Rocco Vergallo

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
159 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Rocco Vergallo is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Rocco Vergallo has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Surgery, 95 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 60 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Rocco Vergallo's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (92 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (60 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (42 papers). Rocco Vergallo is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (92 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (60 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (42 papers). Rocco Vergallo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Japan. Rocco Vergallo's co-authors include Filippo Crea, Hang Lee, Ik–Kyung Jang, Italo Porto, Giampaolo Niccoli, Tsunenari Soeda, Domenico D’Amario, Antonio Maria Leone, Yoshiyasu Minami and Francesco Burzotta and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Rocco Vergallo

139 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Atherosclerotic Plaque Healing

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Tsunenari Soeda Japan

Tsunekazu Kakuta Japan

Yasushi Ino Japan

Akio Kuroi Japan

Barry Templin United States

Hironori Kitabata Japan

Yasushi Asakura Japan

Giovanni Luigi De Maria United Kingdom

Masayoshi Sarai Japan

Josef Ludwig Germany

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rocco Vergallo

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Russo, Michele, Filippo Luca Gurgoglione, Alessandro Russo, et al.. (2025). Coronary Artery Disease and Atherosclerosis in Other Vascular Districts: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Atherosclerotic Plaque Features. Life. 15(8). 1226–1226. 2 indexed citations

Russo, Michele, Francesco Radico, Filippo Luca Gurgoglione, et al.. (2025). Prognostic Role and Therapeutic Implications of Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Detected Coronary Plaque Microstructures in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(22). 8132–8132.

Aurigemma, Cristina, Daixin Ding, Shengxian Tu, et al.. (2024). Three-Year Clinical Impact of Murray Law-Based Quantitative Flow Ratio and OCT- or FFR-Guidance in Angiographically Intermediate Coronary Lesions. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 17(5). e013191–e013191. 3 indexed citations

Usui, Eisuke, Rocco Vergallo, Daisuke Kinoshita, et al.. (2024). Relationship Between Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Vulnerability of Culprit Plaque Assessed by OCT in Patients With Established Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 18(1). e017099–e017099. 2 indexed citations

Ameri, Pietro, Edoardo Bertero, Marco Lombardi, et al.. (2024). Ischaemic heart disease in patients with cancer. European Heart Journal. 45(14). 1209–1223. 10 indexed citations

Vergallo, Rocco & Leonarda Galiuto. (2024). Targeting inflammation with colchicine does not prevent atrial fibrillation after major non-cardiac thoracic surgery. European Heart Journal. 45(12). 985–986. 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

Vergallo, Rocco & Carlo Patrono. (2023). Lower income, higher risk: disparities in treatments and outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal. 44(26). 2363–2365. 2 indexed citations

Vergallo, Rocco & Giovanna Liuzzo. (2022). The role of the neuroimmune axis as a new frontier in atherosclerosis. European Heart Journal. 43(30). 2829–2830. 2 indexed citations

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Vergallo, Rocco & Massimo Volpe. (2022). The UK TAVI trial: an independent, pragmatic study extending the evidence for the treatment of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis. European Heart Journal. 43(31). 2919–2920. 1 indexed citations

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Vergallo, Rocco & Massimo Volpe. (2022). The DISCHARGE trial: imaging a new strategy for the clinical management of stable chest pain?. European Heart Journal. 43(21). 2008–2009. 1 indexed citations

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Zito, Andrea, Marco Lombardi, Domenico D’Amario, et al.. (2022). Long-term clinical impact of permanent pacemaker implantation in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. EP Europace. 24(7). 1127–1136. 40 indexed citations

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Cappannoli, Luigi, Mattía Galli, Andrea Zito, et al.. (2022). Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) with vs. without left ventricular unloading by Impella: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes. 9(4). 358–366. 14 indexed citations

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Porto, Italo, Alessio Mattesini, Domenico D’Amario, et al.. (2020). Blood lactate predicts survival after percutaneous implantation of extracorporeal life support for refractory cardiac arrest or cardiogenic shock complicating acute coronary syndrome: insights from the CareGem registry. Internal and Emergency Medicine. 16(2). 463–470. 7 indexed citations

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Vergallo, Rocco & Filippo Crea. (2020). Atherosclerotic Plaque Disruption and Healing. European Heart Journal. 41(42). 4079–4080. 7 indexed citations

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Benenati, Stefano, Gabriele Crimi, Claudia Canale, et al.. (2020). Duration of dual antiplatelet therapy and subsequent monotherapy type in patients undergoing drug-eluting stent implantation: a network meta-analysis. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. 8(1). 56–64. 18 indexed citations

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Galli, Mattía, Felicita Andreotti, Domenico D’Amario, et al.. (2019). Antithrombotic therapy in the early phase of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. 6(1). 43–56. 20 indexed citations

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Vergallo, Rocco, Italo Porto, Giovanni Luigi De Maria, et al.. (2019). Dual quantitative coronary angiography accurately quantifies intracoronary thrombotic burden in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Comparison with optical coherence tomography imaging. International Journal of Cardiology. 292. 25–31. 8 indexed citations

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Galli, Mattía, Felicita Andreotti, Domenico D’Amario, et al.. (2019). Dual therapy with direct oral anticoagulants significantly increases the risk of stent thrombosis compared to triple therapy. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. 6(2). 128–129. 15 indexed citations

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Galli, Mattía, Felicita Andreotti, Domenico D’Amario, et al.. (2019). Aspirin in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in the elderly. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. 6(5). 326–327. 3 indexed citations

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