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Non-invasive risk stratification of coronary artery disease: an evaluation of some commonly used statistical classifiers in terms of predictive accuracy and clinical usefulness.

Gregori D, Bigi R, Cortigiani L, Bovenzi F, Fiorentini C, Picano E.

J Eval Clin Pract. 2009 Oct;15(5):777-81.PMID: 19811588 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Noninvasive techniques to assess myocardial ischemia in hypertensive patients.

Rambaldi R, Bigi R, Fiorentini C.

Future Cardiol. 2008 Nov;4(6):569-81.PMID: 19804351 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Stress echocardiography for the risk stratification of patients following coronary bypass surgery.

Cortigiani L, Bigi R, Sicari R, Landi P, Bovenzi F, Picano E.

Int J Cardiol. 2009 Mar 31. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19342111 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Impact of gender on risk stratification by stress echocardiography.

Cortigiani L, Sicari R, Bigi R, Landi P, Bovenzi F, Picano E.

Am J Med. 2009 Mar;122(3):301-9.PMID: 19272491 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prognostic implications of stress-induced transient ischemic dilation of the left ventricle in patients with systolic dysfunction and fixed perfusion defects.

Bestetti A, Bigi R, Terranova P, Lombardi F, Fiorentini C.

Int J Cardiol. 2008 Dec 23. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19110327 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Usefulness of stress echocardiography for risk stratification of patients after percutaneous coronary intervention.

Cortigiani L, Sicari R, Bigi R, Gherardi S, Rigo F, Gianfaldoni ML, Landi P, Bovenzi F, Picano E.

Am J Cardiol. 2008 Nov 1;102(9):1170-4. Epub 2008 Aug 15.PMID: 18940286 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Direct stenting after thrombus removal before primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction.

Silva-Orrego P, Bigi R, Colombo P, De Marco F, Oreglia JA, Klugmann S, Gregori D.

J Interv Cardiol. 2008 Aug;21(4):300-6.PMID: 18754965 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Truncal fat determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry is an independent predictor of coronary artery disease extension.

Bestetti A, Castini D, Bigi R, Maioli C, Lombardi F, Gregori D, Cornalba G.

Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2008 Aug;15(4):428-33.PMID: 18677167 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Information on Center Characteristics as Costs' Determinants in Multicenter Clinical Trials: Is Modeling Center Effect Worth the Effort?

Petrinco M, Pagano E, Desideri A, Bigi R, Ghidina M, Ferrando A, Cortigiani L, Merletti F, Gregori D.

Value Health. 2008 Jul 18. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 18647254 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Some notes on parametric link functions in clinical research.

Baldi I, Maule M, Bigi R, Cortigiani L, Bo S, Gregori D.

Stat Methods Med Res. 2009 Apr;18(2):131-44. Epub 2008 Jun 18. No abstract available. PMID: 18562395 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Survival models for cost data: the forgotten additive approach.

Pagano E, Petrinco M, Desideri A, Bigi R, Merletti F, Gregori D.

Stat Med. 2008 Aug 15;27(18):3585-97.PMID: 18338326 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of prognostic value of pharmacologic stress echocardiography in chest pain patients with versus without diabetes mellitus and positive exercise electrocardiography.

Cortigiani L, Bigi R, Sicari R, Rigo F, Bovenzi F, Picano E.

Am J Cardiol. 2007 Dec 15;100(12):1744-9.PMID: 18082519 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Proper modeling strategies selection for the assessment of post-infarction costs.

Gregori D, Desideri A, Bigi R, Petrinco M, Cortigiani L, Zigon G, Pagano E.

Int J Cardiol. 2008 Sep 16;129(1):53-8. Epub 2007 Aug 20.PMID: 17707925 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Dobutamine stress echocardiography and the effect of revascularization on outcome in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with chronic ischaemic left ventricular dysfunction.

Cortigiani L, Sicari R, Desideri A, Bigi R, Bovenzi F, Picano E; VIDA (Viability Identification with Dobutamine Administration) Study Group.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2007 Oct;9(10):1038-43. Epub 2007 Aug 16.PMID: 17707132 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of the prognostic value of the stress-recovery index versus standard electrocardiographic criteria in patients with a negative exercise electrocardiogram.

Bigi R, Cortigiani L, Gregori D, Fiorentini C.

Am J Cardiol. 2007 Aug 15;100(4):605-9. Epub 2007 Jun 27.PMID: 17697814 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The Stress-Recovery Index for the risk stratification of women with typical chest pain.

Bigi R, Cortigiani L, Gregori D, Fiorentini C.

Int J Cardiol. 2008 Jun 23;127(1):64-9. Epub 2007 Aug 9.PMID: 17692413 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prognostic implications of dipyridamole or dobutamine stress echocardiography for evaluation of patients > or =65 years of age with known or suspected coronary heart disease.

Cortigiani L, Bigi R, Sicari R, Landi P, Bovenzi F, Picano E.

Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jun 1;99(11):1491-5. Epub 2007 Apr 12.PMID: 17531567 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ultrasound imaging versus morphopathology in cardiovascular diseases: the heart failure.

