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2. Venous serum chloride and bicarbonate measurements as biochemical markers of exacerbation of pulmonary disease in adult cystic fibrosis
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Ferrara P, Carnovale V, de Santis D, Bloise A, Viati L, Capaccio P, Gerundo G, FERRARA, NICOLA, Rengo F., ABETE, PASQUALE, Ferrara, P, Carnovale, V, de Santis, D, Bloise, A, Viati, L, Capaccio, P, Gerundo, G, Ferrara, Nicola, Abete, Pasquale, and Rengo, F.
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- 2002
3. Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Improves Heart Rate Recovery in Elderly Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction
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Giallauria, F., primary, Lucci, R., additional, Pietrosante, M., additional, Gargiulo, G., additional, De Lorenzo, A., additional, D'Agostino, M., additional, Gerundo, G., additional, Abete, P., additional, Rengo, F., additional, and Vigorito, C., additional
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- 2006
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4. Diastolic abnormalities in systemic sclerosis: evidence for associated defective cardiac functional reserve.
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Valentini, G, primary, Vitale, D F, additional, Giunta, A, additional, Maione, S, additional, Gerundo, G, additional, Arnese, M, additional, Tirri, E, additional, Pelaggi, N, additional, Giacummo, A, additional, Tirri, G, additional, and Condorelli, M, additional
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- 1996
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5. Reproducibility of myocardial ultrasonic backscatter parameters in man.
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Vitale, D.F., Lauria, G., Pelaggi, N., Gerundo, G., Leosco, D., Rengo, C., and Rengo, F.
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- 1991
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6. Feasibility of ultrasonic tissue characterization during dipyridamole test.
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Vitale, D.F., Gerundo, G., Pelaggi, N., Lauria, G., Leosco, D., Rengo, C., and Rengo, F.
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- 1992
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7. Anisotropy of ultrasonic beam backscattered from myocardial tissue.
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Vitale, D.F., Bordini, C., Gerundo, G., Pelaggi, N., Lauria, G., Verde, R., Rengo, C., and Rengo, F.
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- 1994
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8. Optimal number of averaged frames for noise reduction of ultrasound images.
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Vitale, D.F., Lauria, G., Pelaggi, N., Gerundo, G., Bordini, C., Leosco, D., Rengo, C., and Rengo, F.
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- 1993
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9. Optimal number of averaged frames for noise reduction of ultrasound images
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Vitale, D.F., primary, Lauria, G., additional, Pelaggi, N., additional, Gerundo, G., additional, Bordini, C., additional, Leosco, D., additional, Rengo, C., additional, and Rengo, F., additional
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10. The role of inflammation and metabolic risk factors in the pathogenesis of calcific aortic valve stenosis
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A. Caruso, Emilio Attena, Laura Petraglia, Maria Gabriella Grimaldi, Vincenzo Russo, Dario Leosco, Valentina Parisi, Pasquale Campana, Maddalena Conte, Gerardo Gerundo, Conte, M., Petraglia, L., Campana, P., Gerundo, G., Caruso, A., Grimaldi, M. G., Russo, V., Attena, E., Leosco, D., and Parisi, V.
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Aging ,Aortic stenosi ,Inflammation ,Disease ,Review ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Systemic inflammation ,Bioinformatics ,Pathogenesis ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Epicardial adipose tissue ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Pathological ,Aged ,business.industry ,Risk Factor ,Aortic stenosis ,valvular heart disease ,Calcinosis ,Calcific aortic valve stenosis ,Aortic Valve Stenosis ,medicine.disease ,Aortic Valve Stenosi ,Stenosis ,Aortic Valve ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Human - Abstract
Given the epidemiologic increase of aged population in the world, aortic stenosis (AS) represents now the most common valvular heart disease in industrialized countries. It is a very challenging disease, representing an important cause of morbidity, hospitalization and death in the elderly population. It is widely recognized that AS is the result of a very complex active process, driven by inflammation and involving multifactorial pathological mechanisms promoting valvular calcification and valvular bone deposition. Several evidence suggest that epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), the visceral fat depot of the heart, represents a direct source of cytokines and could mediate the deleterious effects of systemic inflammation on the myocardium. Importantly, obesity and metabolic disorders are associated with chronic systemic inflammation leading to a significant increase of EAT amount and to a pro-inflammatory phenotypic shift of this fat depot. It has been hypothesized that the EAT inflammatory state can influence the structure and function of the heart, thus contributing to the pathogenesis of several cardiac diseases, including calcific AS. The current review will discuss the recently discovered mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of AS, with particular attention to the role of inflammation, metabolic risk factors and pro-fibrotic and pro-osteogenic signal pathways promoting the onset and progression of the disease. Moreover, it will be explored the potential role of EAT in the AS pathophysiology.
