Mario Petretta

TL;DR: The finding that blood methaemoglobin and PB were inversely correlated with sperm parameters indicates that nitrogen oxide and Pb adversely affect semen quality.

TL;DR: Compared to patients with uncomplicated acromegaly, those with hypertension but without abnormalities of glucose tolerance had an increased prevalence of LV hypertrophy, and disease duration, circulating GH, and IGF-I levels were similar in the 2 groups.

TL;DR: This study supports the hypothesis that the renin-angiotensin system modulates the amplitude of ULF and VLF power and demonstrates that in MI patients, converting enzyme inhibition favorably modifies measures of heart period variability strongly associated with a poor prognosis.

TL;DR: It was showed that statin therapy reduced the risk of CHD events in men without prior cardiovascular disease, but not in women, and statins did not reduce therisk of total mortality both in men and women.

TL;DR: The persistence of valve disease in patients with cured acromegaly is likely to be correlated with the persistence of left ventricular hypertrophy, which should be carefully and continuously monitored as an aspect of the risk of cardiac dysfunction in these patients.