2024
Apixaban to Prevent Recurrence After Cryptogenic Stroke in Patients With Atrial Cardiopathy: The ARCADIA Randomized Clinical Trial., Hooman Kamel, W T Longstreth, David L Tirschwell, Richard A Kronmal, Randolph S Marshall, Joseph P Broderick, Rebeca Aragón García, Pamela Plummer, Noor Sabagha, Qi Pauls, Christy Cassarly, Catherine R Dillon, Marco R Di Tullio, Eldad A Hod, Elsayed Z Soliman, David J Gladstone, Jeff S Healey, Mukul Sharma, Seemant Chaturvedi, L Scott Janis, Balaji Krishnaiah, Fadi Nahab, Scott E Kasner, Robert J Stanton, Dawn O Kleindorfer, Matthew Starr, Toni R Winder, Wayne M Clark, Benjamin R Miller, Mitchell S V Elkind, and Hussam A. Yacoub MD (Article)
Abstract 4145065: All Things in Moderation: Right Ventricular Moderator Band Induced Ventricular Fibrillation In A Young Male, Wali Kamran DO, Bharani Pusukar DO, Peter Sutton MD, Yash Rao DO, Rebecca DeBoer DO, Talal Al-Mohamad MD, Sergio Cossu MD, and Kunal P. Patel MD (Article)
The Spectrum of Diagnostic Findings in Postcardiotomy Tamponade, Wali Kamran DO, Yash Rao DO, Kutaiba Nazif DO, Michael Milligan MD, Muhammad Aamir MD, Timothy S. Misselbeck MD, and Nael Hawwa (Article)
Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as Large Pericardial Effusion with Echocardiographic Tamponade Physiology, Wali Kamran DO, Dylan Souder DO, and Satinderpal Singh DO (Poster)
Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus as Large Pericardial Effusion with Echocardiographic Tamponade Physiology, Wali Kamran DO, Dylan Souder DO, and Satinderpal Singh DO (Article)
Longitudinal analysis of the lung proteome reveals persistent repair months after mild to moderate COVID-19., Shreya M Kanth, Julio A Huapaya, Salina Gairhe, Honghui Wang, Xin Tian, Cumhur Y Demirkale, Chunyan Hou, Junfeng Ma, Douglas B Kuhns, Danielle L Fink, Ashkan Malayeri, Evrim Turkbey, Stephanie A Harmon, Marcus Y Chen, David Regenold, Nicolas F Lynch, Sabrina Ramelli, Willy Li, Janell Krack, Janaki Kuruppu, Michail S Lionakis, Jeffrey R Strich, Richard Davey, Richard Childs, Daniel S Chertow, Joseph A Kovacs, Parizad Torabi- Parizi, and Anthony F Suffredini (Article)
Heart failure related cardiogenic shock: An ISHLT consensus conference content summary., Manreet K Kanwar, Filio Billia, Varinder Randhawa, Jennifer A Cowger, Christopher M Barnett, Sharon Chih, Stephan Ensminger, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort, Shashank S Sinha, Esther Vorovich, Alastair Proudfoot, Hoong S Lim, Vanessa Blumer, Douglas L Jennings, A Reshad Garan, Maria F Renedo, Thomas C Hanff, David A Baran, and Courtney E Bennett DO (Article)
ISOLATED PULMONARY ENDOCARDITIS IN 47 YEAR OLD MALE WITH ATYPICAL PRESENTATION AND NO PREDISPOSING FACTORS, Amit Kaura MD (Article)
WHICH LAB IS IT?: A CASE OF HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA-INDUCED PANCREATITIS RESULTING IN ERRONEOUS LAB VALUES, Michael J. Kavanaugh MD (Article)
Telling the Story: Long-term experiences of Valley Preferred Quality Improvement (QI) Program participants, Kourtney Keim and Johnny Stoeckle MD (Poster)
Novel Monitoring Dashboard for Patients Presenting to the ED With Chest Pain, Chad A Keller MD; Bruce Feldman DO; Donna Wendling; Bryan D. Nelson MBA, NRP; Shadi Jarjous MD; Deborah W Sundlof DO; Shuisen Li DO; Chris Deschler BSN, RN, CPHQ; Michaela Leal; and Richard S. MacKenzie MD (Poster)
