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    Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and the Risk of Cardiovascular Complications and Death in Older Adults with Diabetes: A Population-Based Cohort Study

    The unfavorable effect of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) on cardiovascular (CV) outcomes and mortality was reported in the general population. We investigated the impact of PPIs on CV outcomes and total mortali...

    Andreana Foresta, Luisa Ojeda Fernandez, Ginevra Torrigiani, Simone Schena in Drugs & Aging (2024)

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    Impact of chronic GLP-1 RA and SGLT-2I therapy on in-hospital outcome of diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction

    Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) and sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) demonstrated cardiovascular and renal protection. Whether their benefits occur also during hospitali...

    Filippo Trombara, Nicola Cosentino, Alice Bonomi in Cardiovascular Diabetology (2023)

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    Diabetes mellitus duration and mortality in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction

    Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with an increased mortality risk in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI); however, no studies have investigated the impact of the duration of DM on ...

    Marta Baviera, Stefano Genovese, Pierluca Colacioppo in Cardiovascular Diabetology (2022)

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    Effectiveness and safety of GLP-1 receptor agonists versus SGLT-2 inhibitors in type 2 diabetes: an Italian cohort study

    GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) and SGLT-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i) have shown to reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), death and worsening nephropathy when added to standard of care. H...

    Marta Baviera, Andreana Foresta, Pierluca Colacioppo in Cardiovascular Diabetology (2022)

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    Temporal trends from 2005 to 2018 in deaths and cardiovascular events in subjects with newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis

    Although rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of death and cardiovascular (CV) disease, the excess of these risks is expected to have diminished over time, in more recent incident coh...

    Marta Baviera, Giovanni Cioffi, Pierluca Colacioppo in Internal and Emergency Medicine (2021)

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    Sex-related differences in prevalence, treatment and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation

    To analyze sex-related differences about AF prevalence, use of OAC and outcomes focusing on the older age classes. We used administrative data of the Lombardy Region, describing period prevalence, use of OAC a...

    Irene Marzona, Marco Proietti, Tommaso Vannini in Internal and Emergency Medicine (2020)

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    Aspirin has potential benefits for primary prevention of cardiovascular outcomes in diabetes: updated literature-based and individual participant data meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials

    The clinical benefit of aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in diabetes remains uncertain. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovasc...

    Samuel Seidu, Setor K. Kunutsor, Howard D. Sesso in Cardiovascular Diabetology (2019)

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    Prevalence and management of diabetes in immigrants resident in the Lombardy Region: the importance of ethnicity and duration of stay

    To describe the prevalence and management of diabetes among immigrants according to ethnic group and duration of stay, compared to Italian citizens.

    Irene Marzona, Fausto Avanzini, Mauro Tettamanti, Tommaso Vannini in Acta Diabetologica (2018)

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    Diabetes mellitus: a risk factor for seizures in the elderly—a population-based study

    To evaluate the association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and risk of seizures in a well-defined elderly population.

    Marta Baviera, Maria Carla Roncaglioni, Mauro Tettamanti in Acta Diabetologica (2017)

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    Emergency department visits in older people: pattern of use, contributing factors, geographical differences and outcomes

    To assess the pattern of use of Emergency Departments (EDs), factors contributing to the visits, geographical distribution and outcomes in people aged 65 years or more living in the Italian Lombardy Region in ...

    Carlotta Franchi, Massimo Cartabia in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research (2017)

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    Are all people with diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors or microvascular complications at very high risk? Findings from the Risk and Prevention Study

    To verify whether it is possible, in people with diabetes mellitus (DM) considered at very high cardiovascular (CV) risk, stratify this risk better and identify significant modifiable risk factor (including li...

    Irene Marzona, Fausto Avanzini, Giuseppe Lucisano, Mauro Tettamanti in Acta Diabetologica (2017)

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    Comparison of Health Care Resource Utilization by Immigrants Versus Native Elderly People

    To compare the utilization of health care resources (drug prescriptions, hospital admissions and health care services) by immigrant versus native elderly people (65 years or more), by using administrative data...

    Carlotta Franchi, Marta Baviera, Marco Sequi in Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2016)

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    Changes in prescribing patterns and clinical outcomes in elderly diabetic patients in 2000 and 2010: analysis of a large Italian population-based study

    To describe prescribing patterns in elderly Italian diabetic patients of the Lombardy Region in 2000 and 2010 using an administrative database. Hospital admissions and mortality were also recorded and compared...

    Marta Baviera, Laura Cortesi, Mauro Tettamanti in European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (2014)

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    Response to Naunton and Duyvendak re “Appropriate use of antiplatelets: is prescription in daily practice influenced by the global cardiovascular risk?”

    Lara Monesi, Fausto Avanzini in European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (2006)

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    Appropriate use of antiplatelets: is prescription in daily practice influenced by the global cardiovascular risk?

    To evaluate the appropriate prescription of antiplatelets according to patients’ global cardiovascular risk level in everyday practice.

    Lara Monesi, Fausto Avanzini, Simona Barlera in European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (2005)

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    Long-term vitamin E supplementation fails to reduce lipid peroxidation in people at cardiovascular risk: analysis of underlying factors

    Antioxidant supplementation with vitamin E had no effect in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in three recent large, randomized clinical trials. In order to reassess critically the role of vitami...

    Chiara Chiabrando, Fausto Avanzini in Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascula… (2002)