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Vecchini E, Leandro R, Lunardelli E, Zancanaro F, Amarossi A, Anselmi A, De Cristan D, Maluta T, Magnan B, Ricci M. Short-term clinical and radiological comparisons between two Medial Pivot Total Knee Arthroplasty implants with different geometries. Acta Biomed 2023; 94:e2023087. [PMID: 37366189 DOI: 10.23750/abm.v94is2.13766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Different total knee arthroplasty (TKA) implants were created for the treatment of severe symptomatic gonarthrosis and Medial Pivot TKA (MP TKA) seem to reproduce the normal kinematics of the knee. We compare two different prosthetic designs of MP TKA in order to identify whether there is a difference between the two in terms of degree of patient satisfaction. Methods: A total of 89 patients were analyzed. A group of 46 patients who benefited from a TKA with the Evolution® prosthesis and one of 43 patients who received a TKA with the Persona® prosthesis. KSS, OKS, FJS and the ROM were analyzed at follow up. RESULTS The values of KSS and OKS were similar between the two groups (p>0,05). Our statistical analysis revealed a statistically significant increase (p <0.05) in ROM in the Persona® group and in FJS in the Evolution® group. No radiolucent lines were observed in both groups at the radiological final follow-up. Conclusions: MP TKA models analysed are a valuable tool to achieve satisfactory clinical outcomes. This study demonstrates that the FJS is an important score for the evaluation of patient's satisfaction: a ROM's limitation can be accepted by the patient in exchange for a more natural perceived knee.
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Lanzoni L, Bonapace S, Dugo C, Chiampan A, Anselmi A, Ghiselli L, Molon G. Cardiac masses and contrast echocardiography. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeab289.296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Introduction
echocardiography may be the first imaging modality detecting a cardiac mass. Although echocardiography cannot give the histopathology, certain imaging features and adjunctive tools such as contrast echocardiography may aid in the differential diagnosis. Methods: we describe five cardiac masses in which echo-contrast helped to assess the presence or not of vascularization. Panel A shows a left atrial mass attached to the fossa ovalis with a large stalk prolapsing to the mitral inflow. Contrast echocardiography showed late but homogeneous opacification of the mass. Gross pathology confirmed an atrial mixoma. Panel B shows two masses in a patient with non-small cell lung cancer one embedded in the inferior left ventricular wall and the other floating in the left atrium. Administration of echo-contrast showed late and inhomogeneous enhancement of the myocardial mass and absent opacification of the atrial mass suggesting a metastatic infiltration of the myocardium together with an avascular neoplastic thrombus in the left atrium. Panel C shows a multi-lobulated and mobile mass in the right atrium straddling the tricuspid valve. Contrast echocardiography highlighted an inhomogeneous diffusion of the contrast within the mass with a rapid opacification only of its atrial portion. Gross pathology confirmed a recurrent thymoma. Panel D shows an intraventricular mass arising from the interventricular septum with multiple hypoechoic areas in a patient with metastatic carcinoid. Contrast administration showed a very late and mild degree of inhomogeneous enhancement. Conclusion: the echo-contrast allows a good differentiation between vascularized and non-vascularized cardiac masses, providing an important indication to differentiate thrombus from tumor. In those hypervascularized masses the homogeneous or inhomogeneous distribution of the contrast could be an interesting clue that orientates between primary or secondary cardiac tumors. Abstract Figure.
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- L Lanzoni
- IRCCS Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy
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- IRCCS Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy
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- IRCCS Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy
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- IRCCS Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy
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- IRCCS Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy
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- IRCCS Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy
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- IRCCS Sacro Cuore - Don Calabria, Negrar, Italy
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Vecchini E, Gulmini M, Peluso A, Fasoli G, Anselmi A, Maluta T, De Cristan D, Magnan B, Ricci M. The treatment of irreparable massive rotator cuff tears with inspace balloon: rational and medium-term results. Acta Biomed 2021; 92:e2021584. [PMID: 35604261 PMCID: PMC9437679 DOI: 10.23750/abm.v92is3.12558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM The treatment of irreparable massive rotator cuff tears (MIRCTs) represents a challenge for the orthopedic surgeon both for the affected population and for the intrinsic characteristics of the injury. There are different types of treatment ranging from bursectomy to reverse shoulder prosthesis and subacromial spacers. The aim of the work is to establish the clinical and functional improvement of patients treated with subacromial spacer. METHODS we conducted 2 studies: the first analyzing a sample of 24 patients (14 females and 10 male, mean age 65.7 years) operated between 2015 and 2017 whose last follow up dates back to October 2021 and a second one analyzing 55 patients (including patients of the first sample) (30 females and 25 males, mean age 64 years) over a period of time from 2015 to 2021. The mean follow up was 56 months. All patients were diagnosed with irreparable massive rotator cuff tears and treated with subacromial spacer. RESULTS the result in both studies was an increase of Constant score, tripled from the pre-operative values, in ROM, doubled, and a reduction of VAS. CONCLUSIONS the clinical results are encouraging and the use of the subacromial spacer could be a valid surgical alternative for patients with MIRCTs. However, we needed randomized trials with long-term follow-up.
