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C Salvatore

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PubMed1991

[Electrocardiographic monitoring of myocardial ischemia during coronary angioplasty correlated with results of the procedure].

In 24 patients 2 leads Holter monitoring was performed during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of left anterior descending (17 patients), right coronary artery (6 patients), left circumflex (1 patient). In 20 patients (83%) significant ST segment deviations were recorded in the lead CM2 or RV. The following characteristics of ST segment deviation were analyzed during 7 +/- 3 successive occlusions: time to onset, maximal ST shift, slope to development, time to onset and slope of ST segment normalization. In 17 patients with successful PTCA the slope of ST segment normalization increased progressively from the first to the third-fifth inflation and then was constant. The improvement in ST segment normalization velocity was correlated (p less than 0.01) with the reduction of the diameter and with improvement of sectional area of the dilated vessel. The maximal ST segment normalization slope was correlated (p less than 0.01) with the diameter and the area of the residual stenosis. Continuous electrocardiographic recording, during PTCA, for evaluation of ST segment normalization velocity is a promising approach for monitoring the immediate result of coronary angioplasty.

Adult↗
PubMed1990

Clinicopathological features in patients with isolated C3 mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis.

The clinicopathological picture of 'isolated C3 mesangial nephritis' was studied in our case records. Focal and segmental or generalised deposits of C3 in the mesangium were found in 12 of 157 (7.6%) patients with primary glomerulonephritis. The clinical picture, similar to Berger's disease, was characterised by episodes of gross haematuria and/or persistent or recurrent microhaematuria and/or proteinuria. Arterial hypertension and mild renal failure were observed in one case. Light-microscopy showed minor glomerular changes such as focal and segmental increase of mesangial matrix and mesangial hyperplasia. During the short-term follow-up (median 25.5 months) no deterioration of renal function was observed. The clinical course and short-term prognosis suggest that this form of glomerulonephritis is benign.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

[Correlation between coronary angiographic and ergometric studies after coronary angioplasty].

In 35 patients with effort angina exercise tests before and after coronary angioplasty (PTCA) were compared, aimed at evaluating functional improvement and at correlating some ergometric parameters with angiographic results. All tests were performed during therapy with verapamil 360 mg/die. After PTCA mean diameter of the stenosis was reduced from 68 +/- 11% to 19 +/- 12%. Duration of exercise and rate-pressure product (RPP) were significantly greater in the test after PTCA. While all tests before PTCA were positive, after PTCA ST segment depression occurred in 9 patients (26%). In 7 of these patients it was less than 1 mm. In 26 patients (74%) tests were negative after PTCA. In patients with ST segment depression, ischemia threshold significantly rose from 5.2 +/- 1.5 min (RPP 15,875 +/- 3,253 to 7.6 +/- 1.2 min (RPP 20,157 +/- 3143). Maximal ST segment depression and ST/HR slope were significantly reduced. In negative stress tests the time free from ischemia significantly rose from 6.5 +/- 2.6 min (RPP 18,872 +/- 3,861) to 10.5 +/- 2.3 min (RPP 28,476 +/- 4,289). In patients with positive tests stenosis after PTCA was more severe than in patients without ST segment depression (29 +/- 13% vs 17 +/- 13%). In patients with ST segment depression improvement of ischemia threshold and of stenosis were correlated. In these patients improvement of ischemia threshold is the ergometric parameter more useful to evaluate the angiographic result of PTCA.

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PubMed1986

[Clinico-epidemiological aspects of infectious endocarditis in a present-day Italian population].

This study has been carried out with the aim of assessing the incidence and other features of Infective Endocarditis in the region Veneto (Italy) in the years 1975-84, with particular regard to the patients admitted to the hospitals in Verona. Of the 692 patients admitted in hospitals of Veneto, 629 were resident in the region (an incidence equal to 1.6/100,000 inhabitants per year). The age range was from 8 to 72 (55 +/- 9). All social classes were affected, although retired, disabled and unemployed subjects were in the majority. The average stay in hospitals was 27.6 days. In 7.6% of the cases surgical therapy was required; the over-all mortality rate was 10%. Of the 80 patients admitted to the hospitals in Verona, 79% were suffering from pre-existing cardiopathy (40% rheumatic heart disease, 25% valvular prosthesis, 7.5% congenital heart disease, 5% prolapsing mitral valve, 1.2% obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy); 54% of the cases had been exposed to bacteriological infections in the preceding months: bronchopulmonary, oropharyngeal, genitourinary or gall bladder infections processes or oral surgery or heart surgery or drug addiction. Only in 19% of these cases a correct antibiotic prophylaxis had been carried out. The responsible germ was identified in 50 patients (67% of the cases in which blood cultures had been performed): Streptococcus in 22%, Staphylococcus in 20%, Gram-negative in 12%, Corynebacterium in 4%, polymicrobial associations in 9% of the cases. These data stress the need for an improvement in antibiotic drug regimen (both in prophylaxis and treatment) and the diffusion of norms of hygiene aimed to the reduction of skin and mucous sources of bacteremia and interpersonal transmission of infections disease.

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PubMed1979

Immunological and bacteriological studies in chronic pyelonephritis associated with kidney stones.

Histological and immunofluorescent techniques, urine, stone and renal fragment culture, demonstration of bacteria with fluorescent specific antisera in the renal tissue and determination of circulating antiGBM and antiTBM antibodies in the serum, were studied on the renal biopsies of 46 patients with chronic pyelonephritis (CPN) associated to kidney stones. Results show that the bacteria are often present in renal tissue of CPN with negative urine culture. The presence of C3 and C4 in some cases, and C3 and C3PA in others, at the tubular level associated with bacteria, suggest that the activation of the C system may be through the classic way, i.e., through the bacteriological immune complexes, or the alternate pathway, i.e., through the bacteria or their products. In conclusion, the evolution of the CPN may be related to the activation of the C system and the coagulation mechanism, as shown by frequent fibrinogen deposits.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1978

[Antibacterial activity of fosfomycin in chronic kidney infections].

Authors have carried out a retrospective study in vitro on the bacteria isolated from renal parenchyma and stones in patients with CPN associated to kidney stones. Results show a different inhibitory action of the some antibiotics to Proteus, E. coli and P. aeruginosa. Fosfomycin inhibits the growth of bacteria in a wide range of concentration (50-1000 microgram/ml). A prospective study in vivo shows an excellent therapeutic action of fosfomycin in recurrent urinary infections, and a very good one in CPN and in some forms associated to kidney stones.

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