Evaluation of Patients Admitted to the Hospital with Sepsis, Febrile Neutropenia, or Pneumonia Following Administration of Chemotherapy, Abigail Kennedy; Savitri Skandan MD; Dennis Sopka MD; and Melissa Kratz RN, MSN, AOCN (Poster)
Breathing for Two: A Myasthenic Twist in COVID-19 Pregnancy, J Kepfinger, Dylan Soller DO, Bharani Pusukar DO, and Scott Blumof DO (Article)
Trends and disparities in coronary artery disease prevalence among U.S. adults from 2019 to 2022., Noman Khalid, Safeeullah Haider, Muhammad Abdullah, Saad Asghar, Muhammad Aamir MD, and Yasotha Rajeswaran MD (Article)
Talazoparib (Tala) in patients (pts) with colorectal cancer (CRC) with BRCA1/2 mutations (mut): Results from the Targeted Agent and Profiling Utilization Registry (TAPUR) study., Maged Khalil MD (Article)
Gender-based disparities in outcomes of coronary bifurcation stenting in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis., Resha Khanal, Mohammad Hamza, Maria Najam, Salman Abdul Basit, Zarghoona Wajid, Amna Rashdi, Neel Patel, Saman Razzaq, Rajendra Shah, Khaled M Harmouch, Bandar Alyami, Yasemin Bahar, Muhammad Aamir MD, Mohammed Abu-Mahfouz, Yasar Sattar, and M Chadi Alraies (Article)
S1662 Post Liver Transplantation Management of Alcohol Use Disorder Lowers Mortality and Risk of Relapse, H Khataniar, O Al'Taani, M A. Butt, Shahid Malik MD, and N Mohyuddin (Article)
Correction to: Projected Impact of Omidubicel-onlv on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (Allo-HCT) Outcomes in Hematologic Malignancies., Nandita Khera; Marie Louise Edwards; Yan Song; Rochelle Sun; Rocio Manghani; Heayoung Shin; Ronit Simantov; James Signorovitch; Smitha Sivaraman; and Usama Gergis MD, MBA (Article)
Projected Impact of Omidubicel-onlv on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (Allo-HCT) Outcomes in Hematologic Malignancies., Nandita Khera; Marie Louise Edwards; Yan Song; Rochelle Sun; Rocio Manghani; Heayoung Shin; Ronit Simantov; James Signorovitch; Smitha Sivaraman; and Usama Gergis MD, MBA (Article)
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR FELLOWSHIP APPLICANTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY, Edward Kilb (Article)
“I SEE YOU”: STRUCTURED DEBRIEF SESSIONS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS ON CRITICAL CARE TO DEVELOP RESILIENCY, Edward Kilb (Article)
Validation of three health literacy screening questions compared with S-TOFHLA in a low-income diverse English- and Spanish-Speaking population., Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; Cathy A Coyne; Roya Hamadani MPH; and Timothy J. Friel MD (Article)
STREPTOCOCCAL TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME: A LETHAL COMPLICATION OF INFLUENZA A INFECTION, Anna Klele DO, Caty Davenport MD, Ashley Vojtek DO, and Jessica Boehmler MD (Article)
Welcoming Motherhood With Malignancy: A Case of Invasive Mucinous Adenocarcinoma in the Postpartum Period, Anna Klele DO, Ashley Vojtek DO, Dylan Soller DO, Daniel Fernandez Felix MD, and Aaron J. Czysz MD (Article)
Non-tuberculosis Mycobacterium Infections and Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms: Rare Complications of Sickle Cell Disease, Anna Klele DO, Ashley Vojtek DO, Dylan Soller DO, Daniel Fernandez Felix MD, and C. Gerard Petersen (Article)
Irregular Sleep-Wake Rhythm Disorder in transgender individuals, Atef Kokash DO and Martina Vendrame MD, PhD (Article)