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- 2020
11. Reliability of fr-AGILE tool to evaluate multidimensional frailty in hospital settings for older adults with COVID-19
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Francesco Curcio, Alessio De Vita, Gerardo Gerundo, Brunella Puzone, Veronica Flocco, Teresa Cante, Pietro Medio, Antonio Cittadini, Ivan Gentile, Francesco Cacciatore, Gianluca Testa, Ilaria Liguori, Pasquale Abete, Curcio, F., De Vita, A., Gerundo, G., Puzone, B., Flocco, V., Cante, T., Medio, P., Cittadini, A., Gentile, I., Cacciatore, F., Testa, G., Liguori, I., and Abete, P.
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COVID-19 ,Frailty evaluation tool ,Multidimensional frailty ,Aging ,Frailty ,Frail Elderly ,Reproducibility of Results ,Reproducibility of Result ,Hospitals ,Hospital ,Humans ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,Geriatric Assessment ,Aged ,Human - Abstract
Aims: The study assesses the reliability of fr-AGILE, a validated rapid tool used for the evaluation of multidimensional frailty in older adults hospitalized with COVID-19. Methods: Two different staff members independently assessed the presence of frailty in 144 patients aged ≥ 65 years affected by COVID-19 using the fr-AGILE tool. The internal consistency of fr-AGILE was evaluated by examining the item-total correlations and the Kuder–Richardson (KR) formula. The inter-rater reliability was evaluated using linear weighted kappa. Results: Multidimensional frailty severity increases with age and is associated to higher use of non-invasive ventilation (p = 0.025), total severity score on chest tomography (p = 0.001) and in-hospital mortality (p = 0.032). Fr-AGILE showed good internal consistency (KR-20 = 0.742) and excellent inter-rater reliability (weighted kappa = 0.752 and 0.878 for frailty score and frailty degree, respectively). Conclusions: fr-AGILE tool can quickly identify and quantify multidimensional frailty in hospital settings for older patient affected by COVID-19.
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- 2022
12. Reply to a letter to the editor regarding the published article: 'YouTube™ as a source of information on bladder pain syndrome: A contemporary analysis'
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Simone Morra, Claudia Collà Ruvolo, Luigi Napolitano, Roberto La Rocca, Giuseppe Celentano, Gianluigi Califano, Massimiliano Creta, Marco Capece, Carmine Turco, Simone Cilio, Alberto Melchionna, Gerardo Gerundo, Francesco Trama, Francesco Mangiapia, Ferdinando Fusco, Vincenzo Mirone, Nicola Longo, Morra, S., Colla Ruvolo, C., Napolitano, L., La Rocca, R., Celentano, G., Califano, G., Creta, M., Capece, M., Turco, C., Cilio, S., Melchionna, A., Gerundo, G., Trama, F., Mangiapia, F., Fusco, F., Mirone, V., and Longo, N.
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Urology ,Cystitis, Interstitial ,Video Recording ,Humans ,Neurology (clinical) ,Social Media - Published
- 2022
13. Type 2 myocardial infarction: is it a geriatric syndrome?
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Gerardo Gerundo, Veronica Panicara, Gianluigi Galizia, Gianluca Testa, Ilaria Liguori, Gaetano Gargiulo, David Della-Morte, Pasquale Abete, Francesco Curcio, Andrea Ungar, Domenico Bonaduce, Francesco Cacciatore, Giuseppe Sasso, Curcio, F., Gerundo, G., Sasso, G., Panicara, V., Liguori, I., Testa, G., Della-Morte, D., Gargiulo, G., Galizia, G., Ungar, A., Cacciatore, F., Bonaduce, D., and Abete, P.
