Martina Tedesco

Impact of blood pressure variability on mortality risk of patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis

Abstract Objectives Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis (AAV) is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, related to persistent inflammation and endothelial dysfunction. Long -term systolic BP variability (SBPV), reflecting vascular damage, may predict...

Overwhelming post-splenectomy Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection complicated by suspected infection-associated secondary thrombotic microangiopathy with a complement-mediated hemolytic uremic syndrome phenotype and extensive tissue necrosis after a dog bite

Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a rare zoonotic pathogen that can cause fulminant sepsis in asplenic patients, including overwhelming post-splenectomy infection after dog bites. Its association with suspected infection-associated secondary thrombotic microangiopathy with a complemen...