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Human immunodeficiency virus & cardiovascular riskGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Indian J Med Res 134:898-903. 2011....
Short versus standard treatment with pegylated interferon alfa-2A plus ribavirin in patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 2 or 3: the cleo trialFabrizio Mecenate
Liver Unit San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
BMC Gastroenterol 10:21. 2010..The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of 12 or 24 weeks of treatment in patients with chronic HCV genotype 2 or 3 and to identify patients suitable for 12 weeks treatment...
Highly active antiretroviral therapy-associated metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular riskGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Chemotherapy 52:161-5. 2006..A careful stratification of the cardiovascular risk and cardiovascular monitoring of patients under HAART is needed according to the most recent clinical guidelines...
An open-label, prospective, observational study of the incidence of coronary artery disease in patients with HIV infection receiving highly active antiretroviral therapyGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Clin Ther 25:2405-18. 2003....
Guidelines for the prevention and management of cardiovascular complications in HIV-infected patients receiving HAART: The Pavia Consensus StatementGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Adv Cardiol 40:226-32. 2003
Vasculitic syndromes in HIV-infected patientsGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Adv Cardiol 40:185-96. 2003
HIV-associated lipodystrophy: pathogenesis and clinical featuresGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Adv Cardiol 40:97-104. 2003
Pathogenesis of HIV-associated cardiovascular diseaseGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Adv Cardiol 40:49-70. 2003
Evolution of the involvement of the cardiovascular system in HIV infectionGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Adv Cardiol 40:15-22. 2003
Highly active antiretroviral therapy and the cardiovascular system: the heart of the matterGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Pharmacology 69:177-9. 2003..All HIV-infected patients are candidates for antiretroviral therapy and patients already under treatment should undergo an assessment that includes the evaluation of the cardiovascular risk according to the available guidelines...
Takotsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction in an HIV-infected patientGiuseppe Barbaro
Cardiology Unit, Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Curr HIV Res 4:239-41. 2006..We report a case of takotsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction in an human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected caucasian patient...
Visceral fat as target of highly active antiretroviral therapy-associated metabolic syndromeGiuseppe Barbaro
Cardiology Unit, Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Curr Pharm Des 13:2208-13. 2007....
HIV infection and cancer in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (Review)Giuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, 00174 Rome, Italy
Oncol Rep 17:1121-6. 2007..A better knowledge of viral mechanisms of immune evasion and manipulation will provide the basis for a better management and treatment of the malignancies associated with chronic viral infections...
HIV-associated myocarditisGiuseppe Barbaro
La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Heart Fail Clin 1:439-48. 2005
Reviewing the cardiovascular complications of HIV infection after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapyG Barbaro
Viale Anicio Gallo 63, 00174 Rome, Italy
Curr Drug Targets Cardiovasc Haematol Disord 5:337-43. 2005..A careful stratification of the cardiovascular risk and cardiovascular monitoring of patients under HAART according to the most recent clinical guidelines is needed...
HIV-associated cardiomyopathy etiopathogenesis and clinical aspectsGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Herz 30:486-92. 2005..Data on the role of HAART in the treatment of HIVassociated myocarditis and cardiomyopathy are lacking...
Highly active antiretroviral therapy-associated metabolic syndrome: pathogenesis and cardiovascular riskGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Am J Ther 13:248-60. 2006..A careful stratification of the cardiovascular risk and cardiovascular monitoring of patients under HAART is needed according to the most recent clinical guidelines...
Metabolic and cardiovascular complications of highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV infectionGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Curr HIV Res 4:79-85. 2006..A careful stratification of the cardiovascular risk of HIV-infected patients under HAART is needed according to the most recent clinical guidelines...
HIV infection, highly active antiretroviral therapy and the cardiovascular systemGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Cardiovasc Res 60:87-95. 2003..All HIV-infected patients candidate to antiretroviral therapy and patients already under treatment should undergo an assessment that includes the evaluation of the cardiovascular risk with the available guidelines...
