Simone Fezzi

998 total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 276 citations indexed

About

Simone Fezzi is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Simone Fezzi has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 276 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 26 papers in Surgery and 23 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Simone Fezzi's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (23 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (20 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (15 papers). Simone Fezzi is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (23 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (20 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (15 papers). Simone Fezzi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Ireland and China. Simone Fezzi's co-authors include Flavio Ribichini, William Wijns, Gabriele Pesarini, Shengxian Tu, Michele Pighi, Roberto Scarsini, Domenico Tavella, Mattia Lunardi, Daixin Ding and Zhibing Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, European Heart Journal and Heart.

In The Last Decade

Simone Fezzi

33 papers receiving 275 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.

Individual patient data meta-analysis of paclitaxel-coated balloons vs. drug-eluting stents for small-vessel coronary artery disease: the ANDROMEDA study

2025 13 citations Simone Fezzi, Daniele Giacoppo et al. European Heart Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simone Fezzi Italy	11	191	168	153	26	23	42	276
Jolanta Justina Vaškelytė Lithuania	12	233 1.2×	73 0.4×	104 0.7×	67 2.6×	24 1.0×	37	285
Toshiharu Oka Japan	9	303 1.6×	183 1.1×	184 1.2×	32 1.2×	60 2.6×	15	392
Raquel Sanchez United States	2	259 1.4×	216 1.3×	170 1.1×	22 0.8×	21 0.9×	2	302
Gilbert Wijntjens Netherlands	9	172 0.9×	131 0.8×	124 0.8×	9 0.3×	18 0.8×	21	235
Domenico Tavella Italy	11	188 1.0×	149 0.9×	148 1.0×	32 1.2×	33 1.4×	44	262
Koji Ono Japan	12	266 1.4×	125 0.7×	134 0.9×	42 1.6×	10 0.4×	22	328
Ravi Kiran Munnur Australia	8	198 1.0×	236 1.4×	234 1.5×	26 1.0×	19 0.8×	14	346
Yalçın Hacıoğlu United States	8	218 1.1×	210 1.3×	238 1.6×	36 1.4×	14 0.6×	31	313
Toshihiro Shoji Japan	10	220 1.2×	76 0.5×	112 0.7×	34 1.3×	8 0.3×	16	255
Antonio Totaro Italy	8	165 0.9×	50 0.3×	47 0.3×	35 1.3×	25 1.1×	34	199

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Gambaro, Alessia, et al.. (2025). Renal denervation in dialysis patients: long-term outcomes in a real-world setting. Clinical Kidney Journal. 18(6). sfaf149–sfaf149. 2 indexed citations

Fezzi, Simone, Norma Bargary, Daixin Ding, et al.. (2025). Validation of machine learning angiography-derived physiological pattern of coronary artery disease. European Heart Journal - Digital Health. 6(4). 577–586. 2 indexed citations

Fezzi, Simone, Daniele Giacoppo, Gregor Fahrni, et al.. (2025). Individual patient data meta-analysis of paclitaxel-coated balloons vs. drug-eluting stents for small-vessel coronary artery disease: the ANDROMEDA study. European Heart Journal. 46(17). 1586–1599. 13 indexed citations breakdown →

Fezzi, Simone, Cecilia Rossignoli, Daixin Ding, et al.. (2025). Coronary physiology in the catheterization laboratory: current practices, historical insights, and future directions. PubMed. 10(3). 217–234.

Fezzi, Simone, Gabriele Pesarini, Daixin Ding, et al.. (2024). Influence of physiological patterns of coronary disease on fractional flow reserve and instantaneous wave-free ratio changes in patients undergoing TAVI. International Journal of Cardiology. 420. 132761–132761. 2 indexed citations

Lunardi, Mattia, Simone Fezzi, Gabriele Pesarini, et al.. (2024). Clinical Updates in Coronary Artery Disease: A Comprehensive Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(16). 4600–4600. 17 indexed citations

Lunardi, Mattia, et al.. (2024). Intravascular Lithotripsy-Assisted Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation After Failed Balloon Angioplasty in Patients With Severe Calcified Peripheral Artery Disease. The Journal of invasive cardiology. 36(12). 1 indexed citations

Fezzi, Simone, Daixin Ding, Felix Mahfoud, et al.. (2024). Illusion of revascularization: does anyone achieve optimal revascularization during percutaneous coronary intervention?. Nature Reviews Cardiology. 21(9). 652–662. 13 indexed citations

Fezzi, Simone, et al.. (2024). Physiological Performance of Drug‐Coated Balloons in Small Coronary Arteries PICCOLETO II μFR. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 105(3). 643–649.

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Pighi, Michele, Fabrizio Tomai, Simone Fezzi, et al.. (2024). Safety and efficacy of everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold for cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CART). Clinical Research in Cardiology. 113(7). 1017–1029.

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Fezzi, Simone, Mauro Gitto, Faisal Sharif, et al.. (2024). TCT-712 Angiographic and Angiography-Derived Functional Assessment After DCB Angioplasty for De Novo Coronary Artery Disease: The PICCOLETO VI Study Final Results. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 84(18). B283–B283. 1 indexed citations

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Fezzi, Simone, Roberto Scarsini, Gabriele Pesarini, et al.. (2024). LONG-TERM CLINICAL OUTCOME OF PHYSIOLOGY-GUIDED RENAL ARTERY STENTING WITH ZETAROLIMUS ELUTING STENTS IN PATIENTS WITH UNCONTROLLED RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION. Journal of Hypertension. 42(Suppl 1). e52–e52. 1 indexed citations

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Fezzi, Simone, Daixin Ding, Roberto Scarsini, et al.. (2023). Integrated Assessment of Computational Coronary Physiology From a Single Angiographic View in Patients Undergoing TAVI. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 16(10). e013185–e013185. 9 indexed citations

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Khokhar, Arif, Alessandro Beneduce, Darren Mylotte, et al.. (2023). Patient‐specific commissural alignment for ACURATE neo2 implantation in degenerated surgical bioprostheses. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 102(7). 1401–1405. 1 indexed citations

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Scarsini, Roberto, Simone Fezzi, Antonio Maria Leone, et al.. (2022). Functional Patterns of Coronary Disease. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 15(21). 2174–2191. 34 indexed citations

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Fezzi, Simone, Michele Pighi, Gabriele Pesarini, et al.. (2022). Angiography-derived index of microvascular resistance in takotsubo syndrome. The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 39(1). 233–244. 11 indexed citations

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Scarsini, Roberto, Simone Fezzi, Gabriele Pesarini, et al.. (2021). Impact of physiologically diffuse versus focal pattern of coronary disease on quantitative flow reserve diagnostic accuracy. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 99(3). 736–745. 20 indexed citations

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Marin, Federico, Simone Fezzi, Alessia Gambaro, et al.. (2021). Insights on safety and efficacy of renal artery denervation for uncontrolled-resistant hypertension in a high risk population with chronic kidney disease: first Italian real-world experience. Journal of Nephrology. 34(5). 1445–1455. 18 indexed citations

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Fezzi, Simone, et al.. (2020). Refractory vasospastic angina in a patient with fibromuscular dysplasia: A case report. Journal of Cardiology Cases. 23(6). 261–263.

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Pighi, Michele, Simone Fezzi, Gabriele Pesarini, et al.. (2020). Extravalvular Cardiac Damage and Renal Function Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation for Severe Aortic Stenosis. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 37(6). 904–912. 6 indexed citations

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