Editor Profiles

Dr. Paolo Angelini, is a Professor Medical Director, Center for Coronary Artery Anomalies Teaching Staff, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Teaching Staff, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Section Editor, Texas Heart Institute Journal Research interest: Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology

1. Mariscalco G., Bruno VD, Cottini M., Borsani P., Banach M., Piffaretti G, Dominici C, Beghi C, Sala A. “Optimal timing of discontinuation of clopidogrel and risk of blood transfusion after coronary surgery. Propensity score analysis”. Circulation Journal 2011;75(12):2805-12. Epub 2011 Oct 22. 2. Giovanni Mariscalco, MD, PhD, Marzia Cottini, MD, Marco Zanobini, MD, Stefano Salis, MD, Maciej Banach, MD, PhD, Gabriele Piffaretti, MD, PhD, Giovanna Covaia, MD, Marco Realini, MD, Cesare Beghi, MD, and Andrea Sala, MD “Preoperative statin therapy is not associated with a decrease in the incidence of delirium after cardiac surgery: a propensity score analysis” (Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 May;93(5):1439-47). 3. Lorusso R, Gelsomino S, Vizzardi E, D'Aloia A, De Cicco G, Lucà F, Parise O, Gensini GF, Stefàno P, Livi U, Vendramin I, Pacini D, Di Bartolomeo R, Miceli A, Varone E, Glauber M, Parolari A, Giuseppe Arlati F, Alamanni F, Serraino F, Renzulli A, Messina A, Troise G, Mariscalco G, Cottini M, Beghi C, Nicolini F, Gherli T, Borghetti V, Pardini A, Caimmi PP, Micalizzi E, Fino C, Ferrazzi P, Di Mauro M, Calafiore AM; ISTIMIR Investigators; Mitral valve repair or replacement for ischemic mitral regurgitation? The Italian Study on the Treatment of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation (ISTIMIR). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Jan;145(1):128-39; discussion 137-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.09.042; 4. Giovanni Mariscalco, MD, PhD, Marzia Cottini, MD, Carmelo Dominici, MD, Maciej Banach, MD, PhD, Gabriele Piffaretti, MD, PhD, Paolo Borsani, MD,PhD, Bruno Vito Domenico, MD, PhD, and Cesare Beghi, MD; The Effect of Timing of Cardiac Catheterization on Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery is Influenced by the Type of Operation. Int J Cardiol. 2014 Feb 20. pii: S0167-5273(14)00363-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.02.010; 5. Mariscalco G, Biancari F, Zanobini M, Cottini M, Piffaretti G, Saccocci M, Banach M, Beghi C, Angelini GD. Bedside Tool for Predicting the Risk of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery: The POAF Score. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Mar 24;3(2):e000752. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000752. 6. G. Mariscalco, F. Biancari, T. Juvonen, M. Zanobini, M. Cottini, M. Banach, G. J. Murphy, C. Beghi and G. D. Angelini. "Red blood cell transfusion is a determinant of neurological complication after cardiac surgery". Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 20 (2015)166-171. 7. F. Biancari, F. Onorati, A. S. Rubino, M.A. Mosorin, T. Juvonen, N. Ahmed, G. Faggian, C. Mariani, C. Mignosa, M. Cottini, C. Beghi e G. Mariscalco. Outcome of Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2015, Vol. 29, Issue 2, p275–282. 8. G. Piffaretti, M. Cottini, G.P. Carrafiello, P.Castelli, C. Beghi and G. Mariscalco. Endovascular repair of Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm with Custom-Designed Endograft. Ann Thorac Surg 2015; 100: e31-3. 9. Cottini M, Pergolini A, Gentile P, Musumeci F. Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma. J Card Surg 2016;31:63–64. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12672. 10. Marzia Cottini, Marco Picichè, Amedeo Pergolini, Tania Dominici and Francesco Musumeci, "A Review of myasthenia gravis in cardiac surgery", J Integrat Card 2015, Volume 2(1): 232-235. doi: 10.15761/JIC.1000145. 11. Giangiuseppe Cappabianca, M.D.; Giovanni Mariscalco, Ph.D., M.D.; Fausto Biancari, Ph.D., M.D; Daniele Maselli, M.D.; Francesca Papesso, M.D.; Marzia Cottini, M.D.; Sandro Crosta, M.D.; Simona Banescu, M.D.; Aamer B. Ahmed, B.M.B.S, F.R.C.A., F.A.C.C., F.E.S.C.; Cesare Beghi, M.D. Safety and efficacy of prothrombin complex concentrate as first-line treatment in bleeding after cardiac surgery. Critical Care 2016, 20:5, DOI: 10.1186/s13054-015-1172-6. 12. Cottini M, Terrieri F, Piffaretti G, Beghi C. Fatal Basilar Arterial thrombosis after cardiac surgery: case report and review of the literature. ARC Journal of Anesthesiology Volume 1, Issue 1, 2016, 17-21. 13. Cottini M, Pergolini A, Picichè M, Musto C, Musumeci F. Life hanging by a thread. Polska Heart Journal, Kardiologia Polska 2016; 74, 10: 1; DOI: 10.5603/KP.2016. 14. Cottini M, Dominici T, Sbaraglia F, Pergolini A, Di Stefano G, Polizzi V, Feccia M, Buffa V, Lilla Della Monica P, Musumeci F. Future perspectives in Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy. Asian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol.07, Issue, 04, pp.2703-2707, April, 2016. 15. Marzia Cottini, Vincenzo Polizzi, Paolo G. Pino, Vitaliano Buffa, Francesco Musumeci, Transesophagheal echocardiography and Radiation-Induced damages. Heartviews, Vol 17, Issue 3, Jul-Sep 2016: 114-6. 16. F. Terrieri, M. Cottini, M. Picichè, S. Rausei, C. Beghi, Isolated Celiac Trunk after Cardiac Surgery. Journal of Surgery [Jurnalul de chirurgie]. 