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Garatti L, Tavecchia G, Milani M, Rizzi I, Tondelli D, Bernasconi D, Maloberti A, Oliva F, Sacco A. Unveiling the gender gap in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a retrospective analysis of a single Italian center gender disparities in STEMI-ACS. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2024; 25:239-242. [PMID: 38305123 DOI: 10.2459/jcm.0000000000001594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Laura Garatti
- 'De Gasperis' Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
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- 'De Gasperis' Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
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- 'De Gasperis' Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
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- 'De Gasperis' Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
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- Bicocca Bioinformatics Biostatistics and Bioimaging Centre - B4, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza
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- Bicocca Bioinformatics Biostatistics and Bioimaging Centre - B4, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- 'De Gasperis' Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
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- 'De Gasperis' Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan
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Sacco A, Tavecchia G, Ditali V, Garatti L, Villanova L, Colombo C, Viola G, Scavelli F, Varrenti M, Milani M, Morici N, Tavazzi G, Lissoni B, Forni L, Gorni G, Saporetti G, Oliva F. Effect of a quality-improvement intervention on end-of-life care in cardiac intensive care unit. Eur J Clin Invest 2023:e13982. [PMID: 36912206 DOI: 10.1111/eci.13982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023]
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- Alice Sacco
- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- S. Maria Nascente-Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Paediatric Sciences, University of Pavia Italy.,Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Clinical Psicology Unit, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Comitato per l'Etica di Fine Vita, Milan, Italy.,School of Law, Università Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Palliative Care Unit, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- Quality and Risk Management, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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- "De Gasperis" Cardio Center, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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Maloberti A, Garofani I, Fumagalli S, Ciampi C, Ossola P, Carbonaro M, Monticelli M, Tavecchia G, Bombelli M, Giannattasio C. Importance of uric acid threshold in its correlation with metabolic syndrome. Atherosclerosis 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.06.768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tedeschi A, Camilli M, Ianni U, Tavecchia G, Palazzini M, Cartella I, Gentile P, Quattrocchi G, Maria Spanò F, Cipriani M, Garascia A, Ammirati E. Takotsubo syndrome after BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 vaccine: Emotional or causative relationship with vaccination? IJC Heart & Vasculature 2022; 40:101002. [PMID: 35340274 PMCID: PMC8934733 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.101002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Maloberti A, Garofani I, Fumagalli S, Ciampi C, Ossola P, Carbonaro M, Monticelli M, Tavecchia G, Bombelli M, Giannattasio C. P364 IMPORTANCE OF URIC ACID THRESHOLD IN ITS CORRELATION WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME. Eur Heart J Suppl 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/suac012.350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Abstract
Abstract
Background
The relationship between Hyperuricemia and Cardiovascular risk has been established but whether or not a correlation between Serum Uric Acid (SUA) and Metabolic Syndrome (MS) exists is still a matter of debate. Indeed whether SUA level is part of MS diagnosis or just a pure marker of an unfavourable metabolic profile has not been demonstrated. Besides it’s unknown whether SUA’s addition to MS definition makes a difference in terms of prognosis. In our study we focused on evaluating in a group of hypertensive patients, the correlation between MS diagnosis and SUA defined with two different cut–off: 1) ≥6 mg/dL for women and ≥7 for men (classic cut–off); 2) >5.6 mg/dL for both sexes (recently proposed by the URRAH Project).
Methods
We enrolled 473 Hypertensive patients followed by the Hypertension Unit of San Gerardo Hospital (Monza, Italy), in which SUA was measured. Patients with Hyperuricemia were identified according to the two different thresholds. NCEP–ATP–III criteria were used for diagnosis of MS.
