Gaetano Thiene

Summary

Affiliation: University of Padova
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Why and how to support screening strategies to prevent sudden death in athletes
    Gaetano Thiene
    University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cell Tissue Res 348:315-8. 2012
  2. ncbi Cardiac involvement in patients with Becker muscular dystrophy: new diagnostic and pathophysiological insights by a CMR approach
    Ali Yilmaz
    Division of Cardiology, Robert Bosch Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 10:50. 2008
  3. ncbi Missense mutations in desmocollin-2 N-terminus, associated with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, affect intracellular localization of desmocollin-2 in vitro
    Giorgia Beffagna
    Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    BMC Med Genet 8:65. 2007
  4. ncbi Prevention of sudden cardiac death in the young and in athletes: dream or reality?
    Gaetano Thiene
    Pathology Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 19:207-17. 2010
  5. ncbi AECVP and SCVP 2009 recommendations for training in cardiovascular pathology
    Gaetano Thiene
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Via A Gabelli 61, 35121 Padova, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 19:129-35. 2010
  6. ncbi Anatomical and pathophysiological classification of congenital heart disease
    Gaetano Thiene
    Department of Medico Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 19:259-74. 2010
  7. ncbi Myocardial infarction: a paradigm of success in modern medicine
    Gaetano Thiene
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 19:1-5. 2010
  8. ncbi Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia
    Gaetano Thiene
    Pathological Anatomy, Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Orphanet J Rare Dis 2:45. 2007
  9. ncbi Anticalcification strategies to increase bioprosthetic valve durability
    Gaetano Thiene
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    J Heart Valve Dis 20:37-44. 2011
  10. ncbi Intermediate results of isolated mitral valve replacement with a Biocor porcine valve
    Giulio Rizzoli
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 129:322-9. 2005

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Publications125 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Why and how to support screening strategies to prevent sudden death in athletes
    Gaetano Thiene
    University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cell Tissue Res 348:315-8. 2012
    ..The employment of these tools at pre-participation screening can help to identify concealed anomalies, which may play a major role in early diagnosis, risk stratification, and prevention of sudden death...
  2. ncbi Cardiac involvement in patients with Becker muscular dystrophy: new diagnostic and pathophysiological insights by a CMR approach
    Ali Yilmaz
    Division of Cardiology, Robert Bosch Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 10:50. 2008
    ..Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has the potential to detect cardiac involvement by depicting early scar formation that may appear before onset of wall motion abnormalities...
  3. ncbi Missense mutations in desmocollin-2 N-terminus, associated with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, affect intracellular localization of desmocollin-2 in vitro
    Giorgia Beffagna
    Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    BMC Med Genet 8:65. 2007
    ..We screened 54 ARVC probands for mutations in desmocollin-2 (DSC2), the only desmocollin isoform expressed in cardiac tissue...
  4. ncbi Prevention of sudden cardiac death in the young and in athletes: dream or reality?
    Gaetano Thiene
    Pathology Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 19:207-17. 2010
    ..Genetic screening could play a pivotal role in early detection of asymptomatic mutation carriers of cardiovascular diseases at risk of SD...
  5. ncbi AECVP and SCVP 2009 recommendations for training in cardiovascular pathology
    Gaetano Thiene
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Via A Gabelli 61, 35121 Padova, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 19:129-35. 2010
    ..It includes a detailed curriculum and describes three levels of expertise that can be developed...
  6. ncbi Anatomical and pathophysiological classification of congenital heart disease
    Gaetano Thiene
    Department of Medico Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 19:259-74. 2010
    ....
  7. ncbi Myocardial infarction: a paradigm of success in modern medicine
    Gaetano Thiene
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 19:1-5. 2010
    ..The achievements in its prevention, diagnosis, and treatment should be considered as a pride of cardiovascular medicine...
  8. ncbi Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia
    Gaetano Thiene
    Pathological Anatomy, Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Orphanet J Rare Dis 2:45. 2007
    ..Preparticipation screening for sport eligibility has been proven to be effective in detecting asymptomatic patients and sport disqualification has been life-saving, substantially declining sudden death in young athletes...
