September 2017

Editorial Board
Published in issue: September 2017
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Contents
Published in issue: September 2017
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Narrative Reviews

Alcoholic cardiomyopathy: What is known and what is not known
• Antonio Mirijello,
• Claudia Tarli,
• Gabriele Angelo Vassallo,
• ...
• Salvatore De Cosmo,
• Antonio Gasbarrini,
• Giovanni Addolorato
Published online: June 21, 2017
p1-5

Chagas disease in Europe: A review for the internist in the globalized world
• Spinello Antinori,
• Laura Galimberti,
• Roberto Bianco,
• Romualdo Grande,
• Massimo Galli,
• Mario Corbellino
Published online: May 11, 2017
p6-15
Progress in the contemporary management of hemophilia: The new issue of patient aging
• Pier Mannuccio Mannucci,
• Massimo Iacobelli
Published online: May 20, 2017
p16-21

Portopulmonary hypertension and hepatorenal syndrome. Two faces of the same coin
• Enrico Maria Zardi,
• Domenico Maria Zardi,
• Chiara Giorgi,
• Diana Chin,
• Aldo Dobrina
Published online: June 03, 2017
p22-27

Original Articles

Cardiovascular medicine


Comparison of coronary artery bypass grafting and drug-eluting stents in patients with chronic kidney disease and multivessel disease: A meta-analysis
• Yushu Wang,
• Sui Zhu,
• Peijuan Gao,
• Qing Zhang
Published online: April 08, 2017
p28-35

Impact of prealbumin on mortality and hospital readmission in patients with acute heart failure
• Jonathan Franco,
• Francesc Formiga,
• Joan-Carles Trullas,
• ...
• Alejandro Martín Ezquerro,
• Manuel Montero-Pérez-Barquero
• on behalf of RICA investigators group
Published online: May 09, 2017
p36-41

Cardiometabolic healthy obesity paradigm and all-cause mortality risk
• Paul D. Loprinzi,
• Emily Frith
Published online: May 13, 2017
p42-45

Diabetes


Body mass index and all-cause mortality among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: Findings from the 5-year follow-up of the MADIABETES cohort
• M.A. Salinero-Fort,
• F.J. San Andrés-Rebollo,
• P. Gómez-Campelo,
• ...
• A. López-de-Andrés,
• J.M. de Miguel-Yanes
• on behalf of the MADIABETES Research Group
Published online: July 02, 2017
p46-52

Pneumology


Nation-based case-control study investigating the relationship between oral corticosteroids use and pulmonary tuberculosis
• Shih-Wei Lai,
• Cheng-Li Lin,
• Kuan-Fu Liao
Published online: May 26, 2017
p53-57
Time to antibiotics administration and outcome in community-acquired pneumonia: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
• Christophe Marti,
• Gregor John,
• Daniel Genné,
• ...
• Olivier T. Rutschmann,
• Jérôme Stirnemann,
• Nicolas Garin
Published online: June 23, 2017
p58-61

Characterization of circadian COPD symptoms by phenotype: Methodology of the STORICO observational study
• G.W. Canonica,
• F. Blasi,
• N. Scichilone,
• ...
• S. Barsanti,
• R. Antonelli Incalzi
• on behalf of STORICO study group
Published online: May 31, 2017
p62-68

Impact of COPD on outcomes in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia: Analysis of the Spanish national hospital discharge database (2004–2013)
• Javier de Miguel-Díez,
• Ana López-de-Andrés,
• Valentín Hernández-Barrera,
• ...
• Manuel Méndez-Bailón,
• José M. de Miguel-Yanes,
• Rodrigo Jiménez-García
Published online: June 11, 2017
p69-76

Endocrinology


Occurrence of malignant neoplasia in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism
• Serena Palmieri,
• Letizia Roggero,
• Elisa Cairoli,
• ...
• Alfredo Scillitani,
• Iacopo Chiodini,
• Cristina Eller-Vainicher
Published online: June 05, 2017
p77-82

Internal Medicine Flashcards

A bifid albumin peak of recent onset
• C. Bachmeyer,
• S. Georgin-Lavialle
Published online: January 23, 2017
e1-e2


Paget's bone disease is not always the culprit
• Agostino Gaudio,
• Luca Zanoli,
• Carmelo Erio Fiore
Published online: February 06, 2017
e3-e4


The target sign in bowel obstruction
• Zishan Sheikh,
• Mehtab Ahmad
Published online: February 24, 2017
e5-e6


