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Vol. 96 No. 4 (2026)

5 articles Published 30 October 2026

In this issue

• The enigma of timing for cardiac surgery in aortic valve infective endocarditis with cerebrovascular complications: a case report
• Post-intensive care unit syndrome: the silent legacy of intensive care unit survival. Narrative review and strategies for its approach in intermediate respiratory care units
• Coexistence of upper airway obstruction on spirometry with flow volume loop in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students' specialty preferences in Turkey: a cross-sectional study

All 5 articles

Table of contents

Previous issues

1. 2026

   

   Vol. 96 No. 3 (2026)

   42 articles Published 7 September 2026

   • Utility of chest ultrasound and intrapleural fibrinolytics with gentamicin following failed pleurodesis
   • Preventable yet persistent: silicosis and gaps in public health policy – a narrative review
   • How to escape from sudden death: a challenging case of a rare cardiomyopathy with an unexpected twist

   All 42 articles

2. 2026

   

   Vol. 96 No. 2 (2026)

   40 articles Published 7 May 2026

   • Correction. Assessment of diaphragmatic thickness as a predictor for intubation in pneumonia patients
   • Prevalence of urinary incontinence in patients with chronic cough: a systematic review
   • From clues to clarity: multimodality imaging uncovers ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm masquerading as tricuspid valve endocarditis

   All 40 articles

3. 2026

   

   Vol. 96 No. 1 (2026)

   36 articles Published 2 March 2026

   • Downhill: a new rehabilitation frontier. A systematic review of the literature
   • Bronchoscopic valve therapy for tuberculosis: a scoping review
   • The role of genetics in the prognosis of acute myocarditis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

   All 36 articles

4. 2026

   

   Early Access

   151 articles Published 1 January 2024

   • Clinical profile of pulmonary involvement in rheumatological disorders: a cross-sectional study in a rheumatology-associated lung disease clinic
   • Utility of lung ultrasound in assessing severity of interstitial lung diseases: correlation with high-resolution computed tomography and spirometry findings
   • The determinants of incorrect inhaler use in patients with obstructive airway disease

   All 151 articles

5. 2025

   

   Vol. 95 No. 4 (2025)

   31 articles Published 31 December 2025

   • The impact of COVID-19 infection on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis
   • Quality of life, compliance with treatment, and challenges among patients undergoing cardiac intervention
   • Prediction of spirometry outcome in Croatian patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

   All 31 articles

6. 2025

   

   Vol. 95 No. 3 (2025)

   33 articles Published 14 October 2025

   • Assessing disease activity in scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease: a review and practical guide to management
   • Exploring the role of Aspergillus galactomannan antigen in assessing the risk factor of acute exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a cross-sectional study
   • Respiratory and physical therapy in the intensive care unit after liver transplantation for acute-on-chronic liver failure: a case report

   All 33 articles

7. 2025

   

   Vol. 95 No. 2 (2025)

   25 articles Published 21 July 2025

   • New noninvasive modalities in long-term pediatric ventilation: a scoping review
   • Thoracoscopic blood patch instillation for persistent air leak in pneumothorax: a case series and systematic review
   • Treatment of benign endobronchial tumors: when, how, and why. Insights, experiences, and interventional pulmonology strategies

   All 25 articles

8. 2025

   

   Vol. 95 No. 1 (2025)

   30 articles Published 31 March 2025

   • Asymptomatic giant ascending aortic aneurysm: a challenging surgical strategy for a silent bicuspid aortopathy
   • Assessing cardiac resynchronization therapy response in heart failure patients: a comparative analysis of efficacy and outcomes between transvenous and epicardial leads
   • Feasibility of high-frequency percussions in people with severe acquired brain injury and tracheostomy: an observational study

   All 30 articles

9. 2024

   

   Vol. 94 No. 4 (2024)

   24 articles Published 31 December 2024

   • Repeated chest wall reconstruction after resection of a sternal chondroid chordoma with long-term postoperative infection of the reconstructive material
   • TakoTsubo secondary to acute kidney disease
   • PD-L1 and molecular biomarker expression in non-small cell lung cancer in Tunisian patients