  9. ncbi Anticalcification strategies to increase bioprosthetic valve durability
    Gaetano Thiene
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    J Heart Valve Dis 20:37-44. 2011
    ..However, whilst this situation is the reverse of that during the 1990s, the question must be asked as to whether this is simply a fluctuating fashion, or a reflection of other factors...
  10. ncbi Intermediate results of isolated mitral valve replacement with a Biocor porcine valve
    Giulio Rizzoli
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 129:322-9. 2005
    ..2 +/- 2.7 years). CONCLUSION: At intermediate follow-up, the Biocor prosthesis in the mitral position showed excellent results in terms of valve durability when compared with other second-generation tissue valves...
  11. ncbi Clinical phenotype and diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in pediatric patients carrying desmosomal gene mutations
    Barbara Bauce
    Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    Heart Rhythm 8:1686-95. 2011
    ..Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is an inherited heart muscle disease carrying a risk of sudden death. Information about the clinical features during childhood and the age at disease onset is scanty...
  12. ncbi Three-dimensional electroanatomical voltage mapping and histologic evaluation of myocardial substrate in right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia
    Domenico Corrado
    Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    J Am Coll Cardiol 51:731-9. 2008
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  13. ncbi Role of morphologic parameters on endomyocardial biopsy to detect sub-clinical antibody-mediated rejection in heart transplantation
    Marny Fedrigo
    Department of Medico Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    J Heart Lung Transplant 30:1381-8. 2011
    ..The present study evaluated if morphologic parameters detect signs of early sub-clinical or latent stages of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) and their correlation with C4d staining in cardiac transplants recipients...
  14. ncbi Hemodynamic and clinical outcomes with the Biocor valve in the aortic position: an 8-year experience
    Tomaso Bottio
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Padua
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 127:1616-23. 2004
    ..The aim of this study was to analyze the 8-year experience, survival, prosthetic complications, and hemodynamics of patients who received the Biocor valve, a new-generation tissue valve, in the aortic position...
  15. ncbi Biological versus mechanical aortic prosthesis? A nineteen-year comparison in a propensity-matched population
    Tomaso Bottio
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    J Heart Valve Dis 14:493-500. 2005
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  16. ncbi Continuous engraftment and differentiation of male recipient Y-chromosome-positive cardiomyocytes in donor female human heart transplants
    Annalisa Angelini
    Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    J Heart Lung Transplant 26:1110-8. 2007
    ..The possible mechanisms by which stem cells acquire a cardiac phenotypic lineage were also investigated...
  17. ncbi Effects of long-term administration of high-dose recombinant human antithrombin in immunosuppressed primate recipients of porcine xenografts
    Emanuele Cozzi
    Direzione Sanitaria, Padua General Hospital, Padua, Italy
    Transplantation 80:1501-10. 2005
    ..Fibrin deposition is central to the acute humoral rejection process occurring in the presence of consumptive coagulopathy when pig organs are transplanted into primates...
  18. ncbi Can C4d immunostaining on endomyocardial biopsies be considered a prognostic biomarker in heart transplant recipients?
    Marny Fedrigo
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    Transplantation 90:791-8. 2010
    ..The aim of this study was to assess the significance of positive C4d capillary immunostaining of endomyocardial biopsies and its correlation to clinical outcome in adult heart transplant recipients...
  19. ncbi The experience with porcine bioprostheses at Padua University
    Gino Gerosa
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    J Heart Valve Dis 13:S44-8. 2004
  20. ncbi Ureteral stenosis in HDAF pig-to-primate renal xenotransplantation: a phenomenon related to immunological events?
    Nicola Baldan
    Padua General Hospital, Padua, Italy
    Am J Transplant 4:475-81. 2004
    ..Use of a ureteral stent extends the survival of a xenografted primate, thereby helping to clarify the immunological events surrounding the onset of AHXR in kidneys in long-term xenograft recipients...
  21. ncbi Comparison of clinical features of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in men versus women
    Barbara Bauce
    Department of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Am J Cardiol 102:1252-7. 2008
    ..The cause of the under-representation of women is not clear, even if potentially important factors such as sexual hormones and physical activity could play a role...
