List of works - Federico Pappalardo

2012 pandemic flu

scientific article

A meta-analysis of complications and mortality of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

scientific article published on September 2013

A new phosphorylcholine-coated polymethylpentene oxygenator for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a preliminary experience.

scientific article

Abdominal compartment syndrome during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

scientific article published on 14 October 2011

Acute heart failure management in a young patient requiring complex left main percutaneous coronary intervention, Impella 2.5 and transcatheter aortic valve implantation

scientific article published on 26 November 2014

Acute right ventricular failure post ascending aorta surgery

scientific article published on 03 November 2010

Afterload mismatch after MitraClip insertion for functional mitral regurgitation

scientific article published on 18 March 2014

An unusual "swinging" biatrial mass

scientific article published on 22 February 2012

An unusual cause of cardiogenic shock: tricuspid regurgitation and right ventricular perforation due to vena cava filter migration.

scientific article published on January 2012

Anesthetic management of transcatheter aortic valve implantation with transaxillary approach.

scientific article published on 29 October 2010

Anticoagulation for critically ill cardiac surgery patients: is primary bivalirudin the next step?

scientific article

Anticoagulation management in patients undergoing open heart surgery by activated clotting time and whole blood heparin concentration.

scientific article published on December 2006

Aortic cannula disruption following long-term LVAD support.

scientific article published in July 2013

Argatroban anticoagulation for heparin induced thrombocytopenia in patients with ventricular assist devices

scientific article published on March 1, 2012

Aspirin has limited ability to modulate shear-mediated platelet activation associated with elevated shear stress of ventricular assist devices.

scientific article published on February 2016

Beating-heart coronary artery bypass graft surgery at San Raffaele Hospital: four years of experience.

scientific article

Bioline heparin-coated ECMO with bivalirudin anticoagulation in a patient with acute heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: the immune reaction appeared to continue unabated

scientific article

Bivalirudin or heparin: which anticoagulation strategy for critically ill cardiac surgery patients?

scientific article published on 17 March 2014

Bivalirudin versus heparin as an anticoagulant during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case-control study

scientific article

Blood cyst of the mitral valve

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Can the edge-to-edge technique provide durable results when used to rescue patients with suboptimal conventional mitral repair?

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Cancer Vaccines: State of the Art of the Computational Modeling Approaches ⬇️

scientific article published on December 23, 2012

Cardiac index assessment by the pressure recording analytic method in unstable patients with atrial fibrillation.

scientific article

Cardiac support with IABP during venovenous ECMO for ARDS.

scientific article

Cardiac valve involvement in systemic diseases: a review

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Cesarean section in a patient with non-compaction cardiomyopathy managed with ECMO

scientific article published on January 2013

Clinical outcome and quality of life in octogenarians following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for symptomatic aortic stenosis.

scientific article published on 10 November 2012

Clinical significance of a new Q wave after cardiac surgery.

scientific article

Concomitant implantation of Impella® on top of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may improve survival of patients with cardiogenic shock

scientific article

Coronary reactivity testing in vasospastic angina leading to cardiac arrest and coronary dissection

scientific article published on 17 February 2016

Corrigendum to 'Optimal results immediately after MitraClip therapy or surgical edge-to-edge repair for functional mitral regurgitation: are they really stable at 4 years?' [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2016;50:488-494].

scientific article

De-escalation of support with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and Impella for cardiogenic shock: reply

scientific article

Desmopressin reduces transfusion needs after surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

scientific article published in December 2008

Diagnosis of infection in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case-control study

scientific article published on 2 February 2012

Different anesthesiological management in two high risk pregnant women with heart failure undergoing emergency cesarean section.

scientific article

Do patients undergoing MitraClip implantation require routine ICU admission?

scientific article published on 20 September 2014

Do we need heparin coating for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation? New concepts and controversial positions about coating surfaces of extracorporeal circuits

scientific article

Drotrecogin alpha and anticoagulants in septic patients after cardiac surgery

scientific article published on 23 October 2006

Dual lumen catheter cannulation for venovenous ECMO.

