Area of research
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · Complementary and alternative medicine
Research interest
Research interests include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Cardiovascular and exercise physiology, and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.
Implementation of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (OpTIMa-HF Registry)
Adherence to Guideline-Directed Medical Treatments in Heart Failure. A Scientific Statement of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC and the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
Biomarkers for Congestion in Heart Failure: State-of-the-art and Future Directions
Biomarkers for Congestion in Heart Failure: State-of-the-art and Future Directions
Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
Non cardiovascular comorbidities in Heart Failure. An updated position paper from the Heart Failure Working Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC)
Efficacy of Mediterranean diet for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis featured in the Italian National Guidelines “La Dieta Mediterranea”
Effectiveness of Mediterranean diet for the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis featured in the Italian National Guidelines “La Dieta Mediterranea”
Novel potassium binders to optimize RAASi therapy in heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Subclinical hypothyroidism predicts outcome in heart failure: insights from the T.O.S.CA. registry
Guideline-directed medical therapy patterns in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: the OPTIMA-HF registry
Correction: Subclinical hypothyroidism predicts outcome in heart failure: insights from the T.O.S.CA. registry
Right heart failure in left heart disease: imaging, functional, and biochemical aspects of right ventricular dysfunction.
Quality of life in heart failure. The heart of the matter. A scientific statement of the Heart Failure Association and the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology
Left atrium decompression devices across the spectrum of ejection fraction in heart failure: an updated systematic review and meta-regression analysis.
Progressive right ventricular dysfunction and exercise impairment in patients with heart failure and diabetes mellitus: insights from the T.O.S.CA. Registry
Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibition in patients affected by heart failure: efficacy, mechanistic effects and practical use of sacubitril/valsartan. Position Paper of the Italian Society of Cardiology
Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibition in patients affected by heart failure: efficacy, mechanistic effects and practical use of sacubitril/valsartan. Position Paper of the Italian Society of Cardiology.
Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) as predictor of cardiovascular mortality in heart failure patients: data from the T.O.S.CA. registry
Testosterone Deficiency Independently Predicts Mortality in Women with HFrEF: Insights from the T.O.S.CA. Registry
Massive Thrombosis of Mitral Bioprosthesis Due to SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
Multiple hormonal and metabolic deficiency syndrome predicts outcome in heart failure: the T.O.S.CA. Registry
Gender and Age Normalization and Ventilation Efficiency During Exercise in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices with a Defibrillator Component and All-Cause Mortality in Left Ventricular Assist Device Carriers: Results from the PCHF-VAD Registry
Exercise Oscillatory Ventilation and Prognosis in Heart Failure Patients with Reduced and Mid-Range Ejection Fraction
Comprehensive effects of left ventricular assist device speed changes on alveolar gas exchange, sleep ventilatory pattern, and exercise performance
Non-invasive cardiovascular imaging for evaluating subclinical target organ damage in hypertensive patients
Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging for evaluating subclinical target organ damage in hypertensive patients
Lvad pump speed increase is associated with increased peak exercise cardiac output and vo2, postponed anaerobic threshold and improved ventilatory efficiency
Benefits of Statins in Elderly Subjects Without Established Cardiovascular Disease