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  1. Article ; Online: Non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis of the liver responsive to empiric therapy.

    Siciliani, Luisa / Vanoli, Alessandro / Berton, Francesca / Mondelli, Mario U

    Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver

    2023  Volume 43, Issue 6, Page(s) 1357–1359

    Abstract: This case demonstrates that clinical and pathological suspicion of NTM could be sufficient to start an empiric treatment even when microbiological isolation is unavailable. Moreover, disseminated mycobacteriosis may underlie an occult aggressive neoplasm. ...

    Abstract This case demonstrates that clinical and pathological suspicion of NTM could be sufficient to start an empiric treatment even when microbiological isolation is unavailable. Moreover, disseminated mycobacteriosis may underlie an occult aggressive neoplasm.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria ; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/drug therapy ; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/microbiology ; Liver/diagnostic imaging
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-23
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2102783-3
    ISSN 1478-3231 ; 1478-3223
    ISSN (online) 1478-3231
    ISSN 1478-3223
    DOI 10.1111/liv.15590
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  2. Article ; Online: Healthy overweight and obesity in the young: Prevalence and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events.

    Palatini, Paolo / Saladini, Francesca / Mos, Lucio / Vriz, Olga / Ermolao, Andrea / Battista, Francesca / Berton, Giuseppe / Canevari, Mattia / Rattazzi, Marcello

    Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD

    2023  Volume 34, Issue 3, Page(s) 783–791

    Abstract: Aims: To investigate the prevalence of metabolically healthy overweight/obesity and to study its longitudinal association with major adverse cardiovascular and renal events (MARCE).: Methods and results: The study was conducted in 1210 young-to- ... ...

    Abstract Aims: To investigate the prevalence of metabolically healthy overweight/obesity and to study its longitudinal association with major adverse cardiovascular and renal events (MARCE).
    Methods and results: The study was conducted in 1210 young-to-middle-age subjects grouped according to their BMI and metabolic status. The risk of MARCE was evaluated during 17.4 years of follow-up. Forty-eight-percent of the participants had normal weight, 41.9% had overweight, and 9.3% had obesity. Metabolically healthy status was found in 31.1% of subjects with normal weight and in 20.0% of those with overweight/obesity. During the follow-up, there were 108 MARCE. In multivariate Cox analysis adjusted for confounders and risk factors, no association was found between MARCE and overweight/obesity (p = 0.49). In contrast, metabolic status considered as a two-class variable (0 versus at least one metabolic abnormality) was a significant predictor of MARCE (HR, 2.11; 95%CI, 1.21-3.70, p = 0.009). Exclusion of atrial fibrillation from MARCE (N = 87) provided similar results (HR, 2.11; 95%CI, 1.07-4.16, p = 0.030). Inclusion of average 24 h BP in the regression model attenuated the strength of the associations. Compared to the group with healthy metabolic status, the metabolically unhealthy overweight/obesity participants had an increased risk of MARCE with an adjusted HR of 2.33 (95%CI, 1.05-5.19, p = 0.038). Among the metabolically healthy individuals, the CV risk did not differ according to BMI group (p = 0.53).
    Conclusion: The present data show that the risk of MARCE is not increased in young metabolically healthy overweight/obesity suggesting that the clinical approach to people with high BMI should focus on parameters of metabolic health rather than on BMI.
    MeSH term(s) Middle Aged ; Humans ; Overweight/diagnosis ; Overweight/epidemiology ; Prevalence ; Cardiovascular System ; Obesity/diagnosis ; Obesity/epidemiology ; Atrial Fibrillation ; Obesity, Metabolically Benign/diagnosis ; Obesity, Metabolically Benign/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-24
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1067704-5
    ISSN 1590-3729 ; 0939-4753
    ISSN (online) 1590-3729
    ISSN 0939-4753
    DOI 10.1016/j.numecd.2023.11.013
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  3. Article: Effectiveness of Copeptin, MR-proADM and MR-proANP in Predicting Adverse Outcomes, Alone and in Combination with Traditional Severity Scores, a Secondary Analysis in COVID-19 Patients Requiring Intensive Care Admission.

    Varaldo, Emanuele / Rumbolo, Francesca / Prencipe, Nunzia / Bioletto, Fabio / Settanni, Fabio / Mengozzi, Giulio / Grottoli, Silvia / Ghigo, Ezio / Brazzi, Luca / Montrucchio, Giorgia / Berton, Alessandro Maria

    Journal of clinical medicine

    2024  Volume 13, Issue 7

    Abstract: Objective: ...