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Bounader K, Flecher E, Chabanne C, Lelong B, Aymami M, Martin A, Rouze S, Belhaj R, Tomasi J, Langanay T, Corbineau H, Anselmi A, Nessler N, Verhoye J. Ratio of Pulmonary Artery Diameter to Ascending Aortic Diameter as a Predictive Tool for Severe Primary Graft Dysfunction in Heart Transplants. J Heart Lung Transplant 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.01.659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Lanzoni L, Bonapace S, Dugo C, Chiampan A, Adamo E, Anselmi A, Ghiselli L, Inno A, Barbieri E. P1345 Tumors metastatic to the heart :Echo, CT, CMR Imaging. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jez319.782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The frequency of secondary metastatic tumors has increased over years attributable to increased life expectancy in oncologic patients. Imaging with different methods: echo, CMR, CT and PET can provide noninvasive characterization of cardiac masses. We present 3 cases of cardiac metastasis, different for localization in the heart, pathways of dissemination and relation with neighboring structures.
Case 1: a 62-years-old male was admitted to Cardiology department for chest pain and epistaxis. Patient’s medical history was negative for cardiovascular disease. The routine TTE detected a rounded,immobile,intra-myocardial mass (Panel A, fig.1) a the level of the interventricular septum protruding in the LV cavity. The mass was characterized by several anecogenic cavities and echo-contrast showed slight late hyperenhancement of the mass confirming vascularity (fig. 2).CMR gadolinium imaging confirmed late enhancement at the level of the edges of the cavities and in the external border (fig.4). In the suspicion of neuroendocrine tumor, a Gallium-68 dotatate PET/CT was performed with detection of pathological uptake at the abdominal and cardiac level (fig.3).
Case 2: a 64-years-old woman presented with shortness of breath, fatigue and weight loss in the past three months. History of smoke was present and diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer was made. PET-CT demonstrated pathological uptake at pulmonary, limph-nodes, adrenal, hepatic, bone, muscular and pericardial level (Panel B, fig.1).CMR clearly revealed a massive lesion (7x3x3.5 cm) at the level of the LV antero-lateral wall (fig.2) and TTE SAX view (fig.3) confirmed the presence of a large infiltrative immobile mass in the antero-lateral wall. In the same region the pericardium was irregular and thickened suggestive of pericardial tumor involvement. Some degree of pericardial effusion was also present. The ECG was consistent with ST-T elevation in D1 and aVL in absence of ischemic symptoms (fig.4).Case 3: a 78-years-old man known for non-small cell lung cancer underwent transthoracic echo for monitoring cardiotoxicity.Two–chamber TTE showed a intra-myocardial mass in the inferior wall of LV and another rounded mass at the left atrial level (Panel C, fig.1). Chest CT showed the pulmonary mass with irregular borders, intravascular invasion of left lower pulmonary vein (LLPV) and extension into the left atrium (fig.2).2D/3D TEE well demonstrated the atrial invasion by the mass composed by one more echogenic part inside the llpv and outside in the left atrium a rounded head with several region of cystic colliquation (fig.3). Attached to the rounded head irregular protuberances was noted (thrombus?, fig.4). Conclusion: metastasis to the heart and pericardium are much more common than primary cardiac tumors and occur late in the course of malignant disease. Echo is the initial diagnostic test to evaluate for the presence of cardiac metastases.
