Casadei Dott.ssa Francesca

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• Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma and pregnancy: a challenging clinical scenario.
  Monaldi Arch Chest Dis

  2022 Feb;92(4):. doi: 10.4081/monaldi.2022.2198.
  
  Intravaia Rita, De Chiara Benedetta, Musca Francesco, Casadei Francesca, Santambrogio Gloria, Spanò Francesca, Belli Oriana, Quattrocchi Giuseppina, Giannattasio Cristina, Moreo Antonella
  
  Abstract
  
  A 26-weeks pregnant woman presented with progressively worsening dyspnoea and poor general conditions. Using low-dose radiation multi-imaging techniques and thoracic biopsy a primary mediastinal large B cell was diagnosed. A multidisciplinary approach identified the correct hemodynamic management, the best therapeutic strategy and the timing for delivery.
  
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• Prevalence of hypertension mediated organ damage in subjects with high-normal blood pressure without known hypertension as well as cardiovascular and kidney disease.
  J Hum Hypertens

  2022 Jul;36(7):610-616. doi: 10.1038/s41371-021-00604-6.
  
  Maloberti Alessandro, Rebora Paola, Occhino Giuseppe, Alloni Marta, Musca Francesco, Belli Oriana, Spano Francesca, Santambrogio Gloria Maria, Occhi Lucia, De Chiara Benedetta, Casadei Francesca, Moreo Antonella, Valsecchi Maria Grazia, Giannattasio Cristina
  
  Abstract
  
  Purpose of our study was to assess the prevalence of hypertension mediated organ damage (HMOD) in healthy subjects with high-normal Blood Pressure (BP) comparing them with subjects with BP values that are considered normal (
  © 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
  
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• Cardiovascular injuries and SARS-COV-2 infection: focus on elderly people.
  J Geriatr Cardiol

  2021 Jul;18(7):534-548. doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2021.07.001.
  
  Colombo Claudia, Garatti Laura, Ferrante Giulia, Casadei Francesca, Montalto Claudio, Crimi Gabriele, Cogliati Chiara, Ammirati Enrico, Savonitto Stefano, Morici Nuccia
  
  Abstract
  
  The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has hit the healthcare system worldwide. The risk of severe infection and mortality increases with advancing age, especially in subjects with comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity and cancer. Moreover, cardiovascular complications such as myocardial injury, heart failure and thromboembolism are frequently observed in COVID-19 cases, and several biomarkers (troponin, NTproBNP and D-Dimer) have been identified as prognostic indicators of disease severity and worst outcome. Currently, there is no specific therapy against SARS-CoV-2, although many medications are under investigation. The aim of this review will be to explore the intertwined relationship between COVID-19 disease and the cardiovascular system, focusing on elderly population. The available supportive treatments along with the related concerns in elderly patients, due to their comorbidities and polypharmacotherapy, will be explored.
  
  Copyright and License information: Journal of Geriatric Cardiology 2021.
  
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• Could two-dimensional radial strain be considered as a novel tool to identify pre-clinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation carriers?
  Int J Cardiovasc Imaging

  2019 Dec;35(12):2167-2175. doi: 10.1007/s10554-019-01668-9.
  
  Santambrogio Gloria Maria, Maloberti Alessandro, Vallerio Paola, Peritore Angelica, Spanò Francesca, Occhi Lucia, Musca Francesco, Belli Oriana, De Chiara Benedetta, Casadei Francesca, Facchetti Rita, Turazza Fabio, Manfredini Emanuela, Giannattasio Cristina, Moreo Antonella
  