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Aging ,Necrosis ,Prognosi ,Myocardial Infarction ,Settore MED/09 ,Comorbidity ,Comprehensive geriatric assessment ,Type 2 myocardial infarction ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Myocardial infarction ,Intensive care medicine ,Geriatric syndrome ,Aged ,Geriatric Assessment ,Prognosis ,Oxygen supply ,Geriatrics gerontology ,business.industry ,Geriatric assessment ,medicine.disease ,Necrosi ,Myocardial infarction diagnosis ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,medicine.symptom ,Complication ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Human - Abstract
Type 2 myocardial infarctions (T2-MI) is a type of necrosis that results from reduced oxygen supply and/or increased demand secondary to other causes unrelated to acute coronary atherothrombosis. The development and implementation of sensitive and high-sensitivity cardiac necrosis marker and the age-related increase of comorbidity lead to a boost of the frequency of T2-MI. T2-MI is often a complication of a high degree of clinical frailty in older adults, emerging as a "geriatric syndrome". Age-related non-cardiovascular causes may be the triggering factors and are strongly associated with the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of T2-MI. To date, there are no guidelines on management of this pathology in advancing age. Patient-centered approach and comprehensive geriatric assessment play a key role in the diagnosis, therapy and prognosis of geriatric patients with T2-MI.
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- 2019
14. Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Improves Heart Rate Recovery in Elderly Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction
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G. Gerundo, Francesco Giallauria, Mariantonietta D'Agostino, Franco Rengo, Anna De Lorenzo, Pasquale Abete, Rosa Lucci, Marco Pietrosante, Gaetano Gargiulo, Carlo Vigorito, Giallauria, F, Lucci, R, Pietrosante, M, Gargiulo, G, DE LORENZO, A, D'Agostino, M, Gerundo, G, Abete, Pasquale, Rengo, Franco, and Vigorito, Carlo
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Male ,Aging ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Myocardial Infarction ,Group B ,Coronary artery disease ,Heart Rate ,Internal medicine ,Heart rate ,medicine ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Myocardial infarction ,Vagal tone ,Prospective cohort study ,Aged ,Rehabilitation ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Exercise Therapy ,Treatment Outcome ,Exercise Test ,Cardiology ,Physical therapy ,Breathing ,Female ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,business - Abstract
BACKGROUND Heart rate recovery (HRR), defined as the fall in HR during the first minute after exercise, is a marker of vagal tone, which is a powerful predictor of mortality in patients with coronary artery disease and in older patients. Whether exercise training (ET) modifies HRR in elderly patients recovering from acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is still unknown. Therefore, this study aims at evaluating the effect of ET on HRR in elderly AMI patients. METHODS This was a prospective observational study including 268 older patients after AMI (217 men, 51 women), subdivided in two groups: Group A (n = 104), enrolled in an ET program; Group B (n = 164), discharged with generic instructions to continue physical activity. At baseline and at 3-month follow-up, all Group A and 54/164 Group B patients underwent a cardiopulmonary exercise stress test, whereas 110/164 Group B patients underwent an exercise stress test. RESULTS After completion of the ET program, in Group A we observed an improvement in oxygen consumption at peak exercise (VO2peak; from 14.7 +/- 1.3 to 17.6 +/- 1.9 mL/kg/min, p < .001), in the rate of increase of ventilation per unit of increase of carbon dioxide production (VE/VCO2slope; from 34.2 +/- 3.8 to 30.4 +/- 3.0, p < .001), and in HRR (from 13.5 +/- 3.7 to 18.7 +/- 3.5 beats/min, p < .001). The changes in VO2peak and in VE/VCO2slope after ET were correlated with the improvement of HRR (r = -0.865, p < .01; r = -0.594, p < .01, respectively). No changes in these parameters were observed in Group B patients. CONCLUSIONS In older AMI patients, ET results in HRR improvement, which was correlated to the improvement in cardiopulmonary parameters. These findings may shed additional light on the possible mechanisms of the beneficial prognostic effects of ET in this patient population.
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- 2006
15. Alterations in Ultrasonic Backscatter During Exercise-Induced Myocardial Ischemia in Humans
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N. Pelaggi, Fernando Coltorti, Carlo Bordini, G. Gerundo, Dario Leosco, Franco Rengo, Dino Franco Vitale, Carlo Rengo, Gianfranco Lauria, Robert O. Bonow, Vitale, Df, Bonow, Ro, Gerundo, G, Pelaggi, N, Lauria, G, Leosco, Dario, Coltorti, F, Bordini, C, Rengo, C, Rengo, Franco, and Rengo, F.