Cardiovascular manifestations of HIV infectionGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Circulation 106:1420-5. 2002
Consensus interferon for chronic hepatitis C patients with genotype 1 who failed to respond to, or relapsed after, interferon alpha-2b and ribavirin in combination: an Italian pilot studyGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Emergency Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 14:477-83. 2002..To evaluate the long-term efficacy of consensus interferon in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C patients with genotype 1 who failed to respond to, or relapsed after, combination therapy with interferon alpha-2b and ribavirin...
HIV infection and the cardiovascular systemGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Emergency Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
AIDS Rev 4:93-103. 2002..In addition, the study of HIV-related cardiovascular disease may shed light on the mechanisms of non-HIV-related cardiovascular disease...
Pathogenesis of HIV-associated cardiomyopathyG Barbaro
Department of Emergency Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Ann N Y Acad Sci 946:57-81. 2001..In this review article we discuss HIV-associated cardiovascular complications, focusing on pathogenetic mechanisms that may play a role in diagnosis, management, and therapy of these complications...
HIV-associated cardiovascular complications: a new challenge for emergency physiciansG Barbaro
Department of Emergency Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Am J Emerg Med 19:566-74. 2001..In this review article, we will discuss HIV-associated cardiac disease which may be encountered in the ED, emphasizing the prevalence, pathogenesis, and treatment of related disorders...
HIV infection, antiretroviral therapy and cardiovascular riskGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
J Cardiovasc Risk 9:295-300. 2002..All HIV-infected patients candidate to antiretroviral therapy and patients already under treatment should undergo an assessment that includes the evaluation of the cardiovascular risk with the available guidelines...
Long-term efficacy of interferon alpha-2b and lamivudine in combination compared to lamivudine monotherapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B. An Italian multicenter, randomized trialG Barbaro
Department of Emergency Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
J Hepatol 35:406-11. 2001..To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of interferon alpha-2b and lamivudine in combination compared to lamivudine monotherapy in patients with chronic hepatitis B...
Pathogenesis of HIV-associated heart diseaseGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
AIDS 17:S12-20. 2003....
Cardiovascular complications in the acquired immunodeficiency syndromeGiuseppe Barbaro
Departamento de Fisiopatologia Médica, Policlínica Umberto Primo, Universidade La Sapienza, Roma, Italia
Rev Assoc Med Bras 55:621-30. 2009..A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms responsible for this syndrome will lead to the discovery of new drugs that will reduce cardiovascular risk in HIV-infected patients receiving HAART...
Highly active antiretroviral therapy and cardiovascular complications in HIV-infected patientsGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Curr Pharm Des 9:1475-81. 2003....
Metabolic syndrome associated with HIV and highly active antiretroviral therapyGiuseppe Barbaro
Cardiology Unit, Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Viale Anicio Gallo 63, 00174 Rome, Italy
Curr Diab Rep 9:37-42. 2009....
Interactions between antiretroviral agents and drugs commonly used to treat cardiovascular diseases according to the Pavia Consensus StatementGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Adv Cardiol 40:233-40. 2003
Vascular injury, hypertension and coronary artery disease in human immunodeficiency virus infectionG Barbaro
Cardiology Unit, Department of Medical Pathophysiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Clin Ter 159:51-5. 2008..A careful cardiovascular screening and monitoring of HIV-infected patients receiving HAART is needed according to the most recent clinical guidelines...
Pathogenesis of HIV-associated cardiovascular complicationsG Barbaro
Department of Emergency Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Lancet Infect Dis 1:115-24. 2001..In this review we discuss HIV-associated cardiovascular complications focusing on pathogenetic mechanisms that could have a role in diagnosis, management, and therapy of these complications in the HAART era...
Management of chronic hepatitis in drug addicts: a systematic reviewA M Pellicelli
Liver Unit San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
Clin Ter 159:41-9. 2008..In this review we describe the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of chronic hepatitis C, B and Delta in intravenous drug users...
Metabolic disorders and cardiovascular risk in HIV-infected patients treated with antiretroviral agentsMassimo Fantoni
Department of Infectious Diseases, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Ital Heart J 3:294-9. 2002..It is likely that the metabolic disorders related to anti-HIV treatment will eventually translate into an increased cardiovascular risk in patients submitted to such regimens...