Abstract P1345 Figure. Different cases of cardiac metastasis
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- L Lanzoni
- IRCSS- Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Cardiology, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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- IRCSS- Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Cardiology, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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- IRCSS- Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Cardiology, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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- IRCSS- Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Cardiology, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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- IRCSS- Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Cardiology, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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- IRCSS- Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Cardiology, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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- IRCSS- Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Cardiology, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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- IRCSS Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria Hospital, Negrar, Italy
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- IRCSS- Ospedale Sacro Cuore-Don Calabria, Cardiology, Negrar, Verona, Italy
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Gaillard M, Flecher E, Ramadan R, Azmoun A, Lepers Y, Chabanne C, Nottin R, Anselmi A, Deleuze P, Guihaire J. Incidence and Management of Device-related Infections With the Jarvik 2000 Axial Flow Pump. J Heart Lung Transplant 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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Giardinelli F, Anselmi A, Le Breton H, Ruggieri V, Armenise A, Roisne A, Verhoye J. Safety and effectiveness of transsubclavian approach for TAVI: a single-center experience. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s1878-6480(17)30191-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Collin S, Anselmi A, Verhoye J, Haigron P, Flecher E. Virtual positioning of ventricular assist device for implantation planning. Ing Rech Biomed 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.irbm.2015.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Anselmi A, Harmouche M, Verhoye JP, Corbineau H, Mariano C, Maasrani M, Drochon A. Increase in coronary microvascular resistances after recanalisation with drug-eluting stent. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2014; 17 Suppl 1:12-3. [PMID: 25074140 DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2014.931054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- A Anselmi
- a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery , Rennes Hospital Center, Rennes, France
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Noly P, Anselmi A, Guihaire J, Martin A, Lelong B, Chabanne C, Langanay T, Corbineau H, Verhoye J, Leguerrier A, Flecher E. Towards a Cardiac Allocation Score: Preoperative Stratification Risk and Five Years Survival After Heart Transplantation in a French Cardiac Center. J Heart Lung Transplant 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.01.705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Flecher E, Anselmi A, Corbineau H, Langanay T, Verhoye JP, Felix C, Leurent G, Le Tulzo Y, Malledant Y, Leguerrier A. Current aspects of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a tertiary referral centre: determinants of survival at follow-up. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2014; 46:665-71; discussion 671. [DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Damiani G, Federico B, Anselmi A, Bianchi CBNA, Silvestrini G, Iodice L, Navarra P, Da Cas R, Raschetti R, Ricciardi W. The impact of regional co-payment and national reimbursement criteria on statins use in Italy: an interrupted time-series analysis. BMC Health Serv Res 2014; 14:6. [PMID: 24393340 PMCID: PMC3893493 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Statins are among the most commonly prescribed drugs worldwide in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and their effectiveness is largely acknowledged. The consumption of statins increased four-fold during the 2000-2010 decade in Italy and national and regional control policies were developed. Restrictions to reimbursement were fixed at the national level, whereas co-payment was introduced in some, but not all, regions. The aim of the present study is to assess the impact of such policies on the consumption of statins in Italy between 2001-2007 among outpatients. METHODS The statin use was measured in terms of defined daily doses per 1,000 inhabitants per day (DDD/1000 inh. day) from May 2001 to December 2007. The study was conducted in 17 out of 21 regions, nine of which had implemented a co-payment policy. Time trends in consumption before and after the introduction of co-payment policies and reimbursement criteria were examined using segmented regression analysis of interrupted time-series, adjusting for seasonal components. RESULTS The consumption of statins increased by 22.9 DDD/1000 inh. day in May 2001 to 54.7 DDD/1000 inh. day in December 2007. On average, there was a 1.7% increase in statin use each month before the national guideline changed while the increase was about 0.5% afterwards. The revision of the reimbursement criteria was associated with a significant decrease in level (coefficient = -2.80, 95% CI -3.70 to -1.90 p-value <0.001) and trend (coefficient = -0.33, 95% CI -0.37 to -0.29 p-value <0.001). The introduction of co-payment was associated with a significant change in trend of consumption so that the overall use of the drug increased by 0.04 (95% CI 0.02 to 0.07, p-value < 0.001) DDD/1000 inh. day per month in the post-intervention period, but there was no evidence of a change in level of consumption (p-value = 0.163). CONCLUSIONS Consumption of statins in Italy increased almost three-fold during the study period. The restriction to reimbursement Interventions was associated with an immediate drop and a decrease in trend of statin use, while the regional copayment was associated with a small increase in trend of statin use.
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- Gianfranco Damiani
- Department of Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences, Society and Health, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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Strambi M, Anselmi A, Coppi S. [Donors' personal profile in Tuscany's network of milk banks]. Minerva Pediatr 2012; 64:501-511. [PMID: 22992532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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AIM An investigation on human milk donors among the milk banks of Tuscany's network was carried out. Milk banks select, collect, check, process, store and deliver human milk, whose donors should have certain physical and psychological well-being features. The aim of the study was to describe a personal and social profile of milk donors. METHODS The study included a sample of 100 milk donors and a sample of 100 non-milk donor mothers; a questionnaire that collected data about mothers' general information, clinical history, pregnancy and delivery, weight variations, state of health, lifestyle, breastfeeding and knowledge about milk banks was administered to all of them. Then information about food history of mothers has also been collected. RESULTS First the samples of donors were analysed for all variables considered. Subsequently the samples of donors were compared with the samples of non-donors: statistical analysis was carried out with χ2 test and documented significant differences between donors and non-donors for the majority of variables considered in the questionnaire and for food history. CONCLUSION Milk donors have a good state of health, and the integration in milk donation initiative headed towards a healthier lifestyle. It is necessary to promote an advertising campaign to integrate social and sanitary politics, fitting to local socio-economical contest. Furthermore, the improvement of milk banks of public hospitals is necessary, as hospitals are places of major stream both of potential donors and newborns.