  22. ncbi Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
    Cristina Basso
    University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Lancet 373:1289-300. 2009
    ..Cascade genetic screening of family members of gene-positive probands allows the identification of asymptomatic carriers who would require lifelong follow-up due to the age-related penetrance...
  23. ncbi Relation of aortic valve weight to severity of aortic stenosis
    Renato Razzolini
    Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    Am J Cardiol 107:741-6. 2011
    ..0026). In conclusion, the heavier the valve, the less frequent were hypercholesterolemia, valve cholesterol clefts, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus...
  24. ncbi The p.A897KfsX4 frameshift variation in desmocollin-2 is not a causative mutation in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
    Marzia De Bortoli
    Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    Eur J Hum Genet 18:776-82. 2010
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  25. ncbi Hancock II bioprosthesis: a glance at the microscope in mid-long-term explants
    Tomaso Bottio
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Italy
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 126:99-105. 2003
    ..However, other factors such as lipid insudation may come into play in the long term...
  26. ncbi Incidence, predictors, and outcome of conduction disorders after transcatheter self-expandable aortic valve implantation
    Chiara Fraccaro
    Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
    Am J Cardiol 107:747-54. 2011
    ..The independent predictors of PPM implantation were the depth of prosthesis implantation and pre-existing right bundle branch block...
  27. ncbi Antibody-mediated rejection without acute graft dysfunction in adult ABO-compatible heart transplantation: a case of accommodation
    Annalisa Angelini
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    J Heart Lung Transplant 27:1357-60. 2008
    ..Physicians should be aware of the accommodation phenomenon so they can identify this subset of patients and assess its long-term effects on chronic rejection and outcome in transplanted patients...
  28. ncbi Quantitative assessment of endomyocardial biopsy in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia: an in vitro validation of diagnostic criteria
    Cristina Basso
    Pathological Anatomy, Department of Medico Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Eur Heart J 29:2760-71. 2008
    ..The Task Force criteria for the in vivo diagnosis of ARVC/D include tissue characterization by EMB as a major criterion...
  29. ncbi Three-dimensional electroanatomic voltage mapping increases accuracy of diagnosing arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia
    Domenico Corrado
    Division of Cardiology, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Circulation 111:3042-50. 2005
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  30. ncbi Multiple mutations in desmosomal proteins encoding genes in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia
    Barbara Bauce
    Department of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Heart Rhythm 7:22-9. 2010
    ..Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D) is a progressive cardiomyopathy showing a wide clinical spectrum in terms of clinical expressions and prognoses...
  31. ncbi Long-term durability of the Hancock II porcine bioprosthesis
    Giulio Rizzoli
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Italy
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 126:66-74. 2003
    ....
  32. ncbi Risk of sports: do we need a pre-participation screening for competitive and leisure athletes?
    Domenico Corrado
    Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Science, University of Padua Medical School, Via Giustiniani, 2 35121 Padova, Italy
    Eur Heart J 32:934-44. 2011
    ..This review presents an appraisal of the available data and criticisms concerning screening programmes aimed to prevent SCD of either young competitive athletes or older individuals engaged in leisure-time sports activity...
  33. ncbi Overexpression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)alpha and TNFalpha receptor I in human viral myocarditis: clinicopathologic correlations
    Fiorella Calabrese
    Department of Pathological Anatomy, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Mod Pathol 17:1108-18. 2004
    ..Cytokine effects are more strictly linked to overexpression of TNFRI...
  34. ncbi Imaging study of ventricular scar in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: comparison of 3D standard electroanatomical voltage mapping and contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance
    Martina Perazzolo Marra
    Departments of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, Radiology, and Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 5:91-100. 2012
    ..We compared endocardial voltage mapping (EVM) and contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance (CE-CMR) for imaging scar lesions in ARVC patients...
  35. ncbi Twenty years of progress and beckoning frontiers in cardiovascular pathology: cardiomyopathies
    Gaetano Thiene
    Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 14:165-9. 2005
    ....
