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  1. Article ; Online: Biventricular performance in adults with a systemic right ventricle: new insights from myocardial work analysis.

    Fusco, Flavia / Scognamiglio, Giancarlo / Sorice, Davide / Abbate, Massimiliana / Altobelli, Ippolita / Sarubbi, Berardo

    The international journal of cardiovascular imaging

    2024  

    Abstract: To evaluate biventricular mechanics by means of echo-derived myocardial work (MW) analysis in patients with a systemic right ventricle (sRV). Comprehensive echo data were collected in all patients with a sRV who underwent transthoracic echocardiography ... ...

    Abstract To evaluate biventricular mechanics by means of echo-derived myocardial work (MW) analysis in patients with a systemic right ventricle (sRV). Comprehensive echo data were collected in all patients with a sRV who underwent transthoracic echocardiography at our tertiary centre between 2020 and 2021 including sRV function indices, global longitudinal strain (GLS) of right and left ventricle (RV/LV), biventricular MW, and atrial strain in those with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA). Fifty-six patients (37 [30.97-45.87]years, 59% male) and 49 healthy individuals matched per age and sex were included for comparison. Global work index (GWI:1106 [869.80-1293.10] Vs 314.2 [281.5-358.2]mmHg%, p < 0.0001) and global constructive work(GCW: 1542.50 [1338.9-1718.50] Vs 416.4 [365.70-464]mmHg%, p < 0.0001) were both increased for sRV compared to normal RV, reflecting exposition to a systemic afterload, with a contemporary raise in wasted work (GWW:197 [138.50-322.20] Vs 26.09 [17.80-43.48]mmHg%, p < 0.0001) and impaired efficiency (GWE:89 [83-93.54] Vs 93.67 [91.67-96] %, p < 0.0001). Conversely, sRV showed reduced MW indices in comparison to normal LV(p < 0.0001 for all). Non-systemic LV demonstrated normal GLS values (19.51 ± 3.9%), but reduced GWI (479 [368-665] Vs 2172 [1978-2386]mmHg%, p < 0.0001) and GCW (708 [490-815]mmHg% Vs 86.5 [59.25-118], p < 0.0001). Nevertherless, non-systemic LV showed also impaired efficiency (91 [88-94] Vs 95 [94-97]%, p < 0.0001). LVGLS values were related to RVGLS (R = 0.5, p = 0.00019), suggesting a consistent interventricular dependency. Atrial strain could be assessed in 16 out of 20 (80%) patients with ccTGA: both atria had reduced strain values compared to their normal counterparts. Moreover, pulmonary atrial strain during the reservoir phase was related to LVGWE (R = 0.58, p = 0.047) and inversely related to LVGLS (R = - 0.71, p = 0.0043). MW analysis is feasible in sRV and may provide additional clinical data. In our cohort MW revealed biventricular impairment, in particular for non-systemic LV, in spite of normal GLS values.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2055311-0
    ISSN 1875-8312 ; 1573-0743 ; 1569-5794 ; 0167-9899
    ISSN (online) 1875-8312 ; 1573-0743
    ISSN 1569-5794 ; 0167-9899
    DOI 10.1007/s10554-024-03076-0
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  2. Article ; Online: Fulminant biventricular multivalvular infective endocarditis in complex congenital heart disease: a case report.

    Abbate, Massimiliana / Fusco, Flavia / Columbano, Laura / Sarubbi, Berardo / Scognamiglio, Giancarlo

    European heart journal. Case reports

    2023  Volume 7, Issue 5, Page(s) ytad236

    Abstract: Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a major issue during follow-up of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD), leading to significant mortality.: Case summary: A 37-year-old woman with transposition of great arteries and previous Mustard ... ...

    Abstract Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is a major issue during follow-up of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD), leading to significant mortality.
    Case summary: A 37-year-old woman with transposition of great arteries and previous Mustard operation developed a drug-resistant pneumonia shortly after a pacemaker implant procedure performed at a local hospital. After referral to the ACHD centre, the patient was diagnosed with multivalvular IE with biventricular involvement by methicillin-resistant
    Discussion: This case depicts a particularly aggressive of infective endocarditis forms caused with biventricular involvement and multiple embolization. Patients with congenital heart disease are at high risk of IE with adverse impact on the prognosis. Early recognition and treatment are the keys to improve prognosis. Therefore, suspicion should be high, especially following invasive procedure, which should be preferably performed at ACHD specialized centres.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-10
    Publishing country England
    Document type Case Reports
    ISSN 2514-2119
    ISSN (online) 2514-2119
    DOI 10.1093/ehjcr/ytad236
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  3. Article ; Online: Dapagliflozin in Patients With a Failing Systemic Right Ventricle: Results From the DAPA-SERVE Trial.