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- Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università di Siena, Siena, Italia.
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De Cecco CN, Bastarrika G, Arraiza M, Maurizi Enrici M, Pueyo J, Muscogiuri G, Fina P, Anselmi A, Di Girolamo M, David V. Dual source CT: state of the art in the depiction of coronary arteries anatomy, anatomical variants and myocardial segments. Minerva Cardioangiol 2012; 60:133-146. [PMID: 22495162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in adults in western countries. Coronary angiography remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, a procedure that carries risks. Nowadays, a significant number of the coronary angiographies performed every year are only diagnostic. Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) allows non-invasive evaluation of coronary arteries. It is a continuously developing technique, and actually the top technology is represented by Dual Source CT. This scanner of new conception permits an improvement in image quality, and visualization of distal vessels and small collateral branches. The aim of our work is to illustrate the actual state of the art in non-invasive coronary arteries evaluation represented by Dual Source CT, presenting images of coronary arteries normal anatomy, anatomical variants and myocardial segment.
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- C N De Cecco
- Dipartimento di Scienze Radiologiche, Università La Sapienza di Roma, Ospedale Sant'Andrea, Roma, Italia.
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Pegna R, Nobili AM, Shao M, Turyshev SG, Catastini G, Anselmi A, Spero R, Doravari S, Comandi GL, De Michele A. Abatement of thermal noise due to internal damping in 2D oscillators with rapidly rotating test masses. Phys Rev Lett 2011; 107:200801. [PMID: 22181717 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.107.200801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Mechanical oscillators can be sensitive to very small forces. Low frequency effects are up-converted to higher frequency by rotating the oscillator. We show that for 2-dimensional oscillators rotating at frequency much higher than the signal the thermal noise force due to internal losses and competing with it is abated as the square root of the rotation frequency. We also show that rotation at frequency much higher than the natural one is possible if the oscillator has 2 degrees of freedom, and describe how this property applies also to torsion balances. In addition, in the 2D oscillator the signal is up-converted above resonance without being attenuated as in the 1D case, thus relaxing requirements on the read out. This work indicates that proof masses weakly coupled in 2D and rapidly rotating can play a major role in very small force physics experiments.
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa, Italy
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Cioni B, DePaolis S, Luciani N, Meglio M, Tufo T, Anselmi A. P12.6 Intraoperative neurophysiology during surgery for thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms type II. Clin Neurophysiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(11)60409-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Anselmi A, Morelli M, Pragliola C, Pavone N, Tsiopoulos V, Glieca F, Gaudino M. 29 ASYMPTOMATIC CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE IN VALVULAR HEART SURGERY. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(11)70030-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Gaudino M, Anselmi A, Glieca F, Tsiopoulos V, Pragliola C, Morelli M, Possati G. Contemporary Results for Isolated Aortic Valve Surgery. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011; 59:229-32. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Raffaelli L, Santangelo R, Falchetti P, Galluccio F, Luciani N, Anselmi A, Nowzari H, Verdugo F, Fadda G, D'Addona A. Examination of periodontal pathogens in stenotic valve specimens and in whole blood samples in patients affected by aortic valve stenosis and chronic periodontitis. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2010; 23:561-6. [PMID: 20646351 DOI: 10.1177/039463201002300218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Periodontitis may be a risk factor for atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. The influence of periodontal pathogens in cardiovascular diseases needs further investigation. Therefore, the aims of this clinical study are: to test the presence of periodontal bacteria DNA in aortic valves and to assess the concomitant presence of the same periodontal bacteria DNA in whole blood samples in patients affected by aortic valve stenosis and chronic periodontitis. Nineteen consecutive patients (12 males and 7 females, age: 49-85 years) were enrolled in this study after having been subjected to a complete periodontal evaluation to confirm the diagnosis of chronic periodontitis. All patients were scheduled for aortic valve replacement surgery. After clinical and microbial periodontal examination, the aortic valve tissue specimens were obtained by excision during valve replacement surgery and the patients were subjected to the whole blood sampling before the surgery. The polymerase chain reaction technology was used to detect the putative periodontal pathogens Tannerella forshytia, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Prevotella intermedia, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Campylobacter rectus, Eikenella corrodens and Treponema denticola. Neither the 19 aortic valve specimens nor the blood samples were positive for the genoma of the selected periodontal pathogens. The selected periodontal pathogens did not colonize the aortic valve of patients affected by stenosis and bacterial genoma was not present in whole blood samples. A high blood pressure at the aortic valve may prevent the adhesion and proliferation of bacterial colonies.
