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Raffaele Marfella
Researcher at Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli
Publications - 229
Citations - 9630
Raffaele Marfella is an academic researcher from Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diabetes mellitus & Type 2 diabetes. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 229 publications receiving 7723 citations.
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Outcomes in Patients With Hyperglycemia Affected by COVID-19: Can We Do More on Glycemic Control?
Celestino Sardu,Nunzia D'Onofrio,Maria Luisa Balestrieri,Michelangela Barbieri,Maria Rosaria Rizzo,Vincenzo Messina,Paolo Maggi,Nicola Coppola,Giuseppe Paolisso,Raffaele Marfella +9 more
TL;DR: Insulin infusion may be an effective method for achieving glycemic targets and improving outcomes in patients with COVID-19 and Cox regression analysis evidenced that patients with hyperglycemia treated with insulin infusion had a lower risk of severe disease than patients without insulin infusion.
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High proportions of erectile dysfuntion in men with the metabolic syndrome
Katherine Esposito,Francesco Giugliano,E Martedi,Giovanni Feola,Raffaele Marfella,Massimo D’Armiento,Dario Giugliano +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, an association between erectile dysfunction and the metabolic syndrome was found in men attending the outpatient department for metabolic diseases of the teaching hospital at the second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Effect of Lifestyle Changes on Erectile Dysfunction in Obese Men
Katherine Esposito,Francesco Giugliano,Carmen Di Palo,Giovanni Giugliano,Raffaele Marfella,Dario Giugliano +5 more
TL;DR: Several modifiable life-style factors, including physical activ-ity and leanness, were associated with maintenance of erectile function.
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Increased Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression But Impaired Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Signaling in the Myocardium of Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Chronic Coronary Heart Disease
Ferdinando Carlo Sasso,Daniele Torella,Daniele Torella,Ornella Carbonara,Georgina M. Ellison,Michele Torella,Michelangelo Scardone,C. Marra,Rodolfo Nasti,Raffaele Marfella,Domenico Cozzolino,Ciro Indolfi,Ciro Indolfi,Maurizio Cotrufo,Roberto Torella,Teresa Salvatore +15 more
TL;DR: Chronic CHD in diabetic patients is characterized by an increased VEGF myocardial expression and a decreased expression of its receptors along with a down-regulation of its signal transduction, which could be partially responsible for the reduced neoangiogenesis in diabetic Patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy.
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Relationships Between Daily Acute Glucose Fluctuations and Cognitive Performance Among Aged Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Maria Rosaria Rizzo,Raffaele Marfella,Michelangela Barbieri,Virginia Boccardi,Francesco Vestini,Biagio Lettieri,Silvestro Canonico,Giuseppe Paolisso +7 more
TL;DR: The present data suggest that interventional trials in older patients with type 2 diabetes should target not only A1C, PPG, and FPG but also daily acute glucose swings.