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M Pezzana

Publications and source records attributed to M Pezzana.

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PubMed1991

[Risk factors of myocardial ischemia and role of the physician in its prevention].

The risk factors for coronary disease are considered and it is pointed out that the probabilities of being affected increase a great deal if the observed anomalies are more than one. Adequate prophylaxis is possible because, with the exception of age, sex and family, all the other possible causes can be corrected. The responsibility for this prophylaxis in the physician's for the must be at his best in his contact with the patient, respecting ethical values that must never be wanting in the exercise of the profession.

Coronary Disease↗
PubMed1989

[The plague as a divine scourge. Plague infections in Monferrato and particularly the epidemic of 1522-1530 in Casale, the capital].

Plaque mortality in the Monferrato area, especially in the first half of the 16th century, is discussed. The scourge struck a population that was prey to marauding soldiers from all the armies that looked at the Monferrato area as easy plunder. Promiscuity and the poor living conditions of the time did not permit effective defence against epidemic infections and the misery in which the population lived made contagion easy. One interesting element is the resort to fire to destroy everything infected or suspected to be so as the only possibility of defence as rules of hygiene were totally lacking.

Disease Outbreaks↗
PubMed1989

[Behavior of the heart in arterial hypertension].

Various aspects of the heart in hypertension, particularly ischaemic damage and its effects on angor, hypertrophy, decompensation, arrhythmias and sudden death are considered. As the cause of the genesis of these anatomopathological and clinical anomalies, hypertension plays an important role but if it is well controlled damage may regress appreciably. If it does not, other aetiologies like primary diabetes and arteriosclerosis independent of hypertension should be presumed.

Arrhythmias, Cardiac↗