   All 24 articles

10. 2024

    

    Vol. 94 No. 3 (2024)

    30 articles Published 29 October 2024

    • CHARGE syndrome and congenital heart diseases: systematic review of literature
    • Multi-valve Libman-Sacks’s endocarditis-related multiple, massive and fatal systemic embolization. A case report and a review of diagnostic work-up
    • Sit-to-stand test and handgrip strength in men and women with post-COVID-19 syndrome without invasive ventilator support: insights from a Brazilian observational study

    All 30 articles

11. 2024

    

    Vol. 94 No. 2 (2024)

    27 articles Published 3 May 2024

    • Review of patients discharged post thoracic surgery with chest drain in situ and nurse-based follow-up clinic
    • Unusual case of severe aortic regurgitation in a child with bicuspid aortic valve
    • Sleep-disordered breathing and heart failure: a vicious cycle of cardiovascular risk

    All 27 articles

12. 2024

    

    Vol. 94 No. 1 (2024)

    27 articles Published 24 January 2024

    • The world upside down – after 20 years of follow-up of dextro-transposition of the great arteries
    • Unlocking insights in bicuspid aortic valve management in adult patients: the vital role of cardiac imaging
    • Point-of-care test for tuberculosis: a boon in diagnosis

    All 27 articles

13. 2023

    

    Vol. 93 No. 4 (2023)

    26 articles Published 13 September 2023

    • Comments on “Clinical, radiological and histopathological profile of patients with endobronchial lesions on fibreoptic bronchoscopy” by Sarma et al.
    • Correction. Subtyping of advanced lung cancer based on PD-L1 expression, tumor histopathology and mutation burden (EGFR and KRAS): a study from North India
    • Subtyping of advanced lung cancer based on PD-L1 expression, tumor histopathology and mutation burden (EGFR and KRAS): a study from North India

    All 26 articles

14. 2023

    

    Vol. 93 No. 3 (2023)

    25 articles Published 7 June 2023

    • Diagnosis of pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: A review
    • Predictors of post-COVID syndrome. Getting ready for the future
    • Infections precipitating Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, an uncommon complication of a common infection

    All 25 articles

15. 2023

    

    Vol. 93 No. 2 (2023)

    23 articles Published 28 February 2023

    • Thoracic follicular dendritic cell sarcoma - an outlandish presentation of a rare tumour with review of literature
    • Pneumomediastinum in the COVID-19 era: to drain or not to drain?
    • Hidden biases in clinical decision-making: potential solutions, challenges, and perspectives

    All 23 articles

16. 2023

    

    Vol. 93 No. 1 (2023)

    29 articles Published 22 December 2022

    • Subcutaneous finger cardioverter-defibrillator in low weight paediatric patients: a case series
    • Comments on “Identifying psychological antecedents and predictors of vaccine hesitancy through machine learning: A cross sectional study among chronic disease patients of deprived urban neighbourhood, India”
    • Efficacy of a rehabilitation protocol on pulmonary and respiratory muscle function and ultrasound evaluation of diaphragm and quadriceps femoris in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome: a series of cases

    All 29 articles

17. 2022

    

    Vol. 92 No. 4 (2022)

    40 articles Published 15 September 2022

    • Early diagnosis of cardiomyopathies by cardiac magnetic resonance. Overview of the main criteria
    • Balance impairment and lower limbs strength in patients with COPD who fell in the previous year
    • Transient left ventricular dysfunction after therapeutic pericardiocentesis - Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or pericardial decompression syndrome

    All 40 articles

18. 2022

    

    Vol. 92 No. 3 (2022)

    20 articles Published 17 May 2022

    • Home-based unsupervised pulmonary rehabilitation program improves the respiratory disability in systemic sclerosis patients with dyspnea: an observational prospective study
    • Prevalence and patterns of coronary artery anomalies in 28,800 adult patients undergoing angiography in a large tertiary care centre in India
    • A complex unit for a complex disease: the HCM-Family Unit