2016; 11(4): 131-137 DOI:10.7438/1584-9341-12-1-12 17. S. Donfrancesco, M. Cottini, A. Lappa, C. Nencini, P. Picozzi, F. Sbaraglia, V. Polizzi, P. Lilla Della Monica, A. Ricotta, A. Menichetti, F. Musumeci, Cabergoline, Levosimendan and Iabp: Treatment of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. ARC Journal of Anesthesiology, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2016, PP 1-5, ISSN No. 2455-9792(Online), http://dx.doi.org/10.20431/2455-9792.010200 18. Marzia Cottini MD, Francesco Terrieri, G. Piffaretti MD, C. Beghi. Large posterior ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm 10 years after cardiac surgery. The Journal of Middle East and North Africa Sciences 2016; 2(8), 10-12. 19. Marzia Cottini, Amedeo Pergolini, Francesco Terrieri and Cesare Beghi, Atypical Complications of Huntington Chorea Disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology: Open Access. Cardiovasc Pharm Open Access 2016, 5:4 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2329-6607.1000188. 20. Angela Lappa, Marzia Cottini, Silvia Donfrancesco, Carlo Contento, Antonio Menichetti, Francesco Musumeci. SINGLE O DOUBLE CANNULA FOR VENO-VENOUS ECMO IN SEVERE OBESE PATIENT: case report and review of the literature. ARC Journal of Anesthesiology, Volume 1, Issue 4, 2016, PP 19-24. 21. Marzia Cottini, Amedeo Pergolini, Giordano Zampi, Vitaliano Buffa, Paolo Giuseppe Pino, Vincenzo Polizzi, Federico Ranocchi, Giampaolo Luzi, Andrea Montalto, Francesco Musumeci. Posterior wall as atypical localization of left atrial myxoma: diagnosis and management. Herz, online first publication DOI 10.1007/s00059-016-4480-y 22. Marzia Cottini, Amedeo Pergolini, Francesco Musumeci, ASD Occluder Dislocation Engaged the Tricuspid Valve: Surgical Removal Through Right Thoracotomy, Polska Heart Journal, Kardiologia Polska 2016, Kardiol Pol. 2017;75(3):279. doi: 10.5603/KP.2017.0052. 23. Amedeo Pergolini, Marzia Cottini, Andrea Montalto, Giordano Zampi, Francesco Musumeci. Inverted left appendage: an unexpected echocardiographic image finding after left ventricular assist device implantation, Journal of Echocardiography, DOI: 10.1007/s12574-016-0326-0, J Echocardiogr. 2016 Dec 24. doi: 10.1007/s12574-016-0326-0. 24. Marzia Cottini, Amedeo Pergolini,, Giordano Zampi, Vitaliano Buffa, Paolo Giuseppe Pino, Federico Ranocchi, Riccardo Gherli, De Marco Marina, Carlo Contento, Myriam Lo Presti, Francesco Musumeci. Submitral Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm: unusual and late complication of cardiac surgery. Heighpubs Anesth Clin Res. 2017; 1: 001-004. 25. Marzia Cottini MD, Giordano Zampi MD, Amedeo Pergolini MD, Vincenzo Polizzi MD, Francesco Musumeci MD, FECTS. "Double Orifice Fissured Subaortic Membrane in the Adult" International Journal of Cardiovascular Practice, Jan 2017, Volume 2, Issue 1 (24-26). DOI: 10.21859/ijcp-020107. 26. Marco Picichè, Federico Ranocchi, Brenno Fiorani, Marcello Bergonzini, Mariano Feccia, Andrea Montalto, Cesare D' Alessandro, Marzia Cottini, Riccardo Gherli, Bruno Mariani, Gabriella Parisi, Giovanni Casali, Gianpaolo Luzi, Amedeo Pergolini, Emilio Ferretti, Fiorella Giacopino, Saverio Leonardi Cattolica, Lino Madaro and Francesco Musumeci. Surgical treatment of Valvular Infective Endocarditis Complicated by An Abscess: A Single Center’s Experience. Interv Cardiol J 2017, 3:1; 27. Angela Lappa MD, Marzia Cottini MD, Patrizia Picozzi MD, Silvia Donfrancesco MD, Davino Emilio MD, Valentina Coltelli MD, Di Pirro Lucio MD, , Luca Severi MD, Francesco Musumeci Prof, High Thoracic Epidural Anaesthesia for Endocardial Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A Single Centre Experience ARC Journal of Anesthesiology, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2017, PP 7-11 , ISSN No. (Online) 2455-9792. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20431/2455-9792.0201003. www.arcjournals.org 28. Agnese Ricotta, Marzia Cottini, Paola Lilla Della Monica, Fabio Sbaraglia Vincenzo Polizzi, Giada Di Stefano, Amedeo Pergolini, Angela Lappa, Silvia Donfrancesco, Angela Lappa, Francesco Musumeci. PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY. FOUR CASE REPORTS WITH DIFFERENT OUTCOMES. Cardiovascular Therapy: Open Access in press. 29. Cottini M, Pergolini A, Ranocchi F, Musumeci F . The role of heart team approach in penetrating cardiac trauma: case report and review of the literature. Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, accepted, in press 30. Zampi G, Pergolini A, Pontillo D, Cottini M. Abdominal ascitic fluid: tricky concealing of the electrocardiogram. Kardiol Pol. 2017; 75(8): 814. doi: 10.5603/KP.2017.0157. 31. Angela Lappa , Marzia Cottini, Silvia Donfrancesco, Mariano Feccia, Amedeo Pergolini, Vincenzo Polizzi, Fabio Sbaraglia, Giada Distefano, Paola Lilla della Monica, Grillo Lucia Rosalba , Francesco Musumeci. Primary cardiac kaposiform hemangioendothelioma: the rare adult-onset. Review of the literature. EC anesthesia, 3 (1): 04-17. 32. Marzia Cottini, The revolution of cardiac surgery evolution. Letter to Editor. Archives of Surgery and Clinical Research, Heighten Science Publications Corporations, Article in press 33. Marzia Cottini, Angela Lappa, Silvia Donfrancesco. Primary cardiac hemangioendothelioma in the adult and cardiac involvement in patient with non-cardiac hemangioendothelioma. Cancer Studies and Therapeutics (ISSN: 2002-7184), Article in press

