Luciano Bernardi

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Affiliation: University of Pavia
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Breathing patterns and cardiovascular autonomic modulation during hypoxia induced by simulated altitude
    L Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia and IRCCS S. Matteo, Italy
    J Hypertens 19:947-58. 2001
  2. ncbi Interaction between central-peripheral chemoreflexes and cerebro-cardiovascular control
    Lucia Spicuzza
    Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Catania, Italy
    Clin Auton Res 15:373-81. 2005
  3. ncbi Reduced hypoxic ventilatory response with preserved blood oxygenation in yoga trainees and Himalayan Buddhist monks at altitude: evidence of a different adaptive strategy?
    Luciano Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia and IRCCS Ospedale S Matteo, Pavia, Italy
    Eur J Appl Physiol 99:511-8. 2007
  4. ncbi New method to measure and improve consistency of baroreflex sensitivity values
    Luciano Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, Pavia University, Pavia, Italy
    Clin Auton Res 20:353-61. 2010
  5. ncbi Respiratory and cerebrovascular responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia in familial dysautonomia
    Luciano Bernardi
    New York University Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:141-9. 2003
  6. ncbi Widespread cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in primary amyloidosis: does spontaneous hyperventilation have a compensatory role against postural hypotension?
    L Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS S Matteo and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
    Heart 88:615-21. 2002
  7. ncbi Ventilation, autonomic function, sleep and erythropoietin. Chronic mountain sickness of Andean natives
    Luciano Bernardi
    Clinica Medica 2, IRCCS S Matteo, University of Pavia, Italy
    Adv Exp Med Biol 543:161-75. 2003
  8. ncbi Cardiorespiratory interactions to external stimuli
    L Bernardi
    Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, IRCCS S Matteo and University of Pavia, Italy
    Arch Ital Biol 143:215-21. 2005
  9. ncbi Cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and respiratory changes induced by different types of music in musicians and non-musicians: the importance of silence
    L Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS S Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
    Heart 92:445-52. 2006
  10. ncbi Hypoxic ventilatory response in successful extreme altitude climbers
    L Bernardi
    Dept of Internal Medicine, Universita di Pavia IRCCS Ospedale S Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy
    Eur Respir J 27:165-71. 2006

Detail Information

Publications41

  1. ncbi Breathing patterns and cardiovascular autonomic modulation during hypoxia induced by simulated altitude
    L Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia and IRCCS S. Matteo, Italy
    J Hypertens 19:947-58. 2001
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Well-performed slow yogic breathing maintains better blood oxygenation without increasing VE (i.e. seems to be a more efficient breathing) and reduces sympathetic activation during altitude-induced hypoxia...
  2. ncbi Interaction between central-peripheral chemoreflexes and cerebro-cardiovascular control
    Lucia Spicuzza
    Dept. of Internal Medicine, University of Catania, Italy
    Clin Auton Res 15:373-81. 2005
    ..Increased sympathetic activity (and reduced baroreflex sensitivity) is one of the mechanisms by which hypoxia stimulates cardiac sympathetic activity...
  3. ncbi Reduced hypoxic ventilatory response with preserved blood oxygenation in yoga trainees and Himalayan Buddhist monks at altitude: evidence of a different adaptive strategy?
    Luciano Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia and IRCCS Ospedale S Matteo, Pavia, Italy
    Eur J Appl Physiol 99:511-8. 2007
    ..Respiratory adaptations induced by the practice of yoga may represent an efficient strategy to cope with altitude-induced hypoxia...
  4. ncbi New method to measure and improve consistency of baroreflex sensitivity values
    Luciano Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, Pavia University, Pavia, Italy
    Clin Auton Res 20:353-61. 2010
    ..In addition, we tested whether high-pass filtering of data, by removing slow non-baroreflex-mediated fluctuations, could improve the agreement between different BRS methods...
  5. ncbi Respiratory and cerebrovascular responses to hypoxia and hypercapnia in familial dysautonomia
    Luciano Bernardi
    New York University Medical Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:141-9. 2003
    ..Higher resting BP delays occurrence of syncope during hypoxia. Therapeutic measures preventing hypoxia/hypocapnia may correct cardiovascular accidents in patients with FD...