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Supine position ,Myocardial Ischemia ,Ischemia ,Electrocardiography ,Physiology (medical) ,Internal medicine ,Occlusion ,medicine ,Humans ,Myocardial infarction ,Exercise ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Vascular disease ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Echocardiography ,Parasternal line ,Cardiology ,Female ,Ultrasonic sensor ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
Background Experimentally induced myocardial ischemia in animals causes tissue modifications that alter characteristics of the ultrasonic beam backscattered from the myocardial muscle. Alterations of backscatter parameters have been evidenced in human subjects with acute or remote myocardial infarction and during ischemia induced by angioplasty balloon occlusion or pharmacological stimuli. The effects of transient effort ischemia in humans have not been reported. The purpose of this study is to assess ultrasonic backscatter parameter changes induced by transient effort myocardial ischemia in human subjects. Methods and Results Nineteen patients with single left anterior descending coronary stenosis and 15 healthy subjects underwent ultrasonic backscatter analysis (parasternal long-axis view) at rest, immediately after a supine stress test, and 30 minutes later. Two windows were selected in each ultrasonic study: one encompassing the septum; the other, the posterior wall. Integrated backscatter was computed throughout the cardiac cycle, yielding a power curve relative to the midmyocardial region of the myocardial wall (excluding pericardial and endocardial borders). Five parameters were computed from the backscatter power curve: the maximum−minimum difference, amplitude and phase of the first harmonic Fourier fitting, phase-weighted amplitude, and time-averaged integrated backscatter difference from rest (an index of overall myocardial reflectivity). This protocol allowed comparison of the backscatter data from a region at risk of ischemia (the septum) with that from a region normally perfused (posterior wall) and a comparison with the same regions of the control group during the three ultrasonic studies. All backscatter indexes in the septum were altered significantly by exercise compared with rest values, whereas no changes were found in the normally perfused posterior wall or in the septum of the control group. All modified parameters returned to baseline values at the time of the recovery study. Conclusions These data indicate that transient, exercise-induced ischemia is associated with reduction of the cardiac cycle–dependent variation of the integrated backscatter power curve, a temporal shift in the nadir of the power curve with respect to the R wave (phase increase), and a small but detectable increase of myocardial reflectivity. These changes may be detected noninvasively in humans with ultrasonic backscatter analysis.
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- 1995
16. myocardial ultrasonic tissue characterization in pediatric and adult patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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Franco Rengo, Dino Franco Vitale, Margherita De Cristofaro, Robert O. Bonow, Pio Caso, Carlo Rengo, Carlo Bordini, Giuseppe Pacileo, Maria Angela Losi, G. Gerundo, Raffaele Calabro, D. F., Vitale, R. O., Bonow, R., Calabrò, M., De Cristofaro, G., Pacileo, P., Caso, G., Gerundo, C., Bordini, Losi, MARIA ANGELA, C., Rengo, Rengo, Franco, Vitale, Df, Bonow, Ro, Calabro', Raffaele, DE CRISTOFARO, M, Pacileo, G., Calabrò, R, Pacileo, G, Caso, P, Gerundo, G, Bordini, C, Losi, Ma, and Renco, C
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Aging ,Heart disease ,macromolecular substances ,Muscle hypertrophy ,Oral administration ,Physiology (medical) ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,Child ,Adult patients ,business.industry ,Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ,Echogenicity ,Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,El Niño ,Verapamil ,Echocardiography ,Child, Preschool ,cardiovascular system ,Cardiology ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has different clinical and prognostic aspects in young than in adult patients. This study was undertaken to determine whether these reported differences are reflected by changes in ultrasonic backscatter parameters and whether oral treatment with verapamil modifies backscatter variables in children with HCM. Methods and Results Sixty-eight subjects underwent backscatter analysis to assess the ultrasonic myocardial reflectivity and the amplitude of the cardiac cycle–dependent variation of the backscatter power curve. Subjects were divided into four groups: 10 HCM and 23 normal subjects Conclusions These data demonstrate that in young HCM patients, the ultrasonic myocardial reflectivity is normal, in contrast to the significant increase observed in adult patients affected by the same disease. This observation is in accord with the different clinical manifestations reported in young HCM patients and indicates an age-dependent difference in the echogenic structure of the hypertrophied myocardium in HCM.
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- 1996
17. Diastolic abnormalities in systemic sclerosis: Evidence for associated defective cardiac functional reserve
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Dino Franco Vitale, Anna Giunta, Mariarosaria Arnese, Stefania Maione, Gabriele Valentini, N. Pelaggi, Giuseppe Tirri, Mario Condorelli, Attilio Giacummo, Enrico Tirri, G. Gerundo, Valentini, Gabriele, Vitale, Df, Giunta, A, Maione, S, Gerundo, G, Arnese, M, Tirri, E, Pelaggi, N, Giacummo, A, Tirri, G, and Condorelli, M.