    Fusco, Flavia / Scognamiglio, Giancarlo / Abbate, Massimiliana / Merola, Assunta / Grimaldi, Nicola / Ciriello, Giovanni Domenico / Sarubbi, Berardo

    JACC. Heart failure

    2024  Volume 12, Issue 4, Page(s) 789–791

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Heart Ventricles ; Heart Failure/drug therapy ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 ; Benzhydryl Compounds/therapeutic use ; Glucosides
    Chemical Substances dapagliflozin (1ULL0QJ8UC) ; Benzhydryl Compounds ; Glucosides
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 2705621-1
    ISSN 2213-1787 ; 2213-1779
    ISSN (online) 2213-1787
    ISSN 2213-1779
    DOI 10.1016/j.jchf.2024.01.006
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  4. Article ; Online: Mid-term follow-up after COVID-19 vaccination in adults with CHD: a prospective study.

    Fusco, Flavia / Scognamiglio, Giancarlo / Roma, Anna Selvaggia / Abbate, Massimiliana / Papaccioli, Giovanni / Merola, Assunta / Palma, Michela / Borrelli, Nunzia / Barracano, Rosaria / Correra, Anna / Grimaldi, Nicola / Ciriello, Giovanni Domenico / D'Abbraccio, Maurizio / Scavone, Cristina / Capuano, Annalisa / Sarubbi, Berardo

    Cardiology in the young

    2023  Volume 33, Issue 12, Page(s) 2574–2580

    Abstract: Background: Long-term data on COVID-19 vaccine safety, immunogenicity, and acceptance in adults with CHD are lacking.: Methods: This is a prospective study including adults with CHD patients undergoing COVID-19 vaccination from January 2021 to June ... ...

    Abstract Background: Long-term data on COVID-19 vaccine safety, immunogenicity, and acceptance in adults with CHD are lacking.
    Methods: This is a prospective study including adults with CHD patients undergoing COVID-19 vaccination from January 2021 to June 2022. Data on adverse events, antispike IgG titre, previous or subsequent COVID-19 infection, booster doses, and patients' attitude towards vaccination were collected.
    Results: Four hundred and ninety CHD patients (36 ± 13 years, 53% male, 94% with moderate/complex defects) were prospectively included: 433 (88%) received a Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine, 31 (6%) Moderna mRNA vaccine, 23 (5%) AstraZeneca-Oxford ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine, and 3 (0.6%) Janssen Vaccine; 310 (63%) received a booster dose. Median follow-up after vaccination was 1.53 [1.41-1.58] years. No major adverse event was reported. Eighty-two fully vaccinated patients contracted COVID-19 during follow-up after a median of 5.4 [4.3-6.5] months from the last dose. One patient with Ebstein's disease died from severe COVID-19. Symptoms' duration in patients who tested positive after vaccination was significantly shorter than in the group tested positive before vaccination (5.5 [3-8] versus 9 [2.2-15] days, p = 0.04). Median antispike IgG titre measured in 280 individuals (57%) at a median of 1.4 [0.7-3.3] months from the last dose was 2381 [901-8307] BAU/ml. Sixty patients (12%) also showed positive antinucleocapsid antibodies, demonstrating previous SARS-COV2 exposure. Twenty-nine percent appeared to have concerns regarding vaccine safety and 42% reported fearing potential effects of the vaccine on their cardiac disease before discussing with their CHD cardiologist.
    Conclusion: COVID-19 vaccines appear safe in the mid-term follow-up in adults with CHD with satisfactory immunogenicity and reduction of symptoms' duration in case of infection.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Male ; Female ; COVID-19 Vaccines/adverse effects ; Prospective Studies ; ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 ; Follow-Up Studies ; RNA, Viral ; mRNA Vaccines ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Vaccination ; Immunoglobulin G
    Chemical Substances COVID-19 Vaccines ; ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (B5S3K2V0G8) ; RNA, Viral ; mRNA Vaccines ; Immunoglobulin G
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-11
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1078466-4
    ISSN 1467-1107 ; 1047-9511
    ISSN (online) 1467-1107
    ISSN 1047-9511
    DOI 10.1017/S1047951123000689
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  5. Article: Stress Echocardiography in Italian Echocardiographic Laboratories: A Survey of the Italian Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging.

    Ciampi, Quirino / Pepi, Mauro / Antonini-Canterin, Francesco / Barbieri, Andrea / Barchitta, Agata / Faganello, Giorgio / Miceli, Sofia / Parato, Vito Maurizio / Tota, Antonio / Trocino, Giuseppe / Abbate, Massimiliana / Accadia, Maria / Alemanni, Rossella / Angelini, Andrea / Anglano, Francesco / Anselmi, Maurizio / Aquila, Iolanda / Aramu, Simona / Avogadri, Enrico /
    Azzaro, Giuseppe / Badano, Luigi / Balducci, Anna / Ballocca, Flavia / Barbarossa, Alessandro / Barbati, Giovanni / Barletta, Valentina / Barone, Daniele / Becherini, Francesco / Benfari, Giovanni / Beraldi, Monica / Bergandi, Gianluigi / Bilardo, Giuseppe / Binno, Simone Maurizio / Bolognesi, Massimo / Bongiovi, Stefano / Bragato, Renato Maria / Braggion, Gabriele / Brancaleoni, Rossella / Bursi, Francesca / Dessalvi, Christian Cadeddu / Cameli, Matteo / Canu, Antonella / Capitelli, Mariano / Capra, Anna Clara Maria / Carbonara, Rosa / Carbone, Maria / Carbonella, Marco / Carrabba, Nazario / Casavecchia, Grazia / Casula, Margherita / Chesi, Elena / Cicco, Sebastiano / Citro, Rodolfo / Cocchia, Rosangela / Colombo, Barbara Maria / Colonna, Paolo / Conte, Maddalena / Corrado, Giovanni / Cortesi, Pietro / Cortigiani, Lauro / Costantino, Marco Fabio / Cozza, Fabiana / Cucchini, Umberto / D'Angelo, Myriam / Da Ros, Santina / D'Andrea, Fabrizio / D'Andrea, Antonello / D'Auria, Francesca / De Caridi, Giovanni / De Feo, Stefania / De Matteis, Giovanni Maria / De Vecchi, Simona / Del Giudice, Carmen / Dell'Angela, Luca / Paoli, Lucrezia Delli / Dentamaro, Ilaria / Destefanis, Paola / Di Bella, Gianluca / Di Fulvio, Maria / Di Gaetano, Renato / Di Giannuario, Giovanna / Di Gioia, Angelo / Di Martino, Luigi Flavio Massimiliano / Di Muro, Carmine / Di Nora, Concetta / Di Salvo, Giovanni / Dodi, Claudio / Dogliani, Sarah / Donati, Federica / Dottori, Melissa / Epifani, Giuseppe / Fabiani, Iacopo / Ferrara, Francesca / Ferrara, Luigi / Ferrua, Stefania / Filice, Gemma / Fiorino, Maria / Forno, Davide / Garini, Alberto / Giarratana, Gioachino Agostino / Gigantino, Giuseppe / Giorgi, Mauro / Giubertoni, Elisa / Greco, Cosimo Angelo / Grigolato, Michele / Marra, Walter Grosso / Holzl, Anna / Iaiza, Alessandra / Iannaccone, Andrea / Ilardi, Federica / Imbalzano, Egidio / Inciardi, Riccardo M / Inserra, Corinna Antonia / Iori, Emilio / Izzo, Annibale / La Rosa, Giuseppe / Labanti, Graziana / Lanzone, Alberto Maria / Lanzoni, Laura / Lapetina, Ornella / Leiballi, Elisa / Librera, Mariateresa / Conte, Carmenita Lo / Monaco, Maria Lo / Lombardo, Antonella / Luciani, Michelangelo / Lusardi, Paola / Magnante, Antonio / Malagoli, Alessandro / Malatesta, Gelsomina / Mancusi, Costantino / Manes, Maria Teresa / Manganelli, Fiore / Mantovani, Francesca / Manuppelli, Vincenzo / Marchese, Valeria / Marinacci, Lina / Mattioli, Roberto / Maurizio, Civelli / Mazza, Giuseppe Antonio / Mazza, Stefano / Melis, Marco / Meloni, Giulia / Merli, Elisa / Milan, Alberto / Minardi, Giovanni / Monaco, Antonella / Monte, Ines / Montresor, Graziano / Moreo, Antonella / Mori, Fabio / Morini, Sofia / Moro, Claudio / Morrone, Doralisa / Negri, Francesco / Nipote, Carmelo / Nisi, Fulvio / Nocco, Silvio / Novello, Luigi / Nunziata, Luigi / Perini, Alessandro Paoletti / Parodi, Antonello / Pasanisi, Emilio Maria / Pastorini, Guido / Pavasini, Rita / Pavoni, Daisy / Pedone, Chiara / Pelliccia, Francesco / Pelliciari, Giovanni / Pelloni, Elisa / Pergola, Valeria / Perillo, Giovanni / Petruccelli, Enrica / Pezzullo, Chiara / Piacentini, Gerardo / Picardi, Elisa / Pinna, Giovanni / Pizzarelli, Massimiliano / Pizzuti, Alfredo / Poggi, Matteo Maria / Posteraro, Alfredo / Privitera, Carmen / Rampazzo, Debora / Ratti, Carlo / Rettegno, Sara / Ricci, Fabrizio / Ricci, Caterina / Rolando, Cristina / Rossi, Stefania / Rovera, Chiara / Ruggieri, Roberta / Russo, Maria Giovanna / Sacchi, Nicola / Saladino, Antonino / Sani, Francesca / Sartori, Chiara / Scarabeo, Virginia / Sciacqua, Angela / Scillone, Antonio / Scopelliti, Pasquale Antonio / Scorza, Alfredo / Scozzafava, Angela / Serafini, Francesco / Serra, Walter / Severino, Sergio / Simeone, Beatrice / Sirico, Domenico / Solari, Marco / Spadaro, Gian Luca / Stefani, Laura / Strangio, Antonio / Surace, Francesca Chiara / Tamborini, Gloria / Tarquinio, Nicola / Tassone, Eliezer Joseph / Tavarozzi, Isabella / Tchana, Bertrand / Tedesco, Giuseppe / Tinto, Monica / Torzillo, Daniela / Totaro, Antonio / Triolo, Oreste Fabio / Troisi, Federica / Tusa, Maurizio / Vancheri, Federico / Varasano, Vincenzo / Venezia, Amedeo / Vermi, Anna Chiara / Villari, Bruno / Zampi, Giordano / Zannoni, Jessica / Zito, Concetta / Zugaro, Antonello / Picano, Eugenio / Carerj, Scipione

    Journal of cardiovascular echography

    2023  Volume 33, Issue 3, Page(s) 125–132

    Abstract: Background: The Italian Society of Echography and Cardiovascular Imaging (SIECVI) conducted a national survey to understand the volumes of activity, modalities and stressors used during stress echocardiography (SE) in Italy.: Methods: We analyzed ... ...

    Abstract Background: The Italian Society of Echography and Cardiovascular Imaging (SIECVI) conducted a national survey to understand the volumes of activity, modalities and stressors used during stress echocardiography (SE) in Italy.
    Methods: We analyzed echocardiography laboratory activities over a month (November 2022). Data were retrieved through an electronic survey based on a structured questionnaire, uploaded on the SIECVI website.
    Results: Data were obtained from 228 echocardiographic laboratories, and SE examinations were performed in 179 centers (80.6%): 87 centers (47.5%) were in the northern regions of Italy, 33 centers (18.4%) were in the central regions, and 61 (34.1%) in the southern regions. We annotated a total of 4057 SE. We divided the SE centers into three groups, according to the numbers of SE performed: <10 SE (low-volume activity, 40 centers), between 10 and 39 SE (moderate volume activity, 102 centers) and ≥40 SE (high volume activity, 37 centers). Dipyridamole was used in 139 centers (77.6%); exercise in 120 centers (67.0%); dobutamine in 153 centers (85.4%); pacing in 37 centers (21.1%); and adenosine in 7 centers (4.0%). We found a significant difference between the stressors used and volume of activity of the centers, with a progressive increase in the prevalence of number of stressors from low to high volume activity (
    Conclusions: This nationwide survey demonstrated that SE was significantly widespread and practiced throughout Italy. In addition to the traditional indication to coronary artery disease based on regional wall motion analysis, other indications are emerging with an increase in the use of LUS and CFVR, especially in high-volume centers.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-20
    Publishing country India
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2734045-4
    ISSN 2347-193X ; 2211-4122
    ISSN (online) 2347-193X
    ISSN 2211-4122
    DOI 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_48_23
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  6. Article: Organization and Activity of Italian Echocardiographic Laboratories: A Survey of the Italian Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging.