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

Dynamic assessment of 'valvular reserve capacity' in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis

scientific article published on 5 December 2011

ECG changes after CABG: the role of the surgical technique.

scientific article published in February 2004

ECLS management in pulmonary embolism with cardiac arrest: which strategy is better?

scientific article published on 4 April 2014

Early heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia (HIT) after cardiac surgery

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Echocardiographic Evaluation of LVAD Flow During Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Support

scientific article

Effect of fenoldopam on use of renal replacement therapy among patients with acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: a randomized clinical trial.

scientific article published on December 2014

Esmolol administration in patients with VV ECMO: why not?

scientific article published on 02 June 2013

Estimation bias resulting from sparse data: response to comments by Zhang and Ren.

scientific article

Extracorporeal CO2 removal in critically ill patients: a systematic review

scientific article published on 11 April 2017

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Hemodynamic Support of Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation

scientific article published in December 2016

Extracorporeal life support for refractory cardiac arrest: what is a good outcome?

scientific article published on 15 August 2012

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in patients with H1N1 influenza infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis including 8 studies and 266 patients receiving ECMO ⬇️

scientific article published on February 13, 2013

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to resuscitate a 14-year-old boy after 43min drowning.

scientific article published on 4 September 2017

First in man prolonged pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion to treat refractory left ventricular dysfunction and ischemia with patent epicardial coronary arteries

scientific article published on 9 May 2017

Fluoroless placement of Impella: a single center experience

scientific article published on 6 November 2014

Greater temperature variability is not associated with a worse neurological outcome after cardiac arrest

scientific article published on 16 September 2015

Heart surgery for immigrants in Italy: burden of cardiovascular disease, adherence to treatment and outcomes.

scientific article published on 19 November 2014

Hemodynamic and echocardiographic effects of aortic regurgitation on femoro-femoral veno-arterial ECMO.

scientific article published on 9 October 2015

High Frequency Components of Hemodynamic Shear Stress Profiles are a Major Determinant of Shear-Mediated Platelet Activation in Therapeutic Blood Recirculating Devices

scientific article published on 10 July 2017

Human protein C zymogen concentrate in patients with severe sepsis and multiple organ failure after adult cardiac surgery.

scientific article published in August 2009

Infections occurring in adult patients receiving mechanical circulatory support: the two-year experience of an Italian National Referral Tertiary Care Center

scientific article published on 3 October 2012

Intra-aortic balloon pump during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: still a matter of debate? Contemporary multi-device approach to cardiogenic shock.

scientific article published on May 2017

Intracardiac Clots Masked by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Venous Cannula

scientific article published on 11 December 2011

Is there light at the end of the tunnel?-new perspectives in ECMO survival.

scientific article published on August 2016

Levosimendan for Hemodynamic Support after Cardiac Surgery

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

Long-Term Results (<=18 Years) of the Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair Without Annuloplasty in Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation: Implications for the Percutaneous Approach

scientific article published on 01 September 2014

Long-term outcome and quality of life of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery

scientific article published in April 2004

Long-term results (up to 14 years) of the clover technique for the treatment of complex tricuspid valve regurgitation

scientific article published on 23 February 2017

Long-term results of mitral repair in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and secondary mitral regurgitation: does the technique matter?

scientific article

Management of refractory hypoxemia during venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for ARDS.

scientific article published on May 2015

Management of ventricular tachycardia in the setting of a dedicated unit for the treatment of complex ventricular arrhythmias: long-term outcome after ablation.

scientific article published on 25 February 2013

Methylene blue as a vasopressor: a meta-analysis of randomised trials.

scientific article

Methylene blue for lithium-induced refractory hypotension in off-pump coronary artery bypass graft: report of two cases.

scientific article published in February 2004

Microfluidic approaches for the assessment of blood cell trauma: a focus on thrombotic risk in mechanical circulatory support devices

scientific article

Miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass improves short-term outcome in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies

scientific article published on 22 September 2009

Minimally invasive closed circuit versus standard extracorporeal circulation for aortic valve replacement

scientific article published in February 2007

Minimally invasive or conventional edge-to-edge repair for severe mitral regurgitation due to bileaflet prolapse in Barlow's disease: does the surgical approach have an impact on the long-term results?