Primary pulmonary hypertension in HIV patients: a systematic reviewA M Pellicelli
Second Division of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS Lazzaro Spallanzani Hospital, Rome, Italy
Angiology 52:31-41. 2001..High levels of cytokines present in AIDS patients can favor pulmonary hypertension, but the role of a host response to HIV--determined by one or more HLA subtypes--is suspected to enhance high cytokine production levels...
Threshold values of high-risk echocardiographic epicardial fat thicknessGianluca Iacobellis
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Obesity Research and Management, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:887-92. 2008..In this study, we sought to provide threshold values of echocardiographic epicardial fat thickness associated with metabolic and anthropometric risk factors...
Relation of epicardial fat and alanine aminotransferase in subjects with increased visceral fatGianluca Iacobellis
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:179-83. 2008..However, the potential link between cardiac adiposity, emerging index of visceral adiposity, and fatty liver is still unexplored...
Good safety profile and efficacy of leucocyte interferon-alpha in combination with oral ribavirin in treatment-naive patients with chronic hepatitis C: a multicentre, randomised, controlled studyGiuseppe Barbaro
Department of Emergency Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
BioDrugs 17:433-9. 2003....
Plasma cytokines and portopulmonary hypertension in patients with cirrhosis waiting for orthotopic liver transplantationAdriano M Pellicelli
Liver Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo, Forlanini, Rome, Italy
Angiology 61:802-6. 2010..Endothelin 1 and IL-6 could be implicated in the pathogenesis of PPHTN. On the basis of these results, ET-1 receptor antagonists or anti-IL-6 could have a rationale in the treatment of PPHTN...
Adefovir and lamivudine in combination compared with adefovir monotherapy in HBeAg-negative adults with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and clinical or virologic resistance to lamivudine: a retrospective, multicenter, nonrandomized, open-label studyAdriano M Pellicelli
Liver Unit San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
Clin Ther 30:317-23. 2008..Furthermore, we evaluated in these selected patients the clinical co-variates associated with a sustained virologic response...
Cardiac metabolism in myocardial ischemiaGiuseppe M C Rosano
IRCCS San Raffaele, Centre for Clinical and Basic Research, Department of Medical Sciences, via della Pisana 235, 00166, Rome, Italy
Curr Pharm Des 14:2551-62. 2008..The paper will review the alterations in energy metabolism that occur during acute and chronic ischemia...
Chronic sildenafil in men with diabetes and erectile dysfunctionAntonio Aversa
University of Rome La Sapienza, Dept of Medical Pathophysiology, Viale Policlinico 155 00161 Rome, Italy
Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 3:451-64. 2007..If this approach proves successful, it will determine many advantages over the intracavernosal treatment and potentially induce sexual rehabilitation...
Cardiovascular monitoring of HIV-infected patientsGiuseppe Barbaro
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 7:379; author reply 380. 2006
Long-term effects of protease-inhibitor-based combination therapyGiuseppe Barbaro
Lancet 363:900; author reply 900-1. 2004
Adiponectin and HIV associated lipodystrophyGiuseppe Barbaro
Med Sci Monit 9:LE26. 2003
The pavia consensus statementPaul A Volberding
University of California, San Francisco, USA
AIDS 17:S170-9. 2003
HAART drugs induce mitochondrial damage and intercellular gaps and gp120 causes apoptosisMilan Fiala
Department of Medicine, Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Cardiovasc Toxicol 4:327-37. 2004..In conclusion, HIV-1 and gp120 induce toxicity through induction of cardiomyocyte and endothelial cell apoptosis. HAART drugs disrupt endothelial cell junctions and mitochondria and could cause vascular damage...
Kawasaki-like syndromes and other vasculitic syndromes in HIV-infected patientsRaymond M Johnson
Division of Infectious Diseases, Indiana School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
AIDS 17:S77-82. 2003..Immunohistopathology of the affected arteries suggests that he died of a Kawasaki-like syndrome...
Incidence of the involvement of the cardiovascular system in HIV infectionGiorgio Barbarinia
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Policlinico S. Matteo, University of Pavia, Italy
AIDS 17:S46-50. 2003....