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- L Raffaelli
- Unit of Oral Surgery and Implant-Prosthetic Rehabilitation, Institute of Dental Clinic, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, University General Hospital A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
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Martines V, Fioravanti M, Anselmi A, Attili F, Battaglia D, Cerratti D, Ciarrocca M, D'Amelio R, De Lorenzo G, Ferrante E, Gaudioso F, Mascia E, Rauccio A, Siena S, Palitti T, Tucci L, Vacca D, Vigliano R, Zelano V, Tomei F, Sancini A. [Algorithm for assessment of exposure to asbestos]. G Ital Med Lav Ergon 2010; 32:154-161. [PMID: 20684436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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There is no universally approved method in the scientific literature to identify subjects exposed to asbestos and divide them in classes according to intensity of exposure. The aim of our work is to study and develope an algorithm based on the findings of occupational anamnestical information provided by a large group of workers. The algorithm allows to discriminate, in a probabilistic way, the risk of exposure by the attribution of a code for each worker (ELSA Code--work estimated exposure to asbestos). The ELSA code has been obtained through a synthesis of information that the international scientific literature identifies as the most predictive for the onset of asbestos-related abnormalities. Four dimensions are analyzed and described: 1) present and/or past occupation; 2) type of materials and equipment used in performing working activity; 3) environment where these activities are carried out; 4) period of time when activities are performed. Although it is possible to have informations in a subjective manner, the decisional procedure is objective and is based on the systematic evaluation of asbestos exposure. From the combination of the four identified dimensions it is possible to have 108 ELSA codes divided in three typological profiles of estimated risk of exposure. The application of the algorithm offers some advantages compared to other methods used for identifying individuals exposed to asbestos: 1) it can be computed both in case of present and past exposure to asbestos; 2) the classification of workers exposed to asbestos using ELSA code is more detailed than the one we have obtained with Job Exposure Matrix (JEM) because the ELSA Code takes in account other indicators of risk besides those considered in the JEM. This algorithm was developed for a project sponsored by the Italian Armed Forces and is also adaptable to other work conditions for in which it could be necessary to assess risk for asbestos exposure.
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- V Martines
- Direzione Generale della Sanità Militare
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De Cecco CN, Bastarrika G, Pueyo J, Anselmi A, Rengo M, Maurizi Enrici M, David V. Global cardiac evaluation without heart rate control: preliminary experience with dual source CT (DSCT). Minerva Cardioangiol 2008; 56:587-597. [PMID: 19092734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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AIM The aim of this work was to assess the role of dual source computed tomography (DSCT) in global cardiac evaluation without heart rate control, assessing the effect of average heart rate on coronary image quality, optimal reconstruction interval, ventricular function, and evaluation of left chamber valves. METHODS Fifteen consecutive patients under-went coronary CT angiography. For coronary evaluation, data sets were reconstructed in 5% steps from 30% to 80% of the RR interval. For the assessment of cardiac function, image were reconstructed with a slice thickness of 2.0 mm and 2.0 mm increment, at 10% steps from 0% to 90% of the RR interval. Two blinded independent readers assessed the image quality of the coronary arteries and left chamber valves. RESULTS The mean heart rate during the scan was 73+/-11.8 bpm (range 56-97). At the best reconstruction interval excellent diagnostic image quality (score 4) was achieved in 95.5% (43/45) of coronary arteries. Excellent inter-observer agreement was observed for image quality rating (k=0.82). No significant correlation was found between the average heart rate and the mean quality scores (rho=0.29). Comparison of image quality of the coronary arteries in systolic and diastolic reconstructions in each patient showed no statistically significant differences. CONCLUSION DSCT is an excellent technique for global cardiac imaging, as it allows to obtain coronary arteries of excellent quality and evaluate ventricular function and valvular area independent of the heart rate.
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- C N De Cecco
- Department of Radiology, La Sapienza University St. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy.