scientific article published on 11 April 2017

MitraClip therapy and surgical edge-to-edge repair in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and secondary mitral regurgitation: mid-term results of a single-centre experience†.

scientific article published on 10 February 2015

Mitral Valve Repair Without Repair of Moderate Tricuspid Regurgitation

scientific article

Modalities and Effects of Left Ventricle Unloading on Extracorporeal Life support: a Review of the Current Literature

scientific article published on May 2017

Multimodality imaging of iatrogenic pulmonary vein stenosis

scientific article published on 29 December 2011

Myocardial necrosis biomarkers after different cardiac surgical operations.

scientific article published in January 2007

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting reduces postoperative neurologic complications.

scientific article published in April 2005

Optimal results immediately after MitraClip therapy or surgical edge-to-edge repair for functional mitral regurgitation: are they really stable at 4 years?

scientific article published on 23 March 2016

Percutaneous tracheostomy in patients on anticoagulants.

scientific article published on July 2015

Perioperative evaluation of primary hemostasis in patients undergoing mitral valve repair.

scientific article

Perioperative magnesium supplementation to prevent atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery surgery: a randomized controlled study.

scientific article published in December 2005

Peripheral VA-ECMO venous cannulation: which side for the femoral cannula?

scientific article

Polypoid atrial myxoma

scientific article published on 01 August 2012

Postoperative complications after cardiac surgery and HIT: a word of caution

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Postoperative complications after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a comparison between the off-pump and on-pump techniques.

scientific article published in September 2004

Predicting mortality risk in patients undergoing venovenous ECMO for ARDS due to influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia: the ECMOnet score

scientific article

Predictors of atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

scientific article published in December 2004

Preoperative intra-aortic balloon pump to reduce mortality in coronary artery bypass graft: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on 14 January 2015

Preoperative urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and outcome in high-risk heart failure patients undergoing cardiac surgery

scientific article published on 2 December 2013

Primary anticoagulation with bivalirudin for patients with implantable ventricular assist devices

scientific article

Primary bivalirudin anticoagulation for patients with an implantable ventricular assist device.

scientific article published on 17 March 2014

Prolonged refractory hypotension in cardiac surgery after institution of cardiopulmonary bypass.

scientific article published in August 2002

Protein C zymogen in adults with severe sepsis or septic shock

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Protein C zymogen in severe sepsis: a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized study.

scientific article published on 25 June 2016

Recombinant activated factor VII in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 10 December 2008

Recombinant activated factor VII increases stroke in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

Role of cardiac biomarkers (troponin I and CK-MB) as predictors of quality of life and long-term outcome after cardiac surgery.

scientific article published in January 2009

Shear-mediated platelet activation in patients implanted with continuous flow LVADs: A preliminary study utilizing the platelet activity state (PAS) assay.

scientific article published on August 2015

Spectroscopic and morphological characterization of inflow cannulas of left ventricular assist devices

scientific article published on March 2015

Stepwise use of circulatory support devices in a patient refractory to cardiopulmonary resuscitation

scientific article published on 8 April 2017

Successful use of bivalirudin for cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with heparin allergy

scientific article

Temperature management during off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of a circulating water system versus a forced-air system

scientific article published on 6 January 2006

The contemporary role of Impella in a comprehensive mechanical circulatory support program: a single institutional experience

scientific article published on 14 October 2015

The effect of concomitant radiofrequency ablation and surgical technique (repair versus replacement) on release of cardiac biomarkers during mitral valve surgery.

scientific article published in July 2005

The pivotal role of echocardiography in the assessment of multivalvular heart disease.

scientific article published on April 2013

The role of different mechanical circulatory support devices and their timing of implantation on myocardial damage and mid-term recovery in acute myocardial infarction related cardiogenic shock

scientific article published on 20 November 2018

Timing and Strategy for Weaning From Venoarterial ECMO are Complex Issues

scientific article published on 12 December 2014

Treating Life-Threatening Myocarditis by Blocking Interleukin-1.