Results
MS was diagnosed in 33.6% while Hyperuricemia was found in 14.8% of subjects according to the traditional cut–off and 35.9% according to URRAH study’s cut–off. Hyperuricemia and MS coexist in 9.7% (traditional cut–off) and 17.3% (URRAH’s threshold) of the population. Hyperuricemia was more frequent in MS than in non–MS subjects (29 vs 7.6%, p–value<0.0001 for cut–off 6/7 mg/dL and 51.6 vs 28.0%, p–value<0.0001 for cut–off 5.6 mg/dL). Linear regression models showed that SUA is related to MS diagnosis (β = 1.597, p–value<0.0001). At logistic analysis Hyperuricemia was strongly related to MS when defined by the HURRAH‘s cut–off (OR = 0.303, p–value<0.0001). The same relation is weak, although significan, when Hyperuricemia was defined by the classic cut–off (OR = 0.182, p–value<0.0001).
Conclusions
Hyperuricemia is related with MS diagnosis especially when defined by the recently defined cut–off of 5.6 mg/dL.
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- A Maloberti
- OSPEDALE NIGUARDA, MILANO; UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO–BICOCCA, MILANO; OSPEDALE DI DESIO, DESIO
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- OSPEDALE NIGUARDA, MILANO; UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO–BICOCCA, MILANO; OSPEDALE DI DESIO, DESIO
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- OSPEDALE NIGUARDA, MILANO; UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO–BICOCCA, MILANO; OSPEDALE DI DESIO, DESIO
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- OSPEDALE NIGUARDA, MILANO; UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO–BICOCCA, MILANO; OSPEDALE DI DESIO, DESIO
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- OSPEDALE NIGUARDA, MILANO; UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO–BICOCCA, MILANO; OSPEDALE DI DESIO, DESIO
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- OSPEDALE NIGUARDA, MILANO; UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO–BICOCCA, MILANO; OSPEDALE DI DESIO, DESIO
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- OSPEDALE NIGUARDA, MILANO; UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO–BICOCCA, MILANO; OSPEDALE DI DESIO, DESIO
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- OSPEDALE NIGUARDA, MILANO; UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO–BICOCCA, MILANO; OSPEDALE DI DESIO, DESIO
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- OSPEDALE NIGUARDA, MILANO; UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO–BICOCCA, MILANO; OSPEDALE DI DESIO, DESIO
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- OSPEDALE NIGUARDA, MILANO; UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO–BICOCCA, MILANO; OSPEDALE DI DESIO, DESIO
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Maloberti A, Bombelli M, Vallerio P, Milani M, Cartella I, Tavecchia G, Tognola C, Grasso E, Sun J, De Chiara B, Riccobono S, Grassi G, Giannattasio C. Metabolic syndrome is related to vascular structural alterations but not to functional ones both in hypertensives and healthy subjects. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2021; 31:1044-1052. [PMID: 33549437 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2020.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 11/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Metabolic Syndrome (MS) has been related to an impairment in arterial structural and functional properties with heterogeneous results. In this paper we focused on the effects of MS on arterial carotid-femoral PWV and common carotid IMT in two different populations, one of hypertensive patients and one of healthy controls. METHODS AND RESULTS We enrolled 816 consecutive HT and 536 healthy controls. Vascular structural (IMT) and functional (PWV) properties were evaluated. NCEP-ATP-III criteria were used for diagnosis of MS. MS was diagnosed in 26.9% and 6.9% in hypertensive and control subjects, respectively. PWV was similar in controls with and without MS (7.7 ± 1.9 vs 7.6 ± 1.1 m/s, p = 0.69), while IMT was higher in controls with than those without MS (0.64 ± 0.18 vs 0.57 ± 0.13 mm, p = 0.02). Hypertensives with MS were older (57.9 ± 12.2 vs 52.7 ± 14.1 years, p < 0.001) and showed higher PWV (9.0 ± 2.3 vs 8.4 ± 2.1 m/s, p = 0.001) and IMT (0.72 ± 0.22 vs 0.65 ± 0.17 mm, p < 0.001) than those without MS, however at the age-adjusted analysis only the difference in IMT was confirmed (p = 0.007). Regression models showed that MS was an independent determinant of IMT in both controls (β = 0.08, p = 0.03) and hypertensives (β = 0.08, p = 0.01), but not of PWV either in controls (β = 0.006, p = 0.886 and β = 0.04, p = 0.19, respectively). CONCLUSIONS the main finding of our work is that MS is a significant determinant of IMT while this is not the case for PWV. This result have been confirmed both in hypertensive subjects and in healthy controls.
