Search Results - "Barbagallo, Carlo Maria"
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Lipoprotein Abnormalities in Chronic Kidney Disease and Renal Transplantation
Published in Life (Basel, Switzerland) (05-04-2021)“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Despite the kidney having no direct implications for…”
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Hyperalphalipoproteinemia and Beyond: The Role of HDL in Cardiovascular Diseases
Published in Life (Basel, Switzerland) (18-06-2021)“…Hyperalphalipoproteinemia (HALP) is a lipid disorder characterized by elevated plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels above the 90th…”
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Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Metabolically Healthy Overweight or Obese Adults: Role of LDL-Cholesterol in the Stratification of Risk
Published in Diagnostics (Basel) (21-06-2024)“…The objective of this study was to investigate the longitudinal association of metabolically healthy overweight/obese adults with major adverse cardiovascular…”
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Interleukin 6 plasma levels predict with high sensitivity and specificity coronary stenosis detected by coronary angiography
Published in Thrombosis and haemostasis (01-12-2007)“…In recent years new biomarkers able to measure the coronary atherosclerotic burden have been investigated. The aim of the present study was: i) to measure…”
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Low-density lipoproteins generated during an oral fat load in mild hypertriglyceridemic and healthy subjects are smaller, denser, and have an increased low-density lipoprotein receptor binding affinity
Published in Metabolism, clinical and experimental (01-10-2006)“…Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins generated during the postprandial phase are atherogenic. Large very low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) or chylomicrons (CMs) are…”
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Do genetically determined very high and very low LDL levels contribute to Lp(a) plasma concentration?
Published in Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases (28-08-2024)“…Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a well-recognized risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Few data are available on the distribution of Lp(a)…”
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Relationships between diuretic-related hyperuricemia and cardiovascular events: data from the URic acid Right for heArt Health study
Published in Journal of hypertension (01-02-2021)“…OBJECTIVE:Although the relationship between hyperuricemia and cardiovascular events has been extensively examined, data on the role of diuretic-related…”
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Determinants of enhanced thromboxane biosynthesis in renal transplantation
Published in Kidney international (01-04-2001)“…Determinants of enhanced thromboxane biosynthesis in renal transplantation. Despite great improvement in patient and graft survival, the long-term morbidity…”
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Association of uric acid with kidney function and albuminuria: the Uric Acid Right for heArt Health (URRAH) Project
Published in Journal of nephrology (01-01-2022)“…Background Hyperuricemia is commonly observed in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, a better understanding of the relationship among uric…”
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Triglyceride-glucose Index and Mortality in a Large Regional-based Italian Database (Urrah Project)
Published in The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (14-03-2024)“…Recently, a novel index (triglyceride-glucose index-TyG) was considered a surrogate marker of insulin resistance (IR); in addition, it was estimated to be a…”
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SERUM URIC ACID, LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS AND CARDIOVASCULAR DEATH. THE URIC ACID RIGHT FOR HEART HEALTH (URRAH) STUDY
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Statin-induced autoimmune myositis: a proposal of an “experience-based” diagnostic algorithm from the analysis of 69 patients
Published in Internal and emergency medicine (01-06-2023)“…Statin-induced autoimmune myositis (SIAM) represents a rare clinical entity that can be triggered by prolonged statin treatment. Its pathogenetic substrate…”
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The Results of the URRAH (Uric Acid Right for Heart Health) Project: A Focus on Hyperuricemia in Relation to Cardiovascular and Kidney Disease and its Role in Metabolic Dysregulation
Published in High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention (01-09-2023)“…The relationship between Serum Uric Acid (UA) and Cardiovascular (CV) diseases has already been extensively evaluated, and it was found to be an independent…”
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Serum Uric Acid Predicts All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality Independently of Hypertriglyceridemia in Cardiometabolic Patients without Established CV Disease: A Sub-Analysis of the URic acid Right for heArt Health (URRAH) Study
Published in Metabolites (01-02-2023)“…High serum uric acid (SUA) and triglyceride (TG) levels might promote high-cardiovascular risk phenotypes across the cardiometabolic spectrum. However, SUA…”
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Serum Uric Acid, Hypertriglyceridemia, and Carotid Plaques: A Sub-Analysis of the URic Acid Right for Heart Health (URRAH) Study
Published in Metabolites (01-06-2024)“…High levels of serum uric acid (SUA) and triglycerides (TG) might promote high-cardiovascular-risk phenotypes, including subclinical atherosclerosis. An…”
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Serum Uric Acid/Serum Creatinine Ratio and Cardiovascular Mortality in Diabetic Individuals-The Uric Acid Right for Heart Health (URRAH) Project
Published in Metabolites (01-03-2024)“…Several studies have detected a direct association between serum uric acid (SUA) and cardiovascular (CV) risk. In consideration that SUA largely depends on…”
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The metabolic syndrome predicts cardiovascular events in subjects with normal fasting glucose: Results of a 15 years follow-up in a Mediterranean population
Published in Atherosclerosis (01-03-2008)“…Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiovascular (CV) risk due to the metabolic syndrome in a 15-year prospective study of a Sicilian…”
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Prediction of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus based on a twenty-year follow-up of the Ventimiglia heart study
Published in Acta diabetologica (01-04-2012)“…A novel algorithm to predict incident type 2 diabetes mellitus (iT2DM) is presented considering data from a 20-year prospective study in a Southern Italy…”
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Cystatin C levels are decreased in acute myocardial infarction: Effect of cystatin C G73A gene polymorphism on plasma levels
Published in International journal of cardiology (25-05-2005)“…Background: Cystatin C is the most abundant protease inhibitor in the plasma. Low plasma levels have been found in patients with aortic aneurysms and they seem…”
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Leukocyte count, diabetes mellitus and age are strong predictors of stroke in a rural population in southern Italy: an 8-year follow-up
Published in Atherosclerosis (01-07-2001)“…Stroke incidence rates in the Mediterranean area are higher compared to northern European countries. In this study, we present the 8-year prospective data from…”
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