlier in the RM‐ON group versus the control group (p< .001). In the RM‐ON group, there were 50% less in‐office visits as compared to the RM‐OFF group (p< .001). In our pacemaker population with no history of atrial fibrillation, RM allowed significant reduction of AHRE evaluation delay and prompted treatment of actionable episodes as compared to biannual in‐office visit schedule. Remote monitoring of pacemakers allowed significant reduction of atrial high rate episode evaluation delay and prompted treatment of actionable episodes as compared to standard care. In patients followed with the remote monitoring technology a 50% reduction in office visits was observed as compared to conventional follow‐up.
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- 2022
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10. Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance for the Diagnosis of Liver Metastases
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Zhang, Caiyuan, O'Shea, Aileen, Parente, Chiara Anna, Amorim, Barbara Juarez, Caravan, Peter, Ferrone, Christina R., Blaszkowsky, Lawrence S., Soricelli, Andrea, Salvatore, Marco, Groshar, David, Bernstine, Hanna, Domachevsky, Liran, Canamaque, Lina Garcia, Umutlu, Lale, Ken, Herrmann, Catana, Ciprian, Mahmood, Umar, and Catalano, Onofrio Antonio
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- 2021
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11. Cardiac electrophysiology and pacing educational and training needs among early-career cardiologists: a national survey of the Young Committee of the Italian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing
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Russo, Vincenzo, Nesti, Martina, Brunacci, Michele, Tola, Gianfranco, Santobuono, Vincenzo Ezio, Dendramis, Gregory, Picciolo, Giuseppe, Lucciola, Maria Teresa, D’Onofrio, Antonio, Ricci, Renato, and de Ponti, Roberto
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- 2021
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12. Is 40 Joules Enough to Successfully Defibrillate With Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators?
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Biffi, Mauro, Bongiorni, Maria Grazia, D’Onofrio, Antonio, Manzo, Michele, Pieragnoli, Paolo, Palmisano, Pietro, Ottaviano, Luca, Perego, Giovanni Battista, Pangallo, Antonio, Lavalle, Carlo, Bonfantino, Vincenzo, Nigro, Gerardo, Landolina, Maurizio Eugenio, Katsouras, Grigorios, Diemberger, Igor, Viani, Stefano, Bianchi, Valter, Lovecchio, Mariolina, Valsecchi, Sergio, and Ziacchi, Matteo
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This study evaluated the efficacy of conversion test performed at 40 J (defibrillation margin ≥40 J), and factors potentially associated with test failure were identified.
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- 2021
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13. Sinergy between drugs and devices in the fight against sudden cardiac death and heart failure
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Boriani, Giuseppe, De Ponti, Roberto, Guerra, Federico, Palmisano, Pietro, Zanotto, Gabriele, D’Onofrio, Antonio, and Ricci, Renato Pietro
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The impact of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in heart failure (HF) patients is important and prevention of SCD is a reasonable and clinically justified endpoint if associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality.According to literature, in HF with reduced ejection fraction, only three classes of agents were found effective in reducing SCD and all-cause mortality: beta-blockers, mineralcorticoid receptor antagonists and, more recently, angiotensin-receptor neprilysin-inhibitors. In the PARADIGM trial that tested sacubitril/valsartan vs. enalapril, the 20% relative risk reduction in cardiovascular deaths obtained with sacubitril/valsartan was attributable to reductions in the incidence of both SCD and death due to HF worsening and this effect can be added to the known positive effect of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in appropriately selected patients.In order to maximize the implementation of all the available treatments, patients with HF should be included in virtuous networks with a dialogue between all the physician involved, with commitment by all these physicians for appropriate decision-making on