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Heart disease ,Systole ,Immunology ,Diastole ,Hemodynamics ,Doppler echocardiography ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Ventricular Dysfunction, Left ,Rheumatology ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Exercise ,Aged ,Scleroderma, Systemic ,Ejection fraction ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Gated Blood-Pool Imaging ,Stroke Volume ,Stroke volume ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Echocardiography, Doppler ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Ventricle ,Cardiology ,Female ,business ,Research Article - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the pattern of diastolic abnormalities in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and the relationship between impaired ventricular filling and systolic function. METHODS: Twenty four patients with SSc underwent M-mode and two dimensional echocardiography using echo-Doppler and gated blood pool cardiac angiography, both at rest and after exercise. RESULTS: An impaired diastolic relaxation of the left ventricle was detected in 10 of the 24 patients with SSc. Left ventricular ejection fraction at rest in these 10 patients with impaired ventricular filling did not differ from that in the remaining 14 patients, but eight of the 10 failed to increase their ejection fraction during exercise, compared with two of the 14 with normal ventricular filling (p = 0.003). CONCLUSION: Impaired relaxation of the left ventricle is a recently described feature of scleroderma heart disease. Diastolic dysfunction in SSc could depend on myocardial fibrosis or myocardial ischaemia, or both. It was found to be associated with a defective cardiac functional reserve. However, its prognostic significance remains to be clarified.
18. COVID-19 chest CT and laboratory features of B.1.617.2 (Delta variant) vs B.1.1.7 (Alpha variant) surge: a single center case-control study.
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Viceconte G, Ponsiglione A, Buonomo AR, Camera L, Scotto R, De Giorgi M, Pinto L, Pinchera B, Villari R, Foggia M, Gerundo G, Abete P, Brunetti A, and Gentile I
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Purpose: To assess clinical, laboratory and radiological differences between Delta and Alpha SARS-CoV-2 variants., Materials and Methods: Twenty SARS-CoV-2 patients admitted from 30th of August to 30th of October 2021 (period with estimated highest prevalence of Delta variant circulation in Italy) were enrolled. Patients were matched in a 1:1 ratio with same gender and same age +/- 2 years controls admitted from 1st of September 2020 to 30th of January 2021 (predominant circulation of Alpha variant). Chest computed tomography (CT) were retrospectively evaluated. Main clinical parameters, radiological and laboratory findings were compared between two groups., Results: Patients with probable Delta variant had significantly higher CT severity scores, lower PaO2/FiO2 ratio and higher C-reactive protein and lactate dehydrogenase levels at admission. On multivariate analysis, probable Delta variant infection was associated with higher CT severity score. Ground glass opacities and crazy paving patterns were more frequently noticed than consolidation, with the latter being more frequent in Delta cohort, even though not significantly. According to prevalent imaging pattern, the consolidation one was significantly associated with pregnancy ( p =0.008)., Conclusions: Patients admitted during predominance of Delta variant circulation had a more severe lung involvement compared to patients in infected when Alpha variant was predominant. Despite imaging pattern seems to be not influenced by viral variant and other clinical variables, the consolidative pattern was observed more frequently in pregnancy., Competing Interests: Conflict of interest All authors declare no conflict of interest.
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19. Reply to a letter to the editor regarding the published article: "YouTube™ as a source of information on bladder pain syndrome: A contemporary analysis".
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Morra S, Collà Ruvolo C, Napolitano L, La Rocca R, Celentano G, Califano G, Creta M, Capece M, Turco C, Cilio S, Melchionna A, Gerundo G, Trama F, Mangiapia F, Fusco F, Mirone V, and Longo N
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- Humans, Video Recording, Cystitis, Interstitial, Social Media
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- 2022
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20. Reliability of fr-AGILE tool to evaluate multidimensional frailty in hospital settings for older adults with COVID-19.
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Curcio F, De Vita A, Gerundo G, Puzone B, Flocco V, Cante T, Medio P, Cittadini A, Gentile I, Cacciatore F, Testa G, Liguori I, and Abete P
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- Aged, Frail Elderly, Geriatric Assessment methods, Hospitals, Humans, Reproducibility of Results, COVID-19, Frailty diagnosis
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Aims: The study assesses the reliability of fr-AGILE, a validated rapid tool used for the evaluation of multidimensional frailty in older adults hospitalized with COVID-19., Methods: Two different staff members independently assessed the presence of frailty in 144 patients aged ≥ 65 years affected by COVID-19 using the fr-AGILE tool. The internal consistency of fr-AGILE was evaluated by examining the item-total correlations and the Kuder-Richardson (KR) formula. The inter-rater reliability was evaluated using linear weighted kappa., Results: Multidimensional frailty severity increases with age and is associated to higher use of non-invasive ventilation (p = 0.025), total severity score on chest tomography (p = 0.001) and in-hospital mortality (p = 0.032). Fr-AGILE showed good internal consistency (KR-20 = 0.742) and excellent inter-rater reliability (weighted kappa = 0.752 and 0.878 for frailty score and frailty degree, respectively)., Conclusions: fr-AGILE tool can quickly identify and quantify multidimensional frailty in hospital settings for older patient affected by COVID-19., (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.)