    Abstract Objective:
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-30
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2662592-1
    ISSN 2077-0383
    ISSN 2077-0383
    DOI 10.3390/jcm13072019
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  4. Article ; Online: The Fragmented QRS Complex in Lead V

    Vecchiato, Marco / Quinto, Giulia / Borasio, Nicola / Palermi, Stefano / Berton, Giampaolo / Battista, Francesca / Gasperetti, Andrea / Ermolao, Andrea / Neunhaeuserer, Daniel

    Journal of cardiovascular translational research

    2023  Volume 17, Issue 1, Page(s) 24–32

    Abstract: Differentiating between ECG patterns related to athletes' heart remodeling and pathological findings is a challenge in sports cardiology. As the significance of fragmented complex in athletes remains uncertain, this study aimed to assess the presence of ... ...

    Abstract Differentiating between ECG patterns related to athletes' heart remodeling and pathological findings is a challenge in sports cardiology. As the significance of fragmented complex in athletes remains uncertain, this study aimed to assess the presence of fragmented QRS in lead V
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Heart ; Sports ; Echocardiography ; Athletes ; Arrhythmias, Cardiac/diagnosis ; Arrhythmias, Cardiac/epidemiology ; Electrocardiography
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-31
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2422411-X
    ISSN 1937-5395 ; 1937-5387
    ISSN (online) 1937-5395
    ISSN 1937-5387
    DOI 10.1007/s12265-023-10448-9
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  5. Article ; Online: Loss of CDKN1B induces an age-related clonal hematopoietic disorder via Notch2 activity dysregulation.

    Segatto, Ilenia / Rampioni Vinciguerra, Gian Luca / Pellarin, Ilenia / Dall'Acqua, Alessandra / Berton, Stefania / Citron, Francesca / D'Andrea, Sara / Mungo, Giorgia / Viotto, Davide / Musco, Lorena / Di Napoli, Arianna / Aloe Spiriti, Maria Antonietta / Canzonieri, Vincenzo / Gattei, Valter / Vecchione, Andrea / Belletti, Barbara / Baldassarre, Gustavo

    Cancer communications (London, England)

    2023  Volume 43, Issue 7, Page(s) 844–849

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Mutation ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27/genetics
    Chemical Substances CDKN1B protein, human ; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27 (147604-94-2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-06-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 2523-3548
    ISSN (online) 2523-3548
    DOI 10.1002/cac2.12444
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  6. Article ; Online: Early atrial fibrillation detection is associated with higher arrhythmic burden in patients with loop recorder after an embolic stroke of undetermined source.

    Capocci, Sofia / Tomasi, Luca / Zivelonghi, Cecilia / Bolzan, Bruna / Berton, Giampaolo / Strazzanti, Mattia / Franchi, Elena / Tomei, Ruggero / Vassanelli, Francesca / Cappellari, Manuel / Ribichini, Flavio Luciano / Mugnai, Giacomo

    International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention

    2023  Volume 17, Page(s) 200186

    Abstract: Background: After an embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS), long-term monitoring is recommended to start an anticoagulation therapy in patients with documented atrial fibrillation (AF). Literature is sparse about the AF burden following an ESUS, ... ...

    Abstract Background: After an embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS), long-term monitoring is recommended to start an anticoagulation therapy in patients with documented atrial fibrillation (AF). Literature is sparse about the AF burden following an ESUS, although this might have significant implications in terms of clinical management and therapeutic strategy. Our primary aim was to evaluate a possible association between early detection of AF (within 90 days from the ILR implantation) and higher AF burden.
    Methods: This is a retrospective single-center study of 129 consecutive patients who received implantable loop recorders (ILRs) after an ESUS for detection of subclinical AF and their AF burden.
    Results: Mean age was 70.3 ± 10.4 years old (males: 51.9%). Atrial fibrillation was found in 40.3% of patients. Patients with AF were older, presented a higher CHAD
    Conclusions: The early AF detection was found to be significantly associated with a higher burden of AF.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-05
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2772-4875
    ISSN (online) 2772-4875
    DOI 10.1016/j.ijcrp.2023.200186
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  7. Article: Copeptin adaptive response to SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: The GliRACo study.

