A5072643208- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
- Elasticity and Material Modeling
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Body Contouring and Surgery
- Blood groups and transfusion
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
- Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders
- Cardiac tumors and thrombi
Fatebenefratelli Hospital
2005-2022
Ospedale Antonio Cardarelli
2009-2020
University of Naples Federico II
1992-2018
Cambridge University Press
2010
Ospedale Santa Maria
2004
Wake Forest University
1995-2003
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)
2003
Centro di Riferimento Oncologico della Basilicata
2001-2002
Interventi Geo Ambientali (Italy)
2002
Federico II University Hospital
1994-2001
Background and Purpose— The association between obesity atherosclerotic disease is controversial. In the present analysis, we evaluated whether common carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) area, 2 markers of preclinical atherosclerosis, were increased in obese subjects. Methods— More than 5000 middle-aged women (n=5062; age, 30 to 69 years) living area Naples, Southern Italy, recruited for a prospective, currently ongoing study on etiology cardiovascular cancer female population (the Progetto...
HOMA, homeostasis model
Common carotid intima-media thickness was measured by B-mode ultrasound imaging in 46 children (mean age, 7.4 years) with serum cholesterol > or = 6.4 mmol/L (mean, 8.25 mmol/L) and 48 < 4.60 mmol/L). Maximum significantly higher hypercholesterolemic than control (0.50 versus 0.47 mm, P .007). Subgroup analysis showed that only 6.2 years old (the median of all the children's ages) maximum (0.51 0.48 .014). The odds ratio (OR) common thickening (maximum far wall 95th percentile group, 0.51...
Atherosclerotic plaques in extracranial carotid arteries, particularly the bifurcation of common and internal may cause transient cerebral ischemia stroke by lumen stenosis or plaque-related thromboembolism. B-mode ultrasound imaging has capability providing information on plaque thickness, characteristics, location arteries.A retrospective analysis 242 336 ischemic attack (TIA) patients, recruited for B-Scan Ultrasound Imaging Assessment Program, was performed to determine ultrasonographic...
Pediatric obesity is closely associated with cardiometabolic comorbidities, but the role of sex in this relationship less investigated. We aimed to evaluate sex-related differences on risk factors and preclinical signs target organ damage adolescents overweight/obesity (OW/OB).
Atherogenic lipoproteins (particularly, very low-density lipoproteins, VLDL) are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis. The present study aims at evaluating whether routinely analysed lipid parameters carotid intima-media thickness, a proxy for Lipid from 220 post-menopausal women undergoing ultrasound investigation of the arteries were analysed. Forty-five percent showed atherosclerosis on ultrasound. mean thickness was 1.26 ± 0.38 mm. value non-HDL-C/HDL-C ratio 3.1 1.2. Univariate...
Abstract Background and purpose Many studies unequivocally indicate that air pollution is directly linked to the adverse cardiovascular outcomes in general population. No data are currently available on effects of exposure trafficked roads healthy children. Distance residence a major road has been shown be useful proxy for long-term traffic seem more consistently associated with atherosclerosis than particulate matter 2.5 . The aim this study was investigate possible association between...
The main objective of this clinical trial was to evaluate the effects magnesium pidolate (15 mmol/day) on blood pressure at rest and during sympathetic stimulation induced by cold, isometric tilt test; peripheral flow has been evaluated strain-gauge plethysmography. Fourteen mild moderate hypertensives (8 males, 6 females, age range 40-60 years) were randomly given or placebo in a double-blind parallel for months. In actively treated group urinary excretion increased from 5.3 ± 2 7.7...
Homocystinuria due to cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency and familial hypercholesterolemia are inherited disorders of metabolism that associated with premature development cardiovascular disease. This study addresses the possibility different patterns carotid wall damage cerebral blood flow hemodynamics present in these two metabolic diseases.Twelve patients homocystinuria (mean age, 24 years), 10 homozygous 26 11 healthy control subjects years) underwent a vascular examination by...
Studies on cardiovascular disease have preferentially involved men because of the lower frequency in preelderly women. The aim this analysis was to examine, with use a standardized ultrasound protocol, cohort women differentiate early atherosclerotic lesions different carotid segments relation traditional (lipoprotein abnormalities, high blood pressure, cigarette smoking) and nontraditional (oxidation markers) risk factors.More than 5000 clinically healthy, middle-aged (n=5062; age range, 30...
Obesity is a risk factor for sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in children. Plasma levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (Hs-CRP) are predictive cardiovascular morbidity adults, and CRP associated with over-weight. Increased carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) several factors. We evaluated the effect SDB on IMT lean obese children not selected snoring.101 (age 5-15 years) attending weight clinic or scheduled routine visit. was measured quantitative B-mode ultrasound scans. The...
Aim: The association between Lipoprotein (a) (Lp [a]) and common carotid intima media thickness (IMT) has been evaluated in 222 menopausal women. Material & methods: Lp IMT were measured, ultrasound examination (B-Mode imaging) was performed mean max calculated. Results: significantly lower women with metabolic syndrome (MS). In a multivariate analysis showed the following odds ratio (OR; all p < 0.05) of having (≥1.30 mm): 1.03, adjusted for age, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL)...
atherosclerotic process inexorably advances in patients reaching low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) targets. An attractive hypothesis is that particles (very (VLDL), intermediate-density (IDL)), could contribute to residual risk. The present study aims investigate the relationship between carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and different subfractions a cohort of healthy postmenopausal women.75 women, at LDL-C target levels without overt cardiovascular disease, underwent biochemical...