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COVID-19 in a Patient with β-Thalassemia Major and Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Pinto, Valeria M., Derchi, Giorgio E., Bacigalupo, Lorenzo, Pontali, Emanuele, Forni, Gian Luca

“…We here report the successful recovery from coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia in a patient with β-thalassemia major (β-TM) and severe pulmonary…”
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Tricuspid-valve regurgitant jet velocity as a risk factor for death in β-Thalassemia by Derchi, Giorgio, Musallam, Khaled M, Pinto, Valeria Maria, Graziadei, Giovanna, Giuditta, Marianna, Barella, Susanna, Origa, Raffaella, Casu, Gavino, Pasanisi, Annamaria, Longo, Filomena, Casale, Maddalena, Miceli, Roberta, Merella, Pierluigi, Gianesin, Barbara, Ameri, Pietro, Tartaglione, Immacolata, Perrotta, Silverio, Piga, Antonio, Cappellini, Maria Domenica, Forni, Gian Luca

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Efficacy and safety of sildenafil for the treatment of severe pulmonary hypertension in patients with hemoglobinopathies: results from a long-term follow up by Derchi, Giorgio, Balocco, Manuela, Bina, Patrizio, Caruso, Vincenzo, D'Ascola, Domenico G, Littera, Roberto, Origa, Raffaella, Cappellini, Maria D, Forni, Gian L

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Atrial Fibrillation Prevalence and Its Management in Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemias: The Fathal Study by Di Stefano, Valeria, Gianesin, Barbara, Bertini, Matteo, Culcasi, Martina, Denotti, Anna Rita, Derchi, Giorgio, Giuditta, Marianna, Longo, Filomena, Manca, Maria Regina, Martinoli, Maria Cristina, Orecchia, Valeria, Origa, Raffaella, Motta, Irene

“…Atrial fibrillation (AF) represents an emerging issue in the thalassemia population related to increased life expectancy. However, data on AF in these patients…”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in a Large Group of β-Thalassemia Patients Using Right Heart Catheterization: A Webthal Study by DERCHI, Giorgio, GALANELLO, Renzo, MUSALLAM, Khaled M, FORNI, Gian Luca, BINA, Patrizio, CAPPELLINI, Maria Domenica, PIGA, Antonio, LAI, Maria-Eliana, QUARTA, Antonella, CASU, Gavino, PERROTTA, Silverio, PINTO, Valeria

“…Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains a concern in patients with β-thalassemia major (TM) and intermedia (TI); however, studies evaluating its…”
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Mortality in β-thalassemia patients with confirmed pulmonary arterial hypertension on right heart catheterization by Pinto, Valeria Maria, Musallam, Khaled M., Derchi, Giorgio, Graziadei, Giovanna, Giuditta, Marianna, Origa, Raffaella, Barella, Susanna, Casu, Gavino, Pasanisi, Annamaria, Longo, Filomena, Casale, Maddalena, Miceli, Roberta, Merella, Pierluigi, Tartaglione, Immacolata, Piga, Antonio, Cappellini, Maria Domenica, Gianesin, Barbara, Forni, Gian Luca

“…Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a life-threatening complication of β-thalassemia, especially in untransfused patients with thalassemia intermedia…”
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Risk factors for heart disease in transfusion-dependent thalassemia: serum ferritin revisited by Derchi, Giorgio, Dessì, Carlo, Bina, Patrizio, Cappellini, Maria Domenica, Piga, Antonio, Perrotta, Silverio, Tartaglione, Immacolata, Giuditta, Marianna, Longo, Filomena, Origa, Raffaella, Quarta, Antonella, Pinto, Valeria, Forni, Gian Luca

“…Heart disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT), which can be attributed to several factors but…”
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Guideline recommendations for heart complications in thalassemia major by Cogliandro, Tiziana, Derchi, Giorgio, Mancuso, Luigi, Mayer, M Carolina, Pannone, Bruno, Pepe, Alessia, Pili, Marcello, Bina, Patrizio, Cianciulli, Paolo, De Sanctis, Vincenzo, Maggio, Aurelio

“…Thalassemia major is an inherited hemoglobin disorder resulting in a chronic hemolytic anemia. Transfusion therapy together with elevated gastrointestinal…”
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Plasma levels of atrial natriuretic peptide in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Derchi, Giorgio, Bellone, Pietro, Chiarella, Franco, Randazzo, Matilde, Zino, Vera, Vecchio, Carlo

“…The most typical physiopathologic abnormality in hypertrophie cardiomyopathy (HC) is diastolic dysfunction, characterized by abnormal stiffness of the left…”
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Estimation of the Prevalence of Pulmonary Artery Hypertension in a Large Group of β-Thalassemia Patients Using Right Heart Catheterization by Derchi, Giorgio, Galanello, Renzo, Bina, Patrizio, Cappellini, Maria D, Piga, Antonio, Lai, Maria-Eliana, Quarta, Antonella, Casu, Gavino, Perrotta, Silverio, Musallam, Khaled M, Forni, Gian Luca

