Published Studies

As part of the Current Research program, IRCCS ISMETT annually submits to the Italian Ministry of Health a list of scientific publications. Scientific output is one of the criteria used to evaluate the Institutes and to allocate the annual Current Research funding among Italian IRCCS centers.

• EUS-guided gallbladder drainage as a rescue in distal malignant biliary obstruction: A systematic review with meta-analysis. PMID: 40385962
• ANMCO position paper ‘Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: from diagnosis to treatment’. PMID: 40385469
• ANMCO position paper: diagnosis and treatment of heart failure with preserved systolic function. PMID: 40385467
• Minimally invasive complex hybrid ablation with sympathetic and parasympathetic cardioneuromodulation for persistent atrial fibrillation. PMID: 40365887
• Totally thoracoscopic hybrid MAZE AF ablation and left atrial appendage occlusion facilitated by veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation and respiratory collapse: Case series.PMID: 40365886
• Odevixibat therapy in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis with MYO5B variants: a retrospective case series.PMID: 40355967
• Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided gastroenterostomy versus uncovered duodenal metal stenting for unresectable malignant gastric outlet obstruction (DRA-GOO): a multicentre randomised controlled trial.PMID: 40347959
• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With Intra-Annular Self-Expanding or Balloon-Expandable Valves: The Multicenter International NAVULTRA Registry.PMID: 40347199
• Benchmark center volume and regional disparity in living donor liver transplantation.PMID: 40342777
• Developing consensus outcome measures in juvenile systemic sclerosis: a global survey of pediatric rheumatologists and literature review.PMID: 40312718
• Postcardiotomy extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after elective, urgent, and emergency cardiac operations: Insights from the PELS observational study.PMID: 40309681
• The application of mechanical circulatory support in special conditions.PMID: 40302840
• Optimal timing for lumen-apposing metal stent removal following endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage of pancreatic fluid collections: a systematic review and meta-analysis.PMID: 40300637
• Kidney Transplantation in Congenital Abnormalities of Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT).PMID: 40299485
• [ANMCO Position paper: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: from diagnosis to treatment].PMID: 40292507
• [Diagnosis and treatment of iron deficiency in heart failure].PMID: 40292504
• Donor-Derived Bacterial Infections in Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation: Reassessment of Risk in the Era of Marginal Grafts.PMID: 40287303
• Anatomical caveats in totally thoracoscopic maze ablation and left atrial appendage occlusion procedures: Insights and surgical implications from a case series.PMID: 40277002
• Five-Year Mortality of Surgical and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the Real-World Scenario: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Propensity Score Matching Studies.PMID: 40266968
• Italian Chronic Pancreatitis Registry (ITARECIPE): protocol for a nationwide cohort study.PMID: 40262909
• Circulating Biomarkers to Predict Post-Operative Cognitive Decline in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.PMID: 40254644
• What is the benefit of endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastrojejunal anastomosis for patients with benign gastric outlet obstruction? A systematic review with meta-analysis.PMID: 40246669
• Renal Resistive Index and 10-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Predicted by Framingham Risk Score and Pooled Cohort Equations: An Observational Study in Hypertensive Individuals Without Cardiovascular Disease.PMID: 40244525
• Planning intensive care unit admission after elective major abdominal surgery: good clinical practice document by SIAARTI-SIC-ANIARTI.PMID: 40229867
• Gaps and Knowledge in the Contemporary Management of Acute Right Ventricular Failure.PMID: 40223610
• Exercise Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Arterial Coupling and Functional Outcome in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Secondary Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation.PMID: 40211982
• Automatic Generation of Liver Virtual Models with Artificial Intelligence: Application to Liver Resection Complexity Prediction.PMID: 40211963
• Shape of the mitral annulus in normal individuals and dilated cardiomyopathies: computational modeling insights into leaflet stress distribution.PMID: 40200983
• The pediatric surgeon’s perspective on the liver hanging maneuver: a case report and literature review.PMID: 40182007
• Laparoscopic versus open liver resection for large (≥ 5 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma in elderly patients: a multicenter propensity score-matched study.PMID: 40172781
• The Edges of Clinical Pharmacology: A Narrative Review on Religious and Sociocultural Influences in Drug Management.PMID: 40167037
• The role of left atrio-ventricular coupling index and left atrial ejection fraction in predicting onset of atrial fibrillation and adverse cardiac events in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.PMID: 40155963
