Francesco Bandera

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Francesco Bandera is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Bandera has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 16 papers in Surgery and 11 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Francesco Bandera's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (21 papers), Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (14 papers) and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (11 papers). Francesco Bandera is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (21 papers), Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (14 papers) and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (11 papers). Francesco Bandera collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Francesco Bandera's co-authors include Marco Guazzi, Ross Arena, Pier Luigi Temporelli, Stefano Ghio, Lorenzo Menicanti, Serenella Castelvecchio, Gabriele Pelissero, Valentina Labate, Michael J. Cuttica and Sanjiv J. Shah and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Bandera

60 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion and pulmonary arterial systolic pressure relationship in heart failure: an index of right ventricular contractile function and prognosis

2013 454 citations Marco Guazzi, Francesco Bandera et al. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology profile →
RV Contractile Function and its Coupling to Pulmonary Circulation in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

2017 286 citations Marco Guazzi, Valentina Labate et al. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Bandera Italy	18	1.4k	762	517	485	224	62	1.9k
Niek H. J. Prakken Netherlands	24	1.3k 0.9×	311 0.4×	307 0.6×	340 0.7×	661 3.0×	76	1.8k
Karl Dujardin Belgium	17	2.7k 1.9×	1.5k 1.9×	572 1.1×	591 1.2×	646 2.9×	41	3.2k
Daniel Augustine United Kingdom	16	1.0k 0.7×	594 0.8×	226 0.4×	429 0.9×	356 1.6×	53	1.6k
Michael Foster United States	6	1.1k 0.8×	296 0.4×	295 0.6×	239 0.5×	334 1.5×	11	1.5k
R. Palma United States	3	1.1k 0.8×	285 0.4×	269 0.5×	238 0.5×	351 1.6×	5	1.4k
Leyla Elif Sade Türkiye	27	2.2k 1.5×	296 0.4×	718 1.4×	261 0.5×	515 2.3×	113	2.7k
Giulia Elena Mandoli Italy	29	1.8k 1.3×	265 0.3×	476 0.9×	204 0.4×	708 3.2×	165	2.2k
P.A.N. Chandraratna United States	28	2.0k 1.4×	458 0.6×	884 1.7×	542 1.1×	497 2.2×	146	2.6k
Marcel Peltier France	24	1.3k 0.9×	350 0.5×	321 0.6×	260 0.5×	363 1.6×	43	1.6k
Kwan‐Leung Chan Canada	17	1.0k 0.7×	449 0.6×	380 0.7×	326 0.7×	256 1.1×	40	1.3k

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Bianchi, Francesca, P. Roccabianca, Elena Vianello, et al.. (2025). Inhibition of DPP-4 Attenuates Endotoxemia-Induced NLRC4 Inflammasome and Inflammation in Visceral Adipose Tissue of Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet. Biomolecules. 15(3). 333–333. 1 indexed citations

Giacchè, Mara, et al.. (2024). Pheochromocytoma–Paraganglioma Syndrome: A Multiform Disease with Different Genotype and Phenotype Features. Biomedicines. 12(10). 2385–2385. 3 indexed citations

Salvatici, Michela, et al.. (2024). Troponin Test, Not Only a Number: An Unusual Case of False Positive. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(22). 11937–11937. 1 indexed citations

Hálasz, Géza, Francesco Bandera, Guido Giacalone, & Massimo Piepoli. (2023). Issue 30.08 focus on diabetes mellitus and cardiometabolic disorders. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 30(8). 621–623. 1 indexed citations

Sugimoto, Tadafumi, et al.. (2023). Left atrial strain in acute heart failure: clinical and prognostic insights. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 25(3). 315–324. 9 indexed citations

Labate, Valentina, et al.. (2023). Phenotyping Congestion in Acute Heart Failure by Renal Flow and Right Heart to Pulmonary Circulation Coupling. ESC Heart Failure. 10(6). 3546–3558. 4 indexed citations

Cairo, Beatrice, et al.. (2022). Comparison Between ECG-Derived Respiration and Respiratory Flow for the Assessment of Cardiorespiratory Coupling Before and After Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Protocol. Computing in cardiology.

Guazzi, Marco, Barry A. Borlaug, Marco Metra, et al.. (2021). Revisiting and Implementing the Weber and Ventilatory Functional Classifications in Heart Failure by Cardiopulmonary Imaging Phenotyping. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(5). e018822–e018822. 9 indexed citations

Esposito, Roberta, Ciro Santoro, Giulia Elena Mandoli, et al.. (2021). Cardiac Imaging in Anderson-Fabry Disease: Past, Present and Future. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(9). 1994–1994. 9 indexed citations

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Sugimoto, Tadafumi, Francesco Bandera, Greta Generati, et al.. (2020). Central Role of Left Atrial Dynamics in Limiting Exercise Cardiac Output Increase and Oxygen Uptake in Heart Failure: Insights by Cardiopulmonary Imaging. European Journal of Heart Failure. 22(7). 1186–1198. 21 indexed citations

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Bandera, Francesco, Marianna Fontana, Sara Boveri, et al.. (2020). Exercise-induced mitral regurgitation and right ventricle to pulmonary circulation uncoupling across the heart failure phenotypes. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 320(2). H642–H653. 10 indexed citations

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Sugimoto, Tadafumi, Francesco Bandera, Greta Generati, et al.. (2019). Left Atrial Dynamics During Exercise in Mitral Regurgitation of Primary and Secondary Origin. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 13(1). 25–40. 34 indexed citations

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Dozio, Elena, Elena Vianello, Francesco Bandera, et al.. (2019). Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products: A Protective Molecule against Intramyocardial Lipid Accumulation in Obese Zucker Rats?. Mediators of Inflammation. 2019. 1–8. 13 indexed citations

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Boveri, Sara, et al.. (2019). Abstract 12231: Accuracy of Methods for Stroke Volume Measures by O2-pulse During Gas Exchange Analysis and Clinical Implications. Circulation. 2 indexed citations

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Vianello, Elena, Elena Dozio, Francesco Bandera, et al.. (2019). Dysfunctional EAT thickness may promote maladaptive heart remodeling in CVD patients through the ST2-IL33 system, directly related to EPAC protein expression. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 10331–10331. 9 indexed citations

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Gaeta, Maddalena, Leandro Gentile, Lorenzo Capasso, et al.. (2017). European cardiovascular mortality over the last three decades: evaluation of time trends, forecasts for 2016.. PubMed. 29(3). 206–217. 9 indexed citations

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Garatti, Andrea, Serenella Castelvecchio, Michele Di Mauro, et al.. (2014). Impact of right ventricular dysfunction on the outcome of heart failure patients undergoing surgical ventricular reconstruction. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 47(2). 333–340. 28 indexed citations

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Dozio, Elena, Alexis Elias Malavazos, Elena Vianello, et al.. (2014). Interleukin-15 and Soluble Interleukin-15 Receptor α in Coronary Artery Disease Patients: Association with Epicardial Fat and Indices of Adipose Tissue Distribution. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e90960–e90960. 35 indexed citations

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Secchi, Francesco, et al.. (2014). A geometric index to differentiate abnormal from normal septal wall motion on cardiac MRI. Acta Radiologica. 56(5). 545–551. 1 indexed citations

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Erba, Paola Anna, Umberto Conti, Elena Lazzeri, et al.. (2012). Added Value of ^99mTc-HMPAO–Labeled Leukocyte SPECT/CT in the Characterization and Management of Patients with Infectious Endocarditis. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 53(8). 1235–1243. 141 indexed citations

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