    Ciampi, Quirino / Pepi, Mauro / Antonini-Canterin, Francesco / Barbieri, Andrea / Barchitta, Agata / Faganello, Giorgio / Miceli, Sofia / Parato, Vito Maurizio / Tota, Antonio / Trocino, Giuseppe / Abbate, Massimiliana / Accadia, Maria / Alemanni, Rossella / Angelini, Andrea / Anglano, Francesco / Anselmi, Maurizio / Aquila, Iolanda / Aramu, Simona / Avogadri, Enrico /
    Azzaro, Giuseppe / Badano, Luigi / Balducci, Anna / Ballocca, Flavia / Barbarossa, Alessandro / Barbati, Giovanni / Barletta, Valentina / Barone, Daniele / Becherini, Francesco / Benfari, Giovanni / Beraldi, Monica / Bergandi, Gianluigi / Bilardo, Giuseppe / Binno, Simone Maurizio / Bolognesi, Massimo / Bongiovi, Stefano / Bragato, Renato Maria / Braggion, Gabriele / Brancaleoni, Rossella / Bursi, Francesca / Dessalvi, Christian Cadeddu / Cameli, Matteo / Canu, Antonella / Capitelli, Mariano / Capra, Anna Clara Maria / Carbonara, Rosa / Carbone, Maria / Carbonella, Marco / Carrabba, Nazario / Casavecchia, Grazia / Casula, Margherita / Chesi, Elena / Cicco, Sebastiano / Citro, Rodolfo / Cocchia, Rosangela / Colombo, Barbara Maria / Colonna, Paolo / Conte, Maddalena / Corrado, Giovanni / Cortesi, Pietro / Cortigiani, Lauro / Costantino, Marco Fabio / Cozza, Fabiana / Cucchini, Umberto / D'Angelo, Myriam / Ros, Santina Da / D'Andrea, Fabrizio / D'Andrea, Antonello / D'Auria, Francesca / De Caridi, Giovanni / De Feo, Stefania / De Matteis, Giovanni Maria / De Vecchi, Simona / Giudice, Carmen Del / Dell'Angela, Luca / Paoli, Lucrezia Delli / Dentamaro, Ilaria / Destefanis, Paola / Di Fulvio, Maria / Di Gaetano, Renato / Di Giannuario, Giovanna / Di Gioia, Angelo / Di Martino, Luigi Flavio Massimiliano / Di Muro, Carmine / Di Nora, Concetta / Di Salvo, Giovanni / Dodi, Claudio / Dogliani, Sarah / Donati, Federica / Dottori, Melissa / Epifani, Giuseppe / Fabiani, Iacopo / Ferrara, Francesca / Ferrara, Luigi / Ferrua, Stefania / Filice, Gemma / Fiorino, Maria / Forno, Davide / Garini, Alberto / Giarratana, Gioachino Agostino / Gigantino, Giuseppe / Giorgi, Mauro / Giubertoni, Elisa / Greco, Cosimo Angelo / Grigolato, Michele / Marra, Walter Grosso / Holzl, Anna / Iaiza, Alessandra / Iannaccone, Andrea / Ilardi, Federica / Imbalzano, Egidio / Inciardi, Riccardo / Inserra, Corinna Antonia / Iori, Emilio / Izzo, Annibale / Rosa, Giuseppe La / Labanti, Graziana / Lanzone, Alberto Maria / Lanzoni, Laura / Lapetina, Ornella / Leiballi, Elisa / Librera, Mariateresa / Conte, Carmenita Lo / Monaco, Maria Lo / Lombardo, Antonella / Luciani, Michelangelo / Lusardi, Paola / Magnante, Antonio / Malagoli, Alessandro / Malatesta, Gelsomina / Mancusi, Costantino / Manes, Maria Teresa / Manganelli, Fiore / Mantovani, Francesca / Manuppelli, Vincenzo / Marchese, Valeria / Marinacci, Lina / Mattioli, Roberto / Maurizio, Civelli / Mazza, Giuseppe Antonio / Mazza, Stefano / Melis, Marco / Meloni, Giulia / Merli, Elisa / Milan, Alberto / Minardi, Giovanni / Monaco, Antonella / Monte, Ines / Montresor, Graziano / Moreo, Antonella / Mori, Fabio / Morini, Sofia / Moro, Claudio / Morrone, Doralisa / Negri, Francesco / Nipote, Carmelo / Nisi, Fulvio / Nocco, Silvio / Novello, Luigi / Nunziata, Luigi / Perini, Alessandro Paoletti / Parodi, Antonello / Pasanisi, Emilio Maria / Pastorini, Guido / Pavasini, Rita / Pavoni, Daisy / Pedone, Chiara / Pelliccia, Francesco / Pelliciari, Giovanni / Pelloni, Elisa / Pergola, Valeria / Perillo, Giovanni / Petruccelli, Enrica / Pezzullo, Chiara / Piacentini, Gerardo / Picardi, Elisa / Pinna, Giovanni / Pizzarelli, Massimiliano / Pizzuti, Alfredo / Poggi, Matteo Maria / Posteraro, Alfredo / Privitera, Carmen / Rampazzo, Debora / Ratti, Carlo / Rettegno, Sara / Ricci, Fabrizio / Ricci, Caterina / Rolando, Cristina / Rossi, Stefania / Rovera, Chiara / Ruggieri, Roberta / Russo, Maria Giovanna / Sacchi, Nicola / Saladino, Antonino / Sani, Francesca / Sartori, Chiara / Scarabeo, Virginia / Sciacqua, Angela / Scillone, Antonio / Scopelliti, Pasquale Antonio / Scorza, Alfredo / Scozzafava, Angela / Serafini, Francesco / Serra, Walter / Severino, Sergio / Simeone, Beatrice / Sirico, Domenico / Solari, Marco / Spadaro, Gian Luca / Stefani, Laura / Strangio, Antonio / Surace, Francesca Chiara / Tamborini, Gloria / Tarquinio, Nicola / Tassone, Eliezer Joseph / Tavarozzi, Isabella / Tchana, Bertrand / Tedesco, Giuseppe / Tinto, Monica / Torzillo, Daniela / Totaro, Antonio / Triolo, Oreste Fabio / Troisi, Federica / Tusa, Maurizio / Vancheri, Federico / Varasano, Vincenzo / Venezia, Amedeo / Vermi, Anna Chiara / Villari, Bruno / Zampi, Giordano / Zannoni, Jessica / Zito, Concetta / Zugaro, Antonello / Di Bella, Gianluca / Carerj, Scipione