    All 20 articles

19. 2022

    

    Vol. 92 No. 2 (2022)

    23 articles Published 8 April 2022

    • Malnutrition in patients admitted to in-hospital cardiac rehabilitation: Clinical correlates and association with mortality
    • Adenocarcinoma lung presenting with meningeal carcinomatosis
    • Paradoxical role of oxygen in the treatment of patients with COVID-19

    All 23 articles

20. 2022

    

    Vol. 92 No. 1 (2022)

    25 articles Published 17 February 2022

    • Prolonged non-invasive respiratory supports in a COVID-19 patient with severe acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
    • Large airway complications in COVID-19 pneumonia
    • Tobacco use and nicotine dependence among patients with diabetes and hypertension in Ballabgarh, India

    All 25 articles

21. 2021

    

    Vol. 91 No. 4 (2021)

    29 articles Published 7 December 2021

    • The initial experience of COVID-19 vaccination from a tertiary care centre of India
    • Secretion management in patients with ineffective airway clearance with non-invasive mechanical ventilation use: Expert guidance for clinical practice
    • Which impact for proton pump inhibitors in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia

    All 29 articles

22. 2021

    

    Vol. 91 No. 3 (2021)

    28 articles Published 14 September 2021

    • Bleeding events in COVID-19: the other side of the coin?
    • Indirect comparison between ferric carboxymaltose and oral iron replacement in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a network meta-analysis
    • Non-invasive ventilation in the elderly – never too late!

    All 28 articles

23. 2021

    

    Vol. 91 No. 2 (2021)

    33 articles Published 5 March 2021

    • Clinical and epidemiological profile of Indian COVID-19 patients from Jaipur: a descriptive study
    • Endocrinological abnormalities and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
    • Imaging the COVID-19: a practical guide

    All 33 articles

24. 2021

    

    Vol. 91 No. 1 (2021)

    31 articles Published 14 January 2021

    • Hospital staff practical skills and theoretical knowledge in inhaled aerosol therapy: a single centre cross-sectional observational study
    • Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus: A risk factor for post COVID fibrosis
    • Aortic dissection in a young male with isolated interrupted aortic arch: an unusual association

    All 31 articles

25. 2020

    

    Vol. 90 No. 4 (2020)

    49 articles Published 18 September 2020

    • Gram-negative infective endocarditis: a retrospective analysis of 10 years data on clinical spectrum, risk factor and outcome
    • Contrast transesophageal three dimensional echocardiographic imaging for patent foramen ovale: a needful role?
    • Cardiac rehabilitation protocols in the elderly

    All 49 articles

26. 2020

    

    Vol. 90 No. 3 (2020)

    36 articles Published 10 July 2020

    • Ventricular tachycardia triggered by pregnancy in left-ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy: a controversial indication to automated defibrillator implantation
    • Chronic granulomatous ‘Aspergillus lung mass’
    • An unusual cause of ‘tree-in-bud’ appearance in CT-chest during COVID-19 pandemic

    All 36 articles

27. 2020

    

    Vol. 90 No. 2 (2020)

    33 articles Published 27 April 2020

    • Clinical-Cytological-Grading and phenotyping in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: the relevance in clinical practice
    • Cardio-oncology: the new frontier of clinical and preventive cardiology
    • A new insight on postural tachycardia syndrome in 102 adults with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome/hypermobility spectrum disorder

    All 33 articles

28. 2020

    

    Vol. 90 No. 1 (2020)

    36 articles Published 21 January 2020

    • The brain-heart connection: a multiple sclerosis relapse presenting as Takotsubo Syndrome. A case report and literature review
    • Pulmonary metastasis: very late relapse of testicular embryonal carcinoma
    • Use of inhaled devices during a hospital exacerbation of COPD: a summary of an interdisciplinary audit held at ICS Maugeri Pavia, Italy (March-June 2019)

    All 36 articles

29. 2019

    

    Vol. 89 No. 3 (2019)

