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Canino F, Barbolini M, De Giorgi U, Dominici M, Gianni L, Moscetti L, Omarini C, Zamagni C, Molinaro A, Antonelli G, Baglio F, Martinelli G, Natalizio S, Ponzoni O, Piacentini F. P120 Cardiac safety of pertuzumab, trastuzumab and standard chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment for HER2 positive breast cancer: real world data from NeoPowER trial. Breast 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9776(23)00237-0] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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Frezzotti R, Gagliardi G, Lubicz V, Martinelli G, Sanfilippo F, Simula S. Lattice calculation of the pion mass difference
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Gregucci F, Di Monaco A, Bonaparte I, Surgo A, Troisi F, Vitulano N, Quadrini F, Di Molfetta D, Martinelli G, Guida P, Carbonara R, Ciliberti M, Grimaldi M, Fiorentino A. PO-1055 Atrial fibrillation: worldwide preliminary data of LINAC-based STAR prospective phase II trial. Radiother Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(22)03019-5] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Alexandrou C, Bacchio S, Bergner G, Constantinou M, Di Carlo M, Dimopoulos P, Finkenrath J, Fiorenza E, Frezzotti R, Garofalo M, Hadjiyiannakou K, Kostrzewa B, Koutsou G, Jansen K, Lubicz V, Mangin-Brinet M, Manigrasso F, Martinelli G, Papadiofantous E, Pittler F, Rossi G, Sanfilippo F, Simula S, Tarantino C, Todaro A, Urbach C, Wenger U. Quark masses using twisted-mass fermion gauge ensembles. Int J Clin Exp Med 2021. [DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.104.074515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Berretta P, Meuris B, Kappert U, Andreas M, Fiore A, Solinas M, Misfeld M, Carrel TP, Villa E, Savini C, Santarpino G, Teoh K, Albertini A, Fischlein T, Martinelli G, Mignosa C, Glauber M, Shrestha M, Laufer G, Phan K, Yan T, Di Eusanio M. Sutureless versus rapid deployment aortic valve replacement: results from a multicentric registry. Ann Thorac Surg 2021; 114:758-765. [PMID: 34563505 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.08.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND To compare clinical and hemodynamic in-hospital outcomes of patients undergoing sutureless versus rapid deployment aortic valve replacement (SURD-AVR) in the large population of the Sutureless and Rapid Deployment International Registry (SURD-IR). METHODS We examined 4695 patients who underwent isolated or combined SURD-AVR. The "sutureless" Perceval valve was used in 3133 patients and the "rapid deployment" Intuity in 1562. Potential confounding factors were addressed by the use of propensity score matching. After matching, 2 well-balanced cohorts of 823 pairs (isolated SURD-AVR) and 467 pairs (combined SURD-AVR) were created. RESULTS Patients who received Perceval and Intuity valves showed similar in-hospital mortality and rate of major postoperative complications. Perceval was associated shorter cross clamp and cardiopulmonary bypass time. In the isolated SURD-AVR group, patients receiving Perceval were more likely to undergo anterior right thoracotomy incision. Postoperative transvalvular gradients were significantly lower for the Intuity valve compared to those of the Perceval valve, either in isolated and combined SURD-AVR. The Intuity valve was associated with a lower rate of postoperative mild aortic regurgitation. CONCLUSIONS Our results confirm the safety and efficacy of SURD-AVR regardless of the valve type. The Perceval valve was associated with reduced operative times and increased anterior right thoracotomy incision. The Intuity valve showed superior hemodynamic outcomes and a lower incidence of postoperative mild aortic regurgitation.
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- Paolo Berretta
- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
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- Gasthuisberg, Cardiale Heelkunde, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Heart Centre Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Henri Mondor Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Poliambulanza Foundation Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Department, Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Italy; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Anthea Hospital, GVM Care&Research, Bari, Italy; Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Southlake Regional Health Centre, Ontario, Canada
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- Cardiovascular Surgery Unit, Maria Cecilia Hospital GVM care & research, Cotignola, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Clinical & Research Hospitals IRCCS Gruppo San Donato, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy; The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group
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Rubino AS, De Santo LS, Pisano A, Mauro MD, Benussi S, Borghetti V, Castiglioni A, Chiariello L, Colli A, De Bellis A, De Filippo CM, De Paulis R, Di Benedetto G, Di Eusanio M, Faggian G, Fiorani B, Fratto PA, Giuffrida AG, Glauber M, Iannelli G, Iesu S, Livi U, Martinelli G, Massetti M, Mastroroberto P, Menicanti L, Minniti G, Miraldi F, Montesi G, Musumeci F, Nicolini F, Pace Napoleone C, Panisi P, Pappalardo A, Patanè F, Ragni T, Rinaldi M, Tribastone S, Triggiani M, Tritto FP, Zebele C, Parolari A, Gerosa G, De Feo M. Cardiac surgery practice during the COVID-19 outbreak: a multicentre national survey. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2021; 59:901-907. [PMID: 33657222 PMCID: PMC7989504 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2020] [Revised: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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- Antonino Salvatore Rubino
- Department of Translational Medicine, Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, AORN dei Colli, Cardiac Surgery, Vincenzo Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, AORN dei Colli, Cardiac Surgery, Vincenzo Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, AORN Dei Colli, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, API "Madonna del Ponte", Lanciano, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Casa di Cura San Michele, Maddaloni, Caserta, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Department, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center-OORR-Polytechnic University of Marche-School of Medicine, Ancona, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, AORNAS "San Giuseppe Moscati", Avellino, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli", Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, A.O. San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona, Salerno, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Azienza Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Clinica San Gaudenzio, Gruppo Policlinico di Monza, Novara, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Policlinico "A. Gemelli", Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita, Torino, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Papardo, Messina, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio Molinette, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Casa di Cura Montevergine, Mercogliano (AV), Italy
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- Department of University Cardiac Surgery and Translational Research, IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Cardiac Surgery Unit, University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, AORN dei Colli, Cardiac Surgery, Vincenzo Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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Andreas M, Berretta P, Solinas M, Santarpino G, Kappert U, Fiore A, Glauber M, Misfeld M, Savini C, Mikus E, Villa E, Phan K, Fischlein T, Meuris B, Martinelli G, Teoh K, Mignosa C, Shrestha M, Carrel TP, Yan T, Laufer G, Di Eusanio M. Minimally invasive access type related to outcomes of sutureless and rapid deployment valves. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2021; 58:1063-1071. [PMID: 32588056 PMCID: PMC7577292 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Minimally invasive surgical techniques with optimal outcomes are of paramount importance. Sutureless and rapid deployment aortic valves are increasingly implanted via minimally invasive approaches. We aimed to analyse the procedural outcomes of a full sternotomy (FS) compared with those of minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) and further assess MICS, namely ministernotomy (MS) and anterior right thoracotomy (ART). METHODS We selected all isolated aortic valve replacements in the Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement International Registry (SURD-IR, n = 2257) and performed propensity score matching to compare aortic valve replacement through FS or MICS (n = 508/group) as well as through MS and ART accesses (n = 569/group). RESULTS Postoperative mortality was 1.6% in FS and MICS patients who had a mean logistic EuroSCORE of 11%. Cross-clamp and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) times were shorter in the FS group than in the MICS group (mean difference 3.2 and 9.2 min; P < 0.001). Patients undergoing FS had a higher rate of acute kidney injury (5.6% vs 2.8%; P = 0.012). Direct comparison of MS and ART revealed longer mean cross-clamp and CPB times (12 and 16.7 min) in the ART group (P < 0.001). The postoperative outcome revealed a higher stroke rate (3.2% vs 1.2%; P = 0.043) as well as a longer postoperative intensive care unit [2 (1-3) vs 1 (1-3) days; P = 0.009] and hospital stay [11 (8-16) vs 8 (7-12) days; P < 0.001] in the MS group than in the ART group. CONCLUSIONS According to this non-randomized international registry, FS resulted in a higher rate of acute kidney injury. The ART access showed a lower stroke rate than MS and a shorter hospital stay than all other accesses. All these findings may be related to underlying patient risk factors.