  6. ncbi Widespread cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in primary amyloidosis: does spontaneous hyperventilation have a compensatory role against postural hypotension?
    L Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS S Matteo and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
    Heart 88:615-21. 2002
    ..To investigate the possible causes of abnormal blood pressure control in light chain related (primary, AL) amyloidosis...
  7. ncbi Ventilation, autonomic function, sleep and erythropoietin. Chronic mountain sickness of Andean natives
    Luciano Bernardi
    Clinica Medica 2, IRCCS S Matteo, University of Pavia, Italy
    Adv Exp Med Biol 543:161-75. 2003
    ..Improving oxygenation can represent a possible therapeutic option for this syndrome...
  8. ncbi Cardiorespiratory interactions to external stimuli
    L Bernardi
    Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, IRCCS S Matteo and University of Pavia, Italy
    Arch Ital Biol 143:215-21. 2005
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  9. ncbi Cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and respiratory changes induced by different types of music in musicians and non-musicians: the importance of silence
    L Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS S Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
    Heart 92:445-52. 2006
    ....
  10. ncbi Hypoxic ventilatory response in successful extreme altitude climbers
    L Bernardi
    Dept of Internal Medicine, Universita di Pavia IRCCS Ospedale S Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy
    Eur Respir J 27:165-71. 2006
    ..A less sensitive hypoxic response and a greater ventilatory efficiency might increase ventilatory reserve and allow sustainable ventilation in the extreme hypoxia at the summit...
  11. ncbi Arterial baroreflex modulation influences postural sway
    Luciano Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, Clinica Medica 2, University of Pavia, IRCCS S Matteo, 27100, Pavia, Italy
    Clin Auton Res 21:151-60. 2011
    ..To test this hypothesis, we used a pure motion-independent autonomic stimulus (neck suction) to modulate the carotid baroreceptors on a broad frequency range, distinct from that of respiration...
  12. ncbi Effects of physical training on cardiovascular control after heart transplantation
    Luciano Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Policlinico S Matteo, University of Pavia, Italy
    Int J Cardiol 118:356-62. 2007
    ..We tested the effects of physical training on baroreceptors-mediated control of heart rate and blood pressure in recently heart-transplanted subjects...
  13. ncbi Autonomic and cerebrovascular abnormalities in mild COPD are worsened by chronic smoking
    L Bernardi
    Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia and IRCCS Hospital San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
    Eur Respir J 32:1458-65. 2008
    ..All abnormalities can be partly corrected by improving the cardio- and cerebrovascular autonomic modulation, suggesting that functional autonomic abnormalities are already present at an early stage of disease...
  14. ncbi Dynamic interactions between musical, cardiovascular, and cerebral rhythms in humans
    Luciano Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, Pavia University and IRCCS S Matteo, Pavia, Italy
    Circulation 119:3171-80. 2009
    ..We tested whether compositions characterized by variable emphasis could produce parallel instantaneous cardiovascular/respiratory responses and whether these changes mirrored music profiles...
  15. ncbi Slow breathing increases arterial baroreflex sensitivity in patients with chronic heart failure
    Luciano Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia and IRCCS Ospedale S Matteo, Pavia, Italy
    Circulation 105:143-5. 2002
    ..It is well established that a depressed baroreflex sensitivity may adversely influence the prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and in those with previous myocardial infarction...
  16. ncbi Heart rate and cardiovascular variability at high altitude
    Luciano Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy
    Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2007:6679-81. 2007
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  17. ncbi Slow breathing reduces chemoreflex response to hypoxia and hypercapnia, and increases baroreflex sensitivity
    L Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia and IRCCS Ospedale S Matteo, Pavia, Italy
    J Hypertens 19:2221-9. 2001
    ..To investigate whether breathing more slowly modifies the sensitivity of the chemoreflex and baroreflex...
  18. ncbi Modulatory effects of respiration
    L Bernardi
    Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, University of Pavia, Italy
    Auton Neurosci 90:47-56. 2001
    ..This opens a new area of future research in the better management of patients with cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction...