application of pharmacological and device treatments according to available evidence, as well as commitment for drug titration before and after device implant, taking advantage from remote monitoring, and with the safety of back up device therapy when indicated. There are potential synergistic effects of drug therapy, with all the therapies acting on neuro-hormonal and sympathetic activation, but specifically with sacubitril/valsartan, and device therapy, in particular cardiac resynchronization therapy, with added incremental benefits on positive cardiac remodelling, prevention of HF progression, and prevention of ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
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- 2021
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14. Cardiac pacing procedures during coronavirus disease 2019 lockdown in Southern Italy: insights from Campania Region
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Russo, Vincenzo, Pafundi, Pia Clara, Rapacciuolo, Antonio, de Divitiis, Marcello, Volpicelli, Mario, Ruocco, Antonio, Rago, Anna, Uran, Carlo, Nappi, Felice, Attena, Emilio, Chianese, Raffaele, Esposito, Francesca, Del Giorno, Giuseppe, D’Andrea, Antonello, Ducceschi, Valentino, Russo, Giovanni, Ammendola, Ernesto, Carbone, Angelo, Covino, Gregorio, Manzo, Gianluca, Montella, Gianna Maria, Nigro, Gerardo, and D’Onofrio, Antonio
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- 2021
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15. Atrial signal amplitude predicts atrial high‐rate episodes in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients: Insights from a large database of remote monitoring transmissions
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Zecchin, Massimo, Solimene, Francesco, D'Onofrio, Antonio, Zanotto, Gabriele, Iacopino, Saverio, Pignalberi, Carlo, Calvi, Valeria, Maglia, Giampiero, Della Bella, Paolo, Quartieri, Fabio, Curnis, Antonio, Biffi, Mauro, Capucci, Alessandro, Caravati, Fabrizio, Senatore, Gaetano, Santamaria, Matteo, Lissoni, Fabio, Manzo, Michele, Marini, Massimiliano, Giammaria, Massimo, Rapacciuolo, Antonio, Sinagra, Gianfranco, Giacopelli, Daniele, Gargaro, Alessio, and Pisanò, Ennio C.
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Parameters measured during implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implant also depend on bioelectrical properties of the myocardium. We aimed to explore their potential association with clinical outcomes in patients with single/dual‐chamber ICD and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT‐D). In the framework of the Home Monitoring Expert Alliance, baseline electrical parameters for all implanted leads were compared by the occurrence of all‐cause mortality, adjudicated ventricular arrhythmia (VA), and atrial high‐rate episode lasting ≥24 hours (24 h AHRE). In a cohort of 2976 patients (58.1% ICD) with a median follow‐up of 25 months, event rates were 3.1/100 patient‐years for all‐cause mortality, 18.1/100 patient‐years for VA, and 9.3/100 patient‐years for 24 h AHRE. At univariate analysis, baseline shock impedance was consistently lower in groups with events than without, with a 40 Ω cutoff that better identified high‐risk patients. However, at multivariable analysis, the adjusted‐hazard ratios (HRs) lost statistical significance for any endpoint. Baseline atrial sensing amplitude during sinus rhythm was lower in patients with 24 h AHRE than in those without (2.45 [IQR: 1.65‐3.85] vs 3.51 [IQR: 2.37‐4.67] mV, P< .01). The adjusted HR for 24 h AHRE in patients with atrial sensing >1.5 mV vs those with values ≤1.5 mV was 0.52 (95% CI: 0.33‐0.83), P= .006. Although lower baseline shock impedance was observed in patients with events, the association lost statistical significance at multivariable analysis. Conversely, low sinus rhythm atrial sensing (≤1.5 mV) measured with standard transvenous leads could identify subjects at high risk of atrial arrhythmia. Some of the electrical parameters routinely measured at ICD/CRT‐D implant differed according to long‐term clinical outcome. Shock impedance values were lower in patients who experienced death and both atrial and ventricular arrhythmias during follow‐up. Subjects with atrial signal amplitude below 1.5 mV showed a significant higher risk of atrial arrhythmias as compared to those with >1.5 mV, potentially revealing the presence of a more impaired atrial tissue.
