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Background : Metabolic syndrome associated with elevated fasting triglyceridemia (TG) is often associated with insomnia . The new guidelines of ESC for dyslipidemia advice the statin and/or ezetimibe treatment like fist line therapy in patients with hypertriglyceridemia, also before then fibrates or omega 3 We examined the impact of…

Aesthetic medicine clinics attract a heterogeneous population seeking wellbeing, improved body image and greater self-esteem. Many of these individuals, often adults aged 30–65 years, present unrecognized or inadequately managed cardiovascular risk factors and rarely access conventional cardiology pathways spontaneously, making this setting an unconventional gateway of extraordinary potential for…

Background and aims: coronary artery disease (CAD) is major cause of death worldwide. Major cardiovascular risk factors are a leading cause of CAD. However, the self-awareness of patients with CAD regarding the prognostic role of those factors remains unknown. Methods: consecutive patients with CAD hospitalized at one Italian centre…

Background: Scientific research has now amply demonstrated the existence of differences between sexes in the context of different areas of exercise, in terms of physical performance, response and adaptation to exercise. Purpose: This study aimed to assess sex-related differences in baseline and post-rehabilitation test performance among patients with heart…

Background: Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor antibodies reduce the frequency of new cardiovascular (CV) events through Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction and plaque stabilisation. However, only a few studies have evaluated whether this effect is also determined by an improvement in arterial functional and structural parameters. We…

Background:Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD),due to chronically elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C).The objective of this report was to assess the impact of clinical and genetic factors in FH,with particular attention to cumulative LDL-C exposure,on the coronary artery calcium (CAC) score…

Carotid web is a rare abnormality of the arterial wall, considered a variant of intimal fibromuscular dysplasia, and has been associated with cryptogenic ischemic stroke in young adults. Its detection by Doppler ultrasound of the supra-aortic trunks remains a diagnostic challenge, as it is often under-recognized and misinterpreted as…