  Abstract
  
  Treatment of overt form of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is often unsuccessful. Efforts are focused on a possible early identification in order to prevent or delaying the development of hypertrophy. Our aim was to find an echocardiographic marker able to distinguish mutation carriers without left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) from healthy subjects. We evaluated 28 patients, members of eight families. Three types of mutation were recognized: MYBPC3 (five families), MYH7 (two families) and TNNT2 (one family). According to genetic (G) and phenotypic (Ph) features, patients were divided in three groups: Group A (10 patients), mutation carriers with LVH (G+/Ph+); Group B (9 patients), mutation carriers without LVH (G+/Ph-); Group C (9 patients), healthy subjects (G-/Ph-). Echocardiography examination was performed acquiring standard 2D, DTI and 2D-strain imaging. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) and global radial strain (GRS) at basal and mid-level were measured. GRS was significantly different between group B and C at basal level (32.18%?±?9.6 vs. 44.59%?±?12.67 respectively; p-value?0.0001). In basal posterior and basal inferior segments this difference was particularly evident. ROC curves showed for both the involved segments good AUCs (0.931 and 0.861 for basal posterior and inferior GRS respectively) with the best predictive cut-off for basal posterior GRS at 43.65%, while it was 38.4% for basal inferior GRS. Conversely, GLS values were similar in the three group. 2D longitudinal strain is a valid technique to study HCM. Radial strain and particularly basal posterior and inferior segmental reduction could be able to identify mutation carriers in a pre-clinical phase of disease.
  
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• Impact of serial echocardiography in the management of primary cardiac lymphoma.
  J Saudi Heart Assoc

  2018 Apr;30(2):160-163. doi: 10.1016/j.jsha.2017.08.001.
  
  Cereda Alberto Francesco, Moreo Antonella Maurizia, Sormani Paola, De Chiara Benedetta, Casadei Francesca, Zancanella Michelle, Rusconi Chiara, Cairoli Roberto, Giannattasio Cristina
  
  
  
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• Late Echocardiographic Study of Aortic Valve and Aortic Root after Surgery for Type A Acute Aortic Dissection.
  J Cardiovasc Echogr

  2016 ;26(3):78-82. doi: 10.4103/2211-4122.187948.
  
  Molteni Martina, De Chiara Benedetta, Casadei Francesca, Botta Luca, Merlanti Bruno, Russo Claudio Francesco, Giannattasio Cristina, Moreo Antonella
  
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  OBJECTIVE:
  In case of concomitant aortic regurgitation (AR) valve, sparing operation is considered the first choice in selected patients. The aim of this retrospective clinical and echocardiographic study was to evaluate the long-term survival results of conservative approach and the determinants of recurrent AR.
  
  METHODS:
  From 2000 to 2011, fifty patients (median: 63 years and interquartile range: 53-72) underwent an aortic valve-sparing procedure for acute aortic dissection, and discharged alive. The long-term clinical and echocardiographic outcome was analyzed.
  
  RESULTS:
  Late all-causes mortality was 18% (nine patients) at a median follow-up of 55.8 months. Ten patients (20%) underwent re-operations, five of them for aortic valve/root recurrent disease; freedom from proximal re-operation was 90%. Two-third of the patients had a preoperative AR grade
  CONCLUSIONS:
  Preoperative AR and late aortic root diameter were not the predictors of late AR. Late AR is higher in patients who underwent aortic commissures and cusps resuspension compared to the only replacement of the ascending aorta.
  
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• Mitral periprosthetic leakage: contemporary results of surgical correction at a single centre.
  Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg

  2017 Aug;25(2):185-190. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivx101.
  
  Botta Luca, De Chiara Benedetta, Quattrocchi Salvina, Casadei Francesca, Borgia Francesco, Giannattasio Cristina, Moreo Antonella, Russo Claudio Francesco
  
  Abstract
  
  OBJECTIVES:
  Mitral periprosthetic leakage (PPL) is a serious complication following valve replacement. Conflicting outcomes of surgical treatment have been reported in the presence of multiple previous cardiac operations and associated co-pathological conditions.
  
  METHODS:
  Sixty-five symptomatic patients (37 women, mean age 64.8 years) underwent conventional operations at our hospital from 2006 to 2015. Mitral PPL was the leading surgical indication, although associated procedures were included. Previous transcatheter procedures and leaks involving multiple prostheses were excluded. The median number of past mitral operations was 2 (range 1-5). PPL recurrence was observed in 29% of cases. A previous operation on the aortic or tricuspid valve was performed in 31 patients.
  