Baroldi G, Bigi R, Cortigiani L.

Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2007 Jan 30;5:5. Review.PMID: 17263890 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Thrombus aspiration before primary angioplasty improves myocardial reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction: the DEAR-MI (Dethrombosis to Enhance Acute Reperfusion in Myocardial Infarction) study.

Silva-Orrego P, Colombo P, Bigi R, Gregori D, Delgado A, Salvade P, Oreglia J, Orrico P, de Biase A, Piccalò G, Bossi I, Klugmann S.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Oct 17;48(8):1552-9. Epub 2006 Sep 26.PMID: 17045887 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Exercise electrocardiography for diagnostic and prognostic assessment of coronary disease. Recent advances]

Bigi R, De Chiara B, Fiorentini C.

Recenti Prog Med. 2006 Mar;97(3):147-52. Review. Italian. PMID: 16700422 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Combined assessment of left ventricular perfusion and function by gated single-photon emission computed tomography for the risk stratification of high-risk hypertensive patients.

Bigi R, Bestetti A, Strinchini A, Conte A, Gregori D, Brusoni B, Fiorentini C.

J Hypertens. 2006 Apr;24(4):767-73.PMID: 16531807 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prognostic value of pharmacological stress echocardiography in diabetic and nondiabetic patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease.

Cortigiani L, Bigi R, Sicari R, Landi P, Bovenzi F, Picano E.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Feb 7;47(3):605-10. Epub 2006 Jan 18.PMID: 16458144 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Relation of terminal QRS distortion to left ventricular functional recovery and remodeling in acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty.

Bigi R, Mafrici A, Colombo P, Gregori D, Corrada E, Alberti A, De Biase A, Orrego PS, Fiorentini C, Klugmann S.

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Nov 1;96(9):1233-6. Epub 2005 Sep 2.PMID: 16253588 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ultrasound imaging versus morphopathology in cardiovascular diseases. Myocardial cell damage.

Baroldi G, Bigi R, Cortigiani L.

Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2005 Oct 6;3:32. Review.PMID: 16209715 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Complications during pharmacological stress echocardiography: a video-case series.

Varga A, Kraft G, Lakatos F, Bigi R, Paya R, Picano E.

Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2005 Sep 2;3:25.PMID: 16138919 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prognostic value of a multiparametric risk score in patients undergoing dipyridamole stress echocardiography.

Cortigiani L, Bigi R, Gregori D, Sicari R, Picano E.

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Aug 15;96(4):529-32.PMID: 16098306 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical, resting echo and dipyridamole stress echocardiography findings for the screening of renal transplant candidates.

Cortigiani L, Desideri A, Gigli G, Vallebona A, Terlizzi R, Giusti R, Rossi B, Solari P, Antonelli A, Bigi R.

Int J Cardiol. 2005 Aug 18;103(2):168-74.PMID: 16080976 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Stress recovery index for risk stratification of asymptomatic patients following coronary bypass surgery.

Bigi R, Gregori D, Cortigiani L, Colombo P, Fiorentini C.

Chest. 2005 Jul;128(1):42-7.PMID: 16002914 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prognostic value of combined exercise and recovery electrocardiographic analysis.

Bigi R, Cortigiani L, Gregori D, Bax JJ, Fiorentini C.

Arch Intern Med. 2005 Jun 13;165(11):1253-8.PMID: 15956004 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Simultaneous echocardiography and myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography associated with dobutamine stress to predict long-term cardiac mortality in normotensive and hypertensive patients.

Bigi R, Bax JJ, van Domburg RT, Elhendy A, Cortigiani L, Schinkel AF, Fiorentini C, Poldermans D.

J Hypertens. 2005 Jul;23(7):1409-15.PMID: 15942465 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Artificial neural networks and robust Bayesian classifiers for risk stratification following uncomplicated myocardial infarction.

Bigi R, Gregori D, Cortigiani L, Desideri A, Chiarotto FA, Toffolo GM.

Int J Cardiol. 2005 Jun 8;101(3):481-7.PMID: 15907418 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Blood glutathione as a marker of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant recipients.

De Chiara B, Bigi R, Campolo J, Parolini M, Turazza F, Masciocco G, Frigerio M, Fiorentini C, Parodi O.

Clin Transplant. 2005 Jun;19(3):367-71.PMID: 15877800 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prognostic value of noninvasive stressing modalities in patients with chest pain and normal coronary angiogram.

Bigi R, De Chiara B.

Herz. 2005 Feb;30(1):61-6. Review.PMID: 15754157 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ultrasound imaging versus morphopathology in cardiovascular diseases. Coronary collateral circulation and atherosclerotic plaque.

Baroldi G, Bigi R, Cortigiani L.

Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2005 Mar 1;3:6. Review.PMID: 15740620 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cardiac death and heart failure following primary angioplasty in extensive myocardial infarction: incremental prognostic value of clinical, functional and angiographic data.

Corrada E, Bigi R, Colombo P, Bossi I, De Biase AM, Mafrici A, Parodi O, Klugmann S.

