Search Results - "Parodi, O."

IL-33/ST2 Pathway and Classical Cytokines in End-Stage Heart Failure Patients Submitted to Left Ventricular Assist Device Support: A Paradoxic Role for Inflammatory Mediators? by D'Amico, A., Caselli, C., Ragusa, R., Caruso, Raffaele, Prescimone, T., Cabiati, M., Nonini, S., Marraccini, P., Del Ry, S., Trivella, M. G., Parodi, O., Giannessi, D.

“…Background. Inflammation is a critical process contributing to heart failure (HF). We hypothesized that IL-33/ST2 pathway, a new mechanism regulated during…”
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HDL-mediated atheroprotection in a high cholesterol diet swine model by quantitative (immuno)histology coronary profiling by Pelosi, G, Puntoni, M, Viglione, F, Bernini, F, Trivella, M.G, Parodi, O

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Paraoxonase 1 L55M, Q192R and paraoxonase 2 S311C alleles in atherothrombosis by Cozzi, L., Campolo, J., Parolini, M., De Maria, R., Patrosso, M. C., Marocchi, A., Parodi, O., Penco, S.

“…Increased oxidative stress is known to play a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, and polymorphisms in genes encoding for enzymes involved in…”
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Modulation of lipid homeostasis in response to continuous or intermittent high-fat diet in pigs by Puccinelli, E., Gervasi, P. G., Trivella, M. G., Vornoli, A., Viglione, F., Pelosi, G., Parodi, O., Sampietro, T., Puntoni, M.

“…A high-fat diet is known to induce atherosclerosis in animal models. Dietary factors and timing of atherogenic food delivery may affect plasma lipoprotein…”
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Multiscale - Patient-Specific Artery and Atherogenesis Models by Siogkas, P., Michalis, L. K., Filipovic, N., Parodi, O., Sakellarios, A., Exarchos, T. P., Athanasiou, L., Karvounis, E., Stefanou, K., Fotiou, E., Fotiadis, D. I., Naka, K. K.

“…In this work, we present a platform for the development of multiscale patient-specific artery and atherogenesis models. The platform, called ARTool, integrates…”
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1A.08: GENETIC MARKERS IN CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY TREATMENT SUCCESS by Schmitz, B, De Maria, R, Gatsios, D, Chrysanthakopoulou, T, Landolina, M, Gasparini, M, Campolo, J, Parolini, M, Sanzo, A, Galimberti, P, Lenders, M, Brand, E, Parodi, O, Lunati, M, Brand, S.M

“…OBJECTIVE:Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) can improve ventricular size, shape and mass and reduce mitral regurgitation by reverse remodelling of the…”
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ARTreat Project: Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of Plaque Formation and Development in the Arteries by Filipovic, N., Rosic, M., Tanaskovic, I., Milosevic, Z., Nikolic, D., Zdravkovic, N., Peulic, A., Kojic, M. R., Fotiadis, D. I., Parodi, O.

“…Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease characterized by the accumulation of lipids and fibrous elements in arteries. It is characterized by dysfunction of…”
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The natriuretic peptide time-course in end-stage heart failure patients supported by left ventricular assist device implant: Focus on NT-proCNP by Cabiati, M., Caruso, R., Caselli, C., Frigerio, M., Prescimone, T., Parodi, O., Giannessi, D., Del Ry, S.

“…► Ventricular assist devices (VAD) lead to a modification of the neurohormonal profile. ► To evaluate the effects of VAD on natriuretic peptides plasma levels…”
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Neopterin levels are independently associated with cardiac remodeling in patients with chronic heart failure by Caruso, R., De Chiara, B., Campolo, J., Verde, A., Musca, F., Belli, O., Parolini, M., Cozzi, L., Moreo, A., Frigerio, M., Parodi, O.

