Pierluigi Stefàno

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Pierluigi Stefàno is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierluigi Stefàno has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 69 papers in Surgery and 45 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Pierluigi Stefàno's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (58 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (43 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (34 papers). Pierluigi Stefàno is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (58 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (43 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (34 papers). Pierluigi Stefàno collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Pierluigi Stefàno's co-authors include Ottavio Alfieri, Francesco Maisano, Lucia Torracca, Giovanni La Canna, Michele Oppizzi, Michele De Bonis, Carlo Rostagno, Sandro Gelsomino, Gian Franco Gensini and Mario Zogno and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Pierluigi Stefàno

119 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The double-orifice technique in mitral valve repair: A simple solution for complex problems

2001 536 citations Pierluigi Stefàno et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pierluigi Stefàno Italy	22	1.8k	1.1k	957	256	147	134	2.4k
Jeffrey G. Gaca United States	28	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	666 0.7×	870 3.4×	181 1.2×	103	2.5k
Luca Salvatore De Santo Italy	24	1.3k 0.7×	773 0.7×	548 0.6×	730 2.9×	106 0.7×	111	2.1k
Sven Lehmann Germany	25	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	805 0.8×	917 3.6×	41 0.3×	119	2.3k
Michel Pellerin Canada	32	2.5k 1.4×	1.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.4×	883 3.4×	52 0.4×	120	3.3k
Nawwar Al‐Attar United Kingdom	19	881 0.5×	772 0.7×	648 0.7×	393 1.5×	42 0.3×	76	1.5k
Moritz Seiffert Germany	28	1.8k 1.0×	858 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	550 2.1×	46 0.3×	145	2.4k
Sacha P. Salzberg Switzerland	25	1.5k 0.8×	928 0.8×	508 0.5×	286 1.1×	34 0.2×	69	2.0k
Hunaid A. Vohra United Kingdom	23	995 0.5×	881 0.8×	532 0.6×	507 2.0×	32 0.2×	132	1.6k
Pierluigi Oreste Italy	12	1.5k 0.8×	345 0.3×	435 0.5×	849 3.3×	127 0.9×	20	2.4k
Anelechi Anyanwu United States	26	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	774 0.8×	241 0.9×	46 0.3×	131	2.3k

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Berretta, Paolo, Torsten Doenst, Mauro Rinaldi, et al.. (2025). Second cross-clamp in less invasive mitral valve repair for degenerative mitral regurgitation: Predictors and outcomes. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 171(2). 400–407.e2.

Kofler, Markus, Paolo Berretta, Nikolaos Bonaros, et al.. (2025). Endo-Aortic Balloon Occlusion versus Transthoracic Clamping in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 67(9).

Gollmann‐Tepeköylü, Can, Paolo Berretta, Marc Gerdisch, et al.. (2025). Surgical decision-making for concomitant tricuspid valve repair in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 67(7).

Scheggi, Valentina, et al.. (2024). Coronary embolism in left-sided infective endocarditis. A retrospective analysis from a high-volume surgical centre and review of the literature. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0314718–e0314718.

Berretta, Paolo, Antonio Fiore, Manuel Wilbring, et al.. (2023). Neurological outcomes in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: risk factors analysis from the Mini-Mitral International Registry. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 64(4). 1 indexed citations

Doenst, Torsten, Paolo Berretta, Nikolaos Bonaros, et al.. (2023). Aortic cross-clamp time correlates with mortality in the mini-mitral international registry. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 63(6). 17 indexed citations

Berretta, Paolo, Jörg Kempfert, Loris Salvador, et al.. (2023). Risk-related clinical outcomes after minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: insights from the Mini-Mitral International Registry. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 63(6). 16 indexed citations

Alushi, Brunilda, Simone Baldi, Pierluigi Stefàno, et al.. (2023). The first taxonomic and functional characterization of human CAVD-associated microbiota. Microbial Cell. 10(2). 36–48. 6 indexed citations

Franchin, Marco, Walter Dorigo, Stefano Benussi, et al.. (2022). Predicting early mortality following single‐stage coronary artery or valve surgery and carotid endarterectomy. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 37(12). 4692–4697. 1 indexed citations

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Romano, Salvatore Mario, Renato Valenti, Angela Migliorini, et al.. (2021). Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Younger Patients: A New Challenge. Medicina. 57(9). 883–883. 4 indexed citations

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Nistri, Stefano, Elena Sticchi, Gaia Spaziani, et al.. (2021). Differential Diagnosis between Marfan Syndrome and Loeys–Dietz Syndrome Type 4: A Novel Chromosomal Deletion Covering TGFB2. Genes. 12(10). 1462–1462. 3 indexed citations

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Pantalone, D, Francesca Cialdai, Stefano Bacci, et al.. (2021). Robot-assisted surgery in space: pros and cons. A review from the surgeon’s point of view. npj Microgravity. 7(1). 56–56. 19 indexed citations

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Argirò, Alessia, Mattia Zampieri, Martina Berteotti, et al.. (2021). Emerging Medical Treatment for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(5). 951–951. 23 indexed citations

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Zampieri, Mattia, Alessia Argirò, Alberto Marchi, et al.. (2021). Mavacamten, a Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Current Cardiology Reports. 23(7). 79–79. 20 indexed citations

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Stefàno, Pierluigi, Paolo Pieragnoli, Giuseppe Ricciardi, et al.. (2020). Overweight and aging increase the risk of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery independently of left atrial size and left ventricular ejection fraction. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 15(1). 316–316. 9 indexed citations

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Nazerian, Peiman, et al.. (2020). Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in cardiac arrest: results of a hands-on training for a simplified TEE protocol. The Ultrasound Journal. 12(1). 41–41. 8 indexed citations

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Stefàno, Pierluigi, et al.. (2012). Il punto sulle sindromi aortiche acute. Giornale italiano di cardiologia. 13(5). 337–44. 1 indexed citations

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Gelsomino, Sandro, Leen van Garsse, Roberto Lorusso, et al.. (2011). Impact of Preoperative Anterior Leaflet Tethering on the Recurrence of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation and the Lack of Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling after Restrictive Annuloplasty. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 24(12). 1365–1375. 30 indexed citations

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Rostagno, Carlo, et al.. (2010). Active infective endocarditis: Clinical characteristics and factors related to hospital mortality.. PubMed. 17(6). 566–73. 27 indexed citations

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Lonardo, Giuseppe, Elisabetta Cerbai, Simona Casini, et al.. (2005). Pharmacological modulation of the hyperpolarization-activated current (If) in human atrial myocytes: focus on G protein-coupled receptors. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 38(3). 453–460. 18 indexed citations

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