• Protocol for an international multicenter, prospective, observational, non-competitive, study to validate and optimise prediction models of 90-day and 1-year allograft failure after liver transplantation: The global IMPROVEMENT Study.PMID: 40146444
• Real-world experience with odevixibat in children with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.PMID: 40143945
• Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Radiomic Signature and Machine Learning Model Prediction of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Adult Cirrhotic Patients.PMID: 40141691
• Effect of Hydrothermal Coatings of Magnesium AZ31 Alloy on Osteogenic Differentiation of hMSCs: From Gene to Protein Analysis.PMID: 40141537
• Enhancing flu vaccine responses in older adults: preliminary insights from the ISOLDA study on immunosenescence and antioxidant and anti-inflammatory approaches.PMID: 40140897
• Gastrointestinal Bleeding During Long-Term Left Ventricular Assist Device Support: External Validation of UTAH Bleeding Risk Score.PMID: 40137103
• [ANMCO Position paper: Management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction].PMID: 40131802
• [Follow-up of patients with acute and chronic heart failure: risk stratification to diversify the pathway].PMID: 40131799
• [Role of inflammation in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: from nephro-metabolic interactions to future therapeutic implications].PMID: 40131798
• Liver transplantation in people living with HIV: An Italian nationwide survey focusing on hepatocellular carcinoma and oncologic recurrences.PMID: 40121161
• Medical Treatments in Patients With Ambulatory Heart Failure: First Data From the BRING-UP-3 Heart Failure Study.PMID: 40118200
• Practice in evaluating solid organ transplant candidates and recipients with neurological impairment: The European Academy of Neurology neurocritical care panel survey. PMID: 40114541
• The PREVASC study: Prospective REgistry of Valve disease in Asymptomatic Italian elderly SubjeCts.PMID: 40113625
• Whole-genome sequencing characterisation of a new KPC-245 variant-carrying Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated from a transplanted patient and resistant to ceftazidime/avibactam, meropenem/vaborbactam and imipenem/relebactam.PMID: 40113084
• Real-World Use, Effectiveness, and Safety of Intravenous Fosfomycin: The FORTRESS Study.PMID: 40106180
• Cell therapy for liver disorders: past, present and future.PMID: 40102584
• Multimodal treatment of colorectal liver metastases: Where are we? Current strategies and future perspectives.PMID: 40101984
• Enhancing therapeutic efficacy through degradation of endogenous extracellular matrix in primary breast tumor spheroids.PMID: 40098313
• A Bioartificial Device for the Encapsulation of Pancreatic β-Cells Using a Semipermeable Biocompatible Porous Membrane.PMID: 40095608
• Influence of Complete Lesion Removal During Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy on the Upgrade Rate of B3 Lesions Presenting as Microcalcifications.PMID: 40094994
• A novel approach for managing postsurgical colonic leak: proximal stent fixation with a novel suturing system.PMID: 40093295
• Validation of the Iwate scoring system for the stratification of laparoscopic liver resections: An international multicenter study.PMID: 40088501
• Exposure of monocyte-derived macrophages to the UV-inactivated SARS-CoV-2 VOCs shows similar effects on the transcriptomic profile as active virus: a comparative analysis.PMID: 40087733
• Impact of VRE-active perioperative prophylaxis in liver transplant patients colonized by Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci.PMID: 40085783
• Cognitive impairment in kidney transplanted patients.PMID: 40080090
• Care pathways for patients with cognitive impairment and chronic kidney disease.PMID: 40080086
• Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Anastomoses of the Gastrointestinal Tract: A Multicentric Experience.PMID: 40075757
• Proceedings of the 29th Annual Congress of the International Liver Transplantation Society.PMID: 40062745
• Liver transplantation for hepatitis D virus/hepatitis B virus coinfection in Italy: an intention-to-treat analysis of long-term outcomes.PMID: 40057194
• Biofabrication of anin situhypoxia-delivery scaffold for cartilage regeneration.PMID: 40048828
• Trans-splenic anterograde coil-assisted transvenous occlusion (TACATO) of bleeding gastric varices associated with gastrorenal shunts in cirrhosis.PMID: 40041118
• Balloon-expandable SAPIEN 3 Ultra valve in intermediate sizing zones: insights from the OPERA-TAVI registry.PMID: 40028731
• Differentially expressed microRNAs in pre-transplant lung biopsies target immune checkpoint proteins and can predict primary graft dysfunction in lung transplantation.PMID: 40028527
• Unit dose drug dispensing systems in hospitals: a systematic review of medication error reduction and cost-effectiveness.PMID: 40015720
• In-hospital outcomes and 6-month follow-up results of patients supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19 from the second wave to the end of the pandemic (EuroECMO-COVID): a prospective, international, multicentre, observational study.PMID: 40010369
• Coronary Artery Calcium Is Independently Associated with Arterial Stiffness and LDL Cholesterol Burden in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia.PMID: 40004776
