Clinical presentation and outcome in a contemporary cohort of patients with acute myocarditis: multicenter Lombardy registry

…, A Cirò, M Senni, A Gavazzi, M Frigerio, F Oliva… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: There is controversy about the outcome of patients with acute myocarditis (AM),
and data are lacking on how patients admitted with suspected AM are managed. We report …

Myocarditis after BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 vaccination

…, D Couri, A Cereda, A Procopio, C Cavalotti, F Oliva… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
(COVID-19) vaccines have gained widespread use across the globe to prevent further spread
of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Early studies …

Acute heart failure patient profiles, management and in‐hospital outcome: results of the Italian Registry on Heart Failure Outcome

F Oliva, A Mortara, G Cacciatore… - European journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Registries and surveys improve knowledge of the ‘real world’. This paper aims to
describe baseline clinical profiles, management strategies, and the in‐hospital outcome of …

Nationwide survey on acute heart failure in cardiology ward services in Italy

…, G Cacciatore, G Ansalone, F Oliva… - European heart …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Aims Chronic heart failure (HF) is recognized as an important public health problem but little
attention has been focused on acute-stage HF. Methods and results Nationwide, prospective…

Intermittent 6-month low-dose dobutamine infusion in severe heart failure: DICE multicenter trial

F Oliva, R Latini, A Politi, L Staszewsky… - American heart …, 1999 - Elsevier
Background Patients with end-stage heart failure are often refractory to maximal oral therapy,
and they have high mortality rates, poor quality of life, and frequent hospitalizations with …

Sensitivity and positive predictive value of implantable intrathoracic impedance monitoring as a predictor of heart failure hospitalizations: the SENSE-HF trial

VM Conraads, L Tavazzi, M Santini, F Oliva… - European heart …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Aims Early recognition of impending decompensation and timely intervention may prevent
heart failure (HF) hospitalization. We investigated the performance of OptiVol ® intrathoracic …

Multicenter prospective observational study on acute and chronic heart failure: one-year follow-up results of IN-HF (Italian Network on Heart Failure) outcome registry

…, A Di Lenarda, A Mortara, F Oliva… - Circulation: Heart …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Clinical observational studies on heart failure (HF) deal mostly with hospitalized
patients, few with chronic outpatients, all with no or limited longitudinal observation. …

Survival and left ventricular function changes in fulminant versus nonfulminant acute myocarditis

…, S Ghio, R Totaro, FM Turazza, CF Russo, F Oliva… - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Previous reports have suggested that despite their dramatic presentation,
patients with fulminant myocarditis (FM) might have better outcome than those with acute …

[HTML][HTML] The patient perspective: quality of life in advanced heart failure with frequent hospitalisations

…, B Merkely, F Morandi, A Novoa, F Oliva… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
End of life is an unfortunate but inevitable phase of the heart failure patients' journey. It is often
preceded by a stage in the progression of heart failure defined as advanced heart failure, …

Fulminant versus acute nonfulminant myocarditis in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction

…, S Hashem, V Garcia-Hernando, F Oliva… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - jacc.org
Background : Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is a form of acute myocarditis characterized by
severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction requiring inotropes and/or mechanical circulatory …