Fausto Rigo

TL;DR: GLORIA-AF (Global Registry on Long-Term Oral Antithrombotic Treatment in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation) is a prospective, global registry program describing antithrombinotic t...

TL;DR: Echocardiographic parameters provide additional information compared to other variables routinely used in clinical practice to identify patients at higher risk of hemodynamic deterioration and poor in-hospital outcome, allowing prompt institution of appropriate pharmacological treatment and adequate mechanical support.

TL;DR: Coronary flow reserve provides independent prognostic information in diabetic and nondiabetic patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease and negative dipyridamole stress echocardiography, and a normal CFR off therapy is associated with better and similar survival in the 2 populations.

TL;DR: In patients with angiographically normal or near-normal coronary arteries and preserved at-rest regional and global left ventricular function at baseline and during stress, CFR adds incremental value to the prognostic stratification achieved with clinical and angiographic data.

TL;DR: In DCM patients, CFR is often impaired, and a reduced CFR during vasodilator stress is an independent prognostic marker of bad prognosis.