Ital Heart J. 2004 Dec;5(12):912-8.PMID: 15706996 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Echocardiography for risk stratification of myocardial infarction in the reperfusion era.

Cortigiani L, Desideri A, Bigi R.

Clin Cardiol. 2005 Jan;28(1):3-7. Review.PMID: 15704524 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Stress testing in women: sexual discrimination or equal opportunity?

Bigi R, Cortigiani L.

Eur Heart J. 2005 Mar;26(5):423-5. Epub 2005 Feb 4. No abstract available. PMID: 15695530 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pre-discharge stress echocardiography and exercise ECG for risk stratification after uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction: results of the COSTAMI-II (cost of strategies after myocardial infarction) trial.

Desideri A, Fioretti PM, Cortigiani L, Trocino G, Astarita C, Gregori D, Bax J, Velasco J, Celegon L, Bigi R, Pirelli S, Picano E.

Heart. 2005 Feb;91(2):146-51.PMID: 15657220 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Ultrasound imaging versus morphopathology in cardiovascular diseases. Coronary atherosclerotic plaque.

Baroldi G, Bigi R, Cortigiani L.

Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2004 Dec 14;2:29.PMID: 15598352 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Coronary blood flow, metabolism, and function in dysfunctional viable myocardium before and early after surgical revascularisation.

Alamanni F, Parolari A, Repossini A, Doria E, Bortone F, Campolo J, Pepi M, Sisillo E, Naliato M, Bigi R, Biglioli P, Parodi O.

Heart. 2004 Nov;90(11):1291-8.PMID: 15486124 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Exercise versus recovery electrocardiography for predicting outcome in hypertensive patients with chest pain.

Bigi R, Cortigiani L, Gregori D, De Chiara B, Parodi O, Fiorentini C.

J Hypertens. 2004 Nov;22(11):2193-9.PMID: 15480105 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of pharmacological wash-out in patients undergoing exercise testing after acute myocardial infarction.

Bigi R, Verzoni A, Cortigiani L, De Chiara B, Desideri A, Fiorentini C.

Int J Cardiol. 2004 Nov;97(2):277-81.PMID: 15458695 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prognostic value of pharmacological stress echocardiography is affected by concomitant antiischemic therapy at the time of testing.

Sicari R, Cortigiani L, Bigi R, Landi P, Raciti M, Picano E; Echo-Persantine International Cooperative (EPIC) Study Group; Echo-Dobutamine International Cooperative (EDIC) Study Group.

Circulation. 2004 May 25;109(20):2428-31. Epub 2004 May 17.PMID: 15148280 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Exercise versus recovery electrocardiography in predicting mortality in patients with uncomplicated myocardial infarction.

Bigi R, Cortigiani L, Gregori D, De Chiara B, Fiorentini C.

Eur Heart J. 2004 Apr;25(7):558-64.PMID: 15120052 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prediction of mortality in patients with right bundle branch block referred for pharmacologic stress echocardiography.

Cortigiani L, Bigi R, Gigli G, Dodi C, Mariotti E, Coletta C, Astarita C, Picano E; EPIC (Echo Persantine International Cooperative) Study Group; EDIC (Echo Doubutamine International Cooperative) Study Group.

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Dec 15;92(12):1429-33.PMID: 14675579 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost-effectiveness analysis of noninvasive strategies to evaluate patients with chest pain.

Lorenzoni R, Cortigiani L, Magnani M, Desideri A, Bigi R, Manes C, Picano E.

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2003 Dec;16(12):1287-91.PMID: 14652608 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prognostic value of myocardial viability recognized by low-dose dobutamine echocardiography in chronic ischemic left ventricular dysfunction.

Sicari R, Picano E, Cortigiani L, Borges AC, Varga A, Palagi C, Bigi R, Rossini R, Pasanisi E; VIDA (Viability Identification with Dobutamine Administration) Study Group.

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Dec 1;92(11):1263-6.PMID: 14636900 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diagnostic value of exercise electrocardiography and dipyridamole stress echocardiography in hypertensive and normotensive chest pain patients with right bundle branch block.

Cortigiani L, Bigi R, Rigo F, Landi P, Baldini U, Mariani PR, Picano E; Echo Persantine International Cooperative Study Group.

J Hypertens. 2003 Nov;21(11):2189-94.PMID: 14597864 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Usefulness of chronotropic incompetence to dipyridamole in predicting myocardial perfusion defects in heart transplant recipients.

De Chiara B, Bigi R, Devoto E, Cavenaghi G, Turazza F, Sara R, Colombo T, Frigerio M, Parodi O.

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Oct 15;92(8):1001-4.PMID: 14556885 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost of strategies after myocardial infarction (COSTAMI): a multicentre, international, randomized trial for cost-effective discharge after uncomplicated myocardial infarction.

Desideri A, Fioretti PM, Cortigiani L, Gregori D, Coletta C, Vigna C, Tota F, Rambaldi R, Bax J, Celegon L, Bigi R, Picano E; COSTAMI (Cost of Strategies After Myocardial Infarction) Trial Investigators.

Eur Heart J. 2003 Sep;24(18):1630-9.PMID: 14499225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article