Irccs Policlinico S. Donato

This study aims to see if starting women on full-strength heart failure medications quickly after a hospital stay, and monitoring them closely, works better than the usual slower approach. It will follow about 360 women in Italy for a year to see if the faster plan leads to fewer…

This study is testing if applying a special antiseptic gel during heart surgery can help prevent wound infections. It will involve up to 456 adults having planned heart surgery. The main goal is to see if using this gel lowers the chance of getting a skin infection at the surgica…

This study aims to understand how bone density changes over time in people with Marfan syndrome or Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Researchers will analyze existing medical records and bone scan results from 150 patients collected between 2019 and 2022. The goal is to identify patterns i…

This study aims to understand if people with breast or colon cancer develop certain antibodies that might accidentally affect their heart. Researchers will check for these antibodies in the blood of 196 patients over a year. The goal is to gather knowledge, not to test a new trea…

This study aims to understand why some adults with a specific gene mutation (COL5A) develop dangerous bulges in their main heart artery (aortic aneurysms), while others with the same mutation do not. Researchers will collect small skin samples from 20 participants to grow and stu…