User profiles for Francesco Bandera

Francesco Bandera

IRCCS Policlinico San Donato
Verified email at grupposandonato.it
Cited by 4251

Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion and pulmonary arterial systolic pressure relationship in heart failure: an index of right ventricular contractile function and …

M Guazzi, F Bandera, G Pelissero… - American Journal …, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Echo-derived pulmonary arterial systolic pressure (PASP) and right ventricular (RV) tricuspid
annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE; from the end of diastole to end-systole) are of …

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: what is its value?

M Guazzi, F Bandera, C Ozemek, D Systrom… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - jacc.org
Compared with traditional exercise tests, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) provides
a thorough assessment of exercise integrative physiology involving the pulmonary, …

RV contractile function and its coupling to pulmonary circulation in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: stratification of clinical phenotypes and outcomes

…, V Labate, L Beussink-Nelson, F Bandera… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2017 - jacc.org
Objectives : This study sought to investigate how right ventricular (RV) contractile function
and its coupling with pulmonary circulation (PC) stratify clinical phenotypes and outcome in …

Added value of 99mTc-HMPAO–labeled leukocyte SPECT/CT in the characterization and management of patients with infectious endocarditis

…, R Doria, SM De Tommasi, F Bandera… - Journal of nuclear …, 2012 - Soc Nuclear Med
The clinical performance of the Duke Endocarditis Service criteria to establish the diagnosis
of infectious endocarditis (IE) can be improved through functional imaging procedures such …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the adipose tissue in COVID‐19

AE Malavazos, MMC Romanelli, F Bandera… - Obesity (Silver Spring …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The World Health Organization considers noncommunicable diseases, such as obesity, to be
a major risk factor for becoming seriously ill with 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)(1). A …

Radiolabeled WBC scintigraphy in the diagnostic workup of patients with suspected device-related infections

PA Erba, M Sollini, U Conti, F Bandera… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2013 - jacc.org
Objectives : The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic performance of 99m Tc-hexamethypropylene
amine oxime labeled autologous white blood cell ( 99m Tc-HMPAO-…

Long-term effects of bariatric surgery on type II diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia: a meta-analysis and meta-regression study with 5-year follow-up

C Ricci, M Gaeta, E Rausa, E Asti, F Bandera… - Obesity surgery, 2015 - Springer
Background The first aim of the study was to estimate weight loss and major modifiable risk
factors after bariatric surgery. The second aim was to investigate the relationship between …

Echocardiographic phenotype and prognosis in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis

L Chacko, R Martone, F Bandera, T Lane… - European heart …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims Transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is an increasingly recognized
cause of heart failure. We sought to characterize the structural and functional …

Clinical importance of left atrial infiltration in cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis

F Bandera, R Martone, L Chacko… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - jacc.org
Objectives The aim of this study was to characterize left atrial (LA) pathology in explanted
hearts with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM); LA mechanics using …

Echocardiography of right ventriculoarterial coupling combined with cardiopulmonary exercise testing to predict outcome in heart failure

…, S Ghio, P Forfia, A Rossi, LP Cahalin, F Bandera… - Chest, 2015 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Pulmonary hypertension, which is related to right ventricular (RV) failure,
indicates a poor prognosis in heart failure (HF). Increased ventilatory response and exercise …