Process Improvements for the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy, Iris Kong MD, Natalie Chlus MD, and Bradley Lash MD (Poster)
Challenging Cases in Hypertension, Nelson Kopyt DO, FASN, FACP (Presentation)
Let's Huddle Up, Viktoriia Kozlova ADN, RN; Katie Kresge BSN, RN; and Cheyenna Weasner BSN, RN (Poster)
Increased donor inhibitory KIR are associated with reduced GVHD and improved survival following HLA-matched unrelated donor HCT in paediatric acute leukaemia., Elizabeth Krieger, Rehan Qayyum, and Amir Toor MD (Article)
Congestive Heart Failure Impedes Effective Fluid Resuscitation in Sepsis, Mahesh Krishnamurthy (Article)
Combining liver-directed and immunotherapy in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: A review and future directions, P Kumar, C Wehrle, K Sun, C Jiao, R Panconesi, M Zhang, N Tocci, H Hong, A Gross, E Allkushi, Maureen Linganna MD, A Schlegel, T Augustin, C Miller, D Kwon, K Sasaki, and F Aucejo (Article)
Optimizing outcomes: Impact of palliative care consultation timing in the cardiovascular intensive care unit., Sant Kumar, Hunter VanDolah, Ahmed Daniyaal Rasheed, Serenity Budd, Kelley Anderson, Alexander I Papolos, Benjamin B Kenigsberg M, Narayana Sarma V Singam, Anirudh Rao, and Hunter Groninger (Article)
DermDx: Itchy Rash on Face and Neck, Imene Ben Lagha, Roxanna Sadoughifar, Nejib Doss, and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
THROUGH-THE-SCOPE (TTS) ESOPHAGEAL STENTS ARE A VIABLE TREATMENT OPTION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF BENIGN AND MALIGNANT ESOPHAGEAL PATHOLOGIES, Henry Lam DO, Travis Magdaleno MD, Zachary Zator MD, Shashin Shah MD, and Hiral N. Shah MD (Article)
304 ELIMINATING THE MISUSE OF FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TESTING (FOBT) IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING, Henry Lam DO, Amy Slenker MD, and Eric Nellis MD (Article)
Sore on Right Cheek, Sidney Lampert, Ron Hidalgo, and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
DermDx: Dusky-Red Targetoid Lesions, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
DermDx: Expanding Rash on Both Arms, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
DermDx: Family History of Both Atypical Nevi and Melanoma, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
DermDx: Firm Papule on Helix of Ear, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
DermDx: Firm, Slightly Erythematous Papule on Arm, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
Derm Dx: Flesh-Colored Nodule on Cheek, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
DermDx: Growth on Right Ankle, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
Derm Dx: Heart-Shaped Mole on Arm, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
DermDx: Hyperkeratotic Projection on Red Base, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
DermDx: Itchy Rash on Arms and Chest, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
DermDx: Mass on Forearm, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
DermDx: Nodule on Temple, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
DermDx: Plaques and Nodules on Foot, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
DermDx: Pruritic Bumps in Axillae, Sidney Lampert and Stephen Schleicher MD (Article)