    35 articles Published 10 September 2019

    • Scope and new horizons for implementation of m-Health/e-Health services in pulmonology in 2019
    • Diastolic dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis: a usual travel-mate?
    • Iron deficiency from the standpoint of cardiac rehabilitation: novel therapeutic opportunities

    All 35 articles

30. 2019

    

    Vol. 89 No. 2 (2019)

    23 articles Published 20 May 2019

    • Choosing wisely in cardiology: Five proposals from the Italian Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation
    • Educational level, marital status and sex as social gender discharge determinants in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: a time-to-event analysis
    • Invasive Aspergillus tracheobronchitis in a patient with hairy cell leukemia and previous Plasmodium falciparum infection

    All 23 articles

31. 2019

    

    Vol. 89 No. 1 (2019)

    25 articles Published 29 March 2019

    • Awareness and appropriateness of the management of preclinical heart failure in outpatient clinics in Italy: Insights from the VASTISSIMO study - EValuation of the AppropriateneSs of The preclInical phase (Stage A and Stage B) of Heart FaIlure Management in Outpatient Clinics in Italy
    • Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy or athlete's heart? Challenges in assessment of right heart morphology and function
    • Management of severe Falciparum malaria on a mission: A case report

    All 25 articles

32. 2018

    

    Vol. 88 No. 3 (2018)

    21 articles Published 4 September 2018

    • Echocardiographic evaluation of diastolic dysfunction in young and healthy patients with psoriasis: A case-control study
    • The value of exfoliative cell cytology in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusions
    • Testosterone treatment in chronic heart failure. Review of literature and future perspectives

    All 21 articles

33. 2018

    

    Vol. 88 No. 2 (2018)

    23 articles Published 7 June 2018

    • Microscopic polyangiitis presented with biopsy-confirmed pleuritis
    • Treatment of heart failure in the elderly: Which drugs are essential and which should be avoided
    • Best practice in psychological activities in cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation: Position Paper

    All 23 articles

34. 2018

    

    Vol. 88 No. 1 (2018)

    20 articles Published 29 January 2018

    • Unilateral pulmonary hypoplasia in an adult patient
    • The measure of effectiveness of a short-term 2-week intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation program in decreasing levels of anxiety and depression
    • Prevalence and variability of use of home mechanical ventilators, positive airway pressure and oxygen devices in the Lombardy region, Italy

    All 20 articles

35. 2017

    

    Vol. 87 No. 3 (2017)

    14 articles Published 22 September 2017

    • Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in cardiac resynchronization therapy recipients: A primer for practicing clinicians
    • Pregabalin-induced first degree atrioventricular block in a young patient treated for pain from extrapulmonary tuberculosis
    • Revolving door respiratory patients: A rehabilitative perspective

    All 14 articles

36. 2017

    

    Vol. 87 No. 2 (2017)

    22 articles Published 18 July 2017

    • Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration under conscious sedation with meperidine and midazolam
    • There’s no place like home: Integrating pulmonary rehabilitation into the home setting
    • Chilaiditi’s sign or syndrome? Diagnostic question in two patients with concurrent cardiovascular diseases

    All 22 articles

37. 2017

    

    Vol. 87 No. 1 (2017)

    20 articles Published 18 May 2017

    • Integrated care of chronic degenerative non-communicable diseases and rehabilitation: the odd couple?
    • Two foreign bodies embedded in the intraventricular septum: A case report
    • A new deal for the Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

    All 20 articles

38. 2016

    

    Cardiac series

    Vol. 86 No. 1-2 (2016)

    10 articles Published 14 October 2016

    • Advances in exercise rehabilitation for patients with Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease
    • Exercise training modalities in chronic heart failure: does high intensity aerobic interval training make the difference?
    • Giant left atrium in undersized mitral ring annuloplasty

    All 10 articles

39. 2016

    

    Pulmonary series

    Vol. 83 No. 1-2 (2016)

    5 articles Published 14 October 2016

    • Phenomenology of COPD: interpreting phenotypes with the ECLIPSE study
    • Spontaneous pneumomediastinum following pneumonia in a 23-year-old male patient
    • Tidal airway closure in asthma and COPD

