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    IL TRATTAMENTO DELLE DISLIPIDEMIE NELLA PREVENZIONE PRIMARIA DELLE MALATTIE CARDIOVASCOLARI: LE INDICAZIONI PER LA PRATICA CLINICA

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    Le dislipidemie rappresentano uno dei più importanti fattori causali della arteriosclerosi e delle sue complicanze d’organo, come l’infarto del miocardico, l’ictus e la vasculopatia periferica. Il loro appropriato trattamento rappresenta la base degli interventi di prevenzione primaria delle malattie cardiovascolari su base ischemica. In generale, per dislipidemia si intende una condizione clinica nella quale sono presenti alterazioni qualitative e/o quantitative dei lipidi e delle lipoproteine plasmatiche

    Thorned heart. Description of a near-fatal cardiac embolism after percutaneous Vertebroplasty

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    Cement extravasation is a rather common complication of vertebroplasty, which can be observed in up to 30-40% of patients undergoing this procedure, further associated with venous leakage occurring in up to 24% of cases. Pulmonary embolism may eventually develop once the cement migrates within the pulmonary artery, and is the most common complication of cement extravasation (involving ~4.6% of patients). Intra-cardiac cement embolism is considerably less frequent, but is a potentially fatal complication, mostly managed with cardiac surgery. We describe here a rare case of near-fatal cardiac cement embolism, with a large fragment perforating the right ventricle and reaching the pericardium, who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) for syncope. The patient, who displayed this severe complication after a vertebroplasty procedure performed for osteoporotic compression fracture, needed cardiac surgery

    Historia de Principi di Este /

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    BHR/A-036-063(BIB LVL) w-FONDO ANTIGUO(ES-GrU)b17748136-34cbua_ugrUGRALAPigna, Giovanni BattistaHistoria de Principi di Este /In Ferrara :[8], 635, [120] p.Palau dice que Giovanni Battista Pigna es seud. de Giovanni Battista NicolucciPort. con esc. xil. de la Familia de EsteIniciales xil.Esta digitalizaciĂłn se ha realizado con fondos del Ministerio de Cultura y Deport

    Usefulness of atherogenic dyslipidemia for predicting cardiovascular risk in patients with angiographically defined coronary artery disease

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    The identification of factors contributing to residual cardiovascular risk is important to improve the management of patients with established coronary artery disease (CAD). This study was conducted to assess the predictive value of atherogenic dyslipidemia (defined as high triglycerides and low high-density lipoprotein [HDL] cholesterol) for long-term outcomes in patients with CAD. In 284 patients (238 men, 46 women; mean age at baseline 59.2 +/- 8.9 years) with coronary stenosis (> 50% in >= 1 vessel), the presence of atherogenic dyslipidemia was prospectively associated with the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) during a median follow-up of 7.8 years. MACEs were defined as cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, the recurrence of angina, and revascularization procedures. MACEs were observed in 111 (39.1%) patients with CAD. MACEs occurred more frequently in patients with atherogenic dyslipidemia (50.9%) than in those with isolated low HDL cholesterol or high triglycerides (33.0%) or with normal HDL cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations (29.2%) (p < 0.01 for trend). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed a decrease in event-free survival in patients with compared with those without atherogenic dyslipidemia (log-rank p = 0.006). Patients with atherogenic dyslipidemia presented with increased plasma concentrations of remnants, denser low-density lipoprotein, more atherogenic HDL particles, and insulin-resistant status. After adjustment for potential confounding variables, the magnitude of increased risk associated with atherogenic dyslipidemia was 1.58 (95% confidence interval 1.12 to 2.21, p = 0.008). In conclusion, these data provide evidence that atherogenic dyslipidemia is an independent predictor of cardiovascular risk in patients with CAD, even stronger than isolated high triglycerides or low HDL cholesterol. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

    IL TRATTAMENTO DELLE DISLIPIDEMIE NELLA PREVENZIONE PRIMARIA DELLE MALATTIE CARDIOVASCOLARI: LE INDICAZIONI PER LA PRATICA CLINICA

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    Le dislipidemie rappresentano uno dei più importanti fattori causali della arteriosclerosi e delle sue complicanze d’organo, come l’infarto del miocardico, l’ictus e la vasculopatia periferica. Il loro appropriato trattamento rappresenta la base degli interventi di prevenzione primaria delle malattie cardiovascolari su base ischemica. In generale, per dislipidemia si intende una condizione clinica nella quale sono presenti alterazioni qualitative e/o quantitative dei lipidi e delle lipoproteine plasmatiche
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