“…Abstract 3262 Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is a serious complication associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of PAH in…”
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Efficacy and safety of sildenafil in the treatment of severe pulmonary hypertension in patients with hemoglobinopathies by Derchi, G, Forni, GL, Formisano, F, Cappellini, MD, Galanello, R, D'Ascola, G, Bina, P, Magnano, C, Lamagna, M

“…Struttura Complessa di Cardiologia, Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy. giorgio.egildo.derchi@galliera.it BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: During the last decade new…”
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Iron overload‐related heart failure in a patient with transfusion‐dependent myelodysplastic syndrome reversed by intensive combined chelation therapy by Pinto, Valeria, Balocco, Manuela, Ambaglio, Ilaria, Derchi, Giorgio, Malcovati, Luca, Forni, Gian Luca

“…Key Clinical Message Patients with transfusion‐dependent myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) have an increased risk of cardiac events, due to both chronic anemia…”
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Therapeutic Approaches to Pulmonary Hypertension in Hemoglobinopathies: Efficacy and Safety of Sildenafil in the Treatment of Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients with Hemoglobinopathy by DERCHI, GIORGIO, FORNI, GIAN LUCA

“…: New approaches to the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PH) have increased symptomatic relief and prolonged survival. PH is a common sequela of…”
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Long-term treatment with oral sildenafil in a thalassemic patient with pulmonary hypertension by Littera, Roberto, La Nasa, Giorgio, Derchi, Giorgio, Cappellini, Maria D., Chang, Christy Y.P., Contu, Licinio

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Prevalence, Clinical and Instrumental Correlates of Myocardial Fibrosis and Necrosis by Delayed Contrast Enhancement Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonace in Thalassemia Major Patients by Pepe, Alessia, Favilli, Brunella, Positano, Vincenzo, Capra, Marcello, Maggio, Aurelio, Pinto, Carmen Lo, Spasiano, Anna, Forni, Gianluca, Filosa, Aldo, Borgna-Pignatti, Caterina, Cianciulli, Paolo, Giuffrida, Gaetano, Casini, Tommaso, Derchi, Giorgio, Lombardi, Massimo

“…Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) by delayed enhancement (DE) has proven to visualize myocardial scarring, but no dedicated studies are available in…”
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus and β-thalassemia Major: A "Competition of Guilt" for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Report of A Case and A Review of the Literature by Derchi, Giorgio, Lai, Maria E., Marcaccini, Paolo, Carta, Maria P., Vacquer, Stefania

“…We report a case of a 43-year-old woman, affected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and β-thalassemia major (β-TM), adequately treated with antiretroviral…”
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Cardiovascular Involvement in Thalassemia Major Patients: WEB-THAL® Data Analysis (A Web-Based Multicentric Database) by Derchi, Giorgio, Formisano, Francesco, Lamagna, Martina, Galanello, Renzo, Bina, Patrizio, Cappellini, Maria Domenica, Fasulo, Maria Rosaria, Piga, Antonio, Donato, Guido, Quarta, Gianni, Melpignano, Angela, Tazzer, Carla, Forni, Gian Luca

“…Prevalence of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (LVD), and Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) have been widely described in Thalassemia Major (TM) patients (pts),…”
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Typical manifestation of acute congestive heart failure in patients with Thalassaemia major causing diagnostic delay in the emergency room by Forni, Gian Luca, Derchi, Giorgio

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Standardized T2 Map of a Normal Human Heart to Correct T2 Segmental Artefacts; Myocardial Iron Overload and Fibrosis in Thalassemia Intermedia Versus Thalassemia Major Patients and Electrocardiogram Changes in Thalassemia Major Patients by Ramazzotti, Anna, Pepe, Alessia, Positano, Vincenzo, Scattini, Barbara, Santarelli, Maria F., Landini, Luigi, De Marchi, Daniele, Keilberg, Petra, Derchi, Giorgio, Formisano, Francesco, Pili, Marcello, Lai, Maria E., Forni, Gianluca, Filosa, Aldo, Prossomariti, Luciano, Capra, Marcello, Pitrolo, Lorella, Borgna-Pignatti, Caterina, Cianciulli, Paolo, Maggio, Aurelio, Lombardi, Massimo

“…Studies of the standardized, 3D, 16-segments map of the circumferential distribution of T2* values, of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in thalassemia…”
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Incidence of Pulmonary Hypertension in Haemoglobinopathic Patients without Left Ventricular Disfunction by Derchi, Giorgio, Formisano, Francesco, Lamagna, Martina, Galanello, Renzo, Bina, Patrizio, Cappellini, Maria Domenica, Fasulo, Maria Rosaria, Prossomariti, Luciano, Cinque, Patrizia, Maggio, Aurelio, Renda, Disma, Cianciulli, Paolo, Cogliandro, Tiziana, Piga, Antonio, Donato, Guido, Forni, Gian Luca

“…Incidence of Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) has been described in haemoglobinopathic patients, ranging from 10% to 50%, depending on age, therapy, coexisting left…”
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