M Amoruso

Recurrent Takotsubo Syndrome with Contemporary Brady- and Tachyarrhythmic Presentation

Andrea Demarchi, Lorenzo Greco, François Regoli, Marcello Di Valentino et autres

We present a case of recurrent takotsubo syndrome with contemporary brady-and tachyarrhythmic presentation, a rare clinical pattern for which the correct treatment is still a matter of debate.

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Huge and late thrombus after percutaneous closure of left atrial appendage

Marcello Di Valentino, F Regoli, M Amoruso, Andrea Menafoglio

Marcello Di Valentino, François Regoli, Marco Amoruso, Andrea Menafoglio, Asad Shabbir; Huge and Late Thrombus After Percutaneous Closure of Left Atrial Appenda

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Management of hemodynamically stable wide QRS complex tachycardia in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

François Regoli, Mattia Cattaneo, Florenc Kola, Albana Thartori et autres

Management of hemodynamically stable, incessant wide QRS complex tachycardia (WCT) in patients who already have an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is challenging. First-line treatment is performed by medical staff who have no knowledge on programmed ICD therapy settings and there is always …

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504A comprehensive cardiac magnetic resonance study leading to the diagnosis of a rare hematologic disorder

M Amoruso, Gabriella Vincenti, Pierre Monney, Juerg Schwitter et autres

Background: Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare sporadic non-Langerhans cell histiocytic (LCH) proliferative disorder. It is characterized by tissue infiltration by CD68+ CD1a− "foamy" histiocytes, causing central nervous system (CNS) lesions, osteosclerosis, retroperitoneal fibrosis, lung, skin, and (around 40%) cardiac involvement. Here, …

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EDTA‐related degranulation mimicking Storage Pool Disease

M Amoruso, Lorenzo Alberio, Mónika Nagy

A platelet (PLT) count drop occurred in a 70-year-old man with pulmonary embolism 1 day after initiation of unfractioned heparin (48 × 109/L vs. 86 × 109/L at admission). Microscopic examination of the blood smear (Image 1A) confirmed thrombocytopenia with inconspicuous platelet …

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Fulminant lymphocytic myocarditis mimicking ST-elevation myocardial infarction:

M Amoruso, Stefano Muzzarelli, Tiziano Moccetti, Giovanni Pedrazzini

A 74-year-old lady with hypertensive cardiomyopathy and COPD (GOLD II) was admitted to our hospital because of angina and worsening dyspnoea over the last 3 days. The admission electrocardiogram showed ST-elevation and Q waves in the antero-lateral leads, compatible with subacute anterior …

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Late acute coronary syndrome 9 months after uneventful transcatheter aortic valve replacement

M Amoruso, Stefano Muzzarelli, T Moccetti, Giovanni Pedrazzini

An 84-year-old woman with symptomatic aortic stenosis underwent transfemoral aortic revalving (CoreValve 26 mm). Nine months later, after an uneventful period, she was admitted because of acute coronary syndrome and ECG signs of anterior wall ischaemia (Panel A, red box). Transthoracic echocardiography …

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Recurrent spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a 46-year-old woman

M Amoruso

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rather rare cause of chest pain.Recurrent spontaneous dissection is even more uncommon and the extant literature reports very few cases.We describe the case of a 46-yearold woman, who presented two spontaneous coronary dissections in different coronary …

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Recurrent spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a 46-year-old woman

M Amoruso, Tiziano Moccetti, Giovanni Pedrazzini

[The role of palliation in peri-ampullar tumors in the elderly].

S Miniello, Mario Testini, Giuseppe Piccinni, Dario D’Abbicco et autres

Authors wonder about the actual part of the palliative practices in periampullar cancers of the geriatric age, and the choice criteria of the different surgical options that are practicable. They reaffirm that the common radical operation is the pancreaticoduodenectomy, even if, as …

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[Early colorectal reoperation: risk factors].

M Amoruso, Dario D’Abbicco, Angela Notarnicola, Anna Angrisano et autres

The aim of the study was to analyse the risk factors in colorectal reoperation. Over the period from January 1987 to December 1999, 371 patients (191 male and 180 female, aged from 16 to 88 years) underwent colorectal surgery. Eighteen reoperations (12 …

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[Palliative treatments in obstructive jaundice due to periampullary neoplasms].

S Miniello, Dario D’Abbicco, G Urgesi, N Tomasicchio et autres

OBJECTIVE: The evaluation of the palliative procedures, surgical and endoscopical or radiological, in the treatment of patients affected by obstructive jaundice resulting from periampullary tumors. SUBJECTS: Patients with jaundice by periampullary tumors undergoing to surgery or to endoscopical or radiological procedures from …

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