"Cardiovascular dementia" reappraisal of an old concept and Giambattista Vico's course and recourse theory: is history repeating itself?

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¹ Emergency Department, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Via Suor Niccolina Infermiera, 20, 59100, Prato, Italy. enrica.cecchi@uslcentro.toscana.it.
² Unit of Geriatrics, Campus Bio-Medico University, via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.

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Enrica Cecchi et al. Intern Emerg Med. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;16(1):29-31.

doi: 10.1007/s11739-020-02437-6. Epub 2020 Jul 18.

¹ Emergency Department, Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Via Suor Niccolina Infermiera, 20, 59100, Prato, Italy. enrica.cecchi@uslcentro.toscana.it.
² Unit of Geriatrics, Campus Bio-Medico University, via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.

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Cognitive impairment in patients hospitalized for congestive heart failure: data from the RICA Registry.
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