Unilateral abdominal bulge with sharp pain
• Masaki Tago,
• Hidetoshi Aihara,
• Shun Yamashita
Published online: February 24, 2017
e7-e8

Letters to the Editor

The use of nutritional risk screening 2002 to predict prognosis in hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with respiratory failure
• Ruiqi Chen,
• Lu Xing,
• Chao You
Published online: June 05, 2017
e9-e10


Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria with spontaneous clinical remission
• Valeria Ferla,
• Anna Zaninoni,
• Bruno Fattizzo,
• Elisa Fermo,
• Umberto Gianelli,
• Wilma Barcellini
Published online: May 18, 2017
e11-e14


Prevalence of hyperglycemia and incidence of stress hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients: A retrospective cohort
• María Paula Russo,
• Cristina María Elizondo,
• Diego Hernán Giunta,
• María Florencia Grande Ratti
Published online: April 29, 2017
e15-e17

Positive predictive value of hospital discharge diagnosis code to identify immunoglobulin A vasculitis in France: A validation study
• Samuel Deshayes,
• Guillaume Moulis,
• Evangeline Pillebout,
• Achille Aouba,
• Alexandra Audemard-Verger
Published online: June 24, 2017
e18-e19


Factors associated with mild cognitive impairment in a population-based cohort
• Silvio Buscemi,
• Valeria Di Pasquale,
• Carola Buscemi,
• Tommaso Piccoli,
• Carla Giordano
Published online: June 02, 2017
e20-e21

Nitrates and osteoporosis: Which relationship?
• Marco Zuin,
• Gianluca Rigatelli,
• Fiorenzo Scaranello,
• Loris Roncon
Published online: June 08, 2017
e22-e23

Is abdominal auscultation a still relevant part of the physical examination?
• Marco Zuin,
• Gianluca Rigatelli,
• Antonella Nadia Andreotti,
• Luisella Fogato,
• Loris Roncon
Published online: April 22, 2017
e24-e25

Person-centred analysis in physician-patient relationship
• Ilario Stefani,
• Ornella Teti,
• Antonino Mazzone
Published online: May 23, 2017
e26-e27

Intolerance to roflumilast in real-life clinical practice
• Mónica Gómez-Rodríguez,
• Rafael Golpe
Published online: May 02, 2017
e28-e29


Should subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators be implanted in patients who are candidates for continuous flow left ventricular assist device?
• Giuseppe Maria Raffa,
• Marco Morsolini,
• Giovanni Gentile,
• Giuseppe Coppola,
• Sergio Sciacca
Published online: May 12, 2017
e30-e32


Sex differences in association between decreased glomerular filtration rate and prolongation of corrected QT interval in general Chinese population
• Zhao Li,
• Xiaofan Guo,
• Liang Guo,
• ...
• Hongmei Yang,
• Yonghong Zhang,
• Yingxian Sun
Published online: May 13, 2017
e33-e35

Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio and net monetary benefit: Current use in pharmacoeconomics and future perspectives
• Sabrina Trippoli
Published online: May 25, 2017
e36


Is the six-minute walk test useful or useless in systemic sclerosis?
• Pierachille Santus,
• Dejan Radovanovic,
• Francesca Frassanito,
• Andrea Cristiano,
• Maurizio Rizzi
Published online: May 22, 2017
e37-e39


Lifestyle changes as internal medicine
• Daniela Lucini,
• Chiara Vigo,
• Mara Malacarne,
• Wolfgang Gatzemeier,
• Massimo Pagani
Published online: June 13, 2017
e40-e42


Nurse-led vaccination program dramatically improves pneumococcal vaccination coverage among patients with autoimmune inflammatory disorders
• Justine Serre,
• Chrystel François,
• Marie Claude Van der Haegen,
• Thomas Papo,
• Tiphaine Goulenok,
• Karim Sacre
Published online: May 26, 2017
e43-e45

Timing of syncope during blood sampling – The Maastricht Study
• Remy J.H. Martens,
• Stefan L.C. Geijselaers,
• Coen D.A. Stehouwer,
• Ronald M.A. Henry
• The Maastricht Study Group
Published online: May 29, 2017
e46-e47

Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein on the spot for liver fibrosis evaluation: Too early or too late?
• Kalliopi Zachou,
• Stella Gabeta,
• Nikolaos K. Gatselis,
• Gary L. Norman,
• George N. Dalekos
Published online: May 11, 2017
e48-e49