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Massimo F. Piepoli is affiliated with the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Italy. The scientist's research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their work encompasses various subfields including Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main topics in Massimo F. Piepoli's research include:

  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation Studies
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

The scientist has contributed to a notable number of publications across several frequent venues:

  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (130 publications)
  • European Journal of Heart Failure (60 publications)
  • European Heart Journal (25 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (16 publications)
  • ESC Heart Failure (15 publications)

Massimo F. Piepoli has collaborated extensively with the following coauthors:

  • Marco Metra (87 joint publications)
  • Géza Hálasz (71 joint publications)
  • Andrew J.S. Coats (70 joint publications)
  • Piergiuseppe Agostoni (65 joint publications)
  • Ovidiu Chioncel (55 joint publications)

Selected recent papers include:

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure (2021, European Heart Journal)
  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (2021, European Heart Journal)
  • 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure (2022, European Journal of Heart Failure)
  • 2023 Focused Update of the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure (2023, European Heart Journal)
  • 2020 ESC Guidelines on sports cardiology and exercise in patients with cardiovascular disease (2020, European Heart Journal)

Best Publications

  • 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

    Giuseppe Mancia;Robert Fagard;Krzysztof Narkiewicz;Josep Redon

  • 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC.

    Piotr Ponikowski;Adriaan A. Voors;Stefan D. Anker;Héctor Bueno

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure.

    Theresa A McDonagh;Marco Metra;Marianna Adamo;Roy S Gardner

  • 2016 European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

    Massimo F. Piepoli;Arno W. Hoes;Stefan Agewall;Christian Albus

  • 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular riskThe Task Force for the management of dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)

    François Mach;Colin Baigent;Alberico L Catapano;Konstantinos C Koskinas

  • 2013 ESC guidelines on the management of stable coronary artery disease: the Task Force on the management of stable coronary artery disease of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Gilles Montalescot;Udo Sechtem;Stephan Achenbach;Felicita Andreotti

  • ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: the Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008 of the European Society of Cardiology. Developed in collaboration with the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA) and endorsed by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).

    Kenneth Dickstein;Alain Cohen-Solal;Gerasimos Filippatos;John J V McMurray

  • 2013 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy : The Task Force on cardiac pacing and resynchronization therapy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)

    Michele Brignole;Angelo Auricchio;Gonzalo Baron-Esquivias;Pierre Bordachar

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

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

  • 2014 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization: The Task Force on Myocardial Revascularization of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)Developed with the special contribution of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI).

    Stephan Windecker;Philippe Kolh;Fernando Alfonso;Jean-Philippe Collet

  • 2017 ESC focused update on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease developed in collaboration with EACTS: The Task Force for dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS).

    Marco Valgimigli;Héctor Bueno;Robert A Byrne;Jean-Philippe Collet

  • 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines

    Jose Luis Zamorano;Patrizio Lancellotti;Daniel Rodriguez Muñoz;Victor Aboyans

  • 2017 ESC focused update on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease developed in collaboration with EACTS

    Marco Valgimigli;Héctor Bueno;Robert A. Byrne;Jean-Philippe Collet

  • 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines The Task Force for cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

    Jose Luis Zamorano;Patrizio Lancellotti;Daniel Rodriguez Munoz;Victor Aboyans

  • Exercise training meta-analysis of trials in patients with chronic heart failure (ExTraMATCH).

    MF Piepoli;CH Davos;DP Francis;AJ Coats

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines on sports cardiology and exercise in patients with cardiovascular disease.

    Antonio Pelliccia;Sanjay Sharma;Sabiha Gati;Maria Bäck

  • 2017 ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Diseases, in collaboration with the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)

    Victor Aboyans;Jean-Baptiste Ricco

  • Secondary prevention through cardiac rehabilitation: from knowledge to implementation. A position paper from the Cardiac Rehabilitation Section of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation

    Massimo Francesco Piepoli;Ugo Corrà;Werner Benzer;Birna Bjarnason-Wehrens

  • GUIDELINES FOR PRE-OPERATIVE CARDIAC RISK ASSESSMENT AND PERIOPERATIVE CARDIAC MANAGEMENT IN NON-CARDIAC SURGERY

    Don Poldermans;Jeroen J. Bax;Eric Boersma;Stefan De Hert

  • Guidelines on myocardial revascularization.

    Philippe Kolh;William Wijns;Nicolas Danchin;Carlo Di Mario

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J.S. Coats
Andrew J.S. Coats The Heart Research Institute
Piotr Ponikowski
Piotr Ponikowski Wrocław Medical University
Darrel P. Francis
Darrel P. Francis Imperial College London
Gerasimos Filippatos
Gerasimos Filippatos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Marco Metra
Marco Metra University of Brescia
Frