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Diego Ardissino

Diego Ardissino

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Medicine

D-Index
76
Citations
61087
World Ranking
18592
National Ranking
750

Overview

Diego Ardissino is affiliated with the University of Parma in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several key subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, genetics, molecular biology, surgery, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Their recent published papers reflect a broad engagement with genomic and cardiovascular research topics. Notable publications include:

  • The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans, 2020, Nature
  • A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics, 2020, Nature
  • A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes, 2023, Nature
  • Transcript expression-aware annotation improves rare variant interpretation, 2020, Nature
  • Characterising the loss-of-function impact of 5' untranslated region variants in 15,708 individuals, 2020, Nature Communications

Diego Ardissino frequently publishes in a range of journals, with a significant number of works appearing in:

  • European Heart Journal Supplements
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications
  • International Journal of Cardiology
  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors who have contributed to multiple publications alongside them. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Giampaolo Niccoli
  • Stacey Gabriel
  • Matthew J. Bown
  • Namrata Gupta
  • Roberto Elosúa

Their research covers various main topics, which include:

  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

In total, Diego Ardissino has contributed to 139 publications in medicine and 48 publications in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. This extensive body of work highlights an interdisciplinary approach, particularly integrating genetics and molecular biology perspectives within the field of cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Best Publications

  • Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans

    Monkol Lek;Konrad J. Karczewski;Konrad J. Karczewski;Eric V. Minikel;Eric V. Minikel;Kaitlin E. Samocha

  • Prasugrel versus Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Stephen D. Wiviott;Eugene Braunwald;Carolyn H. McCabe;Gilles Montalescot

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes

    J.P. Bassand;C.W. Hamm;D. Ardissino;E. Boersma

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Clonal Hematopoiesis and risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

    Siddhartha Jaiswal;Pradeep Natarajan;Pradeep Natarajan;Alexander J. Silver;Christopher J. Gibson

  • Management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation. The Task Force on the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Frans Van de Werf;Diego Ardissino;Amadeo Betriu;Dennis V. Cokkinos

  • Genome-wide association of early-onset myocardial infarction with single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Benjamin F Voight;Shaun Purcell;Kiran Musunuru

  • A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics

    Ryan L Collins;Ryan L Collins;Harrison Brand;Harrison Brand;Konrad J Karczewski;Konrad J Karczewski;Xuefang Zhao;Xuefang Zhao

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify multiple loci associated with smoking behavior

    Helena Furberg;Yunjung Kim;Jennifer Dackor;Eric Boerwinkle

  • Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization

    Matthew T. Roe;Paul W. Armstrong;Keith A.A. Fox;Harvey D. White

  • Reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction with fibrinolytic therapy or combination reduced fibrinolytic therapy and platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition: the GUSTO V randomised trial.

    EJ Topol;AM Lincoff;RM Califf;EM Ohman

  • Diagnostic Yield and Clinical Utility of Sequencing Familial Hypercholesterolemia Genes in Patients With Severe Hypercholesterolemia

    Amit V. Khera;Amit V. Khera;Hong Hee Won;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Kim S. Lawson

  • Loss-of-function mutations in APOC3, triglycerides, and coronary disease

    Jacy Crosby;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;David R. Crosslin

  • Persistent activation of coagulation mechanism in unstable angina and myocardial infarction.

    Piera Angelica Merlini;Kenneth A. Bauer;Luigi Oltrona;Diego Ardissino

  • Prognostic value of the admission electrocardiogram in acute coronary syndromes.

    Stefano Savonitto;Diego Ardissino;Christopher B. Granger;Giorgio Morando

  • Comparison of ticagrelor with clopidogrel in patients with a planned invasive strategy for acute coronary syndromes (PLATO): a randomised double-blind study

    Christopher P Cannon;Robert A Harrington;Stefan James;Diego Ardissino

  • Exome sequencing identifies rare LDLR and APOA5 alleles conferring risk for myocardial infarction

    Ron Do;Ron Do;Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Hong Hee Won;Anders Berg Jørgensen

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

Frequent Co-Authors

Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University
Ruth McPherson
Ruth McPherson University of Ottawa
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Pier Mannuccio Mannucci
Pier Mannuccio Mannucci Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Hugh Watkins
Hugh Watkins University of Oxford
David Altshuler
David Altshuler Harvard University
Flora Peyvandi
Flora Peyvandi University of Milan
Heribert Schunkert
Heribert Schunkert Technical University of Munich
Olle Melander
Olle Melander Lund University
Jeanette Erdmann
Jeanette Erdmann University of Lübeck

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