scientific article

Treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia after cardiac surgery: preliminary experience with fondaparinux

scientific article

Tricks and pitfalls regarding the hemodynamics of patients undergoing non-transplantation surgery for heart failure.

scientific article published on 23 October 2008

Ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a patient with massive pulmonary embolism and cardiac arrest

scientific article published in June 2013

Underreporting of conversion from off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Undersized annuloplasty for functional mitral regurgitation: is it responsible for clinically relevant mitral stenosis during exercise?

scientific article published in July 2012

Use of a parallel stiff wire to facilitate percutaneous Impella RP ventricular assist device positioning

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Veno-Venous ECMO in Europe: are we all speaking the same language?

scientific article published on 9 November 2016

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) in postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock: how much pump flow is enough?

scientific article published on October 2016

Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Acute Fulminant Myocarditis in Adult Patients: A 5-Year Multi-Institutional Experience

scientific article published on 27 October 2015

Very long-term durability of the edge-to-edge repair for isolated anterior mitral leaflet prolapse: Up to 21 years of clinical and echocardiographic results

scientific article published on 27 March 2014

What is extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation?

scientific article published on June 2017

Which protein C after cardiac surgery?

scientific article published on 27 September 2009

[The IABP-SHOCK II study]

scientific article published on 01 March 2014

[Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation system: "leave the chest closed!"]

scientific article published on 01 October 2014

β-Blockers to optimize peripheral oxygenation during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case series.

scientific article published on 20 July 2011

List of works by Federico Pappalardo

2012 pandemic flu

A meta-analysis of complications and mortality of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

A new phosphorylcholine-coated polymethylpentene oxygenator for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a preliminary experience.

Abdominal compartment syndrome during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Acute heart failure management in a young patient requiring complex left main percutaneous coronary intervention, Impella 2.5 and transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Acute right ventricular failure post ascending aorta surgery

Afterload mismatch after MitraClip insertion for functional mitral regurgitation

An unusual "swinging" biatrial mass

An unusual cause of cardiogenic shock: tricuspid regurgitation and right ventricular perforation due to vena cava filter migration.

Anesthetic management of transcatheter aortic valve implantation with transaxillary approach.

Anticoagulation for critically ill cardiac surgery patients: is primary bivalirudin the next step?

Anticoagulation management in patients undergoing open heart surgery by activated clotting time and whole blood heparin concentration.

Aortic cannula disruption following long-term LVAD support.

Argatroban anticoagulation for heparin induced thrombocytopenia in patients with ventricular assist devices

Aspirin has limited ability to modulate shear-mediated platelet activation associated with elevated shear stress of ventricular assist devices.

Beating-heart coronary artery bypass graft surgery at San Raffaele Hospital: four years of experience.

Bioline heparin-coated ECMO with bivalirudin anticoagulation in a patient with acute heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: the immune reaction appeared to continue unabated

Bivalirudin or heparin: which anticoagulation strategy for critically ill cardiac surgery patients?

Bivalirudin versus heparin as an anticoagulant during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case-control study

Blood cyst of the mitral valve

Can the edge-to-edge technique provide durable results when used to rescue patients with suboptimal conventional mitral repair?

Cancer Vaccines: State of the Art of the Computational Modeling Approaches ⬇️

Cardiac index assessment by the pressure recording analytic method in unstable patients with atrial fibrillation.

Cardiac support with IABP during venovenous ECMO for ARDS.

Cardiac valve involvement in systemic diseases: a review

Cesarean section in a patient with non-compaction cardiomyopathy managed with ECMO

Clinical outcome and quality of life in octogenarians following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for symptomatic aortic stenosis.

Clinical significance of a new Q wave after cardiac surgery.

Concomitant implantation of Impella® on top of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may improve survival of patients with cardiogenic shock

Coronary reactivity testing in vasospastic angina leading to cardiac arrest and coronary dissection

Corrigendum to 'Optimal results immediately after MitraClip therapy or surgical edge-to-edge repair for functional mitral regurgitation: are they really stable at 4 years?' [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2016;50:488-494].