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21. Personal protective equipment in Covid-19: Evidence-based quality and analysis of YouTube videos after one year of pandemic.
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Gerundo G, Collà Ruvolo C, Puzone B, Califano G, La Rocca R, Parisi V, Capece M, Celentano G, Creta M, Rengo G, Leosco D, Abete P, Longo N, Mirone V, and Ferrara N
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- Humans, Information Dissemination, Pandemics prevention & control, Personal Protective Equipment, SARS-CoV-2, Video Recording, COVID-19 prevention & control, Social Media
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Background: The correct use of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the Covid-19 pandemic is mandatory to minimize the contagion risk. The current study aimed to evaluate quality information of YouTube videos on PPE use during the pandemic., Methods: Using Google Trend tool, the frequency of worldwide YouTube and Google searches for "donning and doffing" was examined. We queried YouTube with terms related to donning and doffing of PPE. Validated quality information assessment tools were used., Results: From the December 1, 2019 to the January 31, 2021, according to YouTube and Google searches, both peaks occurred in April 2020 (69.5% and 72.0%, respectively). Of all videos, 144 were eligible for the analyses. According to misinformation tool, 90 (62.5%) videos contained inaccuracies. The median DISCERN Section 1 ranged from 3 to 5. The median DISCERN Section 3 was 4. According to Global Quality Score, 8.3% (n = 12), 14.6% (n = 21), 22.9% (n = 33), 30.6% (n = 44) and 23.6% (n = 34) were classified as poor, partially poor, moderate, partially good and excellent quality videos, respectively., Conclusions: Nowadays, YouTube may be recommended as a reliable source of information. Nevertheless, a not negligible number of videos contained inaccuracies. Future authors should improve videos contents to provide more complete information., (Copyright © 2021 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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22. YouTube TM as a source of information on bladder pain syndrome: A contemporary analysis.
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Morra S, Collà Ruvolo C, Napolitano L, La Rocca R, Celentano G, Califano G, Creta M, Capece M, Turco C, Cilio S, Melchionna A, Gerundo G, Trama F, Mangiapia F, Fusco F, Mirone V, and Longo N
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- Communication, Humans, Video Recording, Cystitis, Interstitial, Social Media
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Aim: To evaluate the quality of YouTube™ videos on bladder pain syndrome (BPS) and to investigate whether they can be used as a reliable source of information., Methods: The search term "bladder pain syndrome" was used on YouTube
TM platform. The first 100 videos were selected. Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool for audio-visual content (PEMAT A/V), Global Quality Score (GQS), Misinformation tool, and DISCERN score were used to assess videos' quality content. Pearson's test was used to assess potential correlations between variables., Results: Seventy-nine videos were suitable for the analyses. The median PEMAT A/V Understandability score and PEMAT A/V Actionability score were 66.7% (interquartile range [IQR]: 46.2-100.0) and 75.0% (IQR: 37.5-100.0), respectively. According to GQS, 26 (32.9%), 32 (40.5%), 3 (3.8%), 15 (19.0%), and 3 (3.8%) videos were excellent, good, moderate, generally poor, and poor, respectively. According to Misinformation tool, of all videos, 81% (n = 64), 6.3% (n = 5), 5.1% (n = 4), 5.1% (n = 4), 2.5% (n = 2) had respectively no, very little, moderate, high, and extreme misinformation. The overall median DISCERN score ranged from 5.0 (IQR: 2.0-5.0) to 5.0 (IQR: 5.0-5.0). A positive statistically significant correlation was found between video length and PEMAT A/V Understandability (r = 0.27, p = 0.01), video length and PEMAT A/V Actionability (r = .26, p = 0.02), and video length and DISCERN Question 16 (r = 0.28, p = 0.01)., Conclusions: Nowaday, the overall quality of YouTubeTM videos on BPS have been evaluated good according to PEMAT A/V, GQS, Misinformation tool, and DISCERN score. It is possible to assume that YouTubeTM may be considered as a reliable source of information on BPS., (© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)- Published
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23. The role of inflammation and metabolic risk factors in the pathogenesis of calcific aortic valve stenosis.