Specialist in Intensive Care and Cardiology Clinical researcher Department of Cardiology of the Military Hospital "Dr. Carlos Arvelo". Caracas Venezuela.

Jose Antonio Franchini Ramires has completed his PhD at the age of 31 years from University of Sao Paulo (USP) Medical School. He was the Director of the Heart Institute-INCOR of the University of Sao Paulo, from 1997 to 2012, and also Head Professor of Cardiology. He was President of the Council to evaluate all the University Professor at USP. He was the President of the undergraduate Committee of USP Medical School. He has published more than 480 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute. He was President of the Society of Cardiology of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazilian Heart Foundation, Brazilian Society of Cardiology, and vice-President of the Inter American Cardiology Society.

He works as a Cardiovascular Surgeon at the Heart Institute of Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo (InCor - HC / FMUSP). He holds a Specialist Degree from the Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery and the Brazilian Medical Association (SBCCV / AMB). He is an assistant physician at the Valvular Surgical Heart Disease Unit and the Emergency Surgical Unit at InCor - HC / FMUSP. He is dedicated to teaching with undergraduate students at FMUSP, in the post-graduate program in Cardiorespiratory Care at InCor-HC / FMUSP and at the Medical Residency in Cardiovascular Surgery at InCor-HC / FMUSP. In the research area, he develops projects related to valve heart disease and minimally invasive valve surgery. He is also interested in transcatheter valve therapies and perioperative care in cardiovascular surgery.