“…Neopterin, a marker of inflammation and monocyte activation, is found increased in patients with heart failure (HF). This study investigates whether neopterin…”
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Predictive value of EuroSCORE on long term outcome in cardiac surgery patients: a single institution study by De Maria, R, Mazzoni, M, Parolini, M, Gregori, D, Bortone, F, Arena, V, Parodi, O

“…Objectives: To assess the value of the European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (EuroSCORE), a validated model for prediction of in-hospital…”
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Systemic Inflammation in End-Stage Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Different Axial-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices by Botta, L, Caruso, R, Cannata, A, Bruschi, G, Milazzo, F, Nonini, S, Campolo, J, Lanfranconi, M, Russo, C.F, Marraccini, P, Frigerio, M, Parodi, O, Martinelli, L

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Left ventricular modelling: a quantitative functional assessment tool based on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging by Conti, C. A., Votta, E., Corsi, C., De Marchi, D., Tarroni, G., Stevanella, M., Lombardi, M., Parodi, O., Caiani, E. G., Redaelli, A.

“…We present the development and testing of a semi-automated tool to support the diagnosis of left ventricle (LV) dysfunctions from cardiac magnetic resonance…”
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Prognostic and clinical correlates of angiographically diffuse non-obstructive coronary lesions by Bigi, R, Cortigiani, L, Colombo, P, Desideri, A, Bax, J J, Parodi, O

“…Objective: To make a prospective assessment of the clinical and prognostic correlates of angiographically diffuse non-obstructive coronary lesions. Design:…”
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Resting echocardiography and quantitative dipyridamole technetium-99m sestamibi tomography in the identification of cardiac allograft vasculopathy and the prediction of long-term prognosis after heart transplantation by Ciliberto, G.R, Ruffini, L, Mangiavacchi, M, Parolini, M, Sara, R, Massa, D, De Maria, R, Gronda, E, Vitali, E, Parodi, O

“…Aims To evaluate the accuracy of echocardiography in conjunction with quantitative high-dose dipyridamole technetium-99m sestamibi tomography (SPECT) in…”
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Visualization and simulated surgery of the left ventricle in the virtual pathological heart of the Virtual Physiological Human by McFarlane, N. J. B., Lin, X., Zhao, Y., Clapworthy, G. J., Dong, F., Redaelli, A., Parodi, O., Testi, D.

“…Ischaemic heart failure remains a significant health and economic problem worldwide. This paper presents a user-friendly software system that will form a part…”
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Coronary vasodilation is impaired in both hypertrophied and nonhypertrophied myocardium of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A study with nitrogen-13 ammonia and positron emission tomography by Camici, Paolo, Chiriatti, Giampaolo, Lorenzoni, Roberto, Bellina, Riccardo C., Gistri, Roberto, Italiani, Gessica, Parodi, Oberdan, Salvadori, Piero A., Nista, Nicola, Papi, Lauro, L'abbate, Antonio

“…To assess regional coronary reserve in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, regional myocardial blood flow was measured in 23 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy…”
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Metabolic and hemodynamic effects of insulin on human hearts by Ferrannini, E, Santoro, D, Bonadonna, R, Natali, A, Parodi, O, Camici, P G

“…Myocardial muscle is considered to be a target tissue for insulin action, but direct measurements of insulin's effects on cardiac hemodynamics and intermediary…”
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The Role of Sestamibi Scintigraphy in the Radioisotopic Assessment of Myocardial Viability by Marzullo, Paolo, Sambuceti, Gianmario, Parodi, Oberdan

“…The relationship between sestamibi uptake as a marker of myocardial viability and postrevascularization function recovery is still to be defined. We studied 14…”
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Evaluation of compartmental and spectral analysis models of [/sup 18/F]FDG kinetics for heart and brain studies with PET by Bertoldo, A., Vicini, P., Sambuceti, G., Lammertsma, A.A., Parodi, O., Cobelli, C.

“…Various models have been proposed to quantitate from [/sup 18/F]-Fluoro-Deoxy-Glucose ([/sup 18/F]FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) data glucose regional…”
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Validation study of a 3D-QCA coronary reconstruction method using a hybrid intravascular ultrasound and angiography reconstruction method and patient-specific Fractional Flow Reserve data by Siogkas, Panagiotis K., Athanasiou, Lambros S., Sakellarios, Antonis I., Stefanou, Kostas A., Exarchos, Themis P., Papafaklis, Michail I., Naka, Katerina K., Parodi, O., Michalis, Lampros K., Fotiadis, Dimitrios I.

“…The estimation of the severity of coronary lesions is of utmost importance in today's clinical practice, since Cardiovascular diseases often have fatal…”
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