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Alessandro Biffi

Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Verified email at mgh.harvard.edu
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2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: Developed by the Task Force for cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice …

…, KC Koskinas, M Bäck, A Benetos, A Biffi… - European heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) disease (ASCVD) incidence and mortality rates are
declining in many countries in Europe, but it is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality …

Post-stroke cognitive impairment and dementia

…, A Brodtmann, MP Pase, SJ van Veluw, A Biffi… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Poststroke cognitive impairment and dementia (PSCID) is a major source of morbidity and
mortality after stroke worldwide. PSCID occurs as a consequence of ischemic stroke, …

Pre-participation cardiovascular evaluation for athletic participants to prevent sudden death: Position paper from the EHRA and the EACPR, branches of the ESC …

L Mont, A Pelliccia, S Sharma, A Biffi, M Borjesson… - Ep …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) associated with athletic activity is a rare but devastating event.
Victims are usually young and apparently healthy, and while many of these deaths remain …

Lentiviral hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy benefits metachromatic leukodystrophy

A Biffi, E Montini, L Lorioli, M Cesani, F Fumagalli… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Introduction Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a neurodegenerative lysosomal
storage disease caused by arylsulfatase A (ARSA) deficiency. The disease primarily affects …

Variants at APOE influence risk of deep and lobar intracerebral hemorrhage

A Biffi, A Sonni, CD Anderson, B Kissela… - Annals of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Prior studies investigating the association between APOE alleles ε2/ε4 and risk of
intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) have been inconsistent and limited to small sample sizes, …

Aspirin and recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage in cerebral amyloid angiopathy

A Biffi, A Halpin, A Towfighi, A Gilson, K Busl, N Rost… - Neurology, 2010 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To identify and compare clinical and neuroimaging predictors of primary lobar
intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) recurrence, assessing their relative contributions to recurrent …

Lentiviral hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy in patients with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

…, JS Orange, S Galimberti, MG Valsecchi, A Biffi… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Introduction Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a primary immunodeficiency characterized
by eczema, thrombocytopenia, infections, and a high risk of developing autoimmunity and …

Long-term clinical significance of frequent and complex ventricular tachyarrhythmias in trained athletes

A Biffi, A Pelliccia, L Verdile, F Fernando… - Journal of the American …, 2002 - jacc.org
Objectives : The aim of this study was to clarify the clinical relevance of ventricular
tachyarrhythmias assessed by 24-h ambulatory electrocardiograms (ECG) in a large, unique, and …

Recommendations for interpretation of 12-lead electrocardiogram in the athlete

…, S Sharma, M Link, C Basso, A Biffi… - European heart …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Cardiovascular remodelling in the conditioned athlete is frequently associated with physiological
ECG changes. Abnormalities, however, may be detected which represent expression of …

Association between blood pressure control and risk of recurrent intracerebral hemorrhage

A Biffi, CD Anderson, TWK Battey, AM Ayres… - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the most severe form of stroke. Survivors are
at high risk of recurrence, death, and worsening functional disability. Objective To investigate …