V
Valentina Guarnotta
Researcher at University of Palermo
Publications - 85
Citations - 1201
Valentina Guarnotta is an academic researcher from University of Palermo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 67 publications receiving 818 citations.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Body composition assessment for the definition of cardiometabolic risk
TL;DR: BMI, WC, WHR, WHtR, and VAI are all useful tools for assessing adiposity/obesity in clinical practice, and should be evaluated along with other cardiometabolic risk factors to define cardiovascular risk stratification.
Journal ArticleDOI
Higher doses of cabergoline further improve metabolic parameters in patients with prolactinoma regardless of the degree of reduction in prolactin levels
TL;DR: The aim of this study was to evaluate the metabolic effects of cabergoline (CAB) treatment in patients with newly diagnosed prolactinoma in relation to disease control and CAB dosage.
Journal ArticleDOI
Is diabetes in Cushing's syndrome only a consequence of hypercortisolism?
Carla Giordano,Valentina Guarnotta,Rosario Pivonello,Marco Calogero Amato,Chiara Simeoli,Alessandro Ciresi,Alessia Cozzolino,Annamaria Colao +7 more
TL;DR: Age, genetic predisposition and lifestyle, in combination with the duration and degree of hypercortisolism, strongly contribute to the impairment of glucose tolerance in patients with a natural history of Cushing's syndrome.
Visceral adiposity index is associated with insulin sensitivity and adipocytokine levels in newly diagnosed acromegalic patients
TL;DR: In acromegaly, VAI appears to be associated with disease activity, adiponectin levels, and insulin sensitivity and secretion and is influenced independently by GH levels and AUC(GH) proved to be the main independent factor influencing VAI.
Journal ArticleDOI
Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: Clinical, Endoscopic, and Radiological Findings.
Emanuele Sinagra,Dario Raimondo,Domenico Albano,Valentina Guarnotta,Melania Blasco,Sergio Testai,Marta Marasa,Vincenzo Mastrella,Valerio Alaimo,Valentina Bova,Giovanni Albano,Dario Sorrentino,Giovanni Tomasello,Francesco Cappello,Angelo Leone,Francesca Rossi,Massimo Galia,Roberto Lagalla,Federico Midiri,Gaetano Cristian Morreale,Georgios Amvrosiadis,Guido Martorana,Marcello Giuseppe Spampinato,Vittorio Virgilio,Massimo Midiri +24 more
TL;DR: The results show the importance of the endoscopic suspicion of SMA syndrome; the preponderance of a long-standing and chronic onset; a femalepreponderance; the important of the nutritional counseling for the treatment; no need of surgical intervention; and better diagnostic accuracy of the narrowing of the aorta-SMA distance.