    Berton, Alessandro Maria / Parasiliti-Caprino, Mirko / Prencipe, Nunzia / Bioletto, Fabio / Lopez, Chiara / Bona, Chiara / Caputo, Marina / Rumbolo, Francesca / Ponzetto, Federico / Settanni, Fabio / Gasco, Valentina / Mengozzi, Giulio / Ghigo, Ezio / Grottoli, Silvia / Maccario, Mauro / Benso, Andrea Silvio

    Frontiers in neuroscience

    2023  Volume 17, Page(s) 1098404

    Abstract: Introduction: In type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the antidiuretic system participates in the adaptation to osmotic diuresis further increasing urinary osmolality by reducing the electrolyte-free water clearance. Sodium glucose co-transporter type 2 ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: In type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the antidiuretic system participates in the adaptation to osmotic diuresis further increasing urinary osmolality by reducing the electrolyte-free water clearance. Sodium glucose co-transporter type 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) emphasize this mechanism, promoting persistent glycosuria and natriuresis, but also induce a greater reduction of interstitial fluids than traditional diuretics. The preservation of osmotic homeostasis is the main task of the antidiuretic system and, in turn, intracellular dehydration the main drive to vasopressin (AVP) secretion. Copeptin is a stable fragment of the AVP precursor co-secreted with AVP in an equimolar amount.
    Aim: To investigate the copeptin adaptive response to SGLT2i, as well as the induced changes in body fluid distribution in T2DM patients.
    Methods: The GliRACo study was a prospective, multicenter, observational research. Twenty-six consecutive adult patients with T2DM were recruited and randomly assigned to empagliflozin or dapagliflozin treatment. Copeptin, plasma renin activity, aldosterone and natriuretic peptides were evaluated at baseline (T0) and then 30 (T30) and 90 days (T90) after SGLT2i starting. Bioelectrical impedance vector analysis (BIVA) and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring were performed at T0 and T90.
    Results: Among endocrine biomarkers, only copeptin increased at T30, showing subsequent stability (7.5 pmol/L at T0, 9.8 pmol/L at T30, 9.5 pmol/L at T90;
    Conclusion: In patients with T2DM, SGLT2i promote the release of AVP, thus compensating for persistent osmotic diuresis. This mainly occurs because of a proportional dehydration process between intra and extracellular fluid (i.e., intracellular dehydration rather than extracellular dehydration). The extent of fluid reduction, but not the copeptin response, is affected by the patient's baseline volume conditions.
    Clinical trial registration: Clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT03917758.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-20
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2411902-7
    ISSN 1662-453X ; 1662-4548
    ISSN (online) 1662-453X
    ISSN 1662-4548
    DOI 10.3389/fnins.2023.1098404
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  8. Article: Clinical Profiles and CMR Findings of Young Adults and Pediatrics with Acute Myocarditis Following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Series.

    Manfredi, Roberto / Bianco, Francesco / Bucciarelli, Valentina / Ciliberti, Giuseppe / Guerra, Federico / Schicchi, Nicolò / Tavio, Marcello / Berton, Emanuela / Surace, Francesca Chiara / Colaneri, Massimo / Gallina, Sabina / Pozzi, Marco

    Vaccines

    2022  Volume 10, Issue 2

    Abstract: Messenger RNA (mRNA) coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have been recently associated with acute myocarditis, predominantly in healthy young males. Out of 231,989 vaccines administrated in our region (Marche, Italy), we report a case series ... ...

    Abstract Messenger RNA (mRNA) coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have been recently associated with acute myocarditis, predominantly in healthy young males. Out of 231,989 vaccines administrated in our region (Marche, Italy), we report a case series of six healthy patients (four males and two females, 16.5 years old (Q1, Q3: 15, 18)) that experienced mRNA-COVID-19-vaccines side effects. All patients were hospitalized due to fever and troponins elevation following the second dose of an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) was performed 72-96 h after vaccination. All patients were treated with colchicine and ibuprofen. Myocarditis was prevalent in males. It was characterized by myocardial edema and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in the lateral wall of the left ventricle (LV). One patient showed sole right ventricular involvement, while the females presented with myopericarditis (myocarditis + pericardial effusion). All patients in our series had preserved LV ejection fraction and remained clinically stable during a relatively short inpatient hospital stay. One case presented with atrial tachycardia. At the follow-up, no significant CMR findings were documented after a three-month medical treatment. According to other recently published case series, our report suggests a possible association between acute myocarditis and myopericarditis with mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in healthy young adults and pediatric patients. Not only males are involved, while some arrhythmic manifestations are possible, such as atrial tachycardia. Conversely, we here highlight the benign nature of such complications and the absence of CMR findings after a three-month medical treatment with colchicine and ibuprofen.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-22
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2703319-3
    ISSN 2076-393X
    ISSN 2076-393X
    DOI 10.3390/vaccines10020169
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  9. Article: Quantitative Evaluation of Meniscal Healing Process of Degenerative Meniscus Lesions Treated with Hyaluronic Acid: A Clinical and MRI Study.

