Alessandra Sala

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Alessandra Sala is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Computer Networks and Communications and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandra Sala has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 24 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 19 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Alessandra Sala's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (24 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (18 papers) and Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies (13 papers). Alessandra Sala is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (24 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (18 papers) and Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies (13 papers). Alessandra Sala collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Netherlands. Alessandra Sala's co-authors include Ben Y. Zhao, Christo Wilson, Krishna P. N. Puttaswamy, Bryce Boe, Hai-Tao Zheng, Xiaohan Zhao, Luigi Rizzo, Antonino Fiorentino, Gianluca Li Puma and Sabrina Gaito and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Research, European Heart Journal and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

In The Last Decade

Alessandra Sala

68 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Kasturi Dewi Varathan Malaysia

Cheng–Te Li Taiwan

Ankur Teredesai United States

Gisele L. Pappa Brazil

Uffe Kock Wiil Denmark

Mirella M. Moro Brazil

Senjuti Basu Roy United States

Daniel B. Neill United States

Carmela Comito Italy

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Sala, Alessandra, Michele Di Mauro, Veronica D’Oria, et al.. (2025). Valve-Sparing vs Bio-Bentall Aortic Root Replacement in Patients Aged 60 to 75 Years: Survival, Reintervention, and Aortic Regurgitation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 119(5). 990–999.

Vendemini, Francesca, Sonia Bonanomi, Sara Napolitano, et al.. (2024). Combined CAR-T/HSCT approach in a patient with refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia and cystic fibrosis. Tumori Journal. 111(6). NP21–NP25.

Carino, Davide, Roberto Lorusso, Benedetto Del Forno, et al.. (2024). Long-term results of edge-to-edge and neochordal mitral repair for isolated anterior leaflet lesion: a propensity match analysis. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 66(6). 1 indexed citations

Carmignani, Luca, Andrea Baudo, Sebastiano Nazzani, et al.. (2024). Normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass and beating heart surgery for renal cell cancer with tumor thrombus extension into inferior vena cava and right atrium: a less invasive strategy. World Journal of Urology. 43(1). 14–14. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Taehoon, Mark Marsden, SangYun Kim, et al.. (2024). Large-Scale Bidirectional Training for Zero-Shot Image Captioning. 7373–7383. 1 indexed citations

Sala, Alessandra, Davide Carino, Roberto Lorusso, et al.. (2023). TRI-SCORE: a single-centre validation study. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery. 36(6). 3 indexed citations

Sala, Alessandra, Rebecca T. Hahn, Susheel Kodali, Michael J. Mack, & Francesco Maisano. (2023). Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation: Current Understanding and Novel Treatment Options. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2(5). 101041–101041. 8 indexed citations

Sala, Alessandra, Roberto Lorusso, & Ottavio Alfieri. (2022). Isolated tricuspid regurgitation: A plea for early correction. International Journal of Cardiology. 353. 80–85. 4 indexed citations

Carino, Davide, Roberto Lorusso, Benedetto Del Forno, et al.. (2022). Edge-to-Edge Technique Used as a Bailout for Suboptimal Mitral Repair: Long-term Results. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 115(1). 112–118. 2 indexed citations

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Sala, Alessandra, Alessandro Beneduce, & Francesco Maisano. (2022). Transcatheter and surgical treatment of tricuspid regurgitation: Predicting right ventricular decompensation and favorable responders. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 980639–980639. 4 indexed citations

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Verzini, Alessandro, Guido Ascione, Alessandra Sala, et al.. (2021). Fate of mild‐to‐moderate bicuspid aortic valve disease untreated during ascending aorta replacement. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 36(6). 1953–1957. 3 indexed citations

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Denti, Paolo, Alessandra Sala, Igor Belluschi, & Ottavio Alfieri. (2021). Over 15 years: the advancement of transcatheter mitral valve repair. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 10(1). 15–27. 5 indexed citations

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Carino, Davide, Alessandra Sala, Stefania Ruggeri, et al.. (2021). Durability of suture versus ring tricuspid annuloplasty: Looking at very long term (18 years). Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. 30(3). 285–292. 1 indexed citations

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Buzzatti, Nicola, Vittorio Romano, Marco Ancona, et al.. (2020). Odd Residual Regurgitation After Mitral Valve-in-Ring. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 13(11). 1372–1375. 1 indexed citations

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Trumello, Cinzia, Alessandra Sala, Andrea Di Blasio, et al.. (2020). Left Circumflex Artery Injury After Mitral Valve Surgery: An Algorithm Management Proposal. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 111(3). 899–904. 14 indexed citations

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Fominskiy, Evgeny, Nora Di Tomasso, Giovanni Landoni, et al.. (2016). Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution Reduces Allogeneic Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 124(3). 743–752. 119 indexed citations

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Sakr, Sherif, et al.. (2013). Modeling performance of a parallel streaming engine. 173–184. 15 indexed citations

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Sala, Alessandra, Xiaohan Zhao, Christo Wilson, Hai-Tao Zheng, & Ben Y. Zhao. (2011). Sharing graphs using differentially private graph models. 81–98. 155 indexed citations

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Wilson, Christo, et al.. (2010). Don't tread on me: moderating access to OSN data with spikestrip. 5–5. 6 indexed citations

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Luzzaro, Francesco, et al.. (2002). Prevalence and Drug Susceptibility of Pathogens Causing Bloodstream Infections in Northern Italy: A Two-Year Study in 16 Hospitals. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 21(12). 849–855. 55 indexed citations

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