    All 5 articles

40. 2015

    

    Cardiac series

    Vol. 84 No. 1-2 (2015)

    18 articles Published 22 June 2016

    • Current activities of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation in the ambulatory setting of the Lombardy Region
    • Arterial hypertension: which targets in over-75-year people?
    • Cardiovascular health of the elderly

    All 18 articles

41. 2015

    

    Pulmonary series

    Vol. 81 No. 1-2 (2015)

    8 articles Published 22 June 2016

    • Multum non multa: airway distensibility by forced oscillations
    • Critical review of the equations predicting 6-minute walking distance in obese subjects
    • Concurrent sensitization to Aspergillus Fumigatus in tropical pulmonary eosinophilia

    All 8 articles

42. 2014

    

    Cardiac series

    Vol. 82 No. 4 (2014)

    7 articles Published 30 December 2014

    • The GICR polls: a new instrument for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation in Italy
    • A pilot study on the application of the current European guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndrome without elevation of ST segment (NSTEMI) in the Emergency Department setting in the Italian region Lazio
    • Anti remodeling therapy: new strategies and future perspective in post-ischemic heart failure: Part I

    All 7 articles

43. 2014

    

    Cardiac series

    Vol. 82 No. 3 (2014)

    5 articles Published 30 September 2014

    • Considerations on Cardiac Rehabilitation: the paradigm of complexity
    • First definition of Minimal Care model: the role of nurses, physiotherapists, dietitians and psychologists in preventive and rehabilitative cardiology
    • Ten years differences in recently onset atrial fibrillation and flutter incidence and management

    All 5 articles

44. 2014

    

    Cardiac series

    Vol. 82 No. 2 (2014)

    10 articles Published 30 June 2014

    • The Health Department of Sicily “Regional recommendations for hospital discharge and communication with patients after admission due to a cardiologic event†Decree
    • Left ventricular assist device: which emotional impact on the patient?
    • Physiotherapists education and competences for Cardiac Rehabilitation

    All 10 articles

45. 2014

    

    Cardiac series

    Vol. 82 No. 1 (2014)

    10 articles Published 30 March 2014

    • The time is ripe
    • Effective implementation of change into routine work. Thinking over ways and means of a learning experience in Cardiology
    • The role of Dietitian in cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention

    All 10 articles

46. 2013

    

    Cardiac Series

    Vol. 80 No. 4 (2013)

    7 articles Published 30 December 2013

    • Treatment of very old patients with non valvular atrial fibrillation. The valuable opportunity offered by New Oral Anticoagulants, to be cautiously used
    • Androgens and cardiac diseases
    • Epicardial adipose tissue and insulin resistance in patients with coronary artery disease with or without left ventricular dysfunction

    All 7 articles

47. 2013

    

    Cardiac series

    Vol. 80 No. 3 (2013)

    8 articles Published 30 September 2013

    • A case of iatrogenic severe mitral regurgitation
    • Omega-3 fatty acids after myocardial infarction. News for prescription
    • Intermittent vertebral flow in asymptomatic progression of aortic dissection

    All 8 articles

48. 2013

    

    Cardiac series

    Vol. 80 No. 2 (2013)

    7 articles Published 30 June 2013

    • Italian survey on physical activity of the members of GICR-IACPR 2012
    • From warfarin to new oral anticoagulants in clinical practice. What is the future of anticoagulant therapy in atrial fibrillation?
    • Thromboembolic and hemorrhagic risk stratification in patients with atrial fibrillation. Part I: the thromboembolic risk

    All 7 articles

49. 2013

    

    Cardiac series

    Vol. 80 No. 1 (2013)

    8 articles Published 30 March 2013

    • Tamoxifen treatment and pulmunary embolism: a case report and literature review
    • Critical issues in megatrials on new oral anticoagulants. Rocket AF: applying results to low risk patients
    • Management strategies and choice of antithrombotic treatment in patients admitted with acute coronary syndrome - Executive summary for clinical practice

    All 8 articles