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Conte M, Petraglia L, Campana P, Gerundo G, Caruso A, Grimaldi MG, Russo V, Attena E, Leosco D, and Parisi V
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- Aged, Aortic Valve, Humans, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Calcinosis
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Given the epidemiologic increase of aged population in the world, aortic stenosis (AS) represents now the most common valvular heart disease in industrialized countries. It is a very challenging disease, representing an important cause of morbidity, hospitalization and death in the elderly population. It is widely recognized that AS is the result of a very complex active process, driven by inflammation and involving multifactorial pathological mechanisms promoting valvular calcification and valvular bone deposition. Several evidence suggest that epicardial adipose tissue (EAT), the visceral fat depot of the heart, represents a direct source of cytokines and could mediate the deleterious effects of systemic inflammation on the myocardium. Importantly, obesity and metabolic disorders are associated with chronic systemic inflammation leading to a significant increase of EAT amount and to a pro-inflammatory phenotypic shift of this fat depot. It has been hypothesized that the EAT inflammatory state can influence the structure and function of the heart, thus contributing to the pathogenesis of several cardiac diseases, including calcific AS. The current review will discuss the recently discovered mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of AS, with particular attention to the role of inflammation, metabolic risk factors and pro-fibrotic and pro-osteogenic signal pathways promoting the onset and progression of the disease. Moreover, it will be explored the potential role of EAT in the AS pathophysiology.
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24. Epicardial Adipose Tissue and IL-13 Response to Myocardial Injury Drives Left Ventricular Remodeling After ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
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Parisi V, Cabaro S, D'Esposito V, Petraglia L, Conte M, Campana P, Gerundo G, Abitabile M, Tuccillo A, Accadia M, Comentale G, Pilato E, Sansone M, Leosco D, and Formisano P
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Introduction: Left ventricular (LV) remodeling after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is explained only in part by the infarct size, and the inter-patient variability may be ascribed to different inflammatory response to myocardial injury. Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is a source of inflammatory mediators which directly modulates the myocardium. EAT increase is associated to several cardiovascular diseases; however, its response to myocardial injury is currently unknown. Among inflammatory mediators, IL-13 seems to play protective role in LV regeneration, but its variations after STEMI have not been described yet. Purpose: In the present study we analyzed the association between infarct-related changes of EAT and IL-13 in post-STEMI LV remodeling., Methods: We enrolled 100 patients with STEMI undergoing primary angioplasty. At the enrolment (T0) and after 3 months (T1), we measured EAT thickness by echocardiography and circulating levels of IL-13 by ELISA., Results: At T1, the 60% of patients displayed increased EAT thickness (ΔEAT > 0). ΔEAT was directly associated to LV end-diastolic volume ( r = 0.42; p = 0.014), LV end-systolic volume ( r = 0.42; p = 0.013) and worse LV ejection fraction (LVEF) at T1 ( r = -0.44; p = 0.0094), independently of the infarct size. In the overall population IL-13 levels significantly decreased at T1 ( p = 0.0002). The ΔIL-13 was directly associated to ΔLVEF ( r = 0.42; p = 0.017) and inversely related to ΔEAT ( r = -0.51; p = 0.022), thus suggesting a protective role for IL-13., Conclusion: The variability of STEMI-induced "inflammatory response" may be associated to the post-infarct LV remodeling. ΔEAT thickness and ΔIL-13 levels could be novel prognostic markers in STEMI patients., (Copyright © 2020 Parisi, Cabaro, D’Esposito, Petraglia, Conte, Campana, Gerundo, Abitabile, Tuccillo, Accadia, Comentale, Pilato, Sansone, Leosco and Formisano.)
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25. Type 2 myocardial infarction: is it a geriatric syndrome?
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Curcio F, Gerundo G, Sasso G, Panicara V, Liguori I, Testa G, Della-Morte D, Gargiulo G, Galizia G, Ungar A, Cacciatore F, Bonaduce D, and Abete P
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- Aged, Comorbidity, Geriatric Assessment, Humans, Myocardial Infarction epidemiology, Necrosis, Prognosis, Aging, Myocardial Infarction diagnosis
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Type 2 myocardial infarctions (T2-MI) is a type of necrosis that results from reduced oxygen supply and/or increased demand secondary to other causes unrelated to acute coronary atherothrombosis. The development and implementation of sensitive and high-sensitivity cardiac necrosis marker and the age-related increase of comorbidity lead to a boost of the frequency of T2-MI. T2-MI is often a complication of a high degree of clinical frailty in older adults, emerging as a "geriatric syndrome". Age-related non-cardiovascular causes may be the triggering factors and are strongly associated with the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of T2-MI. To date, there are no guidelines on management of this pathology in advancing age. Patient-centered approach and comprehensive geriatric assessment play a key role in the diagnosis, therapy and prognosis of geriatric patients with T2-MI.