  36. ncbi Commissural dehiscence: a rare and peculiar cause of porcine valve structural deterioration
    Tomaso Bottio
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 132:1017-22. 2006
    ..The aim of this study was to analyze the rate and mode of occurrence of this complication in first- and second-generation porcine bioprosthetic explants...
  37. ncbi Relevance of apoptosis in influencing recovery of hibernating myocardium
    Annalisa Angelini
    Department of Pathological Anatomy, University of Padua, Via Gabelli, 61, 35121 Padova, and Department of Non invasive Diagnostic Cardiology, San Raffaele Foundation Institute and University Hospital, Milan, Italy
    Eur J Heart Fail 9:377-83. 2007
    ..Myocyte necrosis is virtually absent in HM; however, cellular loss may take place by apoptosis, although this is controversial...
  38. ncbi Myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy in athletes: diagnosis, management, and recommendations for sport activity
    Cristina Basso
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Via A Gabelli 61, 35121 Padova, Italy
    Cardiol Clin 25:423-9, vi. 2007
    ..This article focuses on uncommon heart diseases associated with an increased risk for sudden death during exercise, namely, myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy...
  39. ncbi Myocyte necrosis underlies progressive myocardial dystrophy in mouse dsg2-related arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
    Kalliopi Pilichou
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua, 35121 Padua, Italy
    J Exp Med 206:1787-802. 2009
    ..Insight into mechanisms initiating myocardial damage in ARVC is a prerequisite to the future development of new therapies aimed at delaying onset or progression of the disease...
  40. ncbi Sudden cardiac death with normal heart: molecular autopsy
    Cristina Basso
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 19:321-5. 2010
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  41. ncbi Sovering annuloplasty rings: experimental pathology in the sheep model
    Mila Della Barbera
    Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 14:96-103. 2005
    ..The absence of thrombosis and exuberant fibrous tissue reaction supports the effective use of Carbofilm covering in annuloplasty devices...
  42. ncbi Leaflet escape in a new bileaflet mechanical valve: TRI technologies
    Tomaso Bottio
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Via A. Gabelli, 61, 35121 Padova, Italy
    Circulation 107:2303-6. 2003
    ..CONCLUSIONS: These catastrophes prompted us to interrupt the implantation program, and they cast a shadow on the durability of the TRI Technologies valve prosthesis because of its high risk of structural failure...
  43. ncbi Noninvasive risk stratification in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
    Pietro Turrini
    Department of Pathology, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy
    Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 8:161-9. 2003
    ..At present only QRS dispersion, history of syncope and right and/or left ventricular abnormalities at radionuclide angiography proved to be independent noninvasive predictors of sudden death...
  44. ncbi Mid-term follow-up in patients with Biocor porcine bioprostheses
    Tomaso Bottio
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Surg 10:238-44. 2002
    ..We reviewed survival and prosthetic complications of Biocor porcine bioprostheses implanted in mitral, aortic and mitro-aortic position...
  45. ncbi Immune and nonimmune predictors of cardiac allograft vasculopathy onset and severity: multivariate risk factor analysis and role of immunosuppression
    Alida L P Caforio
    Department of Cardiology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    Am J Transplant 4:962-70. 2004
    ..7). High RS was an independent predictor for CAV onset, not severity/diffusion. This suggests an immune basis for CAV onset and nonimmune modulation for progression. High RS for severe grades may provide a predictor for patients at risk...
  46. ncbi Bone-marrow-derived CXCR4-positive tissue-committed stem cell recruitment in human right ventricular remodeling
    Chiara Castellani
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua, Medical School, 35121 Padua, Italy
    Hum Pathol 41:1566-76. 2010
    ..The study provides evidences of the site-specific epicardial localization of stem cells in a model of pressure/volume overload and suggests that the epicardium acts as a permissive niche in normal and pathologic conditions...