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Anselmi A, Vendrame D, Rampon O, Giaquinto C, Zanchetta M, De Rossi A. Immune reconstitution in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected children with different virological responses to anti-retroviral therapy. Clin Exp Immunol 2007; 150:442-50. [PMID: 17956580 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03526.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Immune repopulation, despite virological failure, often occurs in children under highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics of immune repopulation and activation in children with and without virological response to HAART. Fourteen human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected children with suppression of HIV-1 plasma viraemia (virological responders, VR) and 16 virological non-responders (VNR) to therapy were studied at baseline and after approximately 2 years of HAART. During therapy, CD4+ T cells increased in both groups, but were higher in the VR than in the VNR group. All CD4+ T cell subsets (naive, central memory, effector/memory and CD38+) increased significantly in VR children, while there was a significant increase only in naive cells in VNR children. Naive CD8+ T cells and T cell receptor rearrangement excision circles (TREC), an indicator of thymic output, increased in both VR and VNR children. Activated CD8+ CD38+ T cells decreased in VR but remained high in VNR children. Levels of circulating lipopolysaccharide (LPS), an indicator of microbial translocation, further increased in VNR children. In conclusion, HAART induced an increase in naive cells in all children, regardless of their virological response. However, the persistence of viraemia resulted in an impaired expansion of memory CD4+ T cells susceptible to HIV-1 infection, and together with the microbial translocation sustained the persistence of a high level of immune activation.
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- A Anselmi
- Department of Oncology and Surgical Sciences, Oncology Section, Unit of Viral Oncology, AIDS Reference Center, University of Padova, IOV-IRCCS, Padova, Italy
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Galiuto L, Lotrionte M, Crea F, Anselmi A, Biondi-Zoccai GGL, De Giorgio F, Baldi A, Baldi F, Possati G, Gaudino M, Vetrovec GW, Abbate A. Impaired coronary and myocardial flow in severe aortic stenosis is associated with increased apoptosis: a transthoracic Doppler and myocardial contrast echocardiography study. Heart 2005; 92:208-12. [PMID: 15908482 PMCID: PMC1860772 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.062422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that impaired coronary and myocardial blood flow are linked with increased myocyte apoptosis, thus establishing a link between pressure overload and left ventricular (LV) remodelling. METHODS AND RESULTS Peak diastolic coronary blood flow velocity (CBFV) was evaluated at transthoracic Doppler echocardiography, and signal intensity (SI) and the rate of SI rise (beta) were measured at myocardial contrast echocardiography in 11 patients with severe aortic stenosis and LV hypertrophy. In the same patients, biopsies were obtained from the anterolateral LV free wall during surgery and analysed for cardiomyocyte apoptosis. LV mass corrected CBFV (CBFVI) was significantly lower in patients than in controls (median 0.100 cm.g/s (interquartile range 0.07-0.115) v 0.130 cm.g/s (0.130-0.160), p = 0.002). Similarly, SI*beta was significantly lower in patients than in controls (11 1/s (8-66) v 83 1/s (73-95), p = 0.001). Apoptotic rate was increased in aortic stenosis more than 100-fold versus controls (1.2% (0.8-1.4) v 0.01% (0.01-0.01), p < 0.001) and inversely correlated with lower CBFVI and SI*beta (r = -0.77, p = 0.001 for both). CONCLUSIONS Patients with severe aortic stenosis and LV hypertrophy have impaired myocardial perfusion, which is associated with enhanced cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Impaired myocardial perfusion and the ensuing oxygen demand-supply imbalance may, at least partially, be responsible for increased apoptosis and possible transition to heart failure, thus establishing a link between pressure overload, LV remodelling, and heart failure.
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- L Galiuto
- Institute of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
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Anselmi A, De Cecco CN. ["It's impossible"--the murder of a terminal patient?]. Clin Ter 2003; 154:123-9. [PMID: 12856372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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- A Anselmi
- Università Campus Bio-Medico, Roma, Italia.
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Anselmi A, Salvini P, Crozzoli L, Manenti F, Papotti R, Sallusti M, Signorelli F, Segala M. [Comparison of mechanical and manual anastomoses in emergency gastric resection]. G Chir 1991; 12:81-3. [PMID: 1873185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Hundred and twenty-one patients underwent emergency subtotal gastrectomy for complications related to peptic ulcer (86) and malignant diseases (35). According to the type of anastomosis performed (manual or mechanical) patients were divided into two groups: 81 with hand-sutured anastomoses (double layer) and 40 with stapled anastomoses. The latter were more commonly used in the Roux-en-Y reconstruction and Billroth 1 gastrectomy. Median operating time (192' versus 190'), hospital stay (15.2 versus 13.5 days), postoperative complications (38% versus 32.5%) and anastomotic or duodenal stump leakage (7.4% versus 5%) showed no significant difference between groups. Therefore, in emergency subtotal gastrectomy mechanical anastomoses allow to obtain results comparable to the more used manual ones.