    Berton, Alessandra / Longo, Umile Giuseppe / Candela, Vincenzo / Greco, Federico / Martina, Francesca Maria / Quattrocchi, Carlo Cosimo / Denaro, Vincenzo

    Journal of clinical medicine

    2020  Volume 9, Issue 7

    Abstract: Purpose: We aimed to evaluate clinical efficacy and healing effects of conservative management of degenerative meniscus lesions (DMLs) with a hyaluronic acid (HA) hydrogel.: Methods: Patients were subjected to two HA injections two weeks apart. ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: We aimed to evaluate clinical efficacy and healing effects of conservative management of degenerative meniscus lesions (DMLs) with a hyaluronic acid (HA) hydrogel.
    Methods: Patients were subjected to two HA injections two weeks apart. Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) and Patient's Global Assessment (PtGA) and Clinical Observer Global Assessment (CoGA) of the disease were assessed at baseline, 30, and 60 days after treatment. Short Form (36) Health Survey (SF-36) was assessed at baseline and 60 days after treatment. One year after treatment, patients were called to know whether any of them had undergone arthroscopic partial meniscectomy (APM). All patients underwent magnetic resonance imaging using a 1.5-T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner (Siemens Aera), which included a T2 mapping pulse sequence with multiple echoes at baseline and 60 days after treatment.
    Results: 40 patients were enrolled. WOMAC score, physical function subscale, PtGA and CoGA, and SF-36 showed a statistically significant difference between baseline and follow-up. One year after treatment, only one patient had undergone APM. A decrease in the T2 measurement was detected in the posterior horn medial meniscus in 39% of cases in both the red and red-white zone, and in 60% of cases in the white zone; in the posterior horn lateral meniscus in 55% of cases in both the red and white zones, and in 65% of cases in the red-white zone. Only for the latter, there was a statistically significant difference between baseline and posttreatment T2 measurements.
    Conclusion: This study supports the use of HA in the conservative management of DML as it is clinically effective and enhances meniscus healing as demonstrated by T2 measurements. Moreover, it reduces the need for APM at 1-year follow-up.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-07-17
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2662592-1
    ISSN 2077-0383
    ISSN 2077-0383
    DOI 10.3390/jcm9072280
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  10. Article ; Online: Clinical Profiles and CMR Findings of Young Adults and Pediatrics with Acute Myocarditis Following mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination

    Roberto Manfredi / Francesco Bianco / Valentina Bucciarelli / Giuseppe Ciliberti / Federico Guerra / Nicolò Schicchi / Marcello Tavio / Emanuela Berton / Francesca Chiara Surace / Massimo Colaneri / Sabina Gallina / Marco Pozzi

    Vaccines, Vol 10, Iss 169, p

    A Case Series

    2022  Volume 169

    Abstract: Messenger RNA (mRNA) coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have been recently associated with acute myocarditis, predominantly in healthy young males. Out of 231,989 vaccines administrated in our region (Marche, Italy), we report a case series ... ...

    Abstract Messenger RNA (mRNA) coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have been recently associated with acute myocarditis, predominantly in healthy young males. Out of 231,989 vaccines administrated in our region (Marche, Italy), we report a case series of six healthy patients (four males and two females, 16.5 years old (Q1, Q3: 15, 18)) that experienced mRNA-COVID-19-vaccines side effects. All patients were hospitalized due to fever and troponins elevation following the second dose of an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) was performed 72–96 h after vaccination. All patients were treated with colchicine and ibuprofen. Myocarditis was prevalent in males. It was characterized by myocardial edema and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in the lateral wall of the left ventricle (LV). One patient showed sole right ventricular involvement, while the females presented with myopericarditis (myocarditis + pericardial effusion). All patients in our series had preserved LV ejection fraction and remained clinically stable during a relatively short inpatient hospital stay. One case presented with atrial tachycardia. At the follow-up, no significant CMR findings were documented after a three-month medical treatment. According to other recently published case series, our report suggests a possible association between acute myocarditis and myopericarditis with mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in healthy young adults and pediatric patients. Not only males are involved, while some arrhythmic manifestations are possible, such as atrial tachycardia. Conversely, we here highlight the benign nature of such complications and the absence of CMR findings after a three-month medical treatment with colchicine and ibuprofen.
    Keywords COVID-19 ; myocarditis ; myopericarditis ; COVID-19 vaccination ; COVID-19 vaccines ; Medicine ; R
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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