  47. ncbi Echocardiographic diagnosis of aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma
    Tomaso Bottio
    Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Tex Heart Inst J 31:322-3. 2004
  48. ncbi Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy causing sudden cardiac death in boxer dogs: a new animal model of human disease
    Cristina Basso
    Institute of Pathology, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Circulation 109:1180-5. 2004
    ..This model may aid in understanding the pathogenic mechanisms of ARVC...
  49. ncbi Infective endocarditis in bicuspid aortic valve: atrioventricular block as sign of perivalvular abscess
    Francesco Bacchion
    Institute of Pathology, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy Department of Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 16:252-5. 2007
    ..Intravenous antibiotic therapy was undertaken, with rapid resolution of fever. He eventually underwent successful aortic homograft implantation and mitral valve repair with residual first-degree atrioventricular block...
  50. ncbi Pathological changes and myocardial remodelling related to the mode of shunting following surgical palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome
    Massimo A Padalino
    Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Surgery Unit, University of Padua, Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiol Young 18:415-22. 2008
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  51. ncbi Strategies for the prevention of sudden cardiac death during sports
    Domenico Corrado
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, Padua, Italy
    Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 18:197-208. 2011
    ....
  52. ncbi Calcified mass in the right atrium
    Vladimiro Vida
    Institute of Cardiac Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Ann Thorac Surg 79:717. 2005
  53. ncbi Mutations in desmoglein-2 gene are associated with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
    Kalliopi Pilichou
    Department of Biology, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Circulation 113:1171-9. 2006
    ..Therefore, desmoglein-2 (DSG2), the only desmoglein isoform expressed in cardiac myocytes, was screened in subjects with ARVC...
  54. ncbi The bovine jugular vein conduit for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction: a feasible alternative to homograft conduits?
    Tomaso Bottio
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Italy
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 127:1204-7. 2004
  55. ncbi Age is a risk factor for maladaptive changes in rats exposed to increased pressure loading of the right ventricular myocardium
    Vladimiro L Vida
    Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    Cardiol Young 17:202-11. 2007
    ..To study the adaptive potential of the right ventricular myocardium after 30 days of mechanical-induced overload in rats from two different age groups...
  56. ncbi Guidelines for autopsy investigation of sudden cardiac death
    Cristina Basso
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cesk Patol 46:43-8. 2010
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  57. ncbi Trends in sudden cardiovascular death in young competitive athletes after implementation of a preparticipation screening program
    Domenico Corrado
    Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    JAMA 296:1593-601. 2006
    ..Mortality reduction was predominantly due to a lower incidence of sudden death from cardiomyopathies that paralleled the increasing identification of athletes with cardiomyopathies at preparticipation screening...
  58. ncbi Clinical implications of anti-heart autoantibodies in myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy
    Alida L P Caforio
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiological, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    Autoimmunity 41:35-45. 2008
    ....
  59. ncbi Clinical profile of four families with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy caused by dominant desmoplakin mutations
    Barbara Bauce
    Division of Cardiology, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy
    Eur Heart J 26:1666-75. 2005
    ....
  60. ncbi Viral detection and tumor necrosis factor alpha profile in tracheal aspirates from children with suspicion of myocarditis
    Elisa Carturan
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Science and Special Therapies, Padua, Italy
    Diagn Mol Pathol 17:21-7. 2008
    ..09 vs. 55.61+/-20.36, P=0.04). TA seems to be an excellent tool for viral investigation in pediatric patients with suspicion of myocarditis. The analysis of TNFalpha in TA may represent an important marker to better define patient status...
  61. ncbi Methotrexate for immunosuppression in life-supporting pig-to-cynomolgus monkey renal xenotransplantation
    Emanuele Cozzi
    Direzione Sanitaria, Padua General Hospital, Padua, Italy
    Xenotransplantation 10:587-95. 2003
    ..We conclude that MTX is scarcely effective as an immunosuppressant, be it for induction or maintenance, in pig-to-cynomolgus monkey renal xenotransplantation...
  62. ncbi Myocardial edema underlies dynamic T-wave inversion (Wellens' ECG pattern) in patients with reversible left ventricular dysfunction
    Federico Migliore
    Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy
    Heart Rhythm 8:1629-34. 2011
    ..The pathophysiologic basis of this ECG pattern remains to be elucidated...