    Journal of cardiovascular echography

    2023  Volume 33, Issue 1, Page(s) 1–9

    Abstract: Background: The Italian Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging (SIECVI) conducted a national survey to understand better how different echocardiographic modalities are used and accessed in Italy.: Methods: We analyzed echocardiography ...

    Abstract Background: The Italian Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging (SIECVI) conducted a national survey to understand better how different echocardiographic modalities are used and accessed in Italy.
    Methods: We analyzed echocardiography laboratory activities over a month (November 2022). Data were retrieved via an electronic survey based on a structured questionnaire, uploaded on the SIECVI website.
    Results: Data were obtained from 228 echocardiographic laboratories: 112 centers (49%) in the northern, 43 centers (19%) in the central, and 73 (32%) in the southern regions. During the month of observation, we collected 101,050 transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) examinations performed in all centers. As concern other modalities there were performed 5497 transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) examinations in 161/228 centers (71%); 4057 stress echocardiography (SE) examinations in 179/228 centers (79%); and examinations with ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) in 151/228 centers (66%). We did not find significant regional variations between the different modalities. The usage of picture archiving and communication system (PACS) was significantly higher in the northern (84%) versus central (49%) and southern (45%) centers (
    Conclusions: This nationwide survey demonstrated that digital infrastructures and advanced echocardiography modalities, such as 3D and STE, are widely available in Italy with a notable diffuse uptake of LUS in the core TTE examination, a suboptimal diffusion of PACS recording, and conservative use of UCA, 3D, and strain. There are significant differences between northern and central-southern regions and echocardiographic laboratories that pertain to the cardiac unit. This inhomogeneous distribution of technology represents one of the main issues that must be solved to standardize the practice of echocardiography.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-29
    Publishing country India
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2734045-4
    ISSN 2347-193X ; 2211-4122
    ISSN (online) 2347-193X
    ISSN 2211-4122
    DOI 10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_16_23
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