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- Martin Andreas
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
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- Città di Lecce Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Cotignola, Italy.,Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Heart Centre Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Henri Mondor University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France
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- Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Clinical & Research Hospitals IRCCS Gruppo San Donato, Milan, Italy
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- University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Cardiac Surgery Department, Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Surgery Unit, Maria Cecilia Hospital GVM Care & Research, Cotignola, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Poliambulanza Foundation Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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- The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Sydney, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Cardiac Surgery, Gasthuisberg, Cardiale Heelkunde, Leuven, Belgium
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- Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada
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- Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases, Cardiothoracic Transplantation IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy
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- Division of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.,The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Sydney, Australia
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Castillo-López G, Rodríguez-Alcalde D, Martínez Caballero C, Martinelli G. Chicken bones impacted between sigmoid diverticula. Gastroenterol Hepatol 2021; 44:570-571. [PMID: 33746030 DOI: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2021.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario de Móstoles, Móstoles (Madrid), España
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Berretta P, Andreas M, Carrel TP, Solinas M, Teoh K, Fischlein T, Santarpino G, Folliguet T, Villa E, Meuris B, Mignosa C, Martinelli G, Misfeld M, Glauber M, Kappert U, Savini C, Shrestha M, Phan K, Albertini A, Yan T, Di Eusanio M. Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement with sutureless and rapid deployment valves: a report from an international registry (Sutureless and Rapid Deployment International Registry)†. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 56:793-799. [PMID: 30820549 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezz055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The impact of sutureless and rapid deployment (SURD) valves on the clinical outcomes of patients undergoing minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (MI-AVR) has still to be defined. The aim of this study was to assess clinical characteristics and in-hospital results of patients receiving SURD-AVR through less invasive approaches in the large population of the Sutureless and Rapid Deployment International Registry (SURD-IR). METHODS Of the 1935 patients who received primary isolated SURD-AVR between 2009 and 2018, a total of 1418 (73.3%) underwent MI interventions and were included in this analysis. SURD-AVR was performed using upper ministernotomy in 56.4% (n = 800) of cases and anterior right thoracotomy in 43.6% (n = 618). Perceval S was implanted in 1011 (71.3%) patients and Edwards Intuity or Intuity Elite in 407 (28.7%) patients. RESULTS Overall in-hospital mortality and stroke rates were 1.7% and 2%, respectively. A definitive pacemaker implantation was reported in 9% of cases and significantly decreased over the observational period, from 20.6% to 5.6% (P = 0.002). The Perceval valve was associated with shorter operative times and was more frequently implanted in patients receiving anterior right thoracotomy incision. The Intuity valve was preferred in younger patients and revealed superior postoperative haemodynamic results. CONCLUSIONS SURD-AVR was largely performed through less invasive approaches and can be considered as a primary indication in MI surgery. In the SURD-IR cohort, MI SURD-AVR using both Perceval and Intuity valves appeared a safe and reproducible procedure associated with promising early results.
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- Paolo Berretta
- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada
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- Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Gasthuisberg, Cardiale Heelkunde, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy
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- Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Clinical & Research Hospitals IRCCS Gruppo San Donato, Milan, Italy
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- Dresden Heart Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Dresden University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
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- Cardiac Surgery Department, Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group.,Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group.,Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
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D'Onofrio A, Tessari C, Lorenzoni G, Cibin G, Martinelli G, Alamanni F, Polvani G, Solinas M, Massetti M, Merlo M, Vendramin I, Di Eusanio M, Mignosa C, Mangino D, Russo C, Rinaldi M, Pacini D, Salvador L, Antona C, Maselli D, De Paulis R, Luzi G, Alfieri O, De Filippo CM, Portoghese M, Musumeci F, Colli A, Gregori D, Gerosa G. Minimally Invasive vs Conventional Aortic Valve Replacement With Rapid-Deployment Bioprostheses. Ann Thorac Surg 2020; 111:1916-1922. [PMID: 33039363 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.06.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 06/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this multicenter retrospective study was to compare early and midterm clinical and hemodynamic results of aortic valve replacement with rapid-deployment bioprostheses performed through conventional full-sternotomy vs mini-sternotomy. METHODS Data from the Italian multicenter registry of aortic valve replacement with rapid-deployment bioprostheses (INTU-ITA registry) were analyzed. Patients were divided into 2 groups: full sternotomy (FS) and ministernotomy (MS). Primary endpoint was the comparison of early and midterm mortality. Secondary endpoints were: comparison of intraoperative variables, complications, and hemodynamic performance. A propensity score weighting approach was used for data analysis. RESULTS A total of 1057 patients were analyzed: 435 (41.2%) and 622 (58.8%) in group FS and MS, respectively. Thirty-day mortality was 1.6% and 0.6% in FS and MS groups, respectively (P = .074). cardiopulmonary bypass time was 78.5 minutes and 83 minutes in FS and MS groups, respectively (P = .414). In the overall cohort, the incidence of intraoperative complications and of device success was 3.8% (40 patients) and 95.9% (1014 patients), respectively, with no significant differences between groups. Survival at 1, 3, and 5 years was 94.1%, 98.1%, 88.5% and 91.8%, 85.2%, and 84.8% in FS and MS groups, respectively (P = .412). The 2 groups showed similar postoperative gradients (median mean gradient, FS: 10.0 mm Hg, MS: 11.0 mm Hg; P = .170) and also similar incidence of patient-prosthesis mismatch (FS: 7%, MS: 6.4%, P = .647). CONCLUSIONS According to our data, rapid-deployment bioprostheses allow the performance of minimally invasive aortic valve replacement with similar surgical times and similar clinical and hemodynamic outcomes to conventional surgery and should be considered the first choice in these procedures.
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- Augusto D'Onofrio
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale del Cuore "G. Pasquinucci", Massa, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, G.B. Morgagni Hospital, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, L'Angelo Hospital, Mestre-Venezia, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, S. Anna Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, San Carlo Hospital, Potenza, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Santissima Annunziata Hospital, Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Santarpino G, Berretta P, Fischlein T, Carrel TP, Teoh K, Misfeld M, Savini C, Kappert U, Glauber M, Villa E, Meuris B, Mignosa C, Albertini A, Martinelli G, Folliguet TA, Shrestha M, Solinas M, Laufer G, Phan K, Yan T, Di Eusanio M. Operative outcome of patients at low, intermediate, high and 'very high' surgical risk undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement with sutureless and rapid deployment prostheses: results of the SURD-IR registry. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 56:38-43. [PMID: 30689828 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES The ideal strategy for the treatment of severe aortic valve stenosis in patients of varying risk categories has become a debated topic in the last years: should the transcatheter or surgical approach be adopted? The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of low-, intermediate-, high- and very high-risk patients undergoing sutureless, rapid deployment aortic valve replacement. METHODS From 2007 to 2017, data on a total of 3651 patients were collected from the Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement International Registry (SURD-IR). Of these, 2057 patients who underwent primary isolated aortic valve replacement were considered for this analysis and classified as being at low (EuroSCORE <5; n = 500), intermediate (EuroSCORE 5-10; n = 901), high (EuroSCORE 11-20; n = 500) and very high (EuroSCORE >20; n = 156) preoperative risk. RESULTS Overall, a less invasive approach was used in 74.1% of patients and represented the most frequent (>50%) approach in all risk categories. The Perceval prosthesis was used more frequently than other devices, especially in patients at high and very high risk. Hospital mortality was 1.6%, 0.8%, 1.9% and 2.7% in low-, intermediate-, high- and very high-risk patients, respectively, with no significant differences among subgroups. Similarly, postoperative complication rates were similar across the different risk categories. CONCLUSIONS Surgical aortic valve replacement using sutureless, rapid deployment biological valve prostheses is associated with excellent results and represents a safe and effective treatment option for patients with severe aortic valve stenosis. This seems to be particularly true in patients with a higher risk profile.
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- Giuseppe Santarpino
- Città di Lecce Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Lecce, Italy.,Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Southlake Regional Health Centre, ON, Canada
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- Cardiac Surgery Department, Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Dresden Heart Center, Dresden University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
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- Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Clinical & Research Hospitals IRCCS Gruppo San Donato, Milan, Italy
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- Gasthuisberg, Cardiale Heelkunde, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group.,Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group.,Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Ospedali Riuniti, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Cerchione C, Catalano L, Nappi D, Rocco S, Palmieri S, Pareto A, Pane F, Ferrara F, Martinelli G. Bendamustine-bortezomib-dexamethasone (BVD) in heavily pretreated multiple myeloma: old/new in novel agents’ era. Hematol Transfus Cell Ther 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.htct.2020.09.042] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Cerchione C, Catalano L, Nappi D, Musuraca G, Lucchesi A, Ronconi S, Pane F, Martinelli G. Carfilzomib-lenalidomide-dexamethasone in the management of lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma. Hematol Transfus Cell Ther 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.htct.2020.09.099] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Miceli A, Berretta P, Fiore A, Andreas M, Solinas M, Santarpino G, Kappert U, Misfeld M, Savini C, Albertini A, Villa E, Phan K, Fischlein T, Meuris B, Martinelli G, Teoh K, Mignosa C, Shrestha M, Carrel TP, Yan TD, Glauber M, Di Eusanio M. Sutureless and rapid deployment implantation in bicuspid aortic valve: results from the sutureless and rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement international registry. Ann Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 9:298-304. [PMID: 32832411 DOI: 10.21037/acs-2020-surd-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Background Benefits of sutureless and rapid deployment (SURD) bioprostheses in bicuspid aortic valves (BAV) are controversial. The aim of this study is to report the outcomes of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) for BAV from the Sutureless and Rapid-Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement International Registry (SURD-IR). Methods Of the 4,636 patients who received primary isolated SURD-AVR between 2007 and 2018, 191 (4.1%) BAV patients underwent AVR with SURD valve. Results Overall 30-day mortality was 1.6%. The Intuity valve was implanted in 53.9% of cases, whereas the Perceval was implanted in 46.1%. Rate of stroke for isolated AVR was 4.2%. No case of endocarditis, thromboembolism, myocardial infarction, valve dislocation or structural valve deterioration was reported in the early phase. Rate of pacemaker implantation and moderate-severe aortic regurgitation (AR) were 7.9% and 3.7%, respectively. Conclusions BAV is not considered a contraindication for the implantation of SURD valves. However, detailed information of aortic root geometry as well as the knowledge of some technical considerations are mandatory for a good outcome.