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- 2020
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16. Low Dose Pregabalin Improves Gastrointestinal Symptoms of Crohn’s Disease
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Maria D’Onofrio, Antonio, Di Vincenzo, Federica, Filippo Ferrajoli, Gaspare, Scaldaferri, Franco, and Camardese, Giovanni
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Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, are lifelong conditions with no definite cure. Several studies demonstrated that patients with IBD more frequently experience symptoms of common mental disorders, such as anxiety and depression, because of bidirectional communication through the gut-brain axis and the chronicity of symptoms, as well as because of impaired quality of life and reduced social functioning. However, psychological conditions of affected patients are often underestimated and not fully considered. Herein, we present the case of a 37-year-old woman with Crohn’s disease and a mild depressive condition, characterized by anxious distress, tachycardia, tachypnea, tremors, sweating, avoidant behaviors, and intestinal somatizations (diarrhea), who was treated with Pregabalin upon indication of the referring psychiatrist. Following the beginning of the treatment, the patient rapidly reported an improvement in the overall clinical symptoms as well as a better management of psychic and physical anxiety with a marked reduction in diarrheal discharges under stress at work. After 6 months of Pregabalin therapy, we additionally observed an improvement in Crohn’s disease activity, both clinically, in the laboratory, and endoscopically. Our case showed that patients with Crohn’s disease and anxiety problems may benefit from low-dose Pregabalin medication to improve both their mental and physical condition.
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17. Are Atrial High-Rate Episodes Associated With Increased Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Mortality?
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Vergara, Pasquale, Solimene, Francesco, D'Onofrio, Antonio, Pisanò, Ennio C., Zanotto, Gabriele, Pignalberi, Carlo, Iacopino, Saverio, Maglia, Giampiero, Della Bella, Paolo, Calvi, Valeria, Curnis, Antonio, Senatore, Gaetano, Biffi, Mauro, Capucci, Alessandro, Parisi, Quintino, Quartieri, Fabio, Caravati, Fabrizio, Giammaria, Massimo, Marini, Massimiliano, Rapacciuolo, Antonio, Manzo, Michele, Giacopelli, Daniele, Gargaro, Alessio, and Ricci, Renato P.
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This study evaluated the temporal association between atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs) and sustained ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) in a remotely monitored cohort with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) with and/or without cardiac resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator (CRT-D).
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- 2019
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18. Efficacy and safety of the target-specific oral anticoagulants for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: the real-life evidence
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Russo, Vincenzo, Rago, Anna, Proietti, Riccardo, Di Meo, Federica, Antonio Papa, Andrea, Calabrò, Paolo, D’Onofrio, Antonio, Nigro, Gerardo, and AlTurki, Ahmed
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The aim of our article is to provide a concise review for clinicians entailing the main studies that evaluated the efficacy and safety of target-specific oral anticoagulants (TSOAs) for thromboembolic stroke prevention in the real-world setting. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common supraventricular arrhythmias that requires anticoagulation therapy to prevent stroke and systemic embolism. TSOAs, dabigatran, apixaban and rivaroxaban have become available as an alternative to warfarin anticoagulation in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). Randomized clinical trials showed non-inferior or superior results in efficacy and safety of the TSOAs compared with warfarin for stroke prevention in NVAF patients. For this reason, the 2012 update to the European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of AF recommends TSOAs as broadly preferable to vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) in the vast majority of patients with NVAF [Camm et al.2012]. Although the clinical trial results and the guideline’s indications, there is a need for safety and efficacy data from unselected patients in everyday clinical practice. Recently, a large number of studies testing the efficacy and the safety of TSOAs in clinical practice have been published. The aim of our article is to provide a concise review for clinicians, outlining the main studies that evaluated the efficacy and safety of TSOAs for thromboembolic stroke prevention in the real-world setting.
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19. Ice-core records of biomass burning
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Rubino, Mauro, D’Onofrio, Antonio, Seki, Osamu, and Bendle, James A
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We review the approaches for estimating biomass burning from ice-cores and consider the challenges and assumptions in their application. In particular, we consider the potential of biomarker proxies for biomass burning, hitherto not widely applied to glacial ice archives. We also review the available records of biomass burning in ice-cores and consider how variations in fire regimes have been related to atmospheric and land-use changes. Finally, we suggest that future developments in ice-core science should aim to combine multiple biomarkers with other records (black carbon, charcoal) and models to discern the types of material being burnt (C3versus C4plants, angiosperms, gymnosperms, peat fires, etc.) and to improve constraints on source areas of biomass burning. An ultimate goal is to compare the biomass burning record from ice-cores with hindcasts from models to project how future climate change will influence biomass burning and, inversely, how fire will affect climate.
