A5058243759- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
- Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
- Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Hereditary Neurological Disorders
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications
- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Intraoperative Neuromonitoring and Anesthetic Effects
- T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo
2025
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
2025
University of Milano-Bicocca
2025
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
2006-2020
University of Florence
1997-2018
Florence (Netherlands)
2013
Sevoflurane sample data in a standard single patient ICU room, VieCuri Medical Centre. Physical of the room: 52 m3, air refreshing rate minimum 6/hr
Introduction Cerebrovascular complications rate in patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is about 7%. Ischemic stroke may be caused by solid or gaseous microemboli due to thrombosis within the circuit cannula. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) only method able detect microembolic signals (MES) real time. The objective of this study was possible MES TCD veno‐venous (VV) and veno‐arterial (VA) ECMO test for a relation between number 6‐month clinical outcome these patients....
Background/Objectives: The co-morbidity between neurodevelopmental tics and functional tic-like behaviors (FTBs) in patients with Tourette syndrome (TS) is relatively under-investigated. demographic clinical characteristics of a large sample TS who presented co-morbid FTBs (functional overlay) were assessed to raise awareness this complex presentation shed light on the differential diagnosis two conditions. Methods: We analyzed data 63 (44 females, mean age 24 years, range 13–40)...
Transcranial Doppler (TCD) is able to detect cerebral hemodynamic changes in real-time. Impairment of blood flow during veno-arterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment referred the literature. Several cerebrovascular complications can affect VA ECMO patients, eventually leading brain death (BD). a worldwide accepted technique for circulatory arrest (CCA) diagnosis BD confirmation, and Italy, it mandatory certain clinical conditions. Nowadays, no data have been...
To identify possible inter-hemispheric sex-related cerebral hemodynamic differences at rest, in healthy subjects by transcranial Doppler (TCD).Mean flow velocity (MV) was recorded TCD 96 (48 males, 48 females) right-handed volunteers. Mean age similar males and females, distribution of age-groups sex similar, too.Examining MV values each basal artery, left middle artery (MCA) showed a statistically significant difference (53.5+/-8.2 cm x s(-1) versus 58.5+/-10.4 P=0.005, one-way ANOVA)....
An attenuation of the physiological day-night blood pressure (BP) reduction is an important predictor cardiovascular (CV) events and death. We compared circadian BP profile in treatment-naive HIV-infected patients healthy control subjects.Fifty-two antiretroviral therapy-naive (85% men, age 39 ± 11 years, 125/78 11/9 mm Hg) 156 age- BP-matched HIV-negative controls 10 9/7 underwent 24-hour monitoring. Subjects with a nocturnal systolic <10% were defined as "nondippers."Nighttime was higher...
Objective: Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) was hypothesized to play a causative role in multiple sclerosis (MS). The assessment of pediatric-onset MS (POMS) may provide unique window opportunity study risk factors close temporal association with the onset disease. Methods: Internal jugular veins, vertebral veins and intracranial were evaluated extracranial ultrasound 15 POMS 16 healthy controls. Assessor’s blinding maintained during study. We considered subjects positive...
Autonomic dysregulation and cerebral blood flow (CBF) abnormalities have been reported in patients with anxiety disorders and, more recently, panic disorder. Variations the middle artery velocity (measured by transcranial Doppler technique), heart rate, pressure during a tilting-table test were used as nonanxiogenic procedures to explore these abnormalities.Mean right artery, monitored at rest 70 degrees test. Three groups of studied: 11 (eight women three men; mean age = 31.1 years, SD 8.0)...
The muscle ultrasound examination (MUS) is a noninvasive and inexpensive technique for evaluating neuromyopathies. Standardized MUS normative data are incomplete in pediatric subjects.We performed study with 120 healthy children (59 males; mean age, 10.44 years; age range, 2-16 years). We measured the width echogenicity bilaterally following muscles: biceps brachii brachialis, brachioradialis, forearm-flexors, rectus femoris vastus intermedius, tibialis anterior, extensor hallucis longus,...
Routine diagnosis of suspected occlusive arterial disease the lower limbs are often based on pulse absence at dorsalis pedis artery. However many these diagnoses not confirmed after more thorough tests, and this fact arises problem semeiological reliability above mentioned Researches carried out by several authors in normal individuals artery yielded controversial results. Three hundred-sixty subjects free were then examined means clinical Doppler investigation order to assess arteriopathy...
To assess the value of transcranial Doppler examination for early prognosis ischemic stroke, we examined 24 patients (15 males and 9 females, mean age 66.8 ± 9.3 years) with hemispheric cerebral infarction, within 6 hours stroke onset. Of these patients, 22 were evaluated on Canadian Neurological Scale, Toronto Stroke Barthel Index days 60 120. Mean flow velocity in middle artery lesion side was measured values outside range 30 to 80 cm/sec rated abnormal. Two nine normal died compared five...
We describe a 55-year-old male patient with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) as result of left middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysm rupture, who underwent continuous electroencephalogram (EEG) and somatosensory evoked potential (cEEG-SEP) monitoring that showed an unusual SEP trend pattern. EEG was continuously recorded, SEPs following stimulation median nerves were recorded every 50 minutes, the amplitude latency cortical components automatically trended. An increase in intracranial pressure...
Introduction . Cerebral blood flow has been well studied in patients with panic disorder, but only few studies analyzed the mechanisms underlying onset of a attack. The aim present study was to monitor cerebral hemodynamics modifications during Materials and Methods 10 disorder recent onset, fully drug naïve, were compared 13 previous history treatment 14 controls. A continuous bilateral monitoring mean velocities right left middle arteries performed by transcranial Doppler. Clomipramine...
Vasospasm occurs in up to 70% of subarachnoid hemorrhages (SAHs). Transcranial Doppler (TCD) and cerebral angiography (AGF) are used monitor guide its treatment; however, no systematic approach interpret their values exists yet. The aim our study was evaluate the correspondence between sonographic angiographic findings efficacy endovascular treatment.
It is still debated whether cerebral autoregulation preserved in patients presenting Shy-Drager syndrome (SD). In order to evaluate this disease the authors studied 5 with SD and healthy control subjects by means of transcranial Doppler. Changes mean flow velocity (MV) middle artery (MCA), as well changes systemic arterial blood pressure (MBP) were measured at same time during a tilt-table test. When tilted from rest orthostatic position, MCA MV showed rapid significant decrease all...