Subcutaneous epcoritamab (SC epcor) administered outpatient (outpt) for relapsed or refractory (R/R) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and follicular lymphoma (FL): Results from phase 2 EPCORE NHL-6, Bradley Lash (Article)
Hydrogen: From Stars to Fuel to Medicine, Tyler W. LeBaron, Randy Sharpe, Felix A. Pyatakovich, and Mikhail Artamonov (Book Chapter)
Healthiest You: TikTok Trends to Try and Most to Avoid, Lehigh Valley Health Network and Elena Brinker RN (Podcast)
Say Yes To Yoga For a Better You, Lehigh Valley Health Network and Lauren Freid MD (Podcast)
The Healthiest You: Boost Your Bone and Joint Health, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Marie S. O'Brien DO, and Scott E. Sexton MD (Poster)
Help! Why Am I Still Hungry?, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Cheryl Jesuit Rutkauskas, and Angela Magdaleno (Podcast)
Response to Azacytidine in a Patient With Refractory Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma With TET2 Mutation., Minh-Anh Le, Feras Al-Moussally, and Allison Carilli (Article)
Microsatellite Instability, Tumor Mutational Burden, and Response to Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Patients with Prostate Cancer., Andrew T Lenis, Vignesh Ravichandran, Samantha Brown, Syed M Alam, Andrew Katims, Hong Truong, Peter A Reisz MD, Samantha Vasselman, Barbara Nweji, Karen A Autio, Michael J Morris, Susan F Slovin, Dana Rathkopf, Daniel Danila, Howard I Scher, Sungmin Woo, Hebert Alberto Vargas, Vincent P Laudone, Behfar Ehdaie, Victor Reuter, Maria Arcila, Michael F Berger, Agnes Viale, Nikolaus Schultz, Anuradha Gopalan, Mark T A Donoghue, Irina Ostrovnaya, Konrad H Stopsack, David B Solit, and Wassim Abida (Article)
Managing Long COVID in Older Adults in the Pulmonary Clinic, Christopher Lenivy DO (Article)
The Implementation of Countermeasures to Reduce Noninvasive Pressure Injuries at a Small Community Hospital, Robert Leshko BS,RRT; Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS; Jody Shigo RN, CMSRN; Anthony Valente MD; and Angel Cicero (Article)
Welcome to the mainland: general neurology's role in rescue from the islands of subspecialisation., Steven L. Lewis MD (Article)
WFN Launches e-Learning Hub, Steven L. Lewis MD (Article)
Neurology for the Non-Neurologist, Steven L. Lewis MD and Aaron L. Berkowitz (Book)
An Atypical Case of Hodgkin Lymphoma, Derek Lillestolen DO, Benjamin Wolff DO, Syed Ali Aown MD, and Preysi Patel DO (Poster)
Machine Learning-Driven Prediction of Severe Thrombocytopenia Risk in CRRT Patients, Michael Li and Divakar Sharma MD (Poster)
Grapheme-Color Synesthesia in Patients with Epilepsy, Snow Pinxue Li MD; Atef Kokash DO; and Martina Vendrame MD, PhD (Poster)
Can treatment of delayed sleep-wake phase disorder improve juvenile myoclonic epilepsy? Report of one case, Snow Pinxue Li; Erafat Rehim; and Martina Vendrame MD, PhD (Article)
METABOLIC MAYHEM TO CARDIAC CRISIS: THE DKA-PERICARDITIS CONNECTION, Mikhail Litinski MD (Article)
Complex Heart-Lung Ventilator Emergencies in the CICU., Mireia Padilla Lopez, Willard Applefeld, Elliott Miller, Andrea Elliott, Courtney E Bennett DO, Burton Lee, Christopher Barnett, Michael A Solomon, Francesco Corradi, Alessandro Sionis, Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, Guido Tavazzi, and Carlos L Alviar (Article)
#1705855 Recurrent Multinodular Goiter: Is a Third Thyroidectomy the Charm?: A Case Report, G Loria, R C. Marquex, O Abdulhussein, J Ferri-Guerra, Daniel Fernandez Felix MD, and M D. Lundholm (Article)
