Papers by Giancarlo Marenzi
The Cardiology, Mar 1, 1998
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PubMed, Mar 1, 1995
Dead space (VD)/tidal volume (VT) ratio is an indirect index of ventilation/perfusion matching. T... more Dead space (VD)/tidal volume (VT) ratio is an indirect index of ventilation/perfusion matching. Therefore, it is currently evaluated in patients with congestive heart failure to detect the organ system limiting the exercise tolerance. The VD/VT calculation requires measurement of arterial CO2 partial pressure (PaCO2). For practical reasons, the software of most metabolic carts substitutes the PaCO2 with the end-expiratory CO2 (PETCO2) or the PJCO2 (calculated as PJCO2 = 5.5 +/- 0.9 PETCO2-2.1 VT). Nonetheless, the applicability of these methods in congestive heart failure is unknown. We compared in 63 patients with congestive heart failure 326 measurements of PaCO2 versus PETCO2 and PJCO2 and VD/VT measured with PaCO2 versus VD/VT estimated with PETCO2 (estimation 1) or PJCO2 (estimation 2). Comparisons were made at rest (Phase 1), during submaximal exercise (Phase 2), and at peak exercise (Phase 3). We found a strong correlation, but not an identity, between PaCo2 and PETCO2 (PaCO2 = 7.25 +/- 0.80 PETCO2, r = 0.84; p < 0.0001); similarly for PaCO2 and PETCO2. Several observations were out of 95% confidence interval, and some measurements exceeded mean +/- 2 SD when the differences between PaCo2 and PETCO2 or PJCO2 were plotted against the averages from the two (Bland and Altman method). Measured VD/VTs also strongly correlated with the estimated ones (VD/VT measured = -0.03 +/- 1.11 VD/VT estimated 1 r = 0.90; p < 0.0001 e VD/VT measured = 0.03 +/- 0.92 VD/VT estimated 2 r = 0.90; p < 0.0001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
PubMed, Jul 1, 1997
The aim of the study was to estimate the relative importance of the Bohr effect and redistributio... more The aim of the study was to estimate the relative importance of the Bohr effect and redistribution of blood from the non-exercising tissues on the arterial-venous oxygen content differences across the exercising extremities and the central circulation in patients with chronic heart failure; the relationship among femoral vein, systemic and pulmonary artery oxygen partial pressure and hemoglobin saturation was determined. It has been reported that the maximal reduction in femoral vein pO2 precedes peak oxygen consumption and lactic acidosis threshold in patients with chronic heart failure and normal subjects during exercise. The increase in oxygen consumption at work rates above lactic acidosis threshold, therefore, must be accounted for by increase in blood flow in the exercising muscles and right-ward shift on the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve. Since the total cardiac output increase is blunted in patients with chronic heart failure, diversion of blood flow from non-exercising to exercising tissues may account for some of the increase in muscle blood flow. Ten patients with chronic heart failure performed a progressively increasing leg cycle ergometer exercise test up to maximal effort while measuring ventilation and gas concentration for computation of oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide production, breath-by-breath. Blood samples were obtained, simultaneously, from systemic and pulmonary arteries and femoral vein at rest and every minute during exercise to peak oxygen consumption. At comparable levels of exercise, femoral vein pO2, hemoglobin saturation and oxygen content were lower than in the pulmonary artery. PCO2 and lactate concentration increased steeply in femoral vein and pulmonary artery blood above lactic acidosis threshold (due to lactic acid build-up and buffering), but more steeply in femoral vein blood. These increases allowed femoral vein oxyhemoglobin to dissociate without a further decrease in femoral vein pO2 (Bohr effect). The lowest femoral vein pO2 (16.6 +/- 3.9 mmHg) was measured at 66 +/- 22% of peak VO2 and before the lowest oxyhemoglobin saturation was reached. Artero-venous oxygen content difference was higher in the femoral vein than in the pulmonary artery; this difference became progressively smaller as oxygen consumption increased. "Ideal" oxygen consumption for a given cardiac output (oxygen consumption expected if all body tissues had maximized oxygen extraction) was always higher than the measured oxygen consumption; however the difference between the two was lost at peak exercise. This difference positively correlated with peak oxygen consumption and cardiac output increments at submaximal but not at maximal exercise. In conclusion, femoral vein pO2 reached its lowest value at a level of exercise at or below the lactic acidosis threshold. Further extraction of oxygen above the lactic acidosis threshold was accounted for by a right shift of the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve. The positive correlation between increments of cardiac output vs "ideal" and measured oxygen consumption suggests a redistribution of blood flow from non-exercising to exercising regions of the body. Furthermore the positive correlation between exercise capacity and the difference between "ideal" and measured oxygen consumption suggests that patients with the poorer function have the greater capability to optimize blood flow redistribution during exercise.