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- Antonio Miceli
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Henri Mondor University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Pasquinucci Heart Hospital, Massa, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Città di Lecce Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Lecce, Italy.,Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy.,Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Heart Centre Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Cardiac Surgery Department, Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Surgery Unit, Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Cotignola, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Poliambulanza Foundation Hospital, Brescia, Italy
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- The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Gasthuisberg, Cardiale Heelkunde, Leuven, Belgium
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- Southlake Regional Health Centre, Ontario, Canada
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- Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.,The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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Soldano S, Martinelli G, Tardito S, Paolino S, Patanè M, Gotelli E, Corallo C, Pizzorni C, Sulli A, Schenone C, Smith V, Cutolo M. AB0168 NINTEDANIB (TYROSINE-KINASE INHIBITOR) INHIBITS THE TRANSITION OF CIRCULATING FIBROCYTES ISOLATED FROM SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS PATIENTS INTO MYOFIBROBLASTS: AN IN VITROSTUDY. Ann Rheum Dis 2020. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-eular.4613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic connective disease characterized by microvascular alterations, dysregulated immune response and fibrosis [1,2]. Myofibroblasts are alpha-smooth muscle actin (alphaSMA)+cells and play a crucial role in fibrosis, through the excessive synthesis and deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, in particular fibronectin (FN) and type I collagen (COL1) [3]. Despite myofibroblasts primarily derive from resident fibroblasts transition and differentiation, another important source is represented by circulating fibrocytes [4]. Nintedanib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis that interferes with the signalling pathways involved in the pathogenesis of fibrosis [5].Objectives:To investigate the possible effects of nintedanib in contrasting the ability of cultured mature fibrocytes from SSc patients to differentiate into profibrotic myofibroblasts.Methods:Circulating fibrocytes were obtained from peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated from 5 limited cutaneous SSc patients (mean age 68 +/- 10 years) and then plated on FN-coated tissue culture dishes in growth medium (DMEM at 20% of fetal bovine serum, 1% of penicillin-streptomycin and 1% L-glutamine), to allow the adhesion of fibrocyte precursors. Adherent cells were maintained in growth medium for 8 days in order to allow their differentiation into fibrocytes. Differentiated fibrocytes were treated with nintedanib at the concentrations of 100nM and 1000nM for 3 and 24 hours (hrs) or maintained in growth medium without any treatment. The differentiation of fibrocytes into myofibroblasts was determined evaluating the gene expression of alphaSMA, fibroblast specific protein-1 (S100A4) COL1, FN and CXCR4 by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, and the protein synthesis of alphaSMA, COL1 and FN by western blotting.Results:Nintedanib inhibited alphaSMA and S100A4 gene expression already at the concentration of 100nM in cultured fibrocytes and after 3 hrs of treatment, when compared with untreated cells. Furthermore, both concentrations of nintedanib (100nM and 1000nM) reduced the gene expression of COL1 and FN, whereas only 100nM downregulated the CXCR4 gene expression. At protein level, nintedanib 100nM and 1000nM reduced the synthesis of alphaSMA and COL1 after 24 hrs of treatment, whereas FN synthesis was reduced only by the nintedanib concentration of 1000nM.Conclusion:The preliminary results show that nintedanib may inhibit thein vitrotransition of SSc fibrocytes into myofibroblasts and their profibrotic activity, through the reduction of specific myofibroblast phenotype markers and ECM protein production. The results seem to suggest fibrocytes as further possible target of the antifibrotic action of nintedanib in SSc.References:[1]Cutolo M et al. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2019;15:753-64 2. Barsotti S et al. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2016;34(Suppl.100):S3-S13 3. Wynn TA et al. Nat Med. 2012;18:1028-40. 4.Distler JHW et al. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2017;69:257-67 5.Hilberg F et al. Cancer Res. 2008;68:4774-82.Disclosure of Interests:Stefano Soldano: None declared, Giulia Martinelli: None declared, Samuele Tardito: None declared, Sabrina Paolino: None declared, Massimo Patanè: None declared, Emanuele Gotelli: None declared, Claudio Corallo: None declared, Carmen Pizzorni: None declared, Alberto Sulli Grant/research support from: Laboratori Baldacci, Carlotta Schenone: None declared, Vanessa Smith Grant/research support from: The affiliated company received grants from Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO), Belgian Fund for Scientific Research in Rheumatic diseases (FWRO), Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co and Janssen-Cilag NV, Consultant of: Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co, Speakers bureau: Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co and UCB Biopharma Sprl, Maurizio Cutolo Grant/research support from: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Actelion, Celgene, Consultant of: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Speakers bureau: Sigma-Alpha
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Berretta P, Arzt S, Fiore A, Carrel TP, Misfeld M, Teoh K, Villa E, Albertini A, Fischlein T, Martinelli G, Shrestha M, Savini C, Miceli A, Santarpino G, Andreas M, Mignosa C, Phan K, Meuris B, Solinas M, Yan T, Di Eusanio M. Current trends of sutureless and rapid deployment valves: an 11-year experience from the Sutureless and Rapid Deployment International Registry. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 58:1054-1062. [DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES
Current evidence on sutureless and rapid deployment aortic valve replacement (SURD-AVR) is limited and does not allow for the assessment of the clinical impact and the evolution of procedural and clinical outcomes of this new valve technology. The Sutureless and Rapid Deployment International Registry (SURD-IR) represents a unique opportunity to evaluate the current trends and outcomes of SURD-AVR interventions.
METHODS
Data from 3682 patients enrolled between 2007 and 2018 were analysed. Patients were divided according to the date of surgery into 6 equal groups and by the type of intervention: isolated SURD-AVR (n = 2472) and combined SURD-AVR (n = 1086).
RESULTS
Across the 11-year study period, significant changes occurred in patient characteristics including a decrease in age and in estimated surgical risk. Less invasive approaches for isolated SURD-AVR increased considerably from 49.4% to 85.5%. The overall in-hospital mortality rate was 1.6% and 3.9% in isolated and combined procedures, respectively, with no change over time. The rate of perioperative stroke decreased significantly (from 4% to 0.5%), as did the rates of postoperative pacemaker implantation (from 12.8% to 5.9%) and aortic regurgitation (from 17.8% to 2.7%).
CONCLUSIONS
The present study provides a comprehensive analysis of the current trends and results of SURD-AVR interventions. The most notable changes over time were the increasing implantation of SURD valves in a younger population, with more frequent utilization of less invasive techniques. SURD-AVR demonstrated remarkable improvements in clinical outcomes with a significant reduction in the rates of stroke, pacemaker implantation and postoperative aortic regurgitation.
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- Paolo Berretta
- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Heart Centre Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Henri Mondor Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada
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- Cardiovascular Surgery Unit, Maria Cecilia Hospital GVM Care & Research, Cotignola, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Cardiac Surgery Department, Sant’Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto Clinico Sant’Ambrogio, Clinical & Research Hospitals IRCCS Gruppo San Donato, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy
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- The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Sydney, Australia
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- Gasthuisberg, Cardiale Heelkunde, Leuven, Belgium
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- The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Sydney, Australia
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
- The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Sydney, Australia
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Moran L, Royuela A, de Vargas AP, Lopez A, Cepeda Y, Martinelli G. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Diagnostic Usefulness of Ultrasound Measurement of the Median Nerve Area and Quantitative Elastographic Measurement of the Median Nerve Stiffness. J Ultrasound Med 2020; 39:331-339. [PMID: 31423615 DOI: 10.1002/jum.15111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Revised: 06/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To correlate the ultrasound (US) measurements of the median nerve cross-sectional area (CSA) and the measurements of its stiffness by shear wave elastography (SWE) with the severity grade of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) using electrodiagnostic testing (EDT) and to determine the cutoff points for CSA and SWE measurements to allow us to discriminate patients with moderate and severe CTS from those with mild or negative EDT findings. METHODS Seventy-three patients with 105 hands with a clinical suspicion of CTS were studied with US and SWE. We measured the median nerve CSA and elasticity (E) at the tunnel inlet (CSAu and Eu), in the quadratus pronator (CSAo and Eo), and the differences (CSAu - CSAo and Eu - Eo). RESULTS The nerve area and stiffness increased according to the EDT severity of CTS; the CSA increased proportionally as CTS increased from negative to severe according to EDT, and the stiffness was not different between patients with negative and mild EDT findings but was higher in patients with moderate and severe EDT findings versus negative and mild EDT findings. The cutoff points of a CSAu of 14 mm2 or greater and an Eu - Eo of 57 kPa or greater together allowed the discrimination of moderate and severe CTS from the rest. CONCLUSIONS The joint use of US and SWE is an alternative to EDT in the clinical management and treatment of patients with a clinical suspicion of CTS.