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- A Anselmi
- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Chirurgia d'Urgenza, Ospedale Maggiore, Milano
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Anselmi A, De Rai P, Padalino P. [Feeding jejunostomy using a G.I.A]. G Chir 1991; 12:162-3. [PMID: 1908266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- A Anselmi
- Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Ospedale Maggiore di Milano
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Carella AM, Congiu A, Carlier P, Meloni G, Cimino G, Anselmi A, Mazza P, Mangoni L, Porcellini A, Locatelli. Italian experience with autologous bone marrow transplantation in 104 advanced Hodgkin's lymphoma patients. Bone Marrow Transplant 1989; 4 Suppl 4:113-6. [PMID: 2483351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- A M Carella
- Dept. of Haematology, Ospedale S. Martino, Genova, Italy
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Castagnone D, Balestri M, Andreoni B, Franciosi C, Lovaria A, Saccheri S, Anselmi A, Castagna V. Diagnostic problems in a case of bleeding from ileal leiomyoma. Rays 1986; 11:55-9. [PMID: 3496627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Staudacher V, Anselmi A, Ronchetti E. [Development of alternative interventions in the treatment of portal hypertension]. MINERVA CHIR 1984; 39:1525-8. [PMID: 6521919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Seventeen year old identical twin brothers with no family history of cardiopathy began experiencing palpitations almost simultaneously. In both, examination revealed marked cardiomegaly and hypokinesia of the ventricular walls, and clinical and radiologic signs of progressive cardiac failure developed a few days later. Both boys died suddenly, 49 days and 5 months, respectively, after the initial examination. Electrocardiographic and vectorcardiographic studies revealed a severe intraventricular conduction disturbance that coincided with histologic changes in the myocardial tissue, including profuse interstitial fibrosis, hypertrophy and degeneration of the myocardial fibers, aberrant arrangement of the muscular fibers and considerable alteration of the structure of cardiac tissue. In the absence of hereditary and chromosomal factors, and excluding possible viral intervention during fetal life, it is believed that a teratogenic factor can produce the structural alterations of the tissue and derangement of the fibers observed in these hearts. The irregular contractions of the heart at the level of the net-like meshwork, disarrangement of myocardial fibers, and adaptative mechanisms of the heart inherent in the destruction of the contractile tissue contributed to the functional cardiac disorders that resulted in congestive heart failure and sudden death in these twins.
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Anselmi A, Moleiro F. [Chagas' disease and chagasic myocardiopathies]. Arch Inst Cardiol Mex 1972; 42:622-8. [PMID: 4627446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Anselmi A, Moleiro F. Physiopathology of Chagas' heart disease: correlations between clinical and experimental findings. Bull World Health Organ 1971; 44:659-65. [PMID: 5003721 PMCID: PMC2427863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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In penetrating the heart and developing in it, Trypanosoma cruzi produces an immunoallergic reaction that leads to changes in the histological structure of the myocardium; these changes alter the fundamental properties of the heart, causing fundamental dynamic disorders and morphological changes in the organ.In Chagas' cardiomyopathy, the velocity of impulse propagation diminishes in the auricular and ventricular musculature, altering the activation mechanism, this being shown by changes in the P-wave and in ventricular focal blocks.The functional refractory period (FRP) is shortened in the auricular and ventricular tissue and constitutes, together with changes in conductivity, the physiopathological basis that explains the circus movement-the fundamental factor of the arrhythmias of this stage of the disease. Localization of the inflammation in the A-V conduction system increases the duration of the FRP, producing all types of A-V block.The oedema and the cellular interstitial infiltration seen during this acute phase reduce the distensibility of the fibres; this, in turn, limits their contractility, producing a decrease in systolic volume and an increase in the final diastolic pressure in the chambers of the heart-fundamental factors in reducing kinesia and in increasing the heart's volume.In the chronic phase, destruction of the contractile tissue and fibroblastic proliferation bring into play compensatory mechanisms that maintain the strength of cardiac contractions; the elongation of the fibres and the nature of the dynamic pressure-volume curves explain the dilatation of the chambers of the heart and the dynamic changes seen in this phase of the disease.