Journal of Cardiac Failure, Dec 1, 1995
Dead space/tidal volume ratio (VD/VT) evaluation is currently performed in patients with respirat... more Dead space/tidal volume ratio (VD/VT) evaluation is currently performed in patients with respiratory and cardiac disorders, and includes measurement of arterial CO2 partial pressure (Paco2). Paco 2 is generally derived from either PETCO2 (end-expiratory CO2 pressure) or PJco2 (calculated as PJco2 = 5.5 + 0.9 PETCO2-2.1 VT). The applicability of these methods may be questionable in chronic heart failure due to its frequent association with lung dysfunction. In 63 patients with congestive heart failure, the authors compared Paco2 versus PETCO2 and PJc02 and VD/VT measured with Paco2 versus VlflVT estimated with PETCO2 (estimation 1) or PJCO 2 (estimation 2). Comparisons were made at rest, at submaximal exercise, and at peak exercise. Considering all 326 measurements, there was a strong correlation, but not an identity, between Paco2 and PETCO2 (Paco2 = 7.
European journal of cardiovascular prevention & rehabilitation, Jun 1, 2005
To the Editor: In heart failure (HF), measurement of cardiac output (CO) during exercise is impor... more To the Editor: In heart failure (HF), measurement of cardiac output (CO) during exercise is important to define severity of the disease (1). Simultaneous measurements of oxygen consumption (VO 2) and CO during exercise allow calculation of arterio-venous oxygen difference [C(a-v)O 2 ] (2), and, plotting these three variables together, to discriminate exercise limitations due to altered left ventricle pump function from those due to other causes, including muscle enzyme deficiency and deconditioning. The ideal method for determining CO during exercise should be non-invasive. Inert gas rebreathing (R) with continuous analysis of respired gases is a reliable, safe, and inexpensive method for noninvasive measurements of pulmonary blood flow (PBF), which is equivalent to CO in the absence of shunts. This study was undertaken in HF patients to assess reliability and repeatability of CO measured during exercise by R using a new device with photoacoustic analyzer instead of mass-spectrometer. We compared CO measurements by R with CO by direct Fick (F) method and thermodilution (T) method. Using the data obtained noninvasively, we constructed the CO/C(a-v)O 2 /VO 2 plot to determine the pathway leading to exercise intolerance in HF patients. Twenty chronic HF patients (18 males and 2 females, age 53 Ϯ 12 years, New York Heart Association functional class I in 3 cases, class II in 16 cases and class III in 1 case, sinus rhythm 17 cases, atrial fibrillation 3 cases) in stable clinical condition participated in the study. All subjects provided written informed consent to the study. The direct Fick method (F): CO ϭ VO 2 /C(a-v)O 2. We used the mean of the VO 2 recorded in the last 2 min of each step. The C(a-v)O 2 was calculated from blood samples collected simultaneously from pulmonary and systemic arteries and immediately measured. For the thermodilution method (T), we injected five times at each exercise step 10 ml of iced saline via a 7-F thermodilution PASP ϭ pulmonary artery systolic pressure; PADP ϭ pulmonary artery diastolic pressure; VO 2 ϭ oxygen consumption; TV ϭ tidal volume; Hb ϭ hemoglobin; Sat O 2 ϭ arterial O 2 saturation; CO ϭ cardiac output; PBF ϭ pulmonary blood flow.