  RESULTS:
  Mitral PPL involved one-, two- or three-quarters of the mitral perimeter in 46, 43 and 11% of cases. Prosthetic refixation or replacement was performed in 24 and 41 patients, respectively. Annular reconstruction was necessary in 17% of prosthetic replacements. Associated procedures were performed in 19 patients. The operation was executed through a right minithoracotomy (unclamped aorta) in 20% of patients. In-hospital deaths occurred in 3.1%. After a median follow-up of 60 months, freedom from all-cause mortality was 96.8, 91.5 and 88.8% at 1, 3 and 5 years. Lateral leaks [P?=?0.03; hazard ratio (HR)?=?4.57, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.13-18.3] and PPL relapse (P?=?0.03; HR?=?4.33, 95% CI: 1.12-16.7) were independently associated with death. At follow-up, 4 patients had a?>2+ recurrent leak and 2 were reoperated.
  
  CONCLUSIONS:
  A customized conventional mitral reoperation still represents a satisfactory and effective treatment option for PPL and should be considered even in patients with very complex issues.
  
  © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.
  
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• Arterial Stiffness in Aortic Stenosis: Relationship with Severity and Echocardiographic Procedures Response.
  High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev

  2017 Mar;24(1):19-27. doi: 10.1007/s40292-016-0176-x.
  
  Bruschi Giuseppe, Maloberti Alessandro, Sormani Paola, Colombo Giulia, Nava Stefano, Vallerio Paola, Casadei Francesca, Bruno Jolie, Moreo Antonella, Merlanti Bruno, Russo Claudio, Oliva Fabrizio, Klugmann Silvio, Giannattasio Cristina
  
  Abstract
  
  INTRODUCTION:
  Aortic stenosis (AS) is more than only a degenerative disease, it could be also an atherosclerotic-like process involving the valve instead of the vessels. Little is known about the relation of arterial stiffness and AS.
  
  AIM:
  We sought to determine wether pulse wave velocity (PWV), is related to AS severity and to the procedures response, both as surgical aortic-valve-replacement (AVR) and trascatheter-aortic-valve-implantation (TAVI).
  
  METHODS:
  30 patients with severe AS were treated (15 AVR, 15 TAVI). Before the procedures (t0) and after 1 week (t1) echocardiography and PWV were evaluated.
  
  RESULTS:
  On the whole population, subjects with higher PWV showed higher transvalvular pressure gradient at baseline (mean: 56.5 ± 15.1 vs 45.4 ± 9.5; peak: 93.3 ± 26.4 vs 73.3 ± 14.9, p = 0.02) and, a significantly greater response to the procedures (mean: -42.9 ± 17.2 vs -27.9 ± 10.1, peak: -68.7 ± 29.2 vs -42.8 ± 16.4, p = 0.02). When the two different procedures groups were separated, data were confirmed only in the TAVI subgroup.
  
  CONCLUSIONS:
  In patients undergoing procedures for AS, PWV is correlated with transvalvular gradient and, in TAVI subjects, is able to predict the echocardiographic response. Baseline evaluation of PWV in patients candidates to TAVI can help the selection of subjects, even if larger and longer studies are needed before definitive conclusion can be drawn.
  
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• Annexin A5 in treated hypertensive patients and its association with target organ damage.
  J Hypertens

  2017 Jan;35(1):154-161.
  
  Maloberti Alessandro, Meani Paolo, Vallerio Paola, Varrenti Marisa, Casadei Francesca, Musca Francesco, Facchetti Rita, Di Blasio Anna M, Ravassa Susanna, Mancia Giuseppe, Giannattasio Cristina
  
  Abstract
  
  OBJECTIVE:
  Annexin A5 (AnxA5) has been previously linked to the presence of carotid and cardiac target organ damage (TOD) in the context of heart failure and rheumatologic patients. However, information is scant in the context of hypertension. Aim of our study was to evaluate AnxA5 in treated hypertension patients compared with normotensive controls and to determine whether it is associated with vascular and heart TOD evaluated as arterial stiffness, carotid plaque and left ventricular hypertrophy.
  
  METHODS:
  We enrolled 123 consecutive treated hypertension and 124 normotensive controls. TOD was evaluated as pulse wave velocity (PWV, complior), left ventricular hypertrophy (echocardiography) and intima-media thickness and carotid plaque presence (ecographic methods). AnxA5 levels was dosed and compared in patients with and without hypertension and with and without TOD.
  
  RESULTS:
  With similar age hypertension patients showed higher SBP, DBP and AnxA5 levels (13.9?±?11.1 vs 10.1?±?8.4?ng/ml, P?0.001) compared with controls. Regarding TOD hypertension showed higher PWV (8.5?±?1.8 vs 7.6?±?1.5?m/s, P?0.001) and LVMI (121.7?±?29.3 vs 113.5?±?21.1?g/m, P?0.05), whereas carotid intima-media thickness was superimposable. AnxA5 correlates with PWV (r?=?0.13, P?0.05) and DBP (r?=?0.15, P?0.01), whereas it has never been found as a significant independent predictor of TOD in linear regression analysis.
  
  CONCLUSION:
  Our data have shown that AnxA5 levels are increased in treated hypertension patients. In this condition, it is probably released in the plasma as a defensive mechanism through its anti-inflammatory and anticoagulants effects. We found a significant association with arterial stiffness, but AnxA5 was not found to be a significant predictor of TOD.
  
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• Cardiac resynchronization therapy guided by multimodality cardiac imaging.
  Eur J Heart Fail

  2016 Nov;18(11):1375-1382. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.605.
  
  Bertini Matteo, Mele Donato, Malagù Michele, Fiorencis Andrea, Toselli Tiziano, Casadei Francesca, Cannizzaro Teresa, Fragale Cristina, Fucili Alessandro, Campagnolo Elena, Benea Giorgio, Ferrari Roberto
  
  Abstract
  
  AIMS:
  Up to 30-45% of implanted patients are non-responders to CRT. We evaluated the role of a 'CRT team' using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and longitudinal myocardial strain to identify the target area defined as the most delayed and viable region for LV pacing.
  
  METHODS AND RESULTS:
  A total of 100 heart failure patients candidates for CRT divided into two groups were enrolled. Group 1 consisted of 50 consecutive patients scheduled for CRT and prospectively included. Group 2 (control) consisted of 50 patients with a CRT device implanted according to standard clinical practice and matched for age, sex, and LVEF with group 1. Patients were evaluated at baseline and at 6-month follow-up. In group 1, patients underwent two-dimensional speckle-tracking assessment of longitudinal myocardial strain and CMR imaging to identify the target area for LV lead pacing. A positive response to CRT was defined as a reduction of ?15% of the LV end-systolic volume at 6-month follow-up. A total of 39 (78%) patients of group 1 were classified as responders to CRT whilst in group 2, only 28 (56%) were responders (P = 0.019). The 'CRT team' identified as target for LV pacing the lateral area in 30 (60%) patients, and the anterolateral or posterolateral areas in 12 (24%) patients. In 8 (16%) patients, the target was far from the lateral area, in the anterior or posterior areas. The patients with concordant position exhibited the highest positive response (93.1%) to CRT.
  
  CONCLUSIONS:
  Multimodality cardiac imaging as a guide for CRT implantation is useful to increase response rate.
  
  © 2016 The Authors. European Journal of Heart Failure © 2016 European Society of Cardiology.
  
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• Long-Term Effects of Radiotherapy on Arterial Stiffness in Breast Cancer Women.
  Am J Cardiol

  2016 Sep;118(5):771-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.06.001.
  
  Vallerio Paola, Sarno Laura, Stucchi Miriam, Musca Francesco, Casadei Francesca, Maloberti Alessandro, Lestuzzi Chiara, Mancia Giuseppe, Moreo Antonella, Palazzi Mauro, Giannattasio Cristina
  
  Abstract
  
  Radiotherapy for breast cancer may expose heart and vessels to late radiation-induced complications. Although recent technical progress in radiation therapy (RT) has been associated with drastic reduction in cardiovascular (CV) mortality, the prolonged life expectancy of patients with cancer requires CV evaluation for many years. The aim of our study was to evaluate local changes in vascular and cardiac function because of previous breast RT. We enrolled 43 patients treated with RT 15 years ago for breast cancer. CV risk factors and atherosclerotic carotid damage were investigated in all women. We divided patients into 2 groups: R (n = 25) treated to right breast and L (n = 18) to left breast. All subjects were submitted to standard echocardiography and functional arteries evaluation by carotid-radial pulse-wave velocity (crPWV; Complior) and AIx (Sphygmocor; Atcor Medical). Global mean age was 69.5 ± 8 years old. CV risk factors were equally allocated in 2 groups. No patients had history of cardiac or artery disease. R had a significantly increased crPWV (9.9 ± 1.4 vs 8.9 ± 1.1, p = 0.001) on right arm compared with left arm, and in L group, crPWV was similarly higher on the left arm than on right arm (9.6 ± 1.5 vs 8.9 ± 1.4, p = 0.011). AIx was significantly increased in the ipsilateral arm only in L (32.1 ± 7.6 vs 28.3 ± 6.8, p = 0.05). Central blood pressure estimation was not different in the right and left arms. No correlations were found with hormone therapy or chemotherapy. Our data show a local arterial stiffening because of radiation that can be involved in increased CV risk in breast cancer-treated patients.
  
  Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
  
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• Reversibility of Left Ventricle Longitudinal Strain Alterations Induced by Adjuvant Therapy in Early Breast Cancer Patients.
  Ultrasound Med Biol

  2016 Jan;42(1):125-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2015.09.008.
  
  Mele Donato, Malagutti Patrizia, Indelli Monica, Ferrari Lucia, Casadei Francesca, Da Ros Lucia, Pollina Alberto, Fiorencis Andrea, Frassoldati Antonio, Ferrari Roberto
  
  Abstract
  
  Left ventricular ejection fraction (LV-EF), despite its high feasibility, is not sensitive enough to detect early and subtle LV systolic dysfunction during oncologic treatments. Therefore, we used systolic global longitudinal strain (GLS) by speckle tracking echocardiography to verify whether early LV systolic dysfunction induced by adjuvant therapy in early breast cancer patients at low risk for cardiotoxicity can be reversed. Thirty patients (aged 53 ± 11 y) with no previous cardiac and oncologic disease who were receiving adjuvant trastuzumab and taxane (group HER2+, n = 15) or taxane only (group HER2-, n = 15), after treatment with anthracyclines, were studied. LV-EF and GLS were measured at baseline, after anthracyclines (end of week 7 or 8), short term after trastuzumab and/or taxane (end of week 18) and after completion of therapy. Significant LV systolic dysfunction was defined as a relative reduction in GLS of >10% with respect to baseline values. Mean and individual LV-EFs did not change significantly during the oncologic treatment and after completion of therapy, although GLS varied significantly. In particular, during the course of therapy, four patients in the trastuzumab-docetaxel HER2+ subgroup and two patients in the taxane HER2- subgroup had a relative decrease (>10%) in GLS. However, after the end of adjuvant treatment, strain modification was fully or partially reversible. Speckle tracking echocardiography is more sensitive than LV-EF in recognizing subtle myocardial impairment during adjuvant chemotherapy. However, in patients at low risk for cardiotoxicity, these alterations may be reversible and not associated with clinically significant cardiotoxicity or late development of decreased LV-EF.
  
  Copyright © 2016 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
  
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• [Is echocardiography still helpful in cardiac resynchronization therapy?].
  G Ital Cardiol (Rome)

  2015 Jun;16(6):344-60. doi: 10.1714/1934.21030.
  
  Mele Donato, Bertini Matteo, D'Andrea Antonello, Fiorencis Andrea, Malagù Michele, Casadei Francesca, De Marco Eugenia, Galderisi Maurizio, Nistri Stefano,
  
  Abstract
  
  Cardiac resynchronization therapy is an established approach for the treatment of patients with heart failure and left ventricular systolic dysfunction. In most centers, these patients are usually evaluated by echocardiography, which allows collecting a number of cardiac anatomical and functional parameters in a non-invasive, repeatable way and without exposure to ionizing radiation. However, over the years, clinical studies have sometimes emphasized and sometimes reduced the role of this method in the setting of cardiac resynchronization therapy for cardiac dyssynchrony evaluation, prognostic stratification of patients, optimization of pacing, and follow-up. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to review the current role of echocardiography before, during and after the implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy device.
  
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