  19. ncbi [Autonomic nervous system adaptation during physical exercise]
    L Bernardi
    Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Universita degli Studi, Pavia
    Ital Heart J Suppl 2:831-9. 2001
    ..In the present review these aspects and the effects of physical training on the autonomic nervous system are examined in normal subjects and in patients with heart failure...
  20. ncbi Slow breathing improves arterial baroreflex sensitivity and decreases blood pressure in essential hypertension
    Chacko N Joseph
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia, IRCCS Ospedale S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy
    Hypertension 46:714-8. 2005
    ..001 versus controls). Slow breathing reduces blood pressure and enhances baroreflex sensitivity in hypertensive patients. These effects appear potentially beneficial in the management of hypertension...
  21. ncbi Persistence of baroreceptor control of cerebral blood flow velocity at a simulated altitude of 5000 m
    Claudio Passino
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia and IRCCS S Matteo, Pavia, and Department of Internal Medicine, Unita Ospedaliera S Maria Nuova, Firenze, Italy
    J Hypertens 25:1862-70. 2007
    ..To assess the effects of acute exposure to simulated high altitude on baroreflex control of mean cerebral blood flow velocity (MCFV)...
  22. ncbi Non-respiratory components of heart rate variability in heart transplant recipients: evidence of autonomic reinnervation?
    L Bernardi
    Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Sezione Clinica Medica I, Pavia, Italy
    Clin Sci (Lond) 86:537-45. 1994
    ..94). The slopes obtained in these heart transplant recipients were comparable (although of lower values) with those obtained in control subjects.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)..
  23. ncbi Effect of rosary prayer and yoga mantras on autonomic cardiovascular rhythms: comparative study
    L Bernardi
    Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
    BMJ 323:1446-9. 2001
    ..To test whether rhythmic formulas such as the rosary and yoga mantras can synchronise and reinforce inherent cardiovascular rhythms and modify baroreflex sensitivity...
  24. ncbi Influence of type of surgery on the occurrence of parasympathetic reinnervation after cardiac transplantation
    L Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia and IRCCS S Matteo, Italy
    Circulation 97:1368-74. 1998
    ..Standard surgical techniques leave many parasympathetic branches intact in the original atria and thus with less stimulus to reinnervate the donor atria...
  25. ncbi Effect of breathing rate on oxygen saturation and exercise performance in chronic heart failure
    L Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS S Matteo, University of Pavia, Italy
    Lancet 351:1308-11. 1998
    ..In chronic heart failure (CHF), impaired pulmonary function can independently contribute to oxygen desaturation and reduced physical activity. We investigated the effect of breathing rate on oxygen saturation and other respiratory indices...
  26. ncbi Influence of respiratory instability during neurocardiogenic presyncope on cerebrovascular and cardiovascular dynamics
    C Porta
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia and IRCCS Ospedale S Matteo, Pavia, Italy
    Heart 94:1433-9. 2008
    ..To analyse the influence of breathing activity on cerebrovascular dynamics during presyncope...
  27. ncbi [Interaction between respiration, autonomic function, and respiratory pattern in heart failure. New possibilities of rehabilitation intervention]
    C Porta
    Dipartimtento di Medicina Interna, , Pavia
    Ital Heart J Suppl 2:624-7. 2001
    ....
  28. ncbi Respiratory and cardiovascular adaptations to progressive hypoxia; effect of interval hypoxic training
    L Bernardi
    IRCCS S Matteo and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
    Eur Heart J 22:879-86. 2001
    ..Interval hypoxic training was proposed as a technique for adapting hypoxia of various origins. Its effects on the hypoxic ventilatory response and on cardiovascular autonomic control are unknown...
  29. ncbi Acute haemodynamic effects of ibopamine and dopamine on isovolumic relaxation
    L Bernardi
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia, IRCCS, San Matteo, Italy
    Eur J Pharmacol 164:415-24. 1989
    ..Ibopamine and epinine therefore significantly improved the isovolumic relaxation phase, like dopamine, without however affecting the heart rate...
  30. ncbi Contribution of the dynamic phonocardiography to the valvular heart disease diagnosis: an expert system study
    M Piepoli
    Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy
    Acta Cardiol 45:521-7. 1990
    ..In 198 valvular heart disease patients, the use of dynamic tests significantly improved the rate of diagnostic success, thus confirming the usefulness of dynamic phono-mechanocardiography...
