Bernardo Cortese

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
229 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Bernardo Cortese is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernardo Cortese has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Surgery, 137 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 68 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Bernardo Cortese's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (163 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (66 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (57 papers). Bernardo Cortese is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (163 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (66 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (57 papers). Bernardo Cortese collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Bernardo Cortese's co-authors include Dario Buccheri, Davide Piraino, Giuseppe Andolina, Ugo Limbruno, Gaetano Di Palma, Andréa Picchi, Silva Severi, Pedro Silva Orrego, Fernándo Alfonso and Andrea De Micheli and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Environmental Health Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Bernardo Cortese

204 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Understanding and managing in-stent restenosis: a review of clinical data, from pathogenesis to treatment

2016 265 citations Dario Buccheri, Bernardo Cortese et al. profile →
Individual patient data meta-analysis of paclitaxel-coated balloons vs. drug-eluting stents for small-vessel coronary artery disease: the ANDROMEDA study

2025 13 citations Fernándo Alfonso, Antonio Colombo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bernardo Cortese Italy	27	2.3k	1.7k	1.1k	940	140	229	2.9k
Luiz Alberto Mattos Brazil	20	2.4k 1.0×	2.3k 1.3×	717 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	183 1.3×	154	3.3k
Maurizio Tespili Italy	21	2.4k 1.0×	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	690 0.7×	109 0.8×	117	2.9k
Orazio Valsecchi Italy	22	2.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	575 0.6×	187 1.3×	61	2.7k
Ricardo A. Costa Brazil	30	2.3k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	921 0.9×	946 1.0×	123 0.9×	191	2.8k
Fausto Feres Brazil	23	3.0k 1.3×	2.8k 1.7×	810 0.7×	762 0.8×	316 2.3×	196	4.0k
Javier Goicolea Spain	32	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.2×	934 0.9×	917 1.0×	115 0.8×	132	2.8k
Tareq Ibrahim Germany	32	2.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.3×	947 0.9×	1.6k 1.7×	263 1.9×	136	4.0k
Giuseppe Ferrante Italy	27	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	686 0.6×	461 0.5×	176 1.3×	87	2.2k
Shigeru Nakamura Japan	29	3.5k 1.6×	2.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	2.0k 2.1×	118 0.8×	133	4.0k
Marco Perin Brazil	15	3.1k 1.4×	2.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	39 0.3×	98	3.7k

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Gurgoglione, Filippo Luca, et al.. (2025). Efficacy of drug-coated balloon angioplasty for coronary chronic total occlusion: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine. 75. 137–143. 2 indexed citations

Wańha, Wojciech, et al.. (2025). How to treat coronary in-stent restenosis? Recent advances and their practical implications: State-of-the-Art Review. Kardiologia Polska. 83(5). 556–569.

Khan, Muhammad Asad, Noah Newman, Alfonso Ielasi, et al.. (2024). Coronary drug-coated balloons: A comprehensive review of clinical applications and controversies. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 35(2). 84–95. 2 indexed citations

Laricchia, Alessandra, Irene Bossi, Roberto Adriano Latini, et al.. (2024). Balón liberador de sirolimus en el tratamiento del síndrome coronario agudo y crónico: el estudio PEACE, un subanálisis del registro EASTBOURNE. Revista Española de Cardiología. 77(7). 527–536. 1 indexed citations

Testa, Luca, Irene Bossi, Ignacio Sánchez Pérez, et al.. (2024). Safety and efficacy of single antiplatelet therapy in a large cohort of patients treated with sirolimus-coated balloon: Post hoc analysis from the prospective EASTBOURNE registry. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine. 74. 52–56. 2 indexed citations

Sciahbasi, Alessandro, Nicolò Salvi, Ignacio Sánchez Pérez, et al.. (2024). Long term clinical outcome of sirolimus drug coated balloons in large coronary vessels. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 103(4). 532–538. 4 indexed citations

Ahmad, Owais, Irfan Ullah, Abdul Wali Khan, et al.. (2024). Temporal Trends in Mortality Related to Stroke and Atrial Fibrillation in the United States: A 21‐Year Retrospective Analysis of CDC‐WONDER Database. Clinical Cardiology. 47(12). e70058–e70058. 3 indexed citations

Mazhar, Muhammad Waqas, et al.. (2023). Clinical outcomes of a dedicated bifurcation stent system. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine. 59. 21–26.

Fitzgerald, Seán, Fernándo Alfonso, Peter O’Kane, et al.. (2023). 9 A prospective, randomized, non-inferiority trial to determine the safety and efficacy of the biolimus A9™ drug coated balloon for the treatment of in-stent restenosis: first-in-man trial (REFORM). A8–A10. 1 indexed citations

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Lazăr, Florin-Leontin, et al.. (2023). Diffuse coronary artery disease management with drug-coated balloons. Vessel Plus. 1 indexed citations

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Basavarajaiah, Sandeep, et al.. (2023). How to perform a successful drug‐coated balloon angioplasty? Tips and tricks. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 102(7). 1238–1257. 6 indexed citations

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Cortese, Bernardo, et al.. (2023). The evolution and revolution of drug coated balloons in coronary angioplasty: An up‐to‐date review of literature data. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 102(6). 1069–1077. 13 indexed citations

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Basavarajaiah, Sandeep, Alfonso Ielasi, Luca Testa, et al.. (2022). Long‐term outcomes following intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) for calcified coronary lesions: A Real‐World Multicenter European Study. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 101(2). 250–260. 10 indexed citations

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Montorsi, Piero, Bernardo Cortese, Carlo Cernetti, et al.. (2021). Transradial approach for carotid artery stenting: A position paper from the Italian Society of Interventional Cardiology (SICI‐GISE). Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 97(7). 1440–1451. 8 indexed citations

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Aziz, Amir, Gurbir Bhatia, Anirban Choudhury, et al.. (2020). Intravascular lithotripsy in calcified‐coronary lesions: A real‐world observational, European multicenter study. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 98(2). 225–235. 26 indexed citations

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Marzo, Vincenzo De, Rosario Parisi, Marco Caruso, et al.. (2020). Hard Events AfteR Orsiro Sirolimus-Eluting Stent (HEROES) in STEMI: A Multicenter Registry. The Journal of invasive cardiology. 32(12). E331–E337. 1 indexed citations

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Cortese, Bernardo, et al.. (2018). Inibitori di PCSK9: il difficile connubio fra evidenze scientifiche e limitazioni regolatorie. Giornale italiano di cardiologia. 19(2). 77–80. 1 indexed citations

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Sciahbasi, Alessandro, Enrico Frigoli, Alessandro Sarandrea, et al.. (2017). Determinants of radiation dose during right transradial access: Insights from the RAD-MATRIX study. American Heart Journal. 196. 113–118. 6 indexed citations

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Cortese, Bernardo, Gregory A. Sgueglia, Sérgio Berti, et al.. (2013). Documento di posizione SICI-GISE sul corretto utilizzo del pallone a rilascio di farmaco nel distretto coronarico. Giornale italiano di cardiologia. 14(10). 681–9. 7 indexed citations

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Carlo, Marco De, et al.. (2005). The radial approach allows a 4-fold decrease in bleedings in percutaneous coronary interventions with abciximab for acute coronary syndromes. The American Journal of Cardiology. 96. 1 indexed citations

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