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- Luz Moran
- Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Statistics, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Neurophysiology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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Santarpino G, Berretta P, Kappert U, Teoh K, Mignosa C, Meuris B, Villa E, Albertini A, Carrel TP, Misfeld M, Martinelli G, Phan K, Miceli A, Folliguet T, Shrestha M, Solinas M, Andreas M, Savini C, Yan T, Fischlein T, Di Eusanio M. Minimally Invasive Redo Aortic Valve Replacement: Results From a Multicentric Registry (SURD-IR). Ann Thorac Surg 2020; 110:553-557. [PMID: 31954690 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2019] [Revised: 10/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Reoperation for aortic valve replacement can be challenging and is usually associated with an increased risk for complications and mortality. The study aim was to report the results of a multicenter cohort of patients who underwent minimally invasive reoperative aortic valve replacement with a sutureless or rapid-deployment prosthesis. METHODS From 2007 to 2018 data from 3651 patients were retrospectively collected from the Sutureless and Rapid-Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement International Registry. Of them, 63 patients who had previously undergone cardiac surgery represented the study population. In-hospital clinical and echocardiographic outcomes were recorded. RESULTS Mean age of the selected 63 patients was 75.3 ± 7.8 years and logistic EuroSCORE 10.1. Surgery was performed by ministernotomy in 43 patients (68.3%) and by anterior right thoracotomy in 20 (31.7%); 31 patients (49.2%) received the Perceval valve (Livanova PLC, London, UK) and 32 (50.8%) the Intuity valve (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA). Mean cross-clamp time was 57.8 ± 23.2 minutes and cardiopulmonary bypass time 95.0 ± 34.3 minutes. Neither conversion to full sternotomy nor in-hospital deaths occurred. Postoperative events were ischemic cerebral events in 3 patients (4.8%), need for pacemaker implantation in 2 (3.6%), bleeding requiring reoperation in 5 (8.9%), and dialysis in 1 (1.6%). Median intensive care unit stay was 1 day, and median length of hospital stay was 10 days. On echocardiographic evaluation 1 patient showed a significant postoperative aortic regurgitation. CONCLUSIONS Minimally invasive reoperative aortic valve replacement with a sutureless or rapid-deployment prosthesis is a safe and feasible treatment strategy, resulting in fast recovery and improved postoperative outcome with no mortality and an acceptable complication rate.
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- Giuseppe Santarpino
- Città di Lecce Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Lecce, Italy; Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany; Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine-University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Heart Centre Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Southlake Regional Health Centre, Ontario, Canada
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- Department for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, IRCCS-ISMETT, Palermo, Italy
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- Gasthuisberg, Cardiale Heelkunde, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cardiovascular Surgery Unit, Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Cotignola, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Clinical & Research Hospitals, IRCCS Gruppo San Donato, Milan, Italy
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- Pasquinucci Heart Hospital, G. Monasterio Foundation, Massa, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Cardiac Surgery Department, Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Italy
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- The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group; Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy; The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group
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Tolomeo D, L'Abbate A, Lonoce A, D'Addabbo P, Miccoli MF, Lo Cunsolo C, Iuzzolino P, Palumbo O, Carella M, Racanelli V, Mazza T, Ottaviani E, Martinelli G, Macchia G, Storlazzi CT. Concurrent chromothripsis events in a case of TP53 depleted acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplasia-related changes. Cancer Genet 2019; 237:63-68. [PMID: 31447067 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2019.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Revised: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC) is a heterogeneous hematological disorder defined by morphological, genetic, and clinical features. Patients with AML-MRC often show cytogenetic changes, which are associated with poor prognosis. Straightforward criteria for AML-MRC diagnosis and a more rigorous characterization of the genetic abnormalities accompanying this disease are needed. Here we describe an informative AML-MRC case, showing two separate, but concurrent, chromothripsis events, occurred at the onset of the tumor, and originating an unbalanced t(5;7) translocation and a derivative chromosome 12 with a highly rearranged short arm. Conversely, despite chromothripsis has been often associated with genomic amplification in cancer, in this case a large marker chromosome harboring amplified sequences from chromosomes 19 and 22 arose from a stepwise mechanism. Notably, the patient also showed a TP53 mutated status, known to be associated with an increased susceptibility towards chromothripsis and a poor prognosis. Our results indicate that multiple chromothripsis events may occur early in neoplastic transformation and act in a synergistic way with progressive chromosomal alterations to determine a dramatic impact on disease outcome, as suggested by the gene expression profile analysis.
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- D Tolomeo
- Department of Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy.
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- Department of Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- UO Anatomia Patologica, Ospedale S. Martino, Viale Europa 22, 32100 Belluno, Italy
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- UO Anatomia Patologica, Ospedale S. Martino, Viale Europa 22, 32100 Belluno, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Division of Medical Genetics, Poliambulatorio "Giovanni Paolo II", Viale Padre Pio snc, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Division of Medical Genetics, Poliambulatorio "Giovanni Paolo II", Viale Padre Pio snc, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Unit of Internal Medicine "Guido Baccelli", University of Bari Medical School, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Bioinformatics Unit, Viale dei Cappuccini, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, FG, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology "L. and A. Seràgnoli", University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Via Piero Maroncelli 40, 47014 Meldola, FC, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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Mancini M, De Santis S, Monaldi C, Bavaro L, Martelli M, Castagnetti F, Gugliotta G, Rosti G, Santucci MA, Martinelli G, Cavo M, Soverini S. Hyper-activation of Aurora kinase a-polo-like kinase 1-FOXM1 axis promotes chronic myeloid leukemia resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2019; 38:216. [PMID: 31122263 PMCID: PMC6533706 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-019-1197-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative disease caused by the constitutive tyrosine kinase (TK) activity of the BCR-ABL1 fusion protein. Accordingly, TK inhibitors have drastically changed the disease prognosis. However, persistence of the transformed hematopoiesis even in patients who achieved a complete response to TK inhibitors and the disease relapse upon therapy discontinuation represent a major obstacle to CML cure. METHODS Thiostrepton, Danusertib and Volasertib were used to investigate the effects of FOXM1, AKA and Plk1 inhibition in K562-S and K562-R cells. Apoptotic cell death was quantified by annexin V/propidium iodide staining and flow cytometry. Quantitative reverse transcription (RT)-PCR was used to assess BCR-ABL1, FOXM1, PLK1 and AURKA expression. Protein expression and activation was assessed by Western Blotting (WB). Clonogenic assay were performed to confirm K562-R resistance to Imatinib and to evaluate cells sensitivity to the different drugs. RESULTS Here we proved that BCR-ABL1 TK-dependent hyper-activation of Aurora kinase A (AURKA)-Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1)-FOXM1 axis is associated with the outcome of Imatinib (IM) resistance in an experimental model (K562 cell line) and bone marrow hematopoietic cells. Notably, such a biomolecular trait was detected in the putative leukemic stem cell (LSC) compartment characterized by a CD34+ phenotype. Constitutive phosphorylation of FOXM1 associated with BCR-ABL1 TK lets FOXM1 binding with β-catenin enables β-catenin nuclear import and recruitment to T cell factor/lymphoid enhancer-binding factor (TCF/LEF) transcription complex, hence supporting leukemic cell proliferation and survival. Lastly, the inhibition of single components of AURKA-PLK1-FOXM1 axis in response to specific drugs raises the expression of growth factor/DNA damage-inducible gene a (GADD45a), a strong inhibitor of AURKA and, as so, a critical component whose induction may mediate the eradication of leukemic clone. CONCLUSIONS Our conclusion is that AURKA, PLK1 and FOXM1 inhibition may be considered as a promising therapeutic approach to cure CML.
