Alberto Foà

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 656 citations indexed

About

Alberto Foà is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Foà has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 656 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 19 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alberto Foà's work include Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (10 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (10 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (8 papers). Alberto Foà is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (10 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (10 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (8 papers). Alberto Foà collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Belgium. Alberto Foà's co-authors include Carmine Pizzi, Pasquale Paolisso, Luca Bergamaschi, Ornella Leone, Gianni Casella, Matteo Armillotta, Claudio Rapezzi, Barbara Corti, Francesco Angeli and Massimiliano Lorenzini and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Foà

39 papers receiving 651 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Infarct size, inflammatory burden, and admission hyperglycemia in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with SGLT2-inhibitors: a multicenter international registry

2022 125 citations Pasquale Paolisso, Luca Bergamaschi et al. Cardiovascular Diabetology profile →
Cardiovascular therapeutic targets of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors beyond heart failure

2025 26 citations Matteo Armillotta, Emanuel Raschi et al. Pharmacology & Therapeutics profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alberto Foà Italy	11	448	188	139	102	102	48	656
Abdülkadir Kırış Türkiye	15	321 0.7×	81 0.4×	176 1.3×	59 0.6×	109 1.1×	51	611
Anil Patle Ireland	7	870 1.9×	120 0.6×	135 1.0×	90 0.9×	77 0.8×	8	996
Matteo Armillotta Italy	10	247 0.6×	166 0.9×	103 0.7×	65 0.6×	50 0.5×	29	457
Hongya Han China	14	271 0.6×	103 0.5×	181 1.3×	105 1.0×	108 1.1×	49	535
Merih Baykan Türkiye	17	390 0.9×	99 0.5×	117 0.8×	48 0.5×	95 0.9×	54	648
Alexander Bufe Germany	13	395 0.9×	71 0.4×	194 1.4×	73 0.7×	45 0.4×	51	540
Sida Jia China	11	202 0.5×	97 0.5×	141 1.0×	40 0.4×	46 0.5×	35	372
Michele Mattia Viscusi Italy	11	385 0.9×	44 0.2×	156 1.1×	132 1.3×	46 0.5×	50	563
Sara Shimoni Israel	14	462 1.0×	71 0.4×	123 0.9×	121 1.2×	47 0.5×	59	681
Lianjun Xu China	11	177 0.4×	64 0.3×	165 1.2×	45 0.4×	122 1.2×	41	404

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alberto Foà

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Armillotta, Matteo, Emanuel Raschi, Guido Di Dalmazi, et al.. (2025). Cardiovascular therapeutic targets of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors beyond heart failure. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 270. 108861–108861. 26 indexed citations breakdown →

Foà, Alberto, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Brian Claggett, et al.. (2024). Sacubitril/Valsartan-Related Hypotension in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved or Mildly Reduced Ejection Fraction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 83(18). 1731–1739. 3 indexed citations

Foà, Alberto, Maria Pabón, Eugene Braunwald, et al.. (2024). Mortality After High-Risk Myocardial Infarction Over the Last 20 Years: Insights from the VALIANT and PARADISE-MI Trials. European Journal of Heart Failure. 27(3). 589–597. 3 indexed citations

Nannini, Margherita, Carmine Pizzi, Ornella Leone, et al.. (2023). Genomic Characterization of Rare Primary Cardiac Sarcoma Entities. Diagnostics. 13(2). 214–214. 6 indexed citations

Suma, Nicole, Sara Amicone, Angelo Sansonetti, et al.. (2023). Diagnostic agreement between echocardiography and second-level imaging techniques in patients with cardiac masses. European Heart Journal. 44(Supplement_2).

Nannini, Margherita, Milena Urbini, Carmine Pizzi, et al.. (2023). Genomic Landscape Comparison of Cardiac versus Extra-Cardiac Angiosarcomas. Biomedicines. 11(12). 3290–3290. 1 indexed citations

Armillotta, Matteo, Sara Amicone, Luca Bergamaschi, et al.. (2023). Predictive value of Killip classification in MINOCA patients. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 117. 57–65. 23 indexed citations

Armillotta, Matteo, Francesco Angeli, Luca Bergamaschi, et al.. (2023). Unifying Diagnosis Explaining Multiorgan Clinical Manifestations: The Unique Case of Antiphospholipid Syndrome Leading to MINOCA. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 16(8). e015371–e015371.

Gaibazzi, Nicola, Fausto Rigo, Valentina Lorenzoni, et al.. (2023). Association of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography and Stress Echocardiography with Long-Term Cardiac Outcome: A Comparison Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(3). 903–903. 2 indexed citations

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Severino, Paolo, Massimo Mancone, Andrea D’Amato, et al.. (2023). Heart Failure ‘The Cancer of the Heart’: The Prognostic Role of the HLM Score. ESC Heart Failure. 11(1). 390–399. 7 indexed citations

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Angeli, Francesco, Michele Fabrizio, Pasquale Paolisso, et al.. (2022). Classificazione, caratteristiche cliniche e strategie diagnostiche delle masse cardiache. Giornale italiano di cardiologia. 23(8). 620–630. 1 indexed citations

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Leone, Ornella, Valentina Agostini, Maddalena Graziosi, et al.. (2022). La morte improvvisa giovanile e in età adulta: cause e concause. L’esperienza della rete multidisciplinare in Emilia-Romagna. Giornale italiano di cardiologia. 23(3). 200–210. 4 indexed citations

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Angeli, Francesco, Andrea Stefanizzi, Pasquale Paolisso, et al.. (2022). Genetics and clinical phenotype of Erdheim–Chester disease: A case report of constrictive pericarditis and a systematic review of the literature. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 876294–876294. 5 indexed citations

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Nardi, Elena, Franco Semprini, Alberto Foà, et al.. (2022). Prognostic value of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I early after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 17(1). 280–280.

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Paolisso, Pasquale, Luca Bergamaschi, Gaetano Santulli, et al.. (2022). Infarct size, inflammatory burden, and admission hyperglycemia in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with SGLT2-inhibitors: a multicenter international registry. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 21(1). 77–77. 125 indexed citations breakdown →

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Paolisso, Pasquale, Alberto Foà, Luca Bergamaschi, et al.. (2021). Impact of admission hyperglycemia on short and long-term prognosis in acute myocardial infarction: MINOCA versus MIOCA. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 20(1). 192–192. 62 indexed citations

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Renzulli, Matteo, et al.. (2021). Imaging of Biliary Involvement in Sarcoidosis: Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography, and Gadolinium Ethoxybenzyl Diethylenetriamine Pentaacetic Acid-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings. Tomography. 7(4). 783–791. 2 indexed citations

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Pelletti, Guido, Ornella Leone, Cesare Rossi, et al.. (2021). Sudden Unexpected Death after a mild trauma: The complex forensic interpretation of cardiac and genetic findings. Forensic Science International. 328. 111004–111004. 4 indexed citations

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Magnani, Ilenia, Pasquale Paolisso, Alberto Foà, et al.. (2020). Subacute pericardial abscess after aortic valve replacement: a case report. BMC Infectious Diseases. 20(1). 342–342. 1 indexed citations

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Paolisso, Pasquale, Giulia Saturi, Alberto Foà, et al.. (2020). Primary malignant pericardial tumour in Lynch syndrome. BMC Cancer. 20(1). 191–191. 1 indexed citations

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