Surveys and registries are needed to verify that real-life daily practice is in keeping with
what is recommended in the guidelines, thus completing the loop between clinical research, …

Importance β-Blocker therapy may control heart rate and attenuate the deleterious effects of
β-adrenergic receptor stimulation in septic shock. However, β-Blockers are not traditionally …

The molecular background of the Ca 2+ -sensitizing effect of levosimendan relates to its
specific interaction with the Ca 2+ -sensor troponin C molecule in the cardiac myofilaments. …

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) has become a common treatment for acute and chronic
respiratory failure. In comparison with conventional invasive mechanical ventilation, NIV has the …

… Guarracino II Minerva Anestesiologica 2004 Examination of systolic and early diastolic …
Guarracino 112 OP Desflurane 57 whole procedure 0.5-2 Propofol 55 2-3 mg/kg Guarracino II 42 …

Background Focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) is a simplified, clinician-performed
application of echocardiography that is rapidly expanding in use, especially in emergency and …

Background Acute left ventricular dysfunction is a major complication of cardiac surgery and
is associated with increased mortality. Meta-analyses of small trials suggest that …

… the elementary length of the detaching curve, f(x), S is half of the total length of f(x) and L its
… the curve y=f(x)—the first of Eq. (27) imposes the equilibrium in the direction normal to y=f(x), …

… Fabio Guarracino , Fabio Guarracino … Marco Falcone, Giusy Tiseo, Cesira Giordano,
Alessandro Leonildi, Melissa Menichini, Alessandra Vecchione, Mauro Pistello, Fabio Guarracino, …

Background The calcium sensitizer levosimendan has anti-ischaemic effects mediated via
the opening of sarcolemmal and mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels. These …