  63. ncbi Images in cardiovascular medicine. Left ventricular mass after treatment with chemotherapic drugs
    Vladimiro Vida
    Institute of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy
    Circulation 109:e300-1. 2004
  64. ncbi Octanediol treatment of glutaraldehyde fixed bovine pericardium: evidence of anticalcification efficacy in the subcutaneous rat model
    Elena Pettenazzo
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Via A Gabelli 61, Padua, Italy
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 34:418-22. 2008
    ..Octanediol treatment is an ethanolic solution (40%) containing a long chain aliphatic alcohol (5% 1,2-octanediol) that removes lipids without diminishing the stability of collagen...
  65. ncbi von Willebrand factor abnormalities in aortic valve stenosis: Pathophysiology and impact on bleeding
    Alessandra Casonato
    Dept of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Via Ospedale Civile 105, Padua, Italy
    Thromb Haemost 106:58-66. 2011
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  66. ncbi Abnormal total ejection isovolume index as early noninvasive marker of chronic rejection in heart transplantation
    Francesco Tona
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padua Medical School, Policlinico Universitario, Via N Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
    Transpl Int 18:303-8. 2005
    ..Extended prospective studies are warranted to clarify its potential role as a negative prognostic marker in HT...
  67. ncbi Antiphospholipid syndrome and right atrial mass
    Cristina Basso
    Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 130:1462-3. 2005
  68. ncbi Molecular biology and clinical management of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia
    Domenico Corrado
    Inherited Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Heart 97:530-9. 2011
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  69. ncbi Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in athletes: diagnosis, management, and recommendations for sport activity
    Cristina Basso
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Via A Gabelli 61, 35121 Padova, Italy
    Cardiol Clin 25:415-22, vi. 2007
    ..Systematic cardiovascular screening (including 12-lead ECG) of all subjects embarking on sports activity has the potential to identify those athletes at risk and to reduce mortality...
  70. ncbi Prophylactic implantable defibrillator in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia and no prior ventricular fibrillation or sustained ventricular tachycardia
    Domenico Corrado
    Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Via Giustiniani 2, Padua, Italy
    Circulation 122:1144-52. 2010
    ..The role of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia and no prior ventricular fibrillation (VF) or sustained ventricular tachycardia is an unsolved issue...
  71. ncbi Atrial septal mass: transesophageal echocardiographic assessment
    Giulio Rizzoli
    Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, 35121 Padua, Italy
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 128:767-9. 2004
  72. ncbi Coronary thrombosis and sudden death after an enteroviral infection. Case report
    Fiorella Calabrese
    Department of Pathology, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    APMIS 111:315-8. 2003
    ..Enteroviral infection may play an important role in coronary plaque instability and may precipitate thrombotic occlusion...
  73. ncbi How to screen athletes for cardiovascular diseases
    Domenico Corrado
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova Medical School, Via Giustiniani 2, 35121 Padova, Italy
    Cardiol Clin 25:391-7, v-vi. 2007
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  74. ncbi Myocardial bridging, a frequent component of the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy phenotype, lacks systematic association with sudden cardiac death
    Cristina Basso
    Department of Medico Diagnostic Sciences, Pathological Anatomy, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy
    Eur Heart J 30:1627-34. 2009
    ..The clinical significance attributable to myocardial bridging of left anterior descending coronary artery in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) remains controversial...
  75. ncbi Screening for ryanodine receptor type 2 mutations in families with effort-induced polymorphic ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death: early diagnosis of asymptomatic carriers
    Barbara Bauce
    Department of Cardiology, University of Padua Medical School, Via A Gabelli, 86 35121 Padua, Italy
    J Am Coll Cardiol 40:341-9. 2002
    ..We sought to establish the role of genetic screening for ryanodine receptor type 2 (RyR2) gene mutations in families with effort-induced polymorphic ventricular arrhythmia (PVA), syncope and juvenile sudden death...