#1705771 The many misdiagnoses of Swyer Syndrome, from Turner syndrome to complete androgen insensitivity syndrome: A case report, G M. Loria, R R. Correa Marquez, J Ferri-Guerra, O Abdulhussein, Daniel Fernandez Felix MD, and M D. Dundholm (Article)
Effects of Sleep Hygiene Interventions on Sleep Disorders With Adults: A Scoping Review, Taylor Maas (Article)
The imperative trial: an FDA approved prospective multi-center trial including super-large bore aspiration thrombectomy, W Mack, R Nogueira, J Grossberg, S Majidi, D Tomalty, M Mokin, J Vargas, C Cucchiara, K Snyder, J Mascitelli, V Parada, H Shakir, D Rosenbaum-HaLevi, N Aghaebrahim, D Hoit, B Yim, M Tenser, A Al-Bayati, J Milburn, J Singer, S Nimjee, N Haranhalli, S Sheth, Darryn I. Shaff MD, K Layton, N Beaty, R Starke, H Hawk, D Haussen, A Pabaney, C Kellner, and R De Leacy (Article)
Feasibility of initiating a screening, testing, and treatment protocol for pregnant patients at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), Kara Madey MD; Joanne Quiñones MD, MSCE; and Aileen L Love MD (Poster)
NOVEL INTERNAL JUGULAR APPROACH FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION IN IVC INTERRUPTION, Pranav Mahajan MD, Surya Aedma, Adnan Yousaf MD, and Talha Nazir MD (Article)
A RARE CASE OF ICD LEAD MECHANICAL INTERFERENCE FROM LVAD, Pranav Mahajan MD, Amogh M. Joshi DO, Talal Al-Mohamad MD, and Sergio Cossu MD (Article)
NOVEL RIGHT ATRIAL APPROACH ABLATION OF PVCS ORIGINATING FROM POSTERIOR SUPERIOR PROCESS OF LEFT VENTRICLE, Pranav Mahajan MD, Kutaiba Nazif DO, and Jeffrey Gordon (Article)
PO-01-112 OUTCOMES OF VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA ABLATION WITH PERCUTANEOUS LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (IMPELLA)-A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY OF THE NATIONAL INPATIENT SAMPLE, Pranav Mahajan MD, K Raj, Rady Ho MD, and Jeffrey Gordon (Article)
Pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of right ventricular failure: A state of the art review of mechanical support devices., Theresa Maitz DO, Swara Shah DO, Rahul Gupta MD, Akshay Goel, Jayakumar Sreenivasan, Adrija Hajra, Apurva Vyas MD, Carl J Lavie, Nael Hawwa MD, Gregg M Lanier, and Navin K Kapur (Article)
Managing Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) for Patients Undergoing Elective Spine Surgery: A Pilot Survey., James C Mamaril-Davis, Pedro Aguilar-Salinas, Salvador Fabián Gutiérrez Aguirre, Mauricio J Avila, Michel Villatoro-Villar, Katherine Riordan, and Travis M Dumont (Article)
A Rare Case of Duodenal Adenocarcinoma With Brain Metastasis., Hariharasudan Mani MD, Alisha Hossain DO, Elsie S. Lee MD, and Muhammad A. Rizvi MD (Article)
Retrospective Study of Unresectable Stage III or Stage IV Melanoma Patients Refractory to Immune Check Point and BRAF/MEK Inhibitors, Treated with Triplet Therapy: A Single Institution Experience., Hariharasudan Mani MD; Suresh G. Nair MD; Timothy Johnson MD; Darshan Lal MD; Zeeshan Hafeez MD; Hope Kincaid MPH, CPH; Alyson McIntosh MD; and Aaron U. Blackham MD (Presentation)
Emerging shadows: HHV-8-associated encephalitis unveiled in a solid organ transplant recipient., Inderjit Mann MD, Oscar Morado-Aramburo, and Rodrigo Hasbun (Article)