• Clinical Validation of a Machine Learning-Based Biomarker Signature to Predict Response to Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Alone or Combined with Targeted Therapy in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients: A Study Protocol and Review.PMID: 40003728
• Brain Functional Connectivity Significantly Improves After Surgical Eradication of Porto-Systemic Shunting in Pediatric Patients.PMID: 40003699
• Characterization and Proteomic Profiling of Hepatocyte-like Cells Derived from Human Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: De Novo Expression of Liver-Specific Enzymes.PMID: 40001892
• Functional Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Pathophysiology, Leaflet ReModeling, and the Role of Imaging. PMID: 39998385
• [Worsening heart failure: definition, management and treatment].PMID: 39998347
• Simulations of left atrial appendage inversion procedure: Patient-specific models with different appendage geometries.PMID: 39965393
• Correction: Immunosuppression in adult liver transplant recipients: a 2024 update from the Italian Liver Transplant Working Group.PMID: 39960604
• MAD or MADness?PMID: 39956911
• Rectus Sheath and Transversus Abdominis Plane Blocks for Preaponeurotic Endoscopic Repair: Is the Double Block the Solution for Postoperative Pain Management?PMID: 3992522
• Transcriptomic profiles of monocyte-derived macrophages exposed to SARS-CoV-2 VOCs reveal immune-evasion escape driven by delta.PMID: 39905461
• Should we still use chlorhexidine oral care? No!PMID: 39870012
• Age-dependent phenotypes of cognitive impairment as sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. PMID: 39839305
• Early-Onset Seizures After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.PMID: 39824671
• The role of multi-modality imaging for the assessment of left atrium and left atrial appendage: a clinical consensus statement of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).PMID: 39812172 Review.
• Liver transplants from paracetamol overdose: is it time to rethink OTC availability?PMID: 39800473
• Liver transplantation after ex vivo normothermic machine preservation without recooling the graft: A clinical series from a single center.PMID: 39792297
• Infections Management in the Lung Transplant Setting in Italy: A Web-Survey.PMID: 39791921
• Caspase inhibition restores collagen Iα1 and fibronectin release in cigarette smoke extract-exposed human lung fibroblasts.PMID: 39772929
• EP-Heart Team approach with sinus node sparing ablation for complex inappropriate sinus tachycardia and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: A first experience in Central Europe.PMID: 39743902
• Riders on the Storm.PMID: 39731652
• [Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in heart failure with preserved/mildly reduced ejection fraction: from TOPCAT to FINEARTS-HF].PMID: 39714499
• Redox/NIR dual-responsive glutathione extended polyurethane urea electrospun membranes for synergistic chemo-photothermal therapy.PMID: 39708849
• A quality improvement program to reduce surgical site infections after cardiac surgery: A 10-year cohort study.PMID: 39705757
• Fully covered self-expandable metal stents versus multiple plastic stents for the treatment of post-orthotopic liver transplant anastomotic biliary strictures: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.PMID: 39702566
• Seasonal patterns of myositis-specific and myositis-associated autoantibodies in Italy: Seasonal patterns of myositis autoantibodies.PMID: 39681209
• Diagnosis and management of sclerosing cholangitis and inflammatory bowel disease in children: A survey by SIGENP. PMID: 39676009
• Cardiotoxicity associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: Systematic review and meta-analysis. PMID: 39667715
• Perioperative administration of albumin in adult patients undergoing liver transplantation: A systematic review. PMID: 39645428
• Right Ventricular Myxoma Presenting in a Patient With Known Arteriovenous Malformations in the Brain: A Case Report. PMID: 39589854
• Serologic screening and molecular surveillance of Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus/human herpesvirus-8 infections for early recognition and effective treatment of Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus-associated inflammatory cytokine syndrome in solid organ transplant recipients. PMID: 39551265
• Prevalence of Diastolic and Systolic Mitral Annular Disjunction in Patients With Mitral Valve Prolapse. PMID: 39442734
• Generation of a virtual cohort of TAVI patients for in silico trials: a statistical shape and machine learning analysis. PMID: 39388030
• Current management of hepatobiliary malignancies between centers with or without a liver transplant program: A multi-society national survey. PMID: 39379228
• Unraveling the determinants of functional capacity in chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy: Insights and implications. PMID: 39366559
• Fairness and pitfalls of the Italian waiting list for elective liver transplantation: The ECALITA registry study. PMID: 39237429
• Clinical Management and Outcomes of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Multinational Case-control Study. PMID: 39049076
• Risk assessment of clinical trial protocols: a tool for hospital pharmacists to reduce human error in experimental drug management. PMID: 39009418
• Computational fluid dynamics in cardiac surgery and perfusion: A review. PMID: 38850015
• Antithrombin during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with heparin anticoagulation: A single-center cohort study. PMID: 38833217