  76. ncbi Acute biopsy-proven lymphocytic myocarditis mimicking Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
    Alida L P Caforio
    Department of Cardiological, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova Policlinico, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35128 Padova, Italy
    Eur J Heart Fail 11:428-31. 2009
    ..Since myocarditis can mimic acute myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries, EMB should be performed to rule out myocarditis in patients presenting with LV apical ballooning syndrome (or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy)...
  77. ncbi Coronary artery anomalies and sudden death
    Cristina Basso
    Cardiovascular Pathology, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Card Electrophysiol Rev 6:107-11. 2002
  78. ncbi Fatal outcome in Eisenmenger syndrome
    Luciano Daliento
    Department of Cardiology, University of Padua Medical School, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 11:221-8. 2002
    ..To assess correlations between fatal outcome and histologic findings of pulmonary vascular disease in different situations of Eisenmenger syndrome, either during the natural course or early-late after surgery...
  79. ncbi Successful treatment of enterovirus-induced myocarditis with interferon-alpha
    Luciano Daliento
    Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    J Heart Lung Transplant 22:214-7. 2003
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  80. ncbi Alterations in the coagulation profile in renal pig-to-monkey xenotransplantation
    Emanuele Cozzi
    Direzione Sanitaria, Padua General Hospital, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
    Am J Transplant 4:335-45. 2004
    ..This study shows that AHXR is associated with various degrees of compensated consumptive coagulopathy in our pig-to-primate model. No clear relationship was found between coagulation parameter levels and graft outcome...
  81. ncbi Cardiac infections: focus on molecular diagnosis
    Fiorella Calabrese
    Department of Diagnostic Medical Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 19:171-82. 2010
    ..A close collaboration and communication among cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, pathologists, and microbiologists is essential to ensure optimal diagnoses and management as well as a favorable impact on patient outcome...
  82. ncbi Giant congenital aortic aneurysm with cleft sternum in a neonate: pathological and surgical considerations for optimal management
    Massimo A Padalino
    Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Unit, University of Padova Medical School, Padova, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 19:183-6. 2010
    ..Autopsy revealed a circumferential subendocardial myocardial infarction and misdiagnosed coronary ostial anomalies. A critical analysis of this unfortunate case may help optimal surgical planning in similar patients in the future...
  83. ncbi The metamorphosis of myocardial infarction following coronary recanalization
    Cristina Basso
    Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Via A Gabelli 61, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 19:22-8. 2010
    ..The knowledge and correct interpretation of these findings at post-mortem by the general and forensic pathologists is of great importance, to provide useful information to the clinicians...
  84. ncbi Heart rate variability in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy correlation with clinical and prognostic features
    Antonio Franco Folino
    Department of Cardiology, University of Padova, Italy
    Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 25:1285-92. 2002
    ..However, SDNN was not predictive of spontaneous episodes of sustained ventricular tachycardia...
  85. ncbi Myocarditis and inflammatory cardiomyopathy: microbiological and molecular biological aspects
    Fiorella Calabrese
    Department of Pathology, University of Padua Medical School, Via Gabelli, 61, 35121, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Res 60:11-25. 2003
    ..The correct application of molecular techniques will allow increasingly more information to be obtained: new epidemiology, new patient risk stratification and overall more appropriate medical treatment...
  86. ncbi Sudden cardiac death in athletes: can it be prevented by screening?
    Domenico Corrado
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padova, Italy
    Herz 34:259-66. 2009
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  87. ncbi Molecular diagnosis of myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy in children: clinicopathologic features and prognostic implications
    Fiorella Calabrese
    Department of Pathology, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Diagn Mol Pathol 11:212-21. 2002
    ..Enteroviruses were more common in DCM, whereas adenoviruses were as frequent as enteroviruses in myocarditis. Persistence of viral infection was associated with disease deterioration. Viral myocarditis relapsed after transplantation...
  88. ncbi Is it time to include ion channel diseases among cardiomyopathies?