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- 2016
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20. 164 Effect of cardiac contractility modulation therapy on myocardial work in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
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Masarone, Daniele, Vivo, Stefano De, Errigo, Vittoria, Onofrio, Antonio D’, D’Alterio, Giuliano, Ammedola, Ernesto, Nigro, Gerardo, and Pacileo, Giuseppe
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- 2021
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21. Extramedullary hematopoiesis masquerading as a cranial (clivus) tumor
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Krause, John R., Baugh, Laura, Kelley, Shannon, Onofrio, Antonio, and Snipes, George
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AbstractExtramedullary hematopoiesis (EMH) is a well-known phenomenon occurring during fetal development. In the postfetal condition, EMH is commonly associated with hematologic conditions including chronic myeloproliferative or lymphoproliferative disorders, leukemias, and chronic and inherited anemias. We report an unusual location for EMH that masqueraded as a cranial tumor.
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- 2020
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22. Multiparametric Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Algorithm for Heart Failure Risk Stratification and Management
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Calò, Leonardo, Bianchi, Valter, Ferraioli, Donatella, Santini, Luca, Dello Russo, Antonio, Carriere, Cosimo, Santobuono, Vincenzo Ezio, Andreoli, Chiara, La Greca, Carmelo, Arena, Giuseppe, Talarico, Antonello, Pisanò, Ennio, Santoro, Amato, Giammaria, Massimo, Ziacchi, Matteo, Viscusi, Miguel, De Ruvo, Ermenegildo, Campari, Monica, Valsecchi, Sergio, and D’Onofrio, Antonio
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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text.
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- 2021
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23. Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator in complex adult congenital heart disease. Results from the S-ICD “Monaldi Care”registry
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Sarubbi, Berardo, Correra, Anna, Colonna, Diego, Romeo, Emanuele, Palma, Michela, Merola, Assunta, D'Alto, Michele, Scognamiglio, Giancarlo, Fusco, Flavia, Barracano, Rosaria, Borrelli, Nunzia, Grimaldi, Nicola, D'Onofrio, Antonio, and Russo, Maria Giovanna
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are widely accepted therapy in congenital heart disease (CHD) patients at risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias or sudden cardiac death (SCD). Initial experience with subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD) systems has shown a high efficacy. However, the use of S-ICD in complex ACHD (adult congenital heart disease) implies some specific considerations, as the safety for these patients in unknown and recommendations among physicians may vary widely.
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- 2021
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24. Abnormal QT Dispersion Predicts Unexpected Sudden Death in Young Patients with Thalassemia Major
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Cuomo, Sergio, Mayer, Maria C., Comoletti, Carmela, D'Onofrio, Antonio, Buffardi, Salvatore, and Russo, Vittorio
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Background:QT interval dispersion has been proposed as a simple noninvasive predictor of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. Patients with thalassemia major are at increased risk for sudden death. However, the independent effect of increased QT dispersion on the risk of sudden death in thalassemia major is not known. This study sought to test the hypothesis that an abnormal QT dispersion predicts sudden death in patients with thalassemia major.
