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Enrico Heffler, Francesca Puggioni, Silvia Peveri, Marcello Montagni, Giorgio Walter Canonica and Giovanni Melioli

Pulmonary hypertension – a syndrome of various diseases with a main significant feature – elevated arterial pressure in pulmonary artery (greater than 25 mmHg at rest).

A venous leg ulcer is a chronic non-healing wound with broken skin and exposed tissue.

A pressure ulcer, often known as a pressure sore or a bed sore, is an injury to the skin and underlying tissue caused when too much pressure is placed on the affected area. This often happens to people who use a wheelchair or are confined to bed, eve...

A burn is a type of injury to flesh or skin caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, friction, or radiation. Depending on depth, burns can affect only the superficial skin as well as involve injury to deeper tissues, such as muscle or bone and cause s...

Diabetic foot ulcer is a major complication of diabetes mellitus. Nerves may not work as well as normal because even a slightly high blood sugar level can, over time, damage some of your nerves. This is a complication of diabetes, called peripheral n...