A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Follow Up for Pediatric Patients Discharged With Noninvasive Ventilation, K S. Marquis, S E. Beck, H Ku, O Afolabi-Brown, C Brown, W Glenn, T Monroe, and M S. Xanthopoulos (Article)
Gestational Changes in eGFR among Patients with CKD, Sharon E. Maynard MD, Anam Ali, and Shae Duka MPH (Article)
Transcatheter Procedure Versus Surgical Interventions for Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Contemporary Evaluation Against Conservative Management., Zhiyuan Ma, Shahrad Shadman, Yaniv Maddahi, Mahesh Krishnamurthy, Peter Puleo, and Jamshid Shirani (Article)
Health care costs among patients with hematologic malignancies receiving allogeneic transplants: a US payer perspective., Richard T Maziarz; Usama Gergis MD, MBA; Marie Louise Edwards; Yan Song; Qing Liu; Annika Anderson; James Signorovitch; Rocio Manghani; Ronit Simantov; Heayoung Shin; and Smitha Sivaraman (Article)
Using the Vizient Clinical Data Base to Drive Performance in Value-Based Care, Matthew McCambridge MD; Michele Hartzell; Melissa Visco; Zhe Chen; Maulik P Purohit MD, MPH; Nikki Alderfer MSN, RN; Ryan Vetter MS-OTR/L; Christopher J. Kita; Joshua Rosentel BSn, RN; Elizabeth Thornton RN, BSN, MHA; Matthew Schreiber MD; Jodi Koch BSN, RN; Sarah Falatyn MSN, MBA, CPHQ; Elizabeth Fatzinger; Daniel Sawyer PT, DPT; Jessica Florkowski MSN, RN; Martina Oswald-Remaly MSN, RN, CCRN, CSC; Marjorie Lavin RN, MS, CNRN; Sara Saliby MSW; Shuisen Li DO; Tracie Heckman MSN, RN, CMSRN; Kelsey Bacon PT, DPT; Lorraine Dierolf; and Danielle Tufnell (Article)
Scaling Mobility Guided by the Vizient Mobility Collaborative, Matthew McCambridge MD; Matthew Schreiber MD; and Melissa Visco PT, DPT (Presentation)
A retrospective study of a novel 3-session rush venom immunotherapy protocol., Megan E McCarty MD, Merritt L Fajt, Leanna-Marie S Gershuni, and Andrej A Petrov (Article)
Accuracy of Rapid On-Site Cytology (ROSE) for the Diagnosis of Peripheral Lung Nodules during Robotic Bronchoscopy, Carly Mehta, Daniel Schwed-Lustgarten MD, and Brian Civic MD (Poster)
Cardiovascular Health in Menopause: What are the Evaluation Options Beyond Lipid Profile, Nidhi Mehta MD (Presentation)
Optic Neuritis in the Setting of HIV and Syphilis Co-infection: A Case Report (P9-13.003), Ajay Menon MD, Cleo Z. Reyes, and Jay D. Varrato DO (Article)
The Great Imitator Strikes Again: A Unique Case of Neurosarcoidosis Presenting with Optic Neuritis and Cerebral Vasculitis (P8-14.013), Ajay Menon MD, Sathvik Shastry MD, Cleo Z. Reyes, and Gary Clauser MD (Article)
Liver surface nodularity and ascites are associated with mortality risk in acute alcohol-associated hepatitis., Alex Miller, Benjamin Carney, Shivani Shah, Hui-Wei Chen, Amir Gougol, Amir Borhani, Ramon Bataller, Shahid Malik MD, and Vikrant Rachakonda (Article)
Swallowing Outcomes of Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19: The Effect of Patient Background and Critical Care Interventions in the Acute Care Setting, Kasey Miller, Katelyn Clancy, Sarah Lum, and Shae Duka MPH (Article)
Developing Educational Strategies in Asthma Management, Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS (Presentation)
Updates in GINA and NPASE Asthma Guidelines 2023, Kenneth Miller MEd, RRT-NPS (Presentation)
DODGED A BULLET-INCIDENTAL SADDLE EMBOLUS DIAGNOSED BY TEE DURING WATCHMAN PROCEDURE, Michael Milligan MD, Amy Goodrich-Harris, and Sergio Cossu MD (Article)