Stefano Masi

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
142 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Stefano Masi is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Masi has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 20 papers in Physiology and 18 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Stefano Masi's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (32 papers), Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (23 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (21 papers). Stefano Masi is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (32 papers), Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (23 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (21 papers). Stefano Masi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Stefano Masi's co-authors include Stefano Taddei, Agostino Virdis, John Deanfield, Nicola Riccardo Pugliese, Marietta Charakida, Nicolò De Biase, J Kastelein, Thomas F. Lüscher, Francesco D’Aiuto and Monica Uliana and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Circulation Research.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Masi

133 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Impact of epicardial adipose tissue on cardiovascular haemodynamics, metabolic profile, and prognosis in heart failure

2021 143 citations Nicola Riccardo Pugliese, Francesco Paneni et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefano Masi Italy	33	1.5k	609	578	395	341	142	3.4k
Emil Hagström Sweden	37	1.4k 0.9×	653 1.1×	477 0.8×	824 2.1×	460 1.3×	119	4.1k
Vanessa Xanthakis United States	38	2.6k 1.7×	852 1.4×	734 1.3×	510 1.3×	594 1.7×	124	4.6k
Rajat S. Barua United States	22	1.4k 0.9×	834 1.4×	536 0.9×	566 1.4×	546 1.6×	35	3.8k
Martin Magnusson Sweden	28	923 0.6×	725 1.2×	962 1.7×	446 1.1×	434 1.3×	123	3.1k
Κimon Stamatelopoulos Greece	36	1.5k 1.0×	459 0.8×	824 1.4×	421 1.1×	608 1.8×	166	4.2k
Pietro Scicchitano Italy	35	1.5k 1.0×	591 1.0×	397 0.7×	717 1.8×	419 1.2×	164	4.1k
Sante D. Pierdomenico Italy	39	2.5k 1.6×	549 0.9×	596 1.0×	853 2.2×	421 1.2×	127	4.9k
Heitor Moreno Brazil	32	1.8k 1.1×	965 1.6×	419 0.7×	347 0.9×	512 1.5×	176	3.6k
Hsin‐Bang Leu Taiwan	35	1.1k 0.7×	600 1.0×	523 0.9×	574 1.5×	359 1.1×	136	3.5k
Luc Lorgis France	26	1.4k 0.9×	513 0.8×	265 0.5×	383 1.0×	294 0.9×	83	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Masi

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Camafort, Miguel, Alexandros Kasiakogias, Enrico Agabiti‐Rosei, et al.. (2025). Hypertensive heart disease in older patients: considerations for clinical practice. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 134. 75–88. 4 indexed citations

Orlandi, Marco, Stefano Masi, Ersilia Lucenteforte, et al.. (2025). Periodontitis treatment and progression of carotid intima-media thickness: a randomized trial. European Heart Journal. 2 indexed citations

Masi, Stefano, et al.. (2024). New strategies for the treatment of hyperkalemia. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 132. 18–26. 4 indexed citations

Masi, Stefano, et al.. (2024). Gene editing of angiotensin for blood pressure management. International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention. 23. 200323–200323.

Fiore, Valerio, Lavinia Del Punta, Nicolò De Biase, et al.. (2024). Novel Techniques, Biomarkers and Molecular Targets to Address Cardiometabolic Diseases. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(10). 2883–2883.

Fiore, Valerio, Lavinia Del Punta, Nicolò De Biase, et al.. (2024). Integrative assessment of congestion in heart failure using ultrasound imaging. Internal and Emergency Medicine. 20(1). 11–22. 9 indexed citations

Ghimenti, Silvia, Denise Biagini, Federico Maria Vivaldi, et al.. (2024). Decoding the Challenges: navigating Intact Peptide Mass Spectrometry-Based Analysis for Biological Applications. Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry. 56(2). 288–310. 2 indexed citations

Biagini, Denise, Silvia Ghimenti, Nicola Riccardo Pugliese, et al.. (2024). Development of a high-throughput liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry platform for the determination of intact natriuretic peptides in human plasma. Talanta. 275. 126077–126077. 2 indexed citations

Biase, Nicolò De, Matteo Mazzola, Lavinia Del Punta, et al.. (2023). Haemodynamic and Metabolic Phenotyping of Patients with Aortic Stenosis and Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Specific Phenotype of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction?. European Journal of Heart Failure. 25(11). 1947–1958. 11 indexed citations

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Biase, Nicolò De, Lavinia Del Punta, Valerio Fiore, et al.. (2023). Cardiometabolic Phenotyping in Heart Failure: Differences between Patients with Reduced vs. Preserved Ejection Fraction. Diagnostics. 13(4). 790–790. 2 indexed citations

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Pugliese, Nicola Riccardo, Pierpaolo Pellicori, Lavinia Del Punta, et al.. (2023). The incremental value of multi-organ assessment of congestion using ultrasound in outpatients with heart failure. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 24(7). 961–971. 34 indexed citations

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Punta, Lavinia Del, Nicolò De Biase, Matteo Mazzola, et al.. (2023). Bio-Humoral and Non-Invasive Haemodynamic Correlates of Renal Venous Flow Patterns across the Heart Failure Spectrum. Medicina. 59(10). 1704–1704. 1 indexed citations

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Punta, Lavinia Del, Nicolò De Biase, Valerio Fiore, et al.. (2023). Combining cardiopulmonary exercise testing with echocardiography: a multiparametric approach to the cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary systems. PubMed. 1(1). qyad021–qyad021. 19 indexed citations

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Pugliese, Nicola Riccardo, Matteo Mazzola, Giulia Bandini, et al.. (2023). Prognostic Role of Sonographic Decongestion in Patients with Acute Heart Failure with Reduced and Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Multicentre Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(3). 773–773. 8 indexed citations

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Mesin, Luca, Stefano Albani, Paolo Scacciatella, et al.. (2022). Estimation of Aortic Stiffness with Bramwell–Hill Equation: A Comparative Analysis with Carotid–Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity. Bioengineering. 9(7). 265–265. 2 indexed citations

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Mengozzi, Alessandro, Sarah Costantino, Francesco Paneni, et al.. (2022). Targeting SIRT1 Rescues Age- and Obesity-Induced Microvascular Dysfunction in Ex Vivo Human Vessels. Circulation Research. 131(6). 476–491. 55 indexed citations

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Orlandi, Marco, Stefano Masi, Devina Bhowruth, et al.. (2021). Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Protects Against Endothelial Dysfunction in a Human Model of Systemic Inflammation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 41(8). e417–e426. 5 indexed citations

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Chiriacò, Martina, et al.. (2020). Denervazione renale nel trattamento dell’ipertensione refrattaria: a che punto siamo?. Giornale italiano di cardiologia. 21(12). 961–968. 2 indexed citations

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Suvan, Jeanie, Stefano Masi, Zoë Harrington, et al.. (2020). Effect of Treatment of Periodontitis on Incretin Axis in Obese and Nonobese Individuals: A Cohort Study. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 106(1). e74–e82. 12 indexed citations

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Pugliese, Nicola Riccardo, Stefano Masi, & Stefano Taddei. (2019). The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system: a crossroad from arterial hypertension to heart failure. Heart Failure Reviews. 25(1). 31–42. 71 indexed citations

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