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Moleiro F, Anselmi A, Suárez R, Suárez JA, Drayer A. Effect of Peruvosid (CD412) on excitability and functional refractory period of atrial and ventricular tissues in cardiomyopathy caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Br Heart J 1970; 32:189-94. [PMID: 4985863 PMCID: PMC487301 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.32.2.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Attempts were made to produce myocarditis by Trypanosoma cruzi inoculation in healthy dog puppies 6 to 8 weeks old. Significant electrocardiographic abnormalities were produced, coinciding with interstitial inflammatory processes in the cardiac tissue and with degenerative changes in the myocardial fibres. In puppies showing these changes, profound changes in the excitability and the functional refractory period of the atrial and ventricular muscular tissue were observed. The administration of Peruvosid in doses of 0.0240 to 0.0647 mg./kg. tended to diminish the excitability, previously increased by the inflammatory process, at the same time increasing the functional refractory period duration which had previously been shortened. The fact that Peruvosid corrects these fundamental factors in the genesis of cardiac arrhythmias suggests that the drug may be useful in the treatment of cardiac insufficiency produced by Chagas' myocardiopathy, in which arrhythmias are one of the basic characteristics.
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Anselmi G, Muñoz-Armas S, Salazar A, Anselmi A, de Pisani F, Blanco P. Electrocardiographic patterns of right atrial overloading in some congenital heart conditions. Am J Cardiol 1968; 21:628-38. [PMID: 5645078 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(68)90260-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Muñoz-Armas S, Gorrín JR, Anselmi G, Hernández PB, Anselmi A. Single atrium. Embryologic, anatomic, electrocardiographic and other diagnostic features. Am J Cardiol 1968; 21:639-52. [PMID: 5645079 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(68)90261-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Anselmi A, Pisani F, Suárez JA, Gurdiel O, Lapco L. Cardiovascular radiology in acute and chronic Chagas' myocardiopathy. Morphologic and dynamic study of the cardiac contour correlated with the histologic changes observed in myocardiopathies attributed to Schizotrypanum cruzi. Am Heart J 1967; 73:626-39. [PMID: 4960766 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(67)90172-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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De Luca P, Anselmi G, Anselmi A, Barrios P. [Right branch block of the bundle of His with left deviation of the AQRS]. Arch Inst Cardiol Mex 1967; 37:195-207. [PMID: 4964816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Atrioventricular (A-V) conduction and the functional refractory period (FRP) of the A-V system were studied in 13 dogs chronically infected by T. cruzi that had ECG disturbances indicative of myocarditis. Histopathologic findings at the A-V node and the bundle of His were correlated with the FRP and with conduction times of the A-V propagation system. Retarded conduction was related to inflammatory and fibrotic processes localized at the bundle of His. At relatively slow rates of stimulation, conduction time was prolonged, but the ventricle was capable of following high atrial rates. With augmented FRP, mononuclear cell infiltrates were observed in the A-V node or in the septal muscle around the node. This suggests that the node was included in the inflammatory process. No correlation was found between inflammatory infiltrates of the bundle of His and changes in the FRP. At relatively slow rates of stimulation, normal A-V conduction time corresponded to prolonged FRP. A-V conduction became slow as the atrial rate increased. A point was reached when the ventricle could not follow the moderately increased atrial rates.
Excitability of cardiac tissues was so markedly altered in 5 dogs with severe inflammatory infiltrates that a similar study of the A-V system could not be made.
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Anselmi A, Pifano F, Suarez JA, Gurdiel O. Myocardiopathy in Chagas' disease. I. Comparative study of pathologic findings in chronic human and experimental Chagas' myocarditis. Am Heart J 1966; 72:469-81. [PMID: 4224611 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(66)90104-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Pifano F, Anselmi A, Domínguez A, Romero J. [Electrophysiology of the Chagasic heart in experimental conditions and its correlation with myocardial diseases in man]. Rev Venez Sanid Asist Soc 1966; 31:91-102. [PMID: 4969939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Pifano F, Anselmi A, Maekelt GA, Anselmi G, Vázquez AD. [Study on the Chagasic myocardial diseases in the Venezuelan rural area]. Rev Venez Sanid Asist Soc 1966; 31:87-9. [PMID: 4969938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Anselmi A, Pifano F, Suarez A, Dominguez A, Diaz Vázquez A, Anselmi G. Experimental Schizotrypanum cruzi myocarditis. Correlation between histopathologic and electrocardiographic findings in experimental Chagas' heart disease. Am Heart J 1965; 70:638-56. [PMID: 4954231 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(65)90393-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Anselmi A, Anselmi G, Gurdiel O. [Importance of the ventricular extrasystolic complex in the diagnosis of the electrically inactive zones]. Arch Inst Cardiol Mex 1965; 35:599-610. [PMID: 5859325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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