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MESH Headings
- Aurora Kinase A/genetics
- Benzamides/pharmacology
- Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
- Forkhead Box Protein M1/genetics
- Forkhead Box Protein M1/metabolism
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Imatinib Mesylate/pharmacology
- K562 Cells
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Pteridines/pharmacology
- Pyrazoles/pharmacology
- Signal Transduction
- Thiostrepton/pharmacology
- Up-Regulation
- Polo-Like Kinase 1
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- M. Mancini
- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale – DIMES - Istituto di Ematologia “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, University of Bologna, Medical School, via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale – DIMES - Istituto di Ematologia “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, University of Bologna, Medical School, via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale – DIMES - Istituto di Ematologia “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, University of Bologna, Medical School, via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale – DIMES - Istituto di Ematologia “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, University of Bologna, Medical School, via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale – DIMES - Istituto di Ematologia “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, University of Bologna, Medical School, via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale – DIMES - Istituto di Ematologia “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, University of Bologna, Medical School, via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale – DIMES - Istituto di Ematologia “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, University of Bologna, Medical School, via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale – DIMES - Istituto di Ematologia “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, University of Bologna, Medical School, via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale – DIMES - Istituto di Ematologia “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, University of Bologna, Medical School, via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) Srl Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), via Piero Maroncelli 40, 47014 Meldola (FC), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale – DIMES - Istituto di Ematologia “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, University of Bologna, Medical School, via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale – DIMES - Istituto di Ematologia “L. e A. Seràgnoli”, University of Bologna, Medical School, via Massarenti, 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy
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Santini D, Bazzocchi F, Paladini G, Gelli MC, Ricci M, Mazzoleni G, Martinelli G. Intermediate-sized Filament Proteins (Keratin, Vimentin, Desmin) in Metaplastic Carcinomas, Carcinosarcomas and Stromal Sarcomas of the Breast. Int J Biol Markers 2018; 2:83-6. [PMID: 2454275 DOI: 10.1177/172460088700200205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The distribution of intermediate-filament (IF) proteins of the keratin, vimentin and desmin type in breast stromal sarcomas, carcinosarcomas, metaplastic carcinomas and phyllodes tumors has been compared using the avidin-biotin complex immunoperoxidase technique. Keratin reactivity was found in carcinomatous and pseudosarcomatous areas of all metaplastic carcinomas, in the cuboidal epithelial cells of carcinosarcomas and in the epithelial component of phyllodes tumors. Vimentin and desmin were detected in the sarcomatous portion of carcinosarcoma, focally in the stromal component of phyllodes tumors and not always in the stromal sarcomas. These data confirm that combined analysis of IF expression is a reliable and convincing way to differentiate stromal sarcomas, metaplastic carcinomas and carcinosarcomas in breast pathology.
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- D Santini
- Istituto di Anatomia ed Istologia Patologica, Policlinico S. Orsola, Bologna, Italy
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Berdeja J, Palandri F, Baer M, Quick D, Kiladjian J, Martinelli G, Verma A, Hamid O, Walgren R, Pitou C, Li P, Gerds A. Phase 2 study of gandotinib (LY2784544) in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms. Leuk Res 2018; 71:82-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2018.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Revised: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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We studied one case of atypical polypoid adenomyoma of the uterus immunohistochemically using antisera against keratins, vimentin, S-100 protein, desmin and actin. The stromal cells were reactive with anti-actin and antidesmin antibodies suggesting a muscular phenotype and confirming previous ultrastructural data. Immunohistochemical investigations have proved to be useful in differential diagnosis of APA with invasive adenocarcinoma, adenosarcoma and adenofibroma of the endometrium.
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- S Di Palma
- Divisione di Anatomia Patologica e Citologia, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, Italy
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The clinicopathologic features of 4 cases of Müllerian adenosarcoma of the uterine body and 1 of the cervix are reported. They showed the characteristic pattern of benign epithelial growth within sarcomatous stroma. In the cervical tumor, malignant heterologous stromal cells were also present. All the patients are alive and well, confirming the good prognosis of this neoplasm. The authors think that the presence of a malignant heterologous component probably does not imply a worse prognosis.
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Pileri S, Brandi G, Rivano MT, Govoni E, Martinelli G. Report of a Case of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma of Large Multilobated Cell Type with B-Cell Origin. Tumori 2018; 68:543-8. [PMID: 6984803 DOI: 10.1177/030089168206800616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Large multilobated nuclei lymphoma is a rare entity that is characterized morphologically by large neoplastic elements with prominent nuclear lobations and clinically by a predilection for extranodal sites and a favorable prognosis. According to the data collected to date, the neoplasia is thought to be of T-cell origin. The authors describe the clinical, morphologic and immunohistochemical findings of a case of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with large multilobated nuclei that showed a definite B-lymphocyte origin.
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A clinico-pathologic study of 20 consecutive patients with leiomyosarcoma of the uterus seen over a 12-year period has been evaluated. Tumor extent at the time of diagnosis seems to be the main prognostic factor: 62.5% of the patients in stage I are alive and well from 1 to 7 years after the diagnosis as compared to 0% of the patients in all the other stages. The age of the patients and the number of mitotic figures also appear to have some prognostic value.
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The ultrastructural findings of a case of Stewart-Treves syndrome are reported. The authors believe that some features, never described before, confirm the truly vascular nature of this neoplasm.
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- S. Faenza
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care University of Bologna - Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care University of Bologna - Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care University of Bologna - Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care University of Bologna - Italy
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Di Eusanio M, Phan K, Berretta P, Carrel TP, Andreas M, Santarpino G, Di Bartolomeo R, Folliguet T, Meuris B, Mignosa C, Martinelli G, Misfeld M, Glauber M, Kappert U, Shrestha M, Albertini A, Teoh K, Villa E, Yan T, Solinas M. Sutureless and Rapid-Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement International Registry (SURD-IR): early results from 3343 patients†. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2018; 54:768-773. [DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezy132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [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: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Marco Di Eusanio
- Cardiovascular Department, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
- The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Sydney, Australia
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- The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Sydney, Australia
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- Cardiovascular Department, Cardiac Surgery Unit, Ospedali Riuniti, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- Città di Lecce Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Lecce, Italy
- Cardiovascular Center, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sant’Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nancy, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France
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- Gasthuisberg, Cardiale Heelkunde, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Centro Clinico-Diagnostico ‘G.B. Morgagni’, Heart Center, Pedara, Italy
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- Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Clinical & Research Hospitals IRCCS Gruppo San Donato, Milan, Italy
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- Dresden Heart Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Dresden University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
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- Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada
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- The Collaborative Research (CORE) Group, Sydney, Australia
- Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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Faenza S, Balestri M, Martinelli G, Spighi M, Fini M, Giardino R, Colì L, Cianciolo G, Stefoni S, Bonomini V. Hemoperfusion with a New Anion Exchange Resin Corrects the Metabolic Alkalosis in Pyloric Stenosis: An Experimental Demonstration. Int J Artif Organs 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/039139889201501111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 11/16/2022]
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An experimental model of hypertrophic pyloric stenosis was made by suture of the pyloric wall and gastrostomy in 10 rabbits under general anesthesia. Blood sampling indicated severe alkalosis and hypochloremia 3h 30 min after surgery. To correct the derangement, we tested an ion exchange resin (Dowex SAR), coated with a methacrylic hydrogel. A cartridge containing 18 g of this resin was inserted in an extracorporeal circuit. This chloride charged resin achieved uptake of HCO−3 ions, and elution of CI− ions. The electrolytic balance was fully restored after 10 min of treatment.
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- S. Faenza
- Anaesthesiology Institute, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna - Italy
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- Anaesthesiology Institute, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna - Italy
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- Anaesthesiology Institute, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna - Italy
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- Anaesthesiology Institute, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna - Italy
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- Department of Experimental Surgery, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna - Italy
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- Department of Experimental Surgery, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna - Italy
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- Nephrology Department, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna - Italy
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- Nephrology Department, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna - Italy
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- Nephrology Department, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna - Italy
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- Nephrology Department, S. Orsola Hospital, Bologna - Italy
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Vey N, Davidson-Moncada J, Uy G, Foster M, Rizzieri D, Godwin J, Topp M, Ciceri F, Carrabba M, Martinelli G, Huls G, Wegener A, Shannon M, Tran K, Sun J, Bonvini E, Löwenberg B, Wigginton J, Dipersio J. Interim results from a phase 1 first-in-human study of flotetuzumab, a CD123 x CD3 bispecific DART molecule, in AML/MDS. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx373.001] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Martinelli G, Mancini M, De Benedittis C, Rondoni M, Papayannidis C, Manfrini M, Meggendorfer M, Calogero R, Guadagnuolo V, Fontana MC, Bavaro L, Padella A, Zago E, Pagano L, Zanotti R, Scaffidi L, Specchia G, Albano F, Merante S, Elena C, Savini P, Gangemi D, Tosi P, Ciceri F, Poletti G, Riccioni L, Morigi F, Delledonne M, Haferlach T, Cavo M, Valent P, Soverini S. SETD2 and histone H3 lysine 36 methylation deficiency in advanced systemic mastocytosis. Leukemia 2017; 32:139-148. [PMID: 28663576 PMCID: PMC5770597 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2017.183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2016] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The molecular basis of advanced systemic mastocytosis (SM) is not fully understood and despite novel therapies the prognosis remains dismal. Exome sequencing of an index-patient with mast cell leukemia (MCL) uncovered biallelic loss-of-function mutations in the SETD2 histone methyltransferase gene. Copy-neutral loss-of-heterozygosity at 3p21.3 (where SETD2 maps) was subsequently found in SM patients and prompted us to undertake an in-depth analysis of SETD2 copy number, mutation status, transcript expression and methylation levels, as well as functional studies in the HMC-1 cell line and in a validation cohort of 57 additional cases with SM, including MCL, aggressive SM and indolent SM. Reduced or no SETD2 protein expression—and consequently, H3K36 trimethylation—was found in all cases and inversely correlated with disease aggressiveness. Proteasome inhibition rescued SETD2 expression and H3K36 trimethylation and resulted in marked accumulation of ubiquitinated SETD2 in SETD2-deficient patients but not in patients with near-normal SETD2 expression. Bortezomib and, to a lesser extent, AZD1775 alone or in combination with midostaurin induced apoptosis and reduced clonogenic growth of HMC-1 cells and of neoplastic mast cells from advanced SM patients. Our findings may have implications for prognostication of SM patients and for the development of improved treatment approaches in advanced SM.
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- G Martinelli
- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Hematology/Oncology 'L. e A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Hematology/Oncology 'L. e A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Hematology/Oncology 'L. e A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Ospedale Santa Maria delle Croci, Ravenna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Hematology/Oncology 'L. e A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Hematology/Oncology 'L. e A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Hematology/Oncology 'L. e A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Hematology/Oncology 'L. e A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Hematology/Oncology 'L. e A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Hematology/Oncology 'L. e A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Personal Genomics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.,Department of Biotechnologies, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Catholic University S. Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy.,Multidisciplinary Outpatients Clinics for Mastocytosis (GISM), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Section of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, Verona, Italy.,Multidisciplinary Outpatients Clinics for Mastocytosis (GISM), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Hematology Section, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Hematology Section, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Oncology-Hematology, Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Oncology-Hematology, Hematology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faenza Hospital, Faenza, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Rimini, Italy
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- University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.,IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, Centro Servizi Pievesestina, AUSL Romagna, Pievesestina di Cesena, Italy
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- Unit of Anatomic Pathology, 'M. Bufalini' Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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- Unit of Anatomic Pathology, 'M. Bufalini' Hospital, Cesena, Italy
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- Personal Genomics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.,Department of Biotechnologies, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Hematology/Oncology 'L. e A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Medicine I, Division of Hematology and Hemostaseology and Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Hematology/Oncology 'L. e A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Ghelli Luserna di Rora’ A, Iacobucci I, Martinelli G. The cell cycle checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of leukemias. J Hematol Oncol 2017; 10:77. [PMID: 28356161 PMCID: PMC5371185 DOI: 10.1186/s13045-017-0443-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The inhibition of the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway in the treatment of cancers has recently reached an exciting stage with several cell cycle checkpoint inhibitors that are now being tested in several clinical trials in cancer patients. Although the great amount of pre-clinical and clinical data are from the solid tumor experience, only few studies have been done on leukemias using specific cell cycle checkpoint inhibitors. This review aims to summarize the most recent data found on the biological mechanisms of the response to DNA damages highlighting the role of the different elements of the DDR pathway in normal and cancer cells and focusing on the main genetic alteration or aberrant gene expression that has been found on acute and chronic leukemias. This review, for the first time, outlines the most important pre-clinical and clinical data available on the efficacy of cell cycle checkpoint inhibitors in single agent and in combination with different agents normally used for the treatment of acute and chronic leukemias.
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Sciences “L. and A. Seràgnoli”, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
- Present: Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN USA
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Sciences “L. and A. Seràgnoli”, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy
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Colli A, Besola L, Salizzoni S, Gregori D, Tarantini G, Agrifoglio M, Chieffo A, Regesta T, Gabbieri D, Saia F, Tamburino C, Ribichini F, Valsecchi O, Loi B, Iadanza A, Stolcova M, Minati A, Martinelli G, Bedogni F, Petronio A, Dallago M, Cappai A, D'Onofrio A, Gerosa G, Rinaldi M. Does pre-existing aortic regurgitation protect from death in patients who develop paravalvular leak after TAVI? Int J Cardiol 2017; 233:52-60. [PMID: 28188002 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Revised: 01/01/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate interactions among pre-procedural aortic regurgitation (AR), post-procedural paravalvular leak (PVL) and long-term clinical outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS We analyzed data prospectively collected in the Italian Transcatheter balloon-Expandable Registry (ITER) on aortic stenosis (AS) patients. The degree of pre-procedural AR and post-procedural PVL was stratified as: absent/trivial, mild, and moderate/severe. VARC definitions were applied to outcomes. Of 1708 patients, preoperatively, AR was absent/trivial in 40% of the patients, mild in 42%, and moderate in 18%. Postoperatively, PVL was moderate-severe in 5%, mild in 32% of patients, and absent/trivial in 63%. Clinical follow-up, median 821days (IQR 585.75), was performed in 99.7% of patients. PVL, but not preoperative AR, was a major predictor of adverse outcome (HR 1.33, CI 95% 0.9-2.05, p=0.012 for mild PVL, HR 1.36, CI 95% 0.9-2.05, p<0.001 for PVL≥moderate and OR 1.04, p=0.97 respectively). Patients with moderate-severe PVL and preoperative left ventricle (LV) dilatation (LVEDVi>75ml/m2) showed better survival than those without dilatation (HR 8.63, p=0.001). CONCLUSIONS In patients with severe AS treated with balloon-expandable TAVI, the presence of PVL, but not pre-procedural AR, was a major predictor of adverse outcome. Preoperative LV dilatation seemed to offer some clinical advantages.
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- Andrea Colli
- Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, San Giovanni Battista Hospital 'Molinette', University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Cardiac Surgery, University of Milan, Centro Cardiologico Monzino Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Sciences, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, San Martino University Hospital, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Clinical Surgical Cardiology and Thoracic Vascular Department, Hesperia Hospital, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Ferrarotto Hospital, Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology of the Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, AO Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Interventional Cardiology Unit, AO Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Le Scotte University Hospital, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Interventional Cardiology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Clinical Institute S. Ambrogio, Milan, Italy
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- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, San Giovanni Battista Hospital 'Molinette', University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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Seracchioli R, Geraci E, Paradisi R, Montanari G, Zannoni L, Tabanelli V, Pileri SA, Carloni S, Sartor C, Martinelli G. Pelvic myeloid sarcoma: a multidisciplinary approach. EUR J GYNAECOL ONCOL 2017; 38:476-478. [PMID: 29693897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Myeloid sarcoma (MS) is a rare tumor mass derived from the extramedullary proliferation of blasts of one or more of myeloid lineages. It usually occurs at an anatomical site other than the bone marrow (BM). Among the anatomical site which may be involved, female genital tract is a rare localization. When MS follows a previous history of myeloid pathology it is usually associated to a poor prognosis. To date this disease was managed with exploratory laparotomy or with surgical debulking. The authors report a case of laparosc6pic diagnosis of a pelvic myeloid sarcoma in a patient previously affected by acute mycloid leukemia, evidencing the importance of minimally invasive diagnosis and subsequent multidisciplinary management.
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- E Cocorocchio
- Haematoncology Division
- Correspondence to E Cocorocchio
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Division
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- Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division, European Institute of Oncology, Via Ripamonti, 435, 20141 Milan, Italy
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Scalvini S, Martinelli G, Baratti D, Domenighini D, Benigno M, Paletta L, Zanelli E, Giordano A. Telecardiology: One-lead electrocardiogram monitoring and nurse triage in chronic heart failure. J Telemed Telecare 2016; 11 Suppl 1:18-20. [PMID: 16035981 DOI: 10.1258/1357633054461750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We investigated a home-based intervention based on telecardiology in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Two hundred and thirty CHF patients, aged 59 years (SD 9), in stable condition and with optimized therapy were enrolled. The programme consisted of trans-telephonic follow-up and electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring followed by visits from a paramedical and medical team. The patient could call the centre when required (tele-assistance), while the team could call the patient at pre-scheduled times (telemonitoring). During the first 12 months, there were 3767 calls (873 ad hoc and 2894 scheduled calls). There were 648 events, including 126 episodes of asymptomatic hypotension and 168 episodes which were not due to cardiological symptoms. No actions were taken by the nurse after 2417 calls (64%). A change in therapy was suggested after 418 calls, hospital admission in 62 patients, further investigations for 243 patients and a consultation with the general practitioner in 41 patients. A total of 2303 one-lead ECG recordings were received (10 per patient); 126 recordings (6%) were diagnosed as pathological in comparison with the baseline one. The one-lead ECG recording was used for titration of beta-blockers in 79 patients (mean dosage 38 mg vs 42 mg, P<0.01). Home telenursing could be an important application of telemedicine and single-lead ECG recording seems to offer additional benefit in comparison with telephone follow-up alone.
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- S Scalvini
- Cardiology Division, S Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Gussago, Breschia, Italy.
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Scalvini S, Zanelli E, Martinelli G, Baratti D, Giordano A, Glisenti F. Cardiac event recording yields more diagnoses than 24–hour Holter monitoring in patients with palpitations. J Telemed Telecare 2016; 11 Suppl 1:14-6. [PMID: 16035979 DOI: 10.1258/1357633054461930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Palpitation is a common symptom that sometimes results from a substantial cardiac arrhythmia. We compared the diagnostic yield of trans-telephonic event monitors with those of Holter monitoring in patients with intermittent palpitations. In all, 310 patients were randomly assigned to receive an event recorder or 24–hour Holter monitoring. Event recorders were used for seven days or until two recordings were obtained while symptoms occurred. The main end-point was an electrocardiogram (ECG) recorded during symptoms. The patients with palpitation recorded the one-lead ECG trace and sent it to a telemedicine call centre, where a nurse responded. There were 119 symptomatic patients in the event recorder group and 74 in the Holter group. The total costs were €6019 for event recording and €9605 for Holter monitoring. The average costs were €51 per symptomatic patient detected by event recorder monitoring and €1 30 per symptomatic patient detected by Holter monitoring. More patients therefore received a clear diagnosis, and more quickly, when using event recording than with Holter monitoring. For this reason, event recorders are preferable to Holter monitors for patients with palpitations.
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- S Scalvini
- Cardiology Division, S Maugeri Foundation, IRCCS, Gussago, Brescia, Italy.
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Venturoli N, Venturi S, Taddei S, Ridolfi L, Pugliese MR, Petrini F, Monti M, Costa AN, Martinelli G. Organ Donation and Transplantation as Health Programs in Italy. Prog Transplant 2016; 10:60-4. [PMID: 10941329 DOI: 10.1177/152692480001000111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Organ and tissue donation and transplantation have a role in public health programs as organizational projects designed by public health departments to increase the quality and number of donations and transplantations. These programs serve as communication projects to inform public opinion on cerebral death, organ and tissue shortages, procurement and allocation rules, and the quality of life of transplanted patients. The health department of Emilia-Romagna created a regional law and a multimedia communication program for these purposes, resulting in a 95% increase of cadaver donor in 4 years. In 1995, regional activity reached the European mean level and afterwards surpassed it. In 1997, the bone bank was activated, followed in 1998 by the heart valve and vascular segment bank. The regional health department now considers transplant activities a primary goal; human and professional relations between intensive care units and the transplant reference center are considered crucial; cooperation among health departments, medical teams involved in organ procurement and transplant activities has been fostered, and the local coordination network has been active and efficient. The public information campaign has proven important in providing information both to professionals and citizens.
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- Transplant Reference Center, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy
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Venturoli N, Costa AN, Ridolfi L, Pugliese MR, Taddei S, Petrini F, Bolondi L, Martinelli G. Reliability of Ultrasound Screening of Liver and Kidney Donors: A Retrospective Study. Prog Transplant 2016; 10:182-5. [PMID: 11216278 DOI: 10.1177/152692480001000309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The reliability of abdominal ultrasound in screening liver and kidney donors was assessed by correlating ultrasound findings with the suitability of organs for transplantation as determined by direct examination of the organs. We evaluated 100 multiorgan donors (100 livers, 200 kidneys) during a 15-month period. Abdominal ultrasound showed the following results for liver and kidney, respectively: specificity, 95.6% and 98.9%; sensitivity, 62.5% and 66.6%; and accuracy, 93% and 97%. These results show that abdominal ultrasound is a valuable tool for determining suitability of organs for transplantation when the ultrasound findings are normal. When ultrasound findings are abnormal, further studies are necessary to determine the suitability of the organs for transplantation.
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- N Venturoli
- Transplant Reference Center, Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy
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Cortes J, Gammon G, Khaled S, Martinelli G, Kramer A, Steffen B, Hogge D, Jonas B, Dombret H, Perl A. Phase 3 study of quizartinib (AC220) monotherapy vs salvage chemotherapy (SC) in patients (pts) with FLT3-ITD+ acute myeloid leukemia (AML) refractory to or relapsed (R/R) after 1st-line treatment with or without hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) consolidation: the QuANTUM-R study. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw375.43] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Martello M, Remondini D, Borsi E, Santacroce B, Procacci M, Pezzi A, Dico FA, Martinelli G, Zamagni E, Tacchetti P, Pantani L, Testoni N, Marzocchi G, Rocchi S, Zannetti BA, Mancuso K, Cavo M, Terragna C. Opposite activation of the Hedgehog pathway in CD138+ plasma cells and CD138-CD19+ B cells identifies two subgroups of patients with multiple myeloma and different prognosis. Leukemia 2016; 30:1869-76. [PMID: 27074969 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2016.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Revised: 03/02/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Hyperactivation of the Hedgehog (Hh) pathway, which controls refueling of multiple myeloma (MM) clones, might be critical to disease recurrence. Although several studies suggest the Hh pathway is activated in CD138- immature cells, differentiated CD138+ plasma cells might also be able to self-renew by producing themselves the Hh ligands. We studied the gene expression profiles of 126 newly diagnosed MM patients analyzed in both the CD138+ plasma cell fraction and CD138-CD19+ B-cell compartment. Results demonstrated that an Hh-gene signature was able to cluster patients in two subgroups characterized by the opposite Hh pathway expression in mature plasma cells and their precursors. Strikingly, patients characterized by Hh hyperactivation in plasma cells, but not in their B cells, displayed high genomic instability and an unfavorable outcome in terms of shorter progression-free survival (hazard ratio: 1.92; 95% confidence interval: 1.19-3.07) and overall survival (hazard ratio: 2.61; 95% confidence interval: 1.26-5.38). These results suggest that the mechanisms triggered by the Hh pathway ultimately led to identify a more indolent vs a more aggressive biological and clinical subtype of MM. Therefore, patient stratification according to their molecular background might help the fine-tuning of future clinical and therapeutic studies.
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- M Martello
- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Haematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', Department of Experimental Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Bologna University School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy
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Soverini S, De Benedittis C, Papayannidis C, Polakova KM, Venturi C, Russo D, Bresciani P, Iurlo A, Mancini M, Vitale A, Chiaretti S, Foà R, Abruzzese E, Sorà F, Kohlmann A, Haferlach T, Baccarani M, Cavo M, Martinelli G. Clinical impact of low-burden BCR-ABL1 mutations detectable by amplicon deep sequencing in Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients. Leukemia 2016; 30:1615-9. [DOI: 10.1038/leu.2016.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Farronato G, Cannalire P, Martinelli G, Tubertini I, Maspero C. Trasposizione dentale e trattamento ortodontico: revisione della letteratura. Dental Cadmos 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0011-8524(15)30091-x] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Russo D, Malagola M, Skert C, Cancelli V, Turri D, Pregno P, Bergamaschi M, Fogli M, Testoni N, De Vivo A, Castagnetti F, Pungolino E, Stagno F, Breccia M, Martino B, Intermesoli T, Cambrin GR, Nicolini G, Abruzzese E, Tiribelli M, Bigazzi C, Usala E, Russo S, Russo-Rossi A, Lunghi M, Bocchia M, D'Emilio A, Santini V, Girasoli M, Lorenzo RD, Bernardi S, Palma AD, Cesana BM, Soverini S, Martinelli G, Rosti G, Baccarani M. Managing chronic myeloid leukaemia in the elderly with intermittent imatinib treatment. Blood Cancer J 2015; 5:e347. [PMID: 26383820 PMCID: PMC4648524 DOI: 10.1038/bcj.2015.75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a non-standard, intermittent imatinib treatment in elderly patients with Philadelphia-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia and to answer the question on which dose should be used once a stable optimal response has been achieved. Seventy-six patients aged ⩾65 years in optimal and stable response with ⩾2 years of standard imatinib treatment were enrolled in a study testing a regimen of intermittent imatinib (INTERIM; 1-month on and 1-month off). With a minimum follow-up of 6 years, 16/76 patients (21%) have lost complete cytogenetic response (CCyR) and major molecular response (MMR), and 16 patients (21%) have lost MMR only. All these patients were given imatinib again, the same dose, on the standard schedule and achieved again CCyR and MMR or an even deeper molecular response. The probability of remaining on INTERIM at 6 years was 48% (95% confidence interval 35-59%). Nine patients died in remission. No progressions were recorded. Side effects of continuous treatment were reduced by 50%. In optimal and stable responders, a policy of intermittent imatinib treatment is feasible, is successful in about 50% of patients and is safe, as all the patients who relapsed could be brought back to optimal response.