De-escalation of support with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and Impella for cardiogenic shock: reply

Desmopressin reduces transfusion needs after surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

Diagnosis of infection in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case-control study

Different anesthesiological management in two high risk pregnant women with heart failure undergoing emergency cesarean section.

Do patients undergoing MitraClip implantation require routine ICU admission?

Do we need heparin coating for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation? New concepts and controversial positions about coating surfaces of extracorporeal circuits

Drotrecogin alpha and anticoagulants in septic patients after cardiac surgery

Dual lumen catheter cannulation for venovenous ECMO.

Dynamic assessment of 'valvular reserve capacity' in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis

ECG changes after CABG: the role of the surgical technique.

ECLS management in pulmonary embolism with cardiac arrest: which strategy is better?

Early heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia (HIT) after cardiac surgery

Echocardiographic Evaluation of LVAD Flow During Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Support

Effect of fenoldopam on use of renal replacement therapy among patients with acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: a randomized clinical trial.

Esmolol administration in patients with VV ECMO: why not?

Estimation bias resulting from sparse data: response to comments by Zhang and Ren.

Extracorporeal CO2 removal in critically ill patients: a systematic review

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Hemodynamic Support of Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation

Extracorporeal life support for refractory cardiac arrest: what is a good outcome?

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in patients with H1N1 influenza infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis including 8 studies and 266 patients receiving ECMO ⬇️

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to resuscitate a 14-year-old boy after 43min drowning.

First in man prolonged pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion to treat refractory left ventricular dysfunction and ischemia with patent epicardial coronary arteries

Fluoroless placement of Impella: a single center experience

Greater temperature variability is not associated with a worse neurological outcome after cardiac arrest

Heart surgery for immigrants in Italy: burden of cardiovascular disease, adherence to treatment and outcomes.

Hemodynamic and echocardiographic effects of aortic regurgitation on femoro-femoral veno-arterial ECMO.

High Frequency Components of Hemodynamic Shear Stress Profiles are a Major Determinant of Shear-Mediated Platelet Activation in Therapeutic Blood Recirculating Devices

Human protein C zymogen concentrate in patients with severe sepsis and multiple organ failure after adult cardiac surgery.

Infections occurring in adult patients receiving mechanical circulatory support: the two-year experience of an Italian National Referral Tertiary Care Center

Intra-aortic balloon pump during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: still a matter of debate? Contemporary multi-device approach to cardiogenic shock.

Intracardiac Clots Masked by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Venous Cannula

Is there light at the end of the tunnel?-new perspectives in ECMO survival.

Levosimendan for Hemodynamic Support after Cardiac Surgery

Long-Term Results (<=18 Years) of the Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair Without Annuloplasty in Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation: Implications for the Percutaneous Approach

Long-term outcome and quality of life of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery

Long-term results (up to 14 years) of the clover technique for the treatment of complex tricuspid valve regurgitation

Long-term results of mitral repair in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and secondary mitral regurgitation: does the technique matter?

Management of refractory hypoxemia during venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for ARDS.

Management of ventricular tachycardia in the setting of a dedicated unit for the treatment of complex ventricular arrhythmias: long-term outcome after ablation.

Methylene blue as a vasopressor: a meta-analysis of randomised trials.

Methylene blue for lithium-induced refractory hypotension in off-pump coronary artery bypass graft: report of two cases.

Microfluidic approaches for the assessment of blood cell trauma: a focus on thrombotic risk in mechanical circulatory support devices

Miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass improves short-term outcome in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies

Minimally invasive closed circuit versus standard extracorporeal circulation for aortic valve replacement

Minimally invasive or conventional edge-to-edge repair for severe mitral regurgitation due to bileaflet prolapse in Barlow's disease: does the surgical approach have an impact on the long-term results?

MitraClip therapy and surgical edge-to-edge repair in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and secondary mitral regurgitation: mid-term results of a single-centre experience†.

Mitral Valve Repair Without Repair of Moderate Tricuspid Regurgitation

Modalities and Effects of Left Ventricle Unloading on Extracorporeal Life support: a Review of the Current Literature