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| M FacchiniSummaryAffiliation: Istituto Auxologico Italiano Country: Italy Publications
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Increased left ventricular dimensions in patients with frequent nonsustained ventricular arrhythmia and no evidence of underlying heart diseaseM Facchini
Department of Cardiology, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Italy
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 10:1433-8. 1999....- Recovery of cardiac autonomic responsiveness with low-intensity physical training in patients with chronic heart failureGabriella Malfatto
Divisione di Cardiologia, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Via Spagnoletto, 3 20147, Milan, Italy
Eur J Heart Fail 4:159-66. 2002..A gradual worsening of autonomic control of cardiovascular function accompanies the progression of heart failure. Exercise training modulates autonomic balance, and may affect the prognosis of the disease... - Markers of electrical instability in hypertensive patients with and without ventricular arrhythmias. Are they useful in identifying patients with different risk profiles?M Facchini
Department of Cardiology, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, Italy
J Hypertens 18:763-8. 2000..This information cannot be extrapolated to the population of hypertensive patients with ventricular arrhythmias but without left ventricular hypertrophy... - Low-K+ dependent QT prolongation and risk for ventricular arrhythmia in anorexia nervosaMario Facchini
Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milano
Int J Cardiol 106:170-6. 2006..QT prolongation and ventricular arrhythmia have been proposed as the mechanism for sudden death in anorexia nervosa. The prevalence and the cause of QT prolongation remain controversial... - Relationship between baseline sympatho-vagal balance and the autonomic response to cardiac rehabilitation after a first uncomplicated myocardial infarctionG Malfatto
Division of Cardiology, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRRCS, University of Milan
Ital Heart J 1:226-32. 2000..The aim of this study was to define the factors implicated in determining the autonomic response to cardiovascular rehabilitation after myocardial infarction... - Long-term lifestyle changes maintain the autonomic modulation induced by rehabilitation after myocardial infarctionG Malfatto
Divisione di Riabilitazione Cardiologica, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Via Spagnoletto, 3 20147, Milan, Italy
Int J Cardiol 74:171-6. 2000..In conclusion, after a first myocardial infarction, the persistence of the potentially beneficial effect of rehabilitation on the sympathovagal balance depends on the compliance to the lifestyle changes proposed during the initial phase... - Different baseline sympathovagal balance and cardiac autonomic responsiveness in ischemic and non-ischemic congestive heart failureG Malfatto
Divisione di Cardiologia, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Universita di Milano, Milan, Italy
Eur J Heart Fail 3:197-202. 2001..A profound autonomic unbalance is present in heart failure: its correlation with the etiology of the disease has never been investigated... - Changes of autonomic cardiac profile after a 3-week integrated body weight reduction program in severely obese patientsM Facchini
Division of Cardiology, Italian Institute for Auxology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 26:138-42. 2003..The reduction of heart rate and the increase in parasympathetic activity may consistently contribute to a reduction of the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and of sudden cardiac death, still high in this patients' group... - Characterization of the non-linear rate-dependency of QT interval in humansG Malfatto
Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milano
Europace 5:163-70. 2003..Repolarization has rate-dependent and rate-independent components. A function considering such components separately was validated in canine Purkinje fibres and applied to the QT/RR relation in humans... - Different ventricular remodelling and autonomic modulation after long-term beta-blocker treatment in hypertensive, ischaemic and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathyGabriella Malfatto
Division of Cardiology, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, Italy
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 8:840-5. 2007..In this retrospective analysis, we investigated the influence of aetiology on autonomic modulation and reverse ventricular remodelling induced by beta-blockade in heart failure... - [Favourable effects of cardiovascular rehabilitation on funcional capacity and autonomic balance in elderly patients with heart failure]Gabriella Malfatto
Divisione di Riabilitazione Cardiologica, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milano, Italy
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 64:94-9. 2005..Thus, in heart failure patients age does not hinder the favorable clinical and autonomic modulation induced by cardiovascular rehabilitation... - Different effects of antiarrhythmic drugs on the rate-dependency of QT interval: a study with amiodarone and flecainideGabriella Malfatto
Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Universita di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 50:535-40. 2007..The analysis is now extended to the effects on the QT/RR relationship of amiodarone and flecainide, 2 widely used antiarrhythmic drugs affecting repolarization... - Reverse ventricular remodeling and improved functional capacity after ventricular resynchronization in advanced heart failureGabriella Malfatto
Division of Cardiology, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Milan, Italy
Ital Heart J 6:578-83. 2005..We describe the time course of echocardiographic and functional recovery after resynchronization in 31 patients (mean age 67 +/- 8 years)... - Original articles primary coronary angioplasty and subsequent cardiovascular rehabilitation are linked to a favorable sympathovagal balance after a first anterior myocardial infarctionGabriella Malfatto
Division of Cardiology, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milan, Italy
Ital Heart J 6:21-7. 2005..Even less is known on the autonomic effects of rehabilitation in patients undergoing PTCA... - [Does the etiology of heart failure affect tone response and autonomic reactivity to cardiovascular rehabilitation?]Gabriella Malfatto
Divisione di Riabilitazione Cardiologica, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Via Spagnoletto, 3 20149 Milano
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 60:101-6. 2003..Independently from the underlying disease, all clinically stable patients with heart failure can benefit from rehabilitation... - Long-term treatment with the beta-blocker carvedilol restores autonomic tone and responsiveness in patients with moderate heart failureGabriella Malfatto
Division of Cardiology, Istituto Scientifico Ospedale San Luca, Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Milano, Italy
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 42:125-31. 2003..Therefore, combined autonomic and hemodynamic effects may determine the favorable effects of beta-blockers in heart failure... - Simultaneous vs. sequential biventricular pacing in dilated cardiomyopathy: an acute hemodynamic studyGiovanni B Perego
Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Ospedale S Luca, Via Spagnoletto 3, 20149 Milan, Italy
Eur J Heart Fail 5:305-13. 2003..We tested the hypothesis that further improvements can be obtained using sequential biventricular pacing by optimizing both atrioventricular and interventricular delays... 
Left cardiac sympathetic denervation for catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardiaArthur A M Wilde
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam
N Engl J Med 358:2024-9. 2008....