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Ematologia 1-TMO, AOR Villa Sofia-Cervello, Palermo, Italy
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- S.C. Ematologia, Dipartimento di Oncologia ed Ematologia, A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Terapie Oncologiche Integrate, IRCCS AOU S. Martino-IST, Genova, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Oncology and Hematology, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Divisione Clinicizzata di Ematologia AOU Policlinico-V. Emanuele, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza Università, Roma, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, ‘Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli' Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Hematology and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Center, San Salvatore Hospital, Pesaro, Italy
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- Hematology, S Eugenio Hospital Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Hematology and BMT, Azienda Ospedaliero—Universitaria di Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Hematology, Mazzoni Hospital, Ascoli Piceno, Italy
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- U O Ematologia e CTMO Ospedale A., Businco-Cagliari, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia AOU 'G Martino' Policlinico Universitario di Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Hematology and Transplants, University of Siena and AOUS, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Cellular Therapies and Haematology, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia, AOU Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Hematology Department, 'A. Perrino' Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
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- Division of Haematology, Spirito Santo Hospital, Pescara, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- DMMT, Unit of Medical Statistics, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology 'L. & A. Seràgnoli', DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Haematology-Oncology 'L. and A. Seràgnoli' – S. Orsola Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Castagnetti F, Gugliotta G, Breccia M, Stagno F, Iurlo A, Albano F, Abruzzese E, Martino B, Levato L, Intermesoli T, Pregno P, Rossi G, Gherlinzoni F, Leoni P, Cavazzini F, Venturi C, Soverini S, Testoni N, Alimena G, Cavo M, Martinelli G, Pane F, Saglio G, Rosti G, Baccarani M. Long-term outcome of chronic myeloid leukemia patients treated frontline with imatinib. Leukemia 2015; 29:1823-31. [PMID: 26088952 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2015.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Revised: 05/20/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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For almost 10 years imatinib has been the therapeutic standard of chronic myeloid leukemia. The introduction of other tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) raised a debate on treatment optimization. The debate is still heated: some studies have protocol restrictions or limited follow-up; in other studies, some relevant data are missing. The aim of this report is to provide a comprehensive, long-term, intention-to-treat, analysis of 559 newly diagnosed, chronic-phase, patients treated frontline with imatinib. With a minimum follow-up of 66 months, 65% of patients were still on imatinib, 19% were on alternative treatment, 12% died and 4% were lost to follow-up. The prognostic value of BCR-ABL1 ratio at 3 months (⩽10% in 81% of patients) was confirmed. The prognostic value of complete cytogenetic response and major molecular response at 1 year was confirmed. The 6-year overall survival was 89%, but as 50% of deaths occurred in remission, the 6-year cumulative incidence of leukemia-related death was 5%. The long-term outcome of first-line imatinib was excellent, also because of second-line treatment with other TKIs, but all responses and outcomes were inferior in high-risk patients, suggesting that to optimize treatment results, a specific risk-adapted treatment is needed for such patients.
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- F Castagnetti
- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L and A Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, 'S Orsola-Malpighi' University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L and A Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, 'S Orsola-Malpighi' University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Chair of Hematology, 'La Sapienza' University, Roma, Italy
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- Chair of Hematology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Oncohematology of the Elderly Unit, Oncohematology Division, IRCCS Ca' Granda - Maggiore University Hospital, Milano, Italy
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- Chair of Hematology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, 'S Eugenio' Hospital, Roma, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera 'Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli', Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, 'Pugliese-Ciaccio' Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera 'Spedali Civili', Brescia, Italy
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- Hematology Unit, 'Ca' Foncello' Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Chair of Hematology, Torrette University Hospital, Ancona, Italy
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- Chair of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Arcispedale S Anna, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L and A Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, 'S Orsola-Malpighi' University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L and A Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, 'S Orsola-Malpighi' University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L and A Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, 'S Orsola-Malpighi' University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Chair of Hematology, 'La Sapienza' University, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L and A Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, 'S Orsola-Malpighi' University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L and A Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, 'S Orsola-Malpighi' University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnologies, 'Federico II' University, Napoli, Italy
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- Chair of Hematology, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, 'S Luigi Gonzaga' University Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano (TO), Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L and A Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, 'S Orsola-Malpighi' University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology 'L and A Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Döhner H, Seymour J, Butrym A, Wierzbowska A, Selleslag D, Jang J, Cavenagh J, Kumar R, Schuh A, Candoni A, Récher C, Sandhu I, del Castillo TB, Al-Ali H, Martinelli G, Falantes J, Nopenney R, Stone R, Minden M, McIntyre H, Songer S, Lucy L, Beach C, Dombret H. 96 OVERALL SURVIVAL IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED AML WITH >30% BONE MARROW BLASTS AND POOR-RISK CYTOGENETICS TREATED WITH AZACITIDINE: SUBANALYSIS OF THE AZA-AML-001 STUDY. Leuk Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2126(15)30097-7] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Palandri F, Latagliata R, Polverelli N, Tieghi A, Crugnola M, Martino B, Perricone M, Breccia M, Ottaviani E, Testoni N, Merli F, Aversa F, Alimena G, Cavo M, Martinelli G, Catani L, Baccarani M, Vianelli N. Mutations and long-term outcome of 217 young patients with essential thrombocythemia or early primary myelofibrosis. Leukemia 2015; 29:1344-9. [PMID: 25801912 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2015.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Revised: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We investigated the influence of molecular status on disease characteristics and clinical outcome in young patients (⩽ 40 years) with World Health Organization (WHO)-defined essential thrombocythemia (ET) or early/prefibrotic primary myelofibrosis (early-PMF). Overall, 217 patients with ET (number 197) and early-PMF (number 20) were included in the analysis. Median follow-up time was 10.2 years. The cumulative incidence of thrombosis, hemorrhages and disease evolution into myelofibrosis/acute leukemia were 16.6%, 8.6% and 3% at 15 years, respectively. No differences were detectable between ET and early-PMF patients, although the latter cohort showed a trend for worse combined-event free survival (EFS). Mutation frequency were 61% for JAK2V617F, 25% for CALR and 1% for MPLW515K, and were comparable across WHO diagnosis; however, JAK2V617F allele burden was higher in the early-PMF group. Compared with JAK2V617F-positive patients, CALR-mutated patients displayed higher platelet count and lower hemoglobin level. CALR mutations significantly correlated with lower thrombotic risk (9.1% versus 21.7%, P = 0.04), longer survival (100% versus 96%, P = 0.05) and better combined-EFS (86% versus 71%, P = 0.02). However, non-type 1/type 2 CALR mutations ('minor' mutations) and abnormal karyotype were found to correlate with increased risk of disease evolution. At last contact, six patients had died; in five cases, the causes of death were related to the hematological disease and occurred at a median age of 64 years (range: 53-68 years). Twenty-eight patients (13%) were unmutated for JAK2, CALR and MPL: no event was registered in these 'triple-negative' patients.
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- F Palandri
- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L. and A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L. and A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Section of Hematology and BMT Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera 'Bianchi Melacrino Morelli', Reggio Calabria, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L. and A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L. and A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L. and A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Section of Hematology and BMT Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L. and A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L. and A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L. and A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L. and A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Institute of Hematology 'L. and A. Seràgnoli', University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
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Colli A, Salizzoni S, Besola L, Gregori D, Agrifoglio M, Chieffo A, Regesta T, Tarantini G, Gabbieri D, Saia F, Tamburino C, Ribichini F, Valsecchi O, Loi B, Iadanza A, Santoro G, Minati A, Martinelli G, Bedogni F, Petronio A, Dallago M, Colombo A, D’Onofrio A, Gerosa G, Rinaldi M. DOES PRE-EXISTING AORTIC REGURGITATION PROTECTS FROM DEATH IN PATIENTS WHO DEVELOP PARAVALVULAR LEAK AFTER TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION? J Am Coll Cardiol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(15)61945-3] [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: 10/23/2022]
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Gopal S, Do T, Pooni JS, Martinelli G. Reply to authors--pitfalls in hemodynamic monitoring techniques: troubles in research or in clinical practice? Minerva Anestesiol 2015; 81:236-237. [PMID: 25338283] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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- S Gopal
- Critical Care Services, Integrated Critical Care Unit, The Heart and Lung Centre, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, -
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