Sergio Perna
University of Naples Federico II
12 Papers
92 Citations
Sergio Perna is an academic researcher from University of Naples Federico II. The author has contributed to research in topics: Carnitine & Claudication. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 12 publications. Previous affiliations of Sergio Perna include University of Bari.
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Papers
Incidence, diagnostic methods, and evolution of left ventricular thrombus in patients with anterior myocardial infarction and low left ventricular ejection fraction: a prospective multicenter study
Philippe Meurin,Virginie Brandao Carreira,Raphaelle Dumaine,Alain Shqueir,Olivier Milleron,Benjamin Safar,Sergio Perna,Charles Smadja,Marc Genest,Jérôme Garot,Bernard Carette,Laurent Payot,Jean Yves Tabet +12 more
TL;DR: Left ventricular thrombus is a frequent complication after ant-MI with systolic dysfunction and the accuracy of TTE is high as compared with CMR-DE, and the best antithrombotic strategy is not known.
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Muscle carnitine deficiency in patients with severe peripheral vascular disease.
Gregorio Brevetti,Corrado Angelini,Maurizio Rosa,Rosalba Carrozzo,Sergio Perna,Marco Corsi,Angelo Matarazzo,Alberto Marcialis +7 more
TL;DR: Demonstration of carnitine deficiency in severe peripheral vascular disease substantiates previous findings showing the efficacy of carn itine supplementation to ischemic muscles and provides the basis for clinical trials aimed at assessing the effectiveness of this Carnitine ester in the treatment of peripheralascular disease.
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Intermittent Claudication and Risk of Cardiovascular Events
V D Martone,Sergio Perna,Francesco Cacciatore,Corrado S,AnnaMaria Di Donato,Antonietta Di Iorio,Gregorio Brevetti +6 more
TL;DR: It has been shown that ABPI identifies a subgroup of patients for whom the risk of cardiovascular events is especially pronounced, and based on objective evaluation of the patient status, the relatively benign prognosis for the claudicant limb has been confirmed.
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Parkinson's disease and hypotension: 24‐hour blood pressure recording in ambulant patients
Gregorio Brevetti,Domenico Bonaduce,R. Breglio,Sergio Perna,P. Simonelli,R. Marconi,Giuseppe Campanella +6 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that blood pressure in ambulatory patients with Parkinson's disease is lower than the mean for their age group, and this finding may be of direct relevance in the management of idiopathic parkinsonism.
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Beneficial effect of a new prostacyclin derivative on the walking capacity in patients with peripheral arterial insufficiency.
Gregorio Brevetti,A. Rossini,Sergio Perna,Antonio Policicchio,Tiziana Attisano,Maria Ciotola,Stefano Quattrin,Mario Condorelli,Massimo Chiariello +8 more
TL;DR: The efficacy, tolerance and safety of iloprost, a stable analogue of car baprostacyclin, were evaluated in 7 patients with peripheral arterial in sufficiency at stage II of Fontaine's classification as discussed by the authors.
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