Background/Aim: Prostate cancer can be treated with radical prostatectomy (RP), external-beam
radiotherapy (EBRT), or brachytherapy (BT). These modalities have similar cancer-…

Experimental evidence for the beneficial effects on heart failure of chronic treatment with
ACE inhibitors accumulated from early 1980 in experimental models of LV dysfunction …

This essay brings to light the role of periodicals produced by La Scuola publishing house (which
is still in operation today) in the training of elementary school and women infant school …

Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are an increasingly used strategy for the management
of patients with advanced heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Although these …

Background— Sprint Fidelis (Fidelis) implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads are prone
to fractures that have caused adverse events, primarily inappropriate shocks, and a few …

… Finally, Kevin Bongiorni explores the use, or misuse, of historical precedent as represented
in films to justify contemporary political and military decisions. In the fall of 2003, the …

Aims Whereas pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is the universally agreed target in catheter
ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF), an ideal ablation set in persistent AF remains …

Background— It has been observed that replacement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
generator in response to a device advisory may be associated with a substantial rate of …

There are currently a wide modalities of interventional strategies-both transcatheter and
surgical-which can be indicated for patients with valvular heart diseases (VHD), with the …

Aims In left-sided infective endocarditis (IE), a large vegetation >10 mm is associated with
higher mortality, yet it is unknown whether surgery during the acute phase opposed to medical …