Flora Affuso

775 total citations
23 papers, 514 citations indexed

About

Flora Affuso is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Flora Affuso has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 514 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 7 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Flora Affuso's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (7 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (5 papers) and Berberine and alkaloids research (3 papers). Flora Affuso is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (7 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (5 papers) and Berberine and alkaloids research (3 papers). Flora Affuso collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Australia and United Kingdom. Flora Affuso's co-authors include Sergio Fazio, Luigi Saccà, Paolo Bellavite, Raffaele Napoli, Antonio Cittadini, Valentina Mercurio, Margherita Matarazzo, Francesco Saccà, Emanuela Zarra and Valeria Fazio and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Flora Affuso

21 papers receiving 505 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Flora Affuso Italy 10 138 137 109 107 91 23 514
Lucio Bianchi Italy 15 189 1.4× 279 2.0× 69 0.6× 184 1.7× 126 1.4× 23 634
Sabrina Randazzo Italy 16 103 0.7× 230 1.7× 65 0.6× 157 1.5× 55 0.6× 34 600
Suzanne E. Clark United States 11 74 0.5× 215 1.6× 212 1.9× 251 2.3× 60 0.7× 11 852
Nobuyasu SEKIYA Japan 15 95 0.7× 67 0.5× 32 0.3× 115 1.1× 46 0.5× 67 522
Orit Rozenberg Israel 11 199 1.4× 61 0.4× 45 0.4× 109 1.0× 99 1.1× 18 911
Xianhua Li China 13 44 0.3× 95 0.7× 53 0.5× 142 1.3× 33 0.4× 45 522
Zezheng Gao China 15 112 0.8× 114 0.8× 38 0.3× 392 3.7× 47 0.5× 30 694
Amr A. A. Mahmoud Egypt 12 36 0.3× 84 0.6× 36 0.3× 130 1.2× 42 0.5× 30 434
B A Leatherdale United Kingdom 18 55 0.4× 462 3.4× 219 2.0× 128 1.2× 120 1.3× 34 900

Countries citing papers authored by Flora Affuso

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Fields of papers citing papers by Flora Affuso

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Flora Affuso

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Flora Affuso. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Flora Affuso based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Flora Affuso. Flora Affuso is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Fazio, Sergio, et al.. (2025). Correction: Insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia: an important cardiovascular risk factor that has long been underestimated. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 12. 1720220–1720220.
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Fazio, Sergio, Valeria Fazio, & Flora Affuso. (2025). The link between insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia and increased mortality risk. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2).
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Fazio, Sergio, et al.. (2024). Insulin Resistance/Hyperinsulinemia as an Independent Risk Factor That Has Been Overlooked for Too Long. Biomedicines. 12(7). 1417–1417. 5 indexed citations
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Fazio, Sergio, et al.. (2024). Insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia: an important cardiovascular risk factor that has long been underestimated. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 11. 1380506–1380506. 13 indexed citations
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Fazio, Sergio, Paolo Bellavite, & Flora Affuso. (2024). Chronically Increased Levels of Circulating Insulin Secondary to Insulin Resistance: A Silent Killer. Biomedicines. 12(10). 2416–2416. 1 indexed citations
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Bellavite, Paolo, Sergio Fazio, & Flora Affuso. (2023). A Descriptive Review of the Action Mechanisms of Berberine, Quercetin and Silymarin on Insulin Resistance/Hyperinsulinemia and Cardiovascular Prevention. Molecules. 28(11). 4491–4491. 27 indexed citations
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Fazio, Sergio, Valentina Mercurio, Flora Affuso, & Paolo Bellavite. (2023). The Negative Impact of Insulin Resistance/Hyperinsulinemia on Chronic Heart Failure and the Potential Benefits of Its Screening and Treatment. Biomedicines. 11(11). 2928–2928. 6 indexed citations
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Affuso, Flora. (2012). A nutraceutical combination improves insulin sensitivity in patients with metabolic syndrome. World Journal of Cardiology. 4(3). 77–77. 59 indexed citations
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Carlomagno, Guido, Flora Affuso, Raffaele Napoli, et al.. (2011). A NUTRACEUTICAL COMBINATION IMPROVES INSULIN SENSITIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME: RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIAL. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 57(14). E546–E546. 3 indexed citations
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Affuso, Flora. (2010). Cardiovascular and metabolic effects of Berberine. World Journal of Cardiology. 2(4). 71–71. 81 indexed citations
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Affuso, Flora. (2010). Long term combination treatment for severe idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. World Journal of Cardiology. 2(3). 68–68. 3 indexed citations
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Affuso, Flora, et al.. (2009). The GH/IGF-1 Axis and Heart Failure. Current Cardiology Reviews. 5(3). 203–215. 68 indexed citations
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Affuso, Flora, et al.. (2009). Usefulness of NT-proBNP in the assessment of patients with aortic or mitral regurgitation. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine. 10(12). 928–932. 2 indexed citations
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Napoli, Raffaele, Vincenzo Guardasole, Emanuela Zarra, et al.. (2009). Vascular smooth muscle cell dysfunction in patients with migraine. Neurology. 72(24). 2111–2114. 51 indexed citations
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Affuso, Flora, et al.. (2009). Effects of a nutraceutical combination (berberine, red yeast rice and policosanols) on lipid levels and endothelial function randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 20(9). 656–661. 107 indexed citations
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Affuso, Flora, et al.. (2008). Myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy: possible connections and treatments. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9(7). 666–671. 4 indexed citations
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Fazio, Sergio, Emiliano A. Palmieri, Flora Affuso, et al.. (2007). Effects of Growth Hormone on Exercise Capacity and Cardiopulmonary Performance in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 92(11). 4218–4223. 29 indexed citations
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Fazio, Sergio, Raffaele Izzo, Flora Affuso, et al.. (2005). An exaggerated systolic blood pressure response to exercise is associated with cardiovascular remodeling in subjects with prehypertension.. PubMed. 6(11). 886–92. 21 indexed citations

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