Background Little is known on right ventricular (RV) involvement in obstructive sleep apnoea
(OSA). This study aimed at evaluating early RV dysfunction by standard and advanced …

Background Hypoxia affects myocardial oxygen supply resulting in subclinical cardiac
dysfunction in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients, with cardiovascular complications being …

Sleep-related disordered breathing (SDB) is very common in paediatric patients affected by
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). However, data addressing SBD patterns and their …

Background: Left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is recognized in
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Little is known about cardiac involvement in non-idiopathic …

Background Volumetric high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the chest has
recently replaced incremental CT in the diagnostic workup of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). …

Recent evidence suggests that alterations of the immune responses are associated with the
inflammatory nature of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and of its related co-morbidities. In …

Background: The coupling of the right ventricle (RV) to the pulmonary circulation is an indicator
of RV performance that can be non-invasively estimated by echocardiography. There are …

There is evidence that hypopneas are more common than apneas in obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) related to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We investigated the frequency …

Assessment of exercise performance is a key component in the management of interstitial
lung diseases, as its limitation may occur very early. Aim of the present study was to assess …

Background: Pneumonias are the most frequent infectious diseases, characterized by a
high prevalence especially among children and adults at risk. The socio-economic impact …