Cardiovascular Diabetology, Feb 6, 2023
Background Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) and sodium glucose cotransporter-... more Background 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 hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) is not known. We evaluated in-hospital outcomes of patients hospitalized with AMI according to their chronic use of GLP-1 RA and/or SGLT-2i. Methods Using the health administrative databases of Lombardy, patients hospitalized with AMI from 2010 to 2019 were included. They were stratified according to DM status, then grouped into three cohorts using a propensity score matching: non-DM patients; DM patients treated with GLP-1 RA and/or SGLT-2i; DM patients not treated with GLP-1 RA/SGLT-2i. The primary endpoint of the study was the composite of in-hospital mortality, acute heart failure, and acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy. Results We identified 146,798 patients hospitalized with AMI (mean age 71 ± 13 years, 34% females, 47% STEMI; 26% with DM). After matching, 3,090 AMI patients (1030 in each group) were included in the analysis. Overall, the primary endpoint rate was 16% (n = 502) and progressively increased from non-DM patients to DM patients treated with and without GLP-1 RA/SGLT-2i (13%, 16%, and 20%, respectively; P < 0.0001). Compared with non-DM patients, DM patients with GLP-1 RA/SGLT-2i had a 30% higher risk of the primary endpoint, while those not treated with GLP-1 RA/ SGLT-2i had a 60% higher risk (P < 0.0001). Conclusion Chronic therapy with GLP-1 RA and/or SGLT-2i has a favorable impact on the clinical outcome of DM patients hospitalized with AMI.
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Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2020
Owing to the COVID-19 outbreak in Lombardy, Italy) there is an urgent need to manage cardiovascul... more Owing to the COVID-19 outbreak in Lombardy, Italy) there is an urgent need to manage cardiovascular emergencies, including acute coronary syndrome (ACS), with appropriate standards of care and dedicated preventive measures and pathways against the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. For this reason, the Government of Lombardy decided to centralize the treatment of ACS patients in a limited number of centers, including our university cardiology institute, which in the past 4 weeks became a cardiovascular emergency referral center in a regional hub-and-spoke system. Therefore, we rapidly developed a
Diabetes Care, 2019
OBJECTIVE ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with type 2 diabetes mellit... more OBJECTIVE ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) have higher in-hospital mortality than those without. Since cardiac and renal functions are the main variables associated with outcome in STEMI, we hypothesized that this prognostic disparity may depend on a higher rate of cardiac and renal dysfunction in DM patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 5,152 STEMI patients treated with primary angioplasty. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) were evaluated at hospital admission. The primary end point was in-hospital mortality. A composite of in-hospital mortality, cardiogenic shock, and acute kidney injury was the secondary end point. RESULTS There were 879 patients (17%) with DM. The incidence of LVEF ≤40% (30% vs. 22%), eGFR ≤60 mL/min/1.73 m2 (27% vs. 18%), or both (12% vs. 6%) was higher (P < 0.001 for all comparisons) in DM patients. In-hospital mo...
Reducing Mortality in Acute Kidney Injury, 2016
The risk of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) associated with intra-coronary contrast administra... more The risk of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) associated with intra-coronary contrast administration is low in the general population; however, it may be very high, reaching up to 50 % of cases, in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus, substantially increasing their morbidity and mortality. In addition, percutaneous coronary interventions are being widely performed in a growing number of elderly patients with multiple co-morbidities. Thus, the development of prophylactic measures is mandatory. The potential CIN preventive effect and the therapeutic advantage of renal replacement therapies have been a matter of investigation in recent years. However, although they emerged as able to remove contrast agents from the circulation, their effectiveness in reducing CIN incidence and improving short- and long-term outcomes is still controversial. In this chapter, we aim at providing a summary of the studies that focus on these non-pharmacological strategies to prevent CIN, with an emphasis on the prognostic implications associated with their use.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2016
In addition to the myocardial necrosis extent, functional changes occurring in myocardial infarct... more In addition to the myocardial necrosis extent, functional changes occurring in myocardial infarction (MI) may contribute to acute ventricular dysfunction. During MI, ischemia-reperfusion injury induces mitochondrial damage, resulting in cardiomyocytes homeostasis and contraction impairment, and
European Journal of Heart Failure Supplements, 2008
Muratori M., Agostoni P.G., Marenzi G., et al. Preliminary report on the effects of ultrafiltrati... more Muratori M., Agostoni P.G., Marenzi G., et al. Preliminary report on the effects of ultrafiltration in severe heart failure: the Continuous Ultrafiltration for cOngestive heaRt failurE (CUORE) trial. Eur J Heart Fail 2008. 7 (Suppl 1): 7
Cardiologia (Rome, Italy), 1997
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