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- 1999
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25. Architecture and performance of the KM3NeT front-end firmware
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Aiello, Sebastiano, Albert, Arnauld, Garre, Sergio Alves, Aly, Zineb, Ameli, Fabrizio, Andre, Michel, Androulakis, Giorgos, Anghinolfi, Marco, Anguita, Mancia, Anton, Gisela, Ardid, Miquel, Aublin, Julien, Bagatelas, Christos, Barbarino, Giancarlo, Baret, Bruny, du Pree, Suzan Basegmez, Belias, Anastasios, Bendahman, Meriem, Berbee, Edward, van den Berg, Ad M., Bertin, Vincent, van Beveren, Vincent, Biagi, Simone, Biagioni, Andrea, Bissinger, Matthias, Boettcher, Markus, Boumaaza, Jihad, Bouta, Mohammed, Bouwhuis, Mieke, Bozza, Cristiano, Brânzaş, Horea, Bruijn, Ronald, Brunner, Jurgen, Buis, Ernst-Jan, Buompane, Raffaele, Busto, Jose, Caiffi, Barbara, Calvo, David, Capone, Antonio, Carretero, Victor, Castaldi, Paolo, Celli, Silvia, Chabab, Mohamed, Chau, Nhan, Chen, Andrew, Cherubini, Silvio, Chiarella, Vitaliano, Chiarusi, Tommaso, Circella, Marco, Cocimano, Rosanna, Coelho, Joao A. B., Coleiro, Alexis, Molla, Marta Colomer, Colonges, Stephane, Coniglione, Rosa, Corredoira, Imanol, Coyle, Paschal, Creusot, Alexandre, Cuttone, Giacomo, Amico, Antonio D’, D’Onofrio, Antonio, Dallier, Richard, De Palma, Mauro, Di Palma, Irene, Díaz, Antonio F., Diego-Tortosa, Dídac, Distefano, Carla, Domi, Alba, Donà, Roberto, Donzaud, Corinne, Dornic, Damien, Doerr, Manuel, Drouhin, Doriane, Eberl, Thomas, Eddyamoui, Ahmed, van Eeden, Thijs, van Eijk, Daan, El Bojaddaini, Imad, Elsaesser, Dominik, Enzenhoefer, Alexander, Rosell, Victor Espinosa, Fermani, Paolo, Ferrara, Giovanna, Filipović, Miroslav D., Filippini, Francesco, Fusco, Luigi Antonio, Gabella, Omar, Gal, Tamas, Soto, Alfonso Andres Garcia, Garufi, Fabio, Gatelet, Yoann, Geißelbrecht, Nicole, Gialanella, Lucio, Giorgio, Emidio, Gozzini, Sara R., Gracia, Rodrigo, Graf, Kay, Grasso, Dario, Grella, Giuseppe, Guderian, Daniel, Guidi, Carlo, Hallmann, Steffen, Hamdaoui, Hassane, van Haren, Hans, Heijboer, Aart, Hekalo, Amar, Hernández-Rey, Juan Jose, Hofestädt, Jannik, Huang, Feifei, Ibnsalih, Walid Idrissi, Ilioni, Alin, Illuminati, Giulia, James, Clancy W., Jansweijer, Peter, de Jong, Maarten, de Jong, Paul, Jung, Bouke Jisse, Kadler, Matthias, Kalaczyński, Piotr, Kalekin, Oleg, Katz, Uli F., Chowdhury, Nafis Rezwan Khan, Kistauri, Giorgi, van der Knaap, Frits, Koffeman, Els N., Kooijman, Paul, Kouchner, Antoine, Kreter, Michael, Kulikovskiy, Vladimir, Lahmann, Robert, Larosa, Giuseppina, Le Breton, Remy, Leonardi, Ornella, Leone, Francesco, Leonora, Emanuele, Lesrel, Jean, Levi, Giuseppe, Lincetto, Massimiliano, Clark, Miles Lindsey, Lipreau, Thomas, Lonardo, Alessandro, Longhitano, Fabio, Lopez-Coto, Daniel, Maderer, Lukas, Mańczak, Jerzy Mikolaj, Mannheim, Karl, Margiotta, Annarita, Marinelli, Antonio, Markou, Christos, Martin, Lilian, Martínez-Mora, Juan Antonio, Martini, Agnese, Marzaioli, Fabio, Mastroianni, Stefano, Mazzou, Safaa, Melis, Karel W., Miele, Gennaro, Migliozzi, Pasquale, Migneco, Emilio, Mijakowski, Piotr, Palacios, Luis Salvador Miranda, Maximiliano Mollo, Carlos, Morganti, Mauro, Moser, Michael, Moussa, Abdelilah, Muller, Rasa, Pérez, David Muñoz, Musico, Paolo, Musumeci, Mario, Nauta, Lodewijk, Navas, Sergio, Nicolau, Carlo A., Fearraigh, Brian Ó, O’Sullivan, Mitchell, Organokov, Mukharbek, Orlando, Angelo, González, Juan Palacios, Papalashvili, Gogita, Papaleo, Riccardo, Pastore, Cosimo, Păun, Alice M., Păvălaş, Gabriela Emilia, Pellegrini, Giuliano, Pellegrino, Carmelo, Perrin-Terrin, Mathieu, Piattelli, Paolo, Pieterse, Camiel, Pikounis, Konstantinos, Pisanti, Ofelia, Poirè, Chiara, Popa, Vlad, Pradier, Thierry, Pühlhofer, Gerd, Pulvirenti, Sara, Rabyang, Omphile, Raffaelli, Fabrizio, Randazzo, Nunzio, Razzaque, Soebur, Real, Diego, Reck, Stefan, Riccobene, Giorgio, Richer, Marc, Rivoire, Stephane, Rovelli, Alberto, Salesa