Clinical and biological insights in HIV-associated cardiovascular disease in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapyRobert L Murphy
Division of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
AIDS 17:S1-3. 2003
Increased access to the emergency department for coronary heart disease of HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapyGiuseppe Barbaro
Ann Emerg Med 40:530-1. 2002
Protease inhibitors and mortality among children and adolescents infected with HIV-1Giuseppe Barbaro
N Engl J Med 346:1026-7; author reply 1026-7. 2002
Inhibitors of HIV-1 protease: current state of the art 10 years after their introduction. From antiretroviral drugs to antifungal, antibacterial and antitumor agents based on aspartic protease inhibitorsAntonio Mastrolorenzo
Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, I 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
Curr Med Chem 14:2734-48. 2007....
Prevalence of dilated cardiomyopathy in HIV-infected African patients not receiving HAART: a multicenter, observational, prospective, cohort study in RwandaMarc Twagirumukiza
Internal Medicine Department, Cardiovascular Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital CHU of Butare, Rwanda
Curr HIV Res 5:129-37. 2007..However, factors associated with the development of HIV-associated cardiomyopathy in developing countries are still debated...
Regarding: Right ventricular cardiac dysfunction in HIV-infected patients studied with radionuclide ventriculographyGiuseppe Barbaro
Am Heart J 148:e18. 2004
Reversible right ventricular dysfunction in HIV-infected patientsGiuseppe Barbaro
South Med J 99:197. 2006
Relation of subepicardial adipose tissue to carotid intima-media thickness in patients with human immunodeficiency virusGianluca Iacobellis
Cardiovascular Obesity Research and Management at the Michael G deGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Am J Cardiol 99:1470-2. 2007..81, p <0.01). In conclusion, this study suggests, for the first time, that epicardial adipose tissue, an index of cardiac adiposity, may be significantly related to subclinical atherosclerosis in HIV-infected patients...
Highly active antiretroviral therapy: current state of the art, new agents and their pharmacological interactions useful for improving therapeutic outcomeGiuseppe Barbaro
Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Via della Lastruccia 3, Rm 188, I 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
Curr Pharm Des 11:1805-43. 2005....
Epicardial adipose tissue is related to carotid intima-media thickness and visceral adiposity in HIV-infected patients with highly active antiretroviral therapy-associated metabolic syndromeGianluca Iacobellis
Cardiovascular Obesity Research and Management at the Michael G deGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Curr HIV Res 5:275-9. 2007..Detection of epicardial fat thickness, new index of visceral adiposity in non HIV-infected patients, might be important as diagnostic tool in HIV-infected patients on HAART...
[Cardiovascular manifestations in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus]Ludhmila Abrahao Hajjar
Instituto do Coracao, Hospital das Clinicas, FMUSP, Sao Paulo, SP
Arq Bras Cardiol 85:363-77. 2005
Elegant study performed to assess the early impaired autonomic function in HIV-infected subjectsGiuseppe Barbaro
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 29:803; author reply 803-4. 2006
Selenium deficiency and HIV-associated cardiomyopathyGiuseppe Barbaro
J R Soc Med 95:57. 2002
HIV-associated cardiomyopathy is not Keshan diseaseGiuseppe Barbaro
J R Soc Med 95:324. 2002
Contrast echocardiography of right atrial mass due to hepatocellular carcinomaAdriano M Pellicelli
Department of Internal Medicine, Liver Unit, San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Italy
Acta Cardiol 61:471-3. 2006....
Methadone and QT prolongation in HIV-infected patientsAlfio Lucchini
Am J Cardiol 94:147-8. 2004
Clinical findings of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: results from a multicenter international studyGiovanni Fazio
Department of Cardiology, University of Palermo, Italy
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 9:239-44. 2008..To date, many reports concerning this kind of acute reversible heart failure have been published, but the information available about the management of affected patients is scarce and the clinical data are incomplete...
Chronic pharmacological treatment in takotsubo cardiomyopathyGiovanni Fazio
Int J Cardiol 127:121-3. 2008..Thus, it seem to be important an early correct differential diagnosis to avoid any chronic treatment in these patients...
Pharmacological therapy in children with atrial fibrillation and atrial flutterGiovanni Fazio
Department of Cardiology, University of Palermo, Italy
Curr Pharm Des 14:770-5. 2008..In this review we evaluated the physiopathology, the clinical features and the current terapeutical strategies for these arrythmias in paediatric age...