  31. ncbi Noninvasive assessment of the relationship between cardiac and autonomic function in diabetes
    A M Grandi
    Department of Internal Medicine, I R C C S Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Italy
    Acta Cardiol 47:77-85. 1992
    ..Latent abnormalities of left ventricular function can be unmasked by acute haemodynamic challenges such as handgrip, and are correlated with abnormalities in autonomic function tests...
  32. ncbi Cardiovascular variability is/is not an index of autonomic control of circulation
    Luciano Bernardi
    J Appl Physiol 101:686; author reply 690-1. 2006
  33. ncbi Sinusoidal neck suction for evaluation of baroreflex sensitivity during desflurane and sevoflurane anesthesia
    Cornelius Keyl
    Department of Anesthesiology, University of Regensburg, Germany
    Anesth Analg 95:1629-36, table of contents. 2002
    ..IMPLICATIONS: Despite exhibiting different effects on autonomic activity, sevoflurane and desflurane depress the baroreflex-mediated short-term control of heart rate and blood pressure in a similar manner...
  34. ncbi Autonomic modulation of heart rate during obstructive versus central apneas in patients with sleep-disordered breathing
    Lucia Spicuzza
    Istituto di Malattie Respiratorie, Via Passo Gravina 187, 95125 Catania, Italy
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:902-10. 2003
    ..0001), whereas the LF component remained unchanged. These results show markedly different autonomic alterations during and after OA versus CA, suggesting a surge in sympathetic modulation after the obstructive episodes...
  35. ncbi Gene expression in the Andes; relevance to neurology at sea level
    Otto Appenzeller
    New Mexico Health Enhancement and Marathon Clinics Research Foundation, 361, Big Horn Ridge, NE Albuquerque 87122 1424, USA
    J Neurol Sci 207:37-41. 2003
    ..VEGF-165 expression suggests that it contributes to preservation of neuronal function in human chronic hypoxia. VHL mutations may mark those destined to develop neural crest tumors which are common in the Andes...
  36. ncbi Effects of unilateral and bilateral carotid baroreflex stimulation on cardiac and neural sympathetic discharge oscillatory patterns
    Raffaello Furlan
    Unità Sincopi e Disturbi della Postura, Medicina Interna II, Ospedale L Sacco, Universita di Milano, Via G B Grassi 74, 20157 Milano, Italy
    Circulation 108:717-23. 2003
    ..We tested the hypothesis that unilateral carotid baroreceptor perturbation might differentially affect HR, AP, and MSNA variability compared with stimulation of the opposite side...
  37. ncbi Consensus statement on chronic and subacute high altitude diseases
    Fabiola Leon-Velarde
    Cayetano Heredia University IIA, Department of Biological and Physiological Sciences, Oxygen Transport Laboratory, Lima 100, Peru
    High Alt Med Biol 6:147-57. 2005
    ..Most of the cases of high altitude diseases are preventable if on-site personnel identify the condition and implement appropriate care...
  38. ncbi Frequency-dependent baroreflex control of blood pressure and heart rate during physical exercise
    Giammario Spadacini
    Dipartimento di Medicina Interna IRCCS S Matteo and University of Pavia, Italy
    Int J Cardiol 107:171-9. 2006
    ..We hypothesised that this uncertainty arose from the differing responses of the vagus (fast) and sympathetic (slow) arms of the autonomic effectors, and to differing sympatho-vagal balance at different exercise intensities...
  39. ncbi Effect of treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure on ventilatory response to hypoxia and hypercapnia in patients with sleep apnea syndrome
    Lucia Spicuzza
    Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Medicina Specialistica, Sezione di Malattie Respiratorie, Universita di Catania, Catania, Italy
    Chest 130:774-9. 2006
    ..Nasal CPAP (nCPAP) is an effective treatment for OSA, but little is known on its effect on chemoreflex sensitivity...
  40. ncbi Music and the heart. Interview by Emma Baines
    Luciano Bernardi
    Circulation 116:f139-40. 2007
  41. ncbi How to assess arterial compliance in humans
    Gianfranco Parati
    J Hypertens 24:1009-12. 2006