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26. Myocardial ultrasonic tissue characterization in pediatric and adult patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Vitale DF, Bonow RO, Calabrò R, De Cristofaro M, Pacileo G, Caso P, Gerundo G, Bordini C, Losi MA, Rengo C, and Rengo F
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- Adult, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic drug therapy, Child, Child, Preschool, Humans, Middle Aged, Verapamil therapeutic use, Aging physiology, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic diagnostic imaging, Echocardiography
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Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has different clinical and prognostic aspects in young than in adult patients. This study was undertaken to determine whether these reported differences are reflected by changes in ultrasonic backscatter parameters and whether oral treatment with verapamil modifies backscatter variables in children with HCM., Methods and Results: Sixty-eight subjects underwent backscatter analysis to assess the ultrasonic myocardial reflectivity and the amplitude of the cardiac cycle-dependent variation of the backscatter power curve. Subjects were divided into four groups: 10 HCM and 23 normal subjects < 10 years old and 17 HCM and 18 normal adults. Myocardial reflectivity and amplitude of the cyclic variation were assessed in the septum and in the posterior wall of all subjects. The children with HCM were restudied after long-term oral administration of verapamil. Both children and adult patients, compared with the normal control groups, showed a significant reduction in the amplitude of the cyclic variation both in the septum and in the posterior wall. In contrast, myocardial reflectivity, although significantly increased in adult HCM patients, was unchanged in the young HCM group. Verapamil administration did not significantly alter the results in the children with HCM., Conclusions: These data demonstrate that in young HCM patients, the ultrasonic myocardial reflectivity is normal, in contrast to the significant increase observed in adult patients affected by the same disease. This observation is in accord with the different clinical manifestations reported in young HCM patients and indicates an age-dependent difference in the echogenic structure of the hypertrophied myocardium in HCM.
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- 1996
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27. Alterations in ultrasonic backscatter during exercise-induced myocardial ischemia in humans.
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Vitale DF, Bonow RO, Gerundo G, Pelaggi N, Lauria G, Leosco D, Coltorti F, Bordini C, Rengo C, and Rengo F
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- Adult, Echocardiography, Electrocardiography, Exercise, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Ischemia diagnostic imaging
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Background: Experimentally induced myocardial ischemia in animals causes tissue modifications that alter characteristics of the ultrasonic beam backscattered from the myocardial muscle. Alterations of backscatter parameters have been evidenced in human subjects with acute or remote myocardial infarction and during ischemia induced by angioplasty balloon occlusion or pharmacological stimuli. The effects of transient effort ischemia in humans have not been reported. The purpose of this study is to assess ultrasonic backscatter parameter changes induced by transient effort myocardial ischemia in human subjects., Methods and Results: Nineteen patients with single left anterior descending coronary stenosis and 15 healthy subjects underwent ultrasonic backscatter analysis (parasternal long-axis view) at rest, immediately after a supine stress test, and 30 minutes later. Two windows were selected in each ultrasonic study: one encompassing the septum; the other, the posterior wall. Integrated backscatter was computed throughout the cardiac cycle, yielding a power curve relative to the midmyocardial region of the myocardial wall (excluding pericardial and endocardial borders). Five parameters were computed from the backscatter power curve: the maximum-minimum difference, amplitude and phase of the first harmonic Fourier fitting, phase-weighted amplitude, and time-averaged integrated backscatter difference from rest (an index of overall myocardial reflectivity). This protocol allowed comparison of the backscatter data from a region at risk of ischemia (the septum) with that from a region normally perfused (posterior wall) and a comparison with the same regions of the control group during the three ultrasonic studies. All backscatter indexes in the septum were altered significantly by exercise compared with rest values, whereas no changes were found in the normally perfused posterior wall or in the septum of the control group. All modified parameters returned to baseline values at the time of the recovery study., Conclusions: These data indicate that transient, exercise-induced ischemia is associated with reduction of the cardiac cycle-dependent variation of the integrated backscatter power curve, a temporal shift in the nadir of the power curve with respect to the R wave (phase increase), and a small but detectable increase of myocardial reflectivity. These changes may be detected noninvasively in humans with ultrasonic backscatter analysis.
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