Carlo Lombardi

Jun 23, 2024 | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Carlo Lombardi

Today marks the 39th anniversary of the tragic Kanishka Air Attack an event that has left left indelible marks on the global Sikh community as well as India as a whole. It was the first terrorist attack overseas on India and its interests with the bombing of a Air India flight in 1985.

Jun 23, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Riccardo M. Inciardi |Spedali Civili |Muthiah Vaduganathan |Carlo Lombardi

Introduction Heart failure (HF) represents a global health issue affecting more than 60 million people worldwide and leads the cause of hospitalization in both the United States and Europe.1 Despite the improvement in cardiovascular (CV) outcomes, patients with HF are yet exposed to an excess risk of hospitalization for HF and CV death.1, 2 Beta-blockers (BB), mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs), angiotensin receptor–neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI) sacubitril/valsartan, and...

Jun 9, 2024 | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Carlo Lombardi

June 4th marks  the infamous Tiananmen Square anniversary. On that day peaceful student protests in Beijing were brutally squashed by the military of People’s Republic of China. June 4th of this year 2024 is also a milestone for China’s neighbour,  India. That day saw the final results of India’s massive general elections, an impressive month-long mass process through which the personal choices of over 600 million Indians voters were freely expressed and scrupulously tallied.

Dec 13, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Giuliana Cimino |Surgical Specialties |Muthiah Vaduganathan |Carlo Lombardi

Background: role of obesity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction The prevalence of heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is around 4.9% in the general population aged over 60 years, and HFpEF affects more than 50% of the patients admitted for HF.1-4 Thus, several millions of people are affected by HFpEF in Europe and the United States. The prevalence of obesity is growing in many developed countries.