    Domenico Corrado
    Department of Cardiology, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy
    J Electrocardiol 38:81-7. 2005
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  89. ncbi Toward a cardiovascular pathology training report on the forum held in Vancouver, March 6, 2004, Society for Cardiovascular Pathology
    Gaetano Thiene
    Cardiovascular Pathology, University of Padua Medical School, Padova, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 14:312-9. 2005
    ..This article reports the outcome of the forum and directions that may lead to a vibrant future for well-trained cardiovascular pathologists...
  90. ncbi Interventional procedures for atherothrombosis: pathology of retrieved material
    Annalisa Angelini
    Department of Medico-Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, Pathological Anatomy-Cardiovascular Pathology, University of Padua Medical School, Padoua, Italy
    Heart 93:1301-8. 2007
  91. ncbi Protagonist: routine screening of all athletes prior to participation in competitive sports should be mandatory to prevent sudden cardiac death
    Domenico Corrado
    Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Heart Rhythm 4:520-4. 2007
  92. ncbi Cardiomyopathies: is it time for a molecular classification?
    Gaetano Thiene
    Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Padua Medical School, Via A Gabelli, 61, 35121 Padua, Italy
    Eur Heart J 25:1772-5. 2004
    ..Moreover, the recent development of molecular genetics, with the discovery of a genetic background in several forms previously defined of unknown origin, raises the need of a debate on a possible classification based on genomics...
  93. ncbi Essay: Sudden death in young athletes
    Domenico Corrado
    Division of Cardiology and Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35121 Padova, Italy
    Lancet 366:S47-8. 2005
  94. ncbi [Molecular investigation of sudden death]
    Elisa Carturan
    Sezione di Anatomia Patologica Speciale, Dipartimento di Scienze Medico Diagnostiche e Terapie Speciali, Universita degli Studi, Padova
    G Ital Cardiol (Rome) 8:752-9. 2007
    ..The aim of this review was to provide evidence of the need to develop a molecular pathology investigation protocol to be used at post mortem...
  95. ncbi C2 is superior to C0 as predictor of renal toxicity and rejection risk profile in stable heart transplant recipients
    Alida L P Caforio
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Centro V Gallucci, University of Padua Policlinico, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
    Transpl Int 18:116-24. 2005
    ..006). C2 showed better correlation with CsA dose, renal function, rejection profile and less variability between patients than C0. C2 may improve CsA-based immunosuppression in HT...
  96. ncbi Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death: proposal for a common European protocol. Consensus Statement of the Study Group of Sport Cardiology of the Working Group of Cardiac Rehabilitation and
    Domenico Corrado
    Department of Cardiology, University of Padova, Italy
    Eur Heart J 26:516-24. 2005
    ..The consensus document recommends the implementation of a common European screening protocol essentially based on 12-lead ECG...
  97. ncbi Adipositas cordis, fatty infiltration of the right ventricle, and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Just a matter of fat?
    Cristina Basso
    Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Padua Medical School, Padua 35121, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 14:37-41. 2005
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  98. ncbi Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia: is there a role for viruses?
    Fiorella Calabrese
    Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Padua Medical School, 35121 Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 15:11-7. 2006
    ..Several etiopathogenetic theories are herein presented in detail with particular attention to the inflammatory/infective one and its possible links between this and the genetic/dystrophic theories are discussed...
  99. ncbi Pathology and pathogenesis of infective endocarditis in native heart valves
    Gaetano Thiene
    Institute of Pathological Anatomy, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Cardiovasc Pathol 15:256-63. 2006
    ..Particular emphasis is given to hidden bicuspid aortic valve and the need of early carrier identification for prophylaxis...
  100. ncbi Guidelines for autopsy investigation of sudden cardiac death
    Cristina Basso
    Pathological Anatomy, Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special Therapies, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy
    Virchows Arch 452:11-8. 2008
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  101. ncbi A prospective study of biopsy-proven myocarditis: prognostic relevance of clinical and aetiopathogenetic features at diagnosis
    Alida L P Caforio
    Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiological, Thoracic, and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova Policlinico, Centro V Gallucci, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy
    Eur Heart J 28:1326-33. 2007
    ..We aimed at identifying aetiopathogenetic and prognostic markers in myocarditis, including viral genome on endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serum anti-heart autoantibodies (AHA)...