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Francesco Cosentino is affiliated with Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of medical research, particularly within medicine and its subfields. Their expertise spans endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, surgery, and pharmacology. This multidisciplinary background reflects a broad interest in complex health issues, with a substantial focus on diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

Their research topics include:

  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Francesco Cosentino frequently publishes in academic venues that cover cardiovascular medicine and diabetes, with notable appearances in:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • European Journal of Heart Failure
  • Cardiovascular Diabetology

Their recent papers cover guidelines and clinical outcomes related to cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Key publications include:

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Cardiovascular Outcomes with Ertugliflozin in Type 2 Diabetes, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, 2023, European Heart Journal
  • Association of SGLT2 Inhibitors With Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, 2020, JAMA Cardiology
  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice, 2021, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Research collaboration is a significant aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Samuel Dagogo-Jack
  • Richard E. Pratley
  • Christopher P. Cannon
  • Robert Frederich
  • David Z.I. Cherney

This collaborative network and the publication venues indicate a focus on cardiovascular complications related to diabetes, with an emphasis on clinical guidelines, outcomes research in glucose-lowering therapies, and cardiovascular risk management.

Best Publications

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

    Frank L J Visseren;François Mach;Yvo M Smulders;David Carballo

  • 2019 ESC Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases developed in collaboration with the EASD

    Francesco Cosentino;Peter J Grant;Victor Aboyans;Clifford J Bailey

  • Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases: executive summary. The Task Force on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).

    Lars Rydén;Eberhard Standl;Małgorzata Bartnik;Greet Van den Berghe

  • Diabetes and Vascular Disease Pathophysiology, Clinical Consequences, and Medical Therapy: Part I

    Thomas F. Lüscher;Mark A. Creager;Joshua A. Beckman;Francesco Cosentino

  • Diabetes and vascular disease: pathophysiology, clinical consequences, and medical therapy: part I

    Joshua A. Beckman;Francesco Paneni;Francesco Paneni;Francesco Cosentino;Francesco Cosentino;Mark A. Creager

  • Cardiovascular Outcomes with Ertugliflozin in Type 2 Diabetes

    Christopher P. Cannon;Richard Pratley;Samuel Dagogo-Jack;James Mancuso

  • ESC guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases developed in collaboration with the EASD - summary.

    pre-diabetes Task Force on diabetes;Lars Rydén

  • High Glucose Increases Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression and Superoxide Anion Generation in Human Aortic Endothelial Cells

    Francesco Cosentino;Keiichi Hishikawa;Zvonimir S. Katusic;Thomas F. Lüscher

  • Association of SGLT2 Inhibitors With Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-analysis.

    Darren K. McGuire;Weichung J. Shih;Weichung J. Shih;Francesco Cosentino;Bernard Charbonnel

  • Tetrahydrobiopterin restores endothelial function in hypercholesterolemia.

    E Stroes;J Kastelein;F Cosentino;W Erkelens

  • The role of vascular biomarkers for primary and secondary prevention. A position paper from the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on peripheral circulation: Endorsed by the Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology (ARTERY) Society.

    Charalambos Vlachopoulos;Panagiotis Xaplanteris;Victor Aboyans;Marianne Brodmann

  • ESC Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases developed in collaboration with the EASD. The Task Force on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and developed in collaboration with the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)

    Lars Rydén;Peter J. Grant;Stefan D. Anker;Christian Berne

  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart failure: a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

    Petar M. Seferović;Mark C. Petrie;Gerasimos S. Filippatos;Stefan D. Anker

  • High Glucose Causes Upregulation of Cyclooxygenase-2 and Alters Prostanoid Profile in Human Endothelial Cells Role of Protein Kinase C and Reactive Oxygen Species

    Francesco Cosentino;Masato Eto;Paola De Paolis;Bernd V. Van der Loo

  • Statin Prevents Tissue Factor Expression in Human Endothelial Cells Role of Rho/Rho-Kinase and Akt Pathways

    Masato Eto;Toshiyuki Kozai;Francesco Cosentino;Hana Joch

  • Tetrahydrobiopterin alters superoxide and nitric oxide release in prehypertensive rats.

    F Cosentino;S Patton;L V d'Uscio;E R Werner

  • Atherosclerosis and the two faces of endothelial nitric oxide synthase

    Robert M. F. Wever;Thomas F. Lüscher;Francesco Cosentino;Ton J. Rabelink

  • Ageing, metabolism and cardiovascular disease

    Sarah Costantino;Francesco Paneni;Francesco Cosentino

  • Phase III randomised clinical trial comparing primary surgery versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer with high tumour load (SCORPION trial): Final analysis of peri-operative outcome.

    Anna Fagotti;Gabriella Ferrandina;Giuseppe Vizzielli;Francesco Fanfani

  • The 2019 ESC Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases developed in collaboration with the EASDNew features and the ‘Ten Commandments’ of the 2019 Guidelines are discussed by Professor Peter J. Grant and Professor Francesco Cosentino, the Task Force chairmen

    Peter J Grant;Francesco Cosentino

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas F. Lüscher
Thomas F. Lüscher University of Zurich
Massimo Volpe
Massimo Volpe Sapienza University of Rome
Giovanni Scambia
Giovanni Scambia Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Gabriella Ferrandina
Gabriella Ferrandina Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Nikolaus Marx
Nikolaus Marx RWTH Aachen University
Peter J. Grant
Peter J. Grant University of Leeds
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Darren K. McGuire
Darren K. McGuire The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Lars Rydén
Lars Rydén Karolinska Institute
Petar M. Seferovic
Petar M. Seferovic Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

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