Papers by Alessandro Biffi
Europace, 2016
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Giornale Italiano Di Cardiologia, Oct 1, 2012
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Giornale italiano di cardiologia
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Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 2013
In Italy the existence of a law on health protection of competitive sports since 1982 has favored... more In Italy the existence of a law on health protection of competitive sports since 1982 has favored the creation and the revision of these cardiological guidelines (called COCIS), which have reached their fourth edition (1989-2009). The present article is the second English version, which has summarized the larger version in Italian. The experience of the experts consulted in the course of these past 20 years has facilitated the application and the compatibility of issues related to clinical cardiology to the sports medicine field. Such prolonged experience has allowed the clinical cardiologist to acquire knowledge of the applied physiology of exercise and, on the other hand, has improved the ability of sports physicians in cardiological diagnostics. All this work has produced these guidelines related to the judgment of eligibility for competitive sports in the individual clinical situations and in the different cardiovascular abnormalities and/or heart disease. Numerous arguments are debated, such as interpretation of the athlete's ECG, the utility of a preparticipation screening, arrhythmias, congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies, arterial hypertension, ischemic heart disease and other particular issues.
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European heart journal, 2005
The 1996 American Heart Association consensus panel recommendations stated that pre-participation... more The 1996 American Heart Association consensus panel recommendations stated that pre-participation cardiovascular screening for young competitive athletes is justifiable and compelling on ethical, legal, and medical grounds. The present article represents the consensus statement of the Study Group on Sports Cardiology of the Working Group on Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology and the Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial diseases of the European Society of Cardiology, which comprises cardiovascular specialists and other physicians from different European countries with extensive clinical experience with young competitive athletes, as well as with pathological substrates of sudden death. The document takes note of the 25-year Italian experience on systematic pre-participation screening of competitive athletes and focuses on relevant issues, mostly regarding the relative risk, causes, and prevalence of sudden death in athletes; the efficacy, feasibility, and cost-effe...
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European Heart Journal, 1996
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European heart …, 2006
Methods and results Four thousand four hundred and fifty members of the Italian national teams, i... more Methods and results Four thousand four hundred and fifty members of the Italian national teams, initially judged eligible for competition as a result of systematic pre-participation screening across Italy, subsequently underwent clinical and echocardiographic examination at the ...
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Circulation, 2000
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Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory studies have yielded definitive evidence that physical a... more Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory studies have yielded definitive evidence that physical activity is able to reduce the morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases and to improve physical fitness and quality of life. Moreover, physical activ- ity seems to be capable of significantly reducing the risk of developing other chronic diseases, such as obesity, osteoporosis, diabetes, some neoplasms and depression. For
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European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Preventive cardiology encompasses the whole spectrum of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, ... more Preventive cardiology encompasses the whole spectrum of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, at individual and population level, through all stages of life. This includes promotion of cardiovascular (CV) health, management of individuals at risk of developing CVD, and management of patients with established CVD, through interdisciplinary care in different settings. Preventive cardiology addresses all aspects of CV health in the context of the social determinants of health, including physical activity, exercise, sports, nutrition, weight management, smoking cessation, psychosocial factors and behavioural change, environmental, genetic and biological risk factors, and CV protective medications. This is the first European Core Curriculum for Preventive Cardiology, which will help to standardize, structure, deliver, and evaluate training in preventive cardiology across Europe. It will be the basis for dedicated fellowship programmes and a European Society of Preventive Cardiology (E...
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New England Journal …, 2008
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Cortex, 2007
This article is the report of an International Symposium endorsed by the European Society of Card... more This article is the report of an International Symposium endorsed by the European Society of Cardiology, held within the Venice Arrhythmias 2007: 10 International Workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias (Venice, October 2007). The topics of the Symposium are the following: how to stratify the risk of sudden death in athletes; the role of different diagnostic examinations in the risk stratification of sudden death in athletes; controversies on arrhythmias and sport; and exercise prescription in patients with arrhythmias.
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PLOS One, 2010
BackgroundAlzheimer's disease (AD) and its transitional state mild cognitive impairment (MCI)... more BackgroundAlzheimer's disease (AD) and its transitional state mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are characterized by amyloid plaque and tau neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) deposition within the cerebral neocortex and neuronal loss within the hippocampal formation. However, the precise relationship between pathologic changes in neocortical regions and hippocampal atrophy is largely unknown.Methodology/Principal FindingsIn this study, combining structural MRI scans and automated image analysis
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Giornale italiano di cardiologia (2006), 2012
Sports-related cardiovascular events may occur in both young athletes and the general population,... more Sports-related cardiovascular events may occur in both young athletes and the general population, the latter having a higher absolute risk. In mass gathering sports events, the availability of an onsite emergency response plan including early access to automated external defibrillators by trained lay rescuers has been shown to improve survival among spectators and staff with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and to reduce subsequent neurological deficit. In addition, in athletes experiencing cardiac arrest, the implementation of public access defibrillation programs demonstrated a favorable mortality trend, with survival rates comparable to those observed in adult sedentary subjects. In Italy and much of Europe, current emergency action plans at sporting events still need full implementation. In particular, in Italy no scientific statements on this topic have been developed. In order to compensate this lack of information, an ad hoc task force has been established with representatives ...
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Monaldi archives for chest disease = Archivio Monaldi per le malattie del torace / Fondazione clinica del lavoro, IRCCS [and] Istituto di clinica tisiologica e malattie apparato respiratorio, Università di Napoli, Secondo ateneo, 2007
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Emerging Pathologies in Cardiology, 2005
Although rare and uncommon, sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young competitive athletes is a devasta... more Although rare and uncommon, sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young competitive athletes is a devastating event [1–18]. The identification of potential mechanisms precipitating SCD may help to prevent future events in athletes with similar conditions [1, 3, 13, 16].
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PLoS Genet, 2011
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PLoS Medicine
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Stroke, 2013
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