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Catherine Klersy

Catherine Klersy

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Best Female Scientists
2025
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Medicine
Italy
2023

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Catherine Klersy is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy. Their research primarily centers on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions across various subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to COVID-19 and cardiovascular health. Their work covers areas such as COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Celiac Disease Research and Management, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, and Nutrition and Health in Aging.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Digestive and Liver Disease
  • European Heart Journal
  • Internal and Emergency Medicine
  • EP Europace
  • Clinical Nutrition

Selected recent papers highlight their focus on the interaction between COVID-19 and cardiovascular conditions:

  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest during the Covid-19 Outbreak in Italy, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • New International Guidelines and Consensus on the Use of Lung Ultrasound, 2022, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
  • Unique immunological profile in patients with COVID-19, 2020, Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • COVID-19 kills at home: the close relationship between the epidemic and the increase of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Mortality reduction in 46 severe Covid-19 patients treated with hyperimmune plasma. A proof of concept single arm multicenter trial, 2020, Haematologica

Klersy has collaborated frequently with several researchers, reflecting interdisciplinary work within their main fields of study. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Antonio Di Sabatino
  • Marco Vincenzo Lenti
  • Gino Roberto Corazza
  • Alessandro Vanoli
  • Angelo Auricchio

The scope of their research spans clinical investigations, epidemiological studies, and clinical guidelines, primarily addressing critical health challenges emerging during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as advancing knowledge in cardiopulmonary medicine.

Best Publications

  • Independent and additive prognostic value of right ventricular systolic function and pulmonary artery pressure in patients with chronic heart failure

    Stefano Ghio;Antonello Gavazzi;Carlo Campana;Corinna Inserra

  • New Criteria for Response to Treatment in Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis Based on Free Light Chain Measurement and Cardiac Biomarkers: Impact on Survival Outcomes

    Giovanni Palladini;Angela Dispenzieri;Morie A. Gertz;Shaji Kumar

  • Left cardiac sympathetic denervation in the management of high-risk patients affected by the long-QT syndrome.

    Peter J. Schwartz;Silvia G. Priori;Marina Cerrone;Carla Spazzolini

  • Increased circulating hematopoietic and endothelial progenitor cells in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction

    Margherita Massa;Vittorio Rosti;Maurizio Ferrario;Rita Campanelli

  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest during the Covid-19 Outbreak in Italy.

    Enrico Baldi;Giuseppe M. Sechi;Claudio Mare;Fabrizio Canevari

  • Prognostic usefulness of the tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion in patients with congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic or ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

    Stefano Ghio;Franco Recusani;Catherine Klersy;Roberta Sebastiani

  • Langerhans cell histiocytosis in adults. Report from the International Registry of the Histiocyte Society.

    M. Aricò;M. Girschikofsky;T. Généreau;C. Klersy

  • Serum N-Terminal Pro–Brain Natriuretic Peptide Is a Sensitive Marker of Myocardial Dysfunction in AL Amyloidosis

    Giovanni Palladini;Carlo Campana;Catherine Klersy;Alessandra Balduini

  • Elevated Plasma Vitamin B12 Concentrations Are Independent Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Adult Patients at Nutritional Risk

    Silvia Cappello;Emanuele Cereda;Mariangela Rondanelli;Catherine Klersy

  • Recommendations for management of patients with neuroendocrine liver metastases

    Andrea Frilling;Irvin M. Modlin;Mark Kidd;Christopher Russell

  • A Randomized Trial of Hyperimmune Globulin to Prevent Congenital Cytomegalovirus

    Maria Grazia Revello;Tiziana Lazzarotto;Brunella Guerra;Arsenio Spinillo

  • Interventricular and intraventricular dyssynchrony are common in heart failure patients, regardless of QRS duration

    Stefano Ghio;Cristina Constantin;Catherine Klersy;Alessandra Serio

  • Four-year efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy on exercise tolerance and disease progression: the importance of performing atrioventricular junction ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation.

    Maurizio Gasparini;Angelo Auricchio;François Regoli;Cecilia Fantoni

  • TNM Staging of Neoplasms of the Endocrine Pancreas: Results From a Large International Cohort Study

    Guido Rindi;M Falconi;C Klersy;L Albarello

  • Effect of Long-Detection Interval vs Standard-Detection Interval for Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators on Antitachycardia Pacing and Shock Delivery: The ADVANCE III Randomized Clinical Trial

    Maurizio Gasparini;Alessandro Proclemer;Catherine Klersy;Axel Kloppe

  • A Meta-Analysis of Remote Monitoring of Heart Failure Patients

    Catherine Klersy;Annalisa De Silvestri;Gabriella Gabutti;François Regoli

  • ECL cell tumor and poorly differentiated endocrine carcinoma of the stomach: prognostic evaluation by pathological analysis.

    Guido Rindi;Cinzia Azzoni;Stefano La Rosa;Catherine Klersy

  • Long-term outcome and risk stratification in dilated cardiolaminopathies.

    Michele Pasotti;Catherine Klersy;Andrea Pilotto;Nicola Marziliano

  • Nutritional status in older persons according to healthcare setting: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence data using MNA(®).

    Emanuele Cereda;Carlo Pedrolli;Catherine Klersy;Chiara Bonardi

  • Whey protein, amino acids, and vitamin D supplementation with physical activity increases fat-free mass and strength, functionality, and quality of life and decreases inflammation in sarcopenic elderly

    Mariangela Rondanelli;Catherine Klersy;Gilles Terracol;Jacopo Talluri

Frequent Co-Authors

Angelo Auricchio
Angelo Auricchio Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Gino Roberto Corazza
Gino Roberto Corazza University of Pavia
Luigi Tavazzi
Luigi Tavazzi University of Ferrara
Enrico Solcia
Enrico Solcia University of Pavia
Giorgio Ciprandi
Giorgio Ciprandi University of Genoa
Carlomaurizio Montecucco
Carlomaurizio Montecucco University of Pavia
Giampaolo Merlini
Giampaolo Merlini University of Pavia
Marco Paulli
Marco Paulli University of Pavia
Roberto Caporali
Roberto Caporali University of Milan
Eloisa Arbustini
Eloisa Arbustini Policlinico San Matteo Fondazione

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