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G Moretti

Publications and source records attributed to G Moretti.

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PubMed1985

[Myxoma of the mitral leaflet. Apropos of a case].

This case of an intracardiac myxoma observed in a 15 year old girl had several points of interest: the mode of presentation: the clinical signs were exclusively systemic and articular; the mode of diagnosis: 2D echocardiography demonstrated an immobile, dense mass about the size of a walnut implanted on the ventricular surface of the posterior mitral leaflet along the whole of its base and seemingly adherent to the ventricular wall; the intraventricular location of the tumour (exceptionally rare) and its mitral valve origin. The site of the tumour imposed mitral valve replacement but we were able to discuss the surgical approach using the results of echocardiography before surgery and a bioprosthesis was inserted to protect the maternal future of the patient.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1984

Hematocrit and stroke. A case-control study.

A case-control study was undertaken to evaluate the role of hematocrit (Hct) level in the pathogenesis of stroke. Hct was determined in 110 subjects with acute ischemic stroke and compared with the values obtained in 110 subjects, matched for age and sex, admitted to our Division of General Medicine because of other diseases. Statistical analysis of the results by means of the McNemar test for pairs did not confirm the hypothesis that Hct values in stroke patients differ significantly from the control values.

Aged↗
PubMed1984

[Retrospective study of 50 cases of spinal meningioma].

The clinical history prior to surgery of 50 consecutive cases of spinal meningioma was reviewed. The following features turned out to be particularly interesting: a 7:1 female to male ratio; the symptoms began after the sixth decade in no less than 66% of patients; only 36% were correctly diagnosed as having spinal tumor at the first clinical examination; the average duration of symptoms was 16 months prior to surgery. Such findings are discussed and compared with those of the previous reports.

Adult↗
PubMed1983

[Epidemiological study on tremor in the aged].

203 hospitalized old-aged patients were examined for the presence of tremor. This physical sign was found in 58.6% of cases. By far the largest diagnostic category resulted that of essential tremor: 46.7% of all patients investigated and 77.8% of all cases of tremor. The frequency of this type of tremor was found to increase proportionally to age. The conclusion is drawn that also tremor, as well as other neurological signs frequently demonstrable in "normal" old people (for example, the so-called primitive reflexes), should be inscribed in the group of the phenomena due to the ageing process itself.

Aged↗
PubMed1982

[Disturbances of equilibrium in the aged].

The occurrence during the last year of vestibular disorders, faints and drop attacks was investigated in 150 patients consecutively admitted to a geriatric hospital. The clinical features of these episodes were recorded by means of a proper questionnaire. True vertigo and/or feeling of unstable equilibrium were referred by 54,6% of the patients inquired into, whereas episodes interpretable as faints and drop attacks showed by far lower prevalences, respectively 13,3% and 6%. The Authors call attention to the difficulties in differential diagnosis among these three kinds of phenomena in the current practice.

Aged↗