Francesco Prati

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
176 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

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Francesco Prati is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Prati has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Surgery, 98 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 93 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Francesco Prati's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (133 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (90 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (51 papers). Francesco Prati is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (133 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (90 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (51 papers). Francesco Prati collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Netherlands. Francesco Prati's co-authors include Luca Di Vito, Carlo Trani, Francesco Burzotta, Renu Virmani, Alessio La Manna, Corrado Tamburino, Vito Ramazzotti, Italo Porto, Mario Albertucci and Filippo Crea and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Prati

172 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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Safety and performance of the drug-eluting absorbable metal scaffold (DREAMS) in patients with de-novo coronary lesions: 12 month results of the prospective, multicentre, first-in-man BIOSOLVE-I trial

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Prati Italy	35	3.5k	2.5k	2.0k	1.3k	476	176	4.6k
Stefan Verheye Belgium	39	3.6k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	597 1.3×	215	5.1k
Mun K. Hong United States	37	3.7k 1.1×	3.0k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	211 0.4×	121	5.5k
Scot Garg United Kingdom	34	4.3k 1.2×	3.9k 1.5×	2.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	359 0.8×	187	5.7k
Jiro Aoki Japan	37	3.8k 1.1×	3.0k 1.2×	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	328 0.7×	145	5.2k
Victor Legrand Belgium	25	5.0k 1.4×	4.0k 1.6×	2.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	256 0.5×	71	6.5k
Héctor M. García‐García Netherlands	44	5.4k 1.5×	2.9k 1.2×	3.0k 1.5×	2.2k 1.8×	974 2.0×	218	6.5k
J. Eduardo Sousa Brazil	27	5.8k 1.7×	4.3k 1.7×	2.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.5×	280 0.6×	134	7.1k
Helmut Schühlen Germany	34	5.5k 1.6×	5.0k 2.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	258 0.5×	74	7.0k
Karl R. Karsch Germany	31	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	615 1.3×	116	4.5k
Dariusz Dudek Poland	36	6.9k 2.0×	5.3k 2.1×	2.6k 1.3×	2.5k 2.0×	369 0.8×	206	8.2k

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Gu, Sophie, Yuan Huang, Martin Goddard, et al.. (2025). Artificial Intelligence-Led Whole Coronary Artery OCT Analysis; Validation and Identification of Drug Efficacy and Higher-Risk Plaques. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 18(11). e018133–e018133.

Cesaro, Arturo, Daniele Pastori, Flavio Giuseppe Biccirè, et al.. (2025). Reduction of new onset of atrial fibrillation in patients treated with semaglutide: an updated systematic review and meta regression analysis of randomized controlled trials. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 5 indexed citations

Prati, Francesco, et al.. (2023). Sudden cardiac death in ischaemic heart disease: coronary thrombosis or myocardial fibrosis?. European Heart Journal Supplements. 25(Supplement_B). B136–B139. 3 indexed citations

Biccirè, Flavio Giuseppe, Gaetano Tanzilli, Francesco Prati, et al.. (2023). Prediction of new onset atrial fibrillation in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention using the C2HEST and mC2HEST scores: A report from the multicenter REALE-ACS registry. International Journal of Cardiology. 386. 45–49. 8 indexed citations

Ricottini, Elisabetta, Laura Gatto, Annunziata Nusca, et al.. (2023). Leptin as predictor of cardiovascular events and high platelet reactivity in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 58. 104–110. 1 indexed citations

Romagnoli, Enrico, Francesco Burzotta, Rocco Vergallo, et al.. (2023). Clinical impact of OCT-derived suboptimal stent implantation parameters and definitions. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 25(1). 48–57. 8 indexed citations

Viscusi, Michele Mattia, Annunziata Nusca, Laura Gatto, et al.. (2023). Current Applications and New Perspectives in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Assessment: From PCI Optimization to Pharmacological Treatment Guidance. Photonics. 10(2). 158–158. 3 indexed citations

Biccirè, Flavio Giuseppe, Yukio Ozaki, Alberto Boi, et al.. (2022). Optical coherence tomography-derived lipid core burden index and clinical outcomes: results from the CLIMA registry. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 24(4). 437–445. 16 indexed citations

Savonitto, Stefano, Nuccia Morici, Nicoletta Franco, et al.. (2018). Age at menopause, extent of coronary artery disease and outcome among postmenopausal women with acute coronary syndromes. International Journal of Cardiology. 259. 8–13. 14 indexed citations

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Prati, Francesco, Luca Di Vito, Lidia Gatto, Alfredo Marchese, & M Albertucci. (2015). New techniques of intravessel imaging in coronary atherosclerosis. European Heart Journal Supplements. 17(suppl A). A58–A63. 1 indexed citations

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Haude, Michael, Raimund Erbel, Paul Erné, et al.. (2015). CRT-715 Long Term Clinical Data Of The BIOSOLVE-I Study With The Paclitaxel-eluting Absorbable Magnesium Scaffold (DREAMS) And Multi-modality Imaging Analysis. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 8(2). S2–S3. 3 indexed citations

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Refaat, Hesham, Giampaolo Niccoli, Mario Gramegna, et al.. (2015). Optical coherence tomography features of angiographic complex and smooth lesions in acute coronary syndromes. International journal of cardiac imaging. 31(5). 927–934. 12 indexed citations

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Haude, Michael, Raimund Erbel, Paul Erné, et al.. (2014). TCT-625 Long term clinical data of the BIOSOLVE-I study with the paclitaxel-eluting absorbable magnesium scaffold (DREAMS) and multi-modality imaging analysis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 64(11). B182–B183. 4 indexed citations

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Maseri, Attilio, Francesco Prati, & Enrico Ammirati. (2012). Lo studio PROSPECT. Giornale italiano di cardiologia. 13(3). 143–6. 1 indexed citations

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Haude, Michael, Raimund Erbel, Paul Erné, et al.. (2012). Abstract 10029: Six and Twelve-month Clinical and Imaging Results of the Multicenter First-in-man BIOSOLVE-I Study with the Paclitaxel-Eluting Bioabsorbable Magnesium Scaffold (DREAMS). Circulation. 2 indexed citations

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Ferrante, Giuseppe, Patrizia Presbitero, Elena Corrada, et al.. (2011). Sex-specific benefits of sirolimus-eluting stent on long-term outcomes in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the Multicenter Evaluation of Single High-Dose Bolus Tirofiban Versus Abciximab With Sirolimus-Eluting Stent or Bare-Metal Stent in Acute Myocardial Infarction Study trial. American Heart Journal. 163(1). 104–111. 15 indexed citations

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Pappalardo, Alessandro, Mamas A. Mamas, Fabrizio Imola, et al.. (2011). Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease as Culprit Lesion in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 4(6). 618–626. 41 indexed citations

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Prati, Francesco, Ad J. van Boven, Michał Tendera, et al.. (2010). Evaluation of Infarct-Related Coronary Artery Patency and Microcirculatory Function After Facilitated Percutaneous Primary Coronary Angioplasty. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 3(12). 1284–1291. 22 indexed citations

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Burzotta, Francesco, Enrico Romagnoli, Alessandro Manzoli, et al.. (2007). The Outcome of PCI for stent-ThrombosIs MultIcentre Study (OPTIMIST): Rationale and design of a multicenter registry. American Heart Journal. 153(3). 377.e1–377.e5. 7 indexed citations

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Prati, Francesco, Carlo Di Mario, Clemens von Birgelen, et al.. (1995). 1000–33 On-line Automated Lumen Volume Measurement With 3-D Intracoronary Ultrasound During Coronary Interventions. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 25(2). 345A–345A. 1 indexed citations

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