Greus, Francisco, Samtleben, Dorothea Franziska Elisabeth, Losa, Agustin Sánchez, Sanguineti, Matteo, Santangelo, Andrea E., Santonocito, Domenico, Sapienza, Piera, Schmelling, Jan-Willem, Schnabel, Jutta, Schumann, Johannes, Seneca, Jordan, Sgura, Irene, Shanidze, Rezo, Sharma, Ankur, Simeone, Francesco, Sinopoulou, Anna, Spisso, Bernardino, Spurio, Maurizio, Stavropoulos, Dimitris, Steijger, Jos, Stellacci, Simona Maria, Taiuti, Mauro, Tayalati, Yahya, Tenllado, Enrique, Thakore, Tarak, Tingay, Steven, Tzamariudaki, Ekaterini, Tzanetatos, Dimitrios, Van Elewyck, Veronique, Vasileiadis, Georges, Versari, Federico, Viola, Salvo, Vivolo, Daniele, de Wasseige, Gwenhael, Wilms, Joern, Wojaczyński, Rafa, de Wolf, Els, Zaborov, Dmitry, Zavatarelli, Sandra, Zegarelli, Angela, Zito, Daniele, de Dios Zornoza, Juan, Zúñiga, Juan, and Zywucka, Natalia
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26. Electrophysiological Study Prognostic Value and Long-Term Outcome in Drug-Induced Type 1 Brugada Syndrome
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Russo, Vincenzo, Pafundi, Pia Clara, Caturano, Alfredo, Dendramis, Gregory, Ghidini, Andrea Ottonelli, Santobuono, Vincenzo Ezio, Sciarra, Luigi, Notarstefano, Pasquale, Rucco, Maria Antonietta, Attena, Emilio, Floris, Roberto, Romeo, Emanuele, Sarubbi, Berardo, Nigro, Gerardo, D'Onofrio, Antonio, Calò, Leonardo, and Nesti, Martina
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This study aimed to retrospectively assess long-term outcome and the prognostic role of electrophysiological study (EPS) for risk stratification of drug-induced type 1 Brugada syndrome (BrS) patients.
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27. Changes in electrical activation modify the orientation of left ventricular flow momentum: novel observations using echocardiographic particle image velocimetry
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Pedrizzetti, Gianni, Martiniello, Alfonso R., Bianchi, Valter, D'Onofrio, Antonio, Caso, Pio, and Tonti, Giovanni
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Aims Changes in electrical activation sequence are known to affect the timing of cardiac mechanical events. We aim to demonstrate that these also modify global properties of the intraventricular blood flow pattern. We also explore whether such global changes present a relationship with clinical outcome.Methods and results We investigated 30 heart failure patients followed up after cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). All subjects underwent echocardiography before implant and at follow-up after 6+ months. Left ventricular mechanics was investigated at follow-up during active CRT and was repeated after a temporary interruption <5 min later. Strain analysis, performed by speckle tracking, was used to assess the entity of contraction (global longitudinal strain) and its synchronicity (standard deviation of time to peak of radial strain). Intraventricular fluid dynamics, by echographic particle image velocimetry, was used to evaluate the directional distribution of global momentum associated with blood motion. The discontinuation of CRT pacing reflects into a reduction of deformation synchrony and into the deviation of blood flow momentum from the base–apex orientation with the development of transversal flow-mediated haemodynamic forces. The deviation of flow momentum presents a significant correlation with the degree of volumetric reduction after CRT.Conclusion Changes in electrical activation alter the orientation of blood flow momentum. The long-term CRT outcome correlates with the degree of re-alignment of haemodynamic forces. These preliminary results suggest that flow orientation could be used for optimizing the biventricular pacing setting. However, larger prospective studies are needed to confirm this hypothesis.- Published
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