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- Alessandro Maloberti
- Cardiology IV, "A.De Gasperis" Department, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy; Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy.
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- Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiology IV, "A.De Gasperis" Department, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy
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- Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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- Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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- Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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- Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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- Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiology IV, "A.De Gasperis" Department, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiology IV, "A.De Gasperis" Department, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy
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- Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiology IV, "A.De Gasperis" Department, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy; Health Science Department, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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Maloberti A, Qualliu E, Occhi L, Sun J, Grasso E, Tognola C, Tavecchia G, Cartella I, Milani M, Vallerio P, Signorini S, Brambilla P, Casati M, Bombelli M, Grassi G, Giannattasio C. Hyperuricemia prevalence in healthy subjects and its relationship with cardiovascular target organ damage. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2021; 31:178-185. [PMID: 32994122 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2020.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Revised: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM Heterogeneous results have been obtained in the relationship between Uric Acid (UA) and Target Organ Damage (TOD). In the present study we sought to assess the prevalence of hyperuricemia in healthy subjects as well as the role of UA in determining TOD. We evaluated vascular, cardiac and renal TODs in the whole population as well as sub-grouped by gender. METHODS AND RESULTS As many as 379 blood donors participated at the present analysis. TOD was evaluated as Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV), Left Ventricular Mass Index (LVMI) and carotid Intima-Media Thickness (IMT). Hyperuricemia was defined with the classic cut-off (>7.0 in men and >6.0 mg/dL in women) but also with a most recently defined one (5.6 mg/dL for both sex). Hyperuricemia was present in 6.3% of the whole population (7.3% males, 2.8% females) considering the classic cut-off, while, with the recently identified one, it was present in 28.2% of the whole population (37.3% males, 4.7% females). Despite all the evaluated TODs significantly correlated with UA, linear multivariate regression analysis showed that none of them, except for GFR, displayed UA as a significant covariate. Similar figures were found also when both correlation and linear regression analyses were repeated in the two genders separately. CONCLUSIONS Hyperuricemia is an important problem also in healthy subjects and its prevalence could further increase if lower cut-off will be used. In this specific population UA is significantly associated with renal impairment while this was not the case for cardiac and vascular damage.
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- Alessandro Maloberti
- Cardiology IV, "A. De Gasperis" Department, ASTT GOM Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy; University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
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- Cardiology IV, "A. De Gasperis" Department, ASTT GOM Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy; University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory Medicine, San Gerardo Hospital, ASST Monza, Italy
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Clinica Medica, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Clinica Medica, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Cardiology IV, "A. De Gasperis" Department, ASTT GOM Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy; University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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Tognola C, Alessandro M, Milani M, Cartella I, Tavecchia G, Grasso E, Sun J, Giannattasio C. Nutraceuticals in Chronic Coronary Syndromes: Preclinical Data and Translational Experiences. High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev 2021; 28:13-25. [PMID: 33125662 PMCID: PMC7864844 DOI: 10.1007/s40292-020-00416-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Non-pharmacological treatments have always been considered important in the management of Chronic Coronary Syndromes. Nutraceuticals ("Nutrition" + "Pharmaceutical") could fall both under the definition of non-pharmacological treatment and pharmacological one or, probably more correctly, in the middle of these two kinds of therapies. However, the word "nutraceuticals" never appears in the latest guidelines on this issue. This is probably determined by the fact that evidences on this topic are scarce and most of the published articles are based on preclinical data while translational experiences are available only for some molecules. In this review we will focus on nutraceutical strategies that act on the ischemic myocardium itself and not only on the cardiovascular risk factors. As demonstrated by the important number of papers published in recent years, this is an evolving topic and evaluated substances principally act on two mechanisms (cardiac energetics and ischemia-reperfusion damage) that will be also reviewed.
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- Chiara Tognola
- Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy
- School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy.
- School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy.
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- Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy
- School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy
- School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy
- School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy
- School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy
- School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiologia IV, Dipartimento A. De Gasperis, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore 3, 20159, Milan, Italy
- School of Medicine and Surgery, Milano-Bicocca University, Milan, Italy
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Sergio F, Tanferna A, Chicano J, Blas J, Tavecchia G, Hiraldo F. Protected areas under pressure: decline, redistribution, local eradication and projected extinction of a threatened predator, the red kite, in Doñana National Park, Spain. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2019. [DOI: 10.3354/esr00946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Sanz-Aguilar A, Rosselló R, Bengoa M, Ruiz-Pérez M, González-Calleja M, Barceló C, Borrás D, Paredes-Esquivel C, Miranda MA, Tavecchia G. Water associated with residential areas and tourist resorts is the key predictor of Asian tiger mosquito presence on a Mediterranean island. Med Vet Entomol 2018; 32:443-450. [PMID: 29969158 DOI: 10.1111/mve.12317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), is a highly invasive species and a vector of several viruses of serious concern to public health. Investigating the habitat selection of this species at small to medium scales is essential to the planning of effective prevention and control campaigns. The present group considered detailed data for this species' presence/absence collected at 228 sites on Mallorca Island (Spain) in autumn 2015, 3 years after the first detection of the species on the island. Site occupancy models accounting for false negative detections and imperfect monitoring were used to evaluate the relationships between mosquito presence and habitat variables. In the study area, mosquito presence was negatively associated with altitude, probably as a result of greater human presence at low altitudes near the coast. Moreover, the presence of Ae. albopictus was positively associated with swimming pools as a result of associated gardens, plants and sources of fresh water. These two variables were combined to predict the presence of the species across the entire island.
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- A Sanz-Aguilar
- Animal Demography and Ecology Group, Department of Animal and Microbial Biodiversity, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA), Spanish National Research Council, University of the Balearic Islands (CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain
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- Animal Demography and Ecology Group, Department of Animal and Microbial Biodiversity, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA), Spanish National Research Council, University of the Balearic Islands (CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain
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- Consultoria Moscard Tigre, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- GIS and Remote Sensing Service, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Department of Geographic Information Systems, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain
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- Laboratory of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Laboratory of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Laboratory of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Laboratory of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Animal Demography and Ecology Group, Department of Animal and Microbial Biodiversity, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA), Spanish National Research Council, University of the Balearic Islands (CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain
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Pinya S, Tavecchia G, Pérez-Mellado V. Population model of an endangered amphibian: implications for conservation management. ENDANGER SPECIES RES 2017. [DOI: 10.3354/esr00835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Santidrián Tomillo P, Robinson NJ, Sanz-Aguilar A, Spotila JR, Paladino FV, Tavecchia G. High and variable mortality of leatherback turtles reveal possible anthropogenic impacts. Ecology 2017; 98:2170-2179. [DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2016] [Revised: 02/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- P. Santidrián Tomillo
- Population Ecology Group; Institut Mediterrani d’ Estudis Avançats; IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB); Miquel Marquès, 21 Esporles 07190 Spain
- The Leatherback Trust; Goldring-Gund Marine Biology Station; Playa Grande Costa Rica
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- The Leatherback Trust; Goldring-Gund Marine Biology Station; Playa Grande Costa Rica
- Department of Biology; Indiana-Purdue University; Fort Wayne Indiana 46805 USA
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- Population Ecology Group; Institut Mediterrani d’ Estudis Avançats; IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB); Miquel Marquès, 21 Esporles 07190 Spain
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- The Leatherback Trust; Goldring-Gund Marine Biology Station; Playa Grande Costa Rica
- Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science; Drexel University; Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 USA
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- The Leatherback Trust; Goldring-Gund Marine Biology Station; Playa Grande Costa Rica
- Department of Biology; Indiana-Purdue University; Fort Wayne Indiana 46805 USA
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- Population Ecology Group; Institut Mediterrani d’ Estudis Avançats; IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB); Miquel Marquès, 21 Esporles 07190 Spain
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Bastianelli G, Tavecchia G, Meléndez L, Seoane J, Obeso JR, Laiolo P. Surviving at high elevations: an inter- and intra-specific analysis in a mountain bird community. Oecologia 2017; 184:293-303. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-3852-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Rotger A, Igual J, Smith J, Tavecchia G. Relative role of population density and climatic factors in shaping the body growth rate of Lilford’s Wall Lizard (Podarcis lilfordi). CAN J ZOOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2015-0188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
The body growth rate in small reptiles is modulated by per-capita food resources and recent evidences suggested that this constraint is the mechanism underlying differences between cohorts. Per-capita food resources depend on population size and climatic factors, but their relative role in explaining the variations in growth rate is unclear. We used morphological data collected over 6 years to model the body growth of an insular lizard (Lilford’s Wall Lizard, Podarcis lilfordi (Günther, 1874)). We used nonlinear equations to describe the appropriate length-at-age relationship. For each sex, seasonal growth was observed and the oscillatory von Bertalanffy curve was fitted to the data. Three age classes were recognized, and we investigated the relative role of density, spring rainfall, and temperature in explaining the variation of the growth rate in each sex-by-age class. Results showed that the relative role of density and climatic factors varied according to the age considered. While population size and temperature had a negative effect on the growth rate of juveniles, rainfall had a positive influence on the growth of subadults. Adult growth was near zero and constant over time. The different role of density-dependent and climatic factors in explaining age-dependent growth rate provides an important insight in understanding lizard population dynamics and life-history tactics.
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- A. Rotger
- Population Ecology Group, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats IMEDEA (CSIC–UIB), c. Miguel Marques 21, 07190, Esporles, Mallorca, Spain
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- Population Ecology Group, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats IMEDEA (CSIC–UIB), c. Miguel Marques 21, 07190, Esporles, Mallorca, Spain
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- Advocates for Snake Preservation, P.O. Box 40493, Tucson, AZ 85717, USA
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- Population Ecology Group, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats IMEDEA (CSIC–UIB), c. Miguel Marques 21, 07190, Esporles, Mallorca, Spain
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Ruiz de Infante Anton J, Rotger A, Igual JM, Tavecchia G. Estimating lizard population density: an empirical comparison between line-transect and capture–recapture methods. Wildl Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1071/wr13127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Context
In most natural populations, exhaustive counts are not possible and estimates need to be derived from partial sampling by using analytical methods that account for biological processes, sampling errors and detection probability. The methods available have contrasting pitfalls and payoffs in relation to the assumptions made but are seldom contrasted on the same population.
Aims
We compared density estimates derived by different sampling methods. Despite the real density being unknown, the ‘soft’ validation of density estimates might help to better understand the possible pitfalls and payoffs of each method. This was done in three closed populations and with three different habitat typologies to disentangle the effects of different capture-detection processes to those introduced by the method itself.
Methods
We considered the problem of estimating population density of the endemic Balearic lizard, Podarcis lilfordi, in three island populations. We compared estimates derived by distance sampling (LT) in three types of habitat with those calculated from a simultaneous 3-day capture–mark–recapture study. Capture histories of marked individuals were used to estimate density using spatially explicit capture–recapture models (SECR) and a capture–mark–recapture model without spatial data (CMR). Moreover, we empirically assessed the influence of survey duration by extending the survey in the largest island to five occasions. The real population density was unknown and absolute accuracy of each method cannot be assessed; nevertheless, relative estimates might be informative.
Key results
LT estimates had the greatest coefficient of variation in vegetated habitats, corresponding to possible departures from model assumptions. SECR estimates differed among islands and were from 12% to 37% lower than those derived by LT but only in the largest islands with high and dense vegetation. CMR estimates depended on the number of occasions whereas SECR did not and showed lower variance. LT and SECR estimates showed differences across islets.
Conclusions
Line-transect and capture–recapture methods gave comparable results but the interaction between recapture processes and habitat types should be considered when inferring density to the whole area. We found density estimates between 1500 and 2500 individuals ha–1, being a higher value than those found for lizards in continental regions.
Implications
Pitfalls and payoffs of each method are discussed to optimise experimental design in estimating population density.
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Coulson T, Ezard THG, Pelletier F, Tavecchia G, Stenseth NC, Childs DZ, Pilkington JG, Pemberton JM, Kruuk LEB, Clutton-Brock TH, Crawley MJ. ESTIMATING THE FUNCTIONAL FORM FOR THE DENSITY DEPENDENCE FROM LIFE HISTORY DATA. Ecology 2008; 89:1661-74. [DOI: 10.1890/07-1099.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Catchpole EA, Morgan BJT, Tavecchia G. A new method for analysing discrete life history data with missing covariate values. J R Stat Soc Series B Stat Methodol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2007.00644.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Van Tienderen recently published a method that links selection gradients between a phenotypic trait and multiple fitness components with the effects of these fitness components on the population growth rate (mean absolute fitness). The method allows selection to be simultaneously estimated across multiple fitness components in a population dynamic framework. In this paper we apply the method to a population of red deer living in the North Block of the Isle of Rum, Scotland. We show that (1) selection on birth date and birth weight can operate through multiple fitness components simultaneously; (2) our estimates of the response to selection are consistent with the observed change in trait values that we cannot explain with environmental and phenotypic covariates; (3) selection on both traits has fluctuated over the course of the study; (4) selection operates through different fitness components in different years; and (5) no environmental covariates correlate with selection because different fitness components respond to density and climatic variation in contrasting ways.
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- T Coulson
- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom.
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- P. Galeotti
- Laboratorio di Eco‐Etologia dei Vertebrati, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Pavia, P.zza Botta 9, 27100 Pavia, Italy,
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova, Via Trieste 75, 35100 Padova, Italy,
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- Laboratorio di Eco‐Etologia dei Vertebrati, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Pavia, P.zza Botta 9, 27100 Pavia, Italy,
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- Laboratorio di Eco‐Etologia dei Vertebrati, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Pavia, P.zza Botta 9, 27100 Pavia, Italy,
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Ferrara, Via Borsari 46, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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Coulson T, Kruuk LEB, Tavecchia G, Pemberton JM, Clutton-Brock TH. ESTIMATING SELECTION ON NEONATAL TRAITS IN RED DEER USING ELASTICITY PATH ANALYSIS. Evolution 2003. [DOI: 10.1554/03-126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Many bird species nest in close association with other bolder and more aggressive birds which provide protection against nest predators. The woodpigeons, Columba palumbus, that nest in poplar plantations in Northern Italy are found almost exclusively clumped around hobby, Falco subbuteo, nests. Woodpigeons settle in the area and build their nests after the hobby has started nesting. We carried out experiments with dummy nests and observations on woodpigeon nests. Dummy woodpigeon nests placed near a hobby's nest suffered less depredation by hooded crows, Corvus corone cornix, than those placed far from it. A logistic regression analysis showed that three variables, hobby nesting stage, distance from the hobby's nest and the hobby's aggressiveness, influenced the probability of nest predation. The degree of protection varied during the hobby's nesting period and was highest when chicks were in the nest. The hobby's aggressiveness against intruders varied both between and within individuals during different nesting phases. The predation rate of dummy nests associated with the falcon was negatively correlated with the aggressiveness score of the hobby during the 6 days of dummy nest exposure. Observations on real nests showed that woodpigeons selected hobbies that had a high fledging success, and a more vigorous defensive behaviour. Clues that would allow woodpigeons to choose the best protector may be early nesting by the hobby and its aggressiveness. Hobbies preyed on adult woodpigeons, but the risk incurred by the woodpigeons was low compared with the very high risk of nest predation in this area. Copyright 1999 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.
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- G Bogliani
- Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Pavia
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