Maria‐Aurora Morales

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 795 citations indexed

About

Maria‐Aurora Morales is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria‐Aurora Morales has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 795 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 11 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 7 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Maria‐Aurora Morales's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (11 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (9 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (8 papers). Maria‐Aurora Morales is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (11 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (9 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (8 papers). Maria‐Aurora Morales collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Czechia and Netherlands. Maria‐Aurora Morales's co-authors include Silvia Del Ry, Veronica Della Latta, Antonella Cecchettini, Manuela Cabiati, Luciano Sallusti, Roberto Ferrari, Giovanni Pasanisi, Alessandro Capucci, Silvia Rocchiccioli and Daniele Poggio and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Maria‐Aurora Morales

35 papers receiving 787 citations

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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.

Bleomycin in the setting of lung fibrosis induction: From biological mechanisms to counteractions

2015 380 citations Veronica Della Latta, Antonella Cecchettini et al. Pharmacological Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria‐Aurora Morales Italy	12	306	281	156	96	94	37	795
Martin Heidt Germany	14	93 0.3×	215 0.8×	97 0.6×	59 0.6×	157 1.7×	40	549
Joshua DeLeon United States	11	247 0.8×	114 0.4×	294 1.9×	28 0.3×	87 0.9×	20	772
F Okamoto Japan	11	76 0.2×	312 1.1×	306 2.0×	96 1.0×	157 1.7×	37	683
Fabian Emrich Germany	16	289 0.9×	382 1.4×	162 1.0×	24 0.3×	144 1.5×	33	834
Nour Eddine El Mokhtari Germany	11	530 1.7×	69 0.2×	282 1.8×	36 0.4×	125 1.3×	16	1.0k
Mohsen Karimi United States	13	236 0.8×	339 1.2×	284 1.8×	29 0.3×	296 3.1×	49	865
Diederik F. van Wijk Netherlands	14	83 0.3×	136 0.5×	108 0.7×	54 0.6×	193 2.1×	22	586
Jiayuan Chen China	14	79 0.3×	140 0.5×	87 0.6×	28 0.3×	70 0.7×	28	498
Hong Ma China	13	94 0.3×	146 0.5×	126 0.8×	118 1.2×	82 0.9×	56	473
Yoshinori Mano Japan	13	52 0.2×	189 0.7×	184 1.2×	52 0.5×	94 1.0×	24	564

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Donzelli, Gabriele, Francesco Sera, Maria‐Aurora Morales, et al.. (2024). A systematic review and meta-analysis of human population studies on the association between exposure to toxic environmental chemicals and left ventricular dysfunction (LVD). Environmental Research. 249. 118429–118429. 5 indexed citations

Morales, Maria‐Aurora, Marcello Piacenti, Martina Nesti, et al.. (2021). The BrAID study protocol: integration of machine learning and transcriptomics for brugada syndrome recognition. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 21(1). 494–494. 4 indexed citations

Moscato, Stefania, Manuela Cabiati, Francesco Paolo Bianchi, et al.. (2018). Connexin 26 Expression in Mammalian Cardiomyocytes. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 13975–13975. 12 indexed citations

Bergstrand, Sara, Maria‐Aurora Morales, Giuseppe Coppini, Marcus Larsson, & Tomas Strömberg. (2017). The relationship between forearm skin speed‐resolved perfusion and oxygen saturation, and finger arterial pulsation amplitudes, as indirect measures of endothelial function. Microcirculation. 25(2). 7 indexed citations

Pascali, Maria Antonietta, Daniela Giorgi, Luca Bastiani, et al.. (2016). Face morphology: Can it tell us something about body weight and fat?. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 76. 238–249. 18 indexed citations

Latta, Veronica Della, Antonella Cecchettini, Silvia Del Ry, & Maria‐Aurora Morales. (2015). Bleomycin in the setting of lung fibrosis induction: From biological mechanisms to counteractions. Pharmacological Research. 97. 122–130. 380 indexed citations breakdown →

Pizzarelli, Francesco, Maria‐Aurora Morales, E.M. Ferdeghini, et al.. (2015). Studies on the Mechanisms Underlying the Myocardial Texture Changes in Uremics. Contributions to nephrology. 119. 197–201.

Latta, Veronica Della, Manuela Cabiati, Silvia Rocchiccioli, Silvia Del Ry, & Maria‐Aurora Morales. (2013). The role of the adenosinergic system in lung fibrosis. Pharmacological Research. 76. 182–189. 39 indexed citations

Cabiati, Manuela, Alessandro Di Martino, Letizia Mattii, et al.. (2013). Adenosine receptor expression in an experimental animal model of myocardial infarction with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Heart and Vessels. 29(4). 513–519. 9 indexed citations

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Ry, Silvia Del, Manuela Cabiati, Vincenzo Lionetti, et al.. (2012). Pacing-Induced Regional Differences in Adenosine Receptors mRNA Expression in a Swine Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47011–e47011. 18 indexed citations

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Ry, Silvia Del, Manuela Cabiati, Alessandro Di Martino, et al.. (2011). Adenosine Receptor mRNA Expression in Normal and Failing Minipig Hearts. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 58(2). 149–156. 11 indexed citations

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Giannessi, Daniela, Marcello Piacenti, Maristella Maltinti, et al.. (2010). Heart-type fatty acid binding protein is an early marker of myocardial damage after radiofrequency catheter ablation. Clinical Biochemistry. 43(15). 1241–1245. 5 indexed citations

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Rovai, Daniele, Maria‐Aurora Morales, Gianluca Di Bella, et al.. (2008). Echocardiography and the clinical diagnosis of left ventricular dysfunction. Acta Cardiologica. 63(4). 507–513. 12 indexed citations

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Rovai, Daniele, Maria‐Aurora Morales, Gianluca Di Bella, et al.. (2007). Clinical Diagnosis of Left Ventricular Dilatation and Dysfunction in the Age of Technology. European Journal of Heart Failure. 9(6-7). 723–729. 4 indexed citations

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Morales, Maria‐Aurora, et al.. (2004). Semiautomatic detection of left ventricular contours in contrast-enhanced echocardiographic images: Comparison with magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 17(8). 876–882. 2 indexed citations

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Dattolo, Pietro, E.M. Ferdeghini, Maria‐Aurora Morales, et al.. (2003). Myocardial texture characterization in uremics by ultrasonic videodensitometric analysis: A review. Journal of Nephrology. 16(5). 635–640. 1 indexed citations

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Morales, Maria‐Aurora, Vincenzo Positano, Oriol Rodríguez‐Leor, et al.. (2003). Tracking of the left ventricle in contrast enhanced echocardiography by anisotropic filtering and active contours algorithm. 12. 65–68. 1 indexed citations

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Morales, Maria‐Aurora, et al.. (2002). Automatic detection of left ventricular contours from contrast echocardiography: comparison with cardiac cine magnetic resonance. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 39. 450–451. 27 indexed citations

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Rovai, Daniele, et al.. (2000). Clinical Experience with SonoVue in Myocardial Perfusion Imaging. Echocardiography. 17(s6). S17–23. 8 indexed citations

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Morales, Maria‐Aurora, Francesco Pizzarelli, Marcello Piacenti, et al.. (1996). Characterization of myocardial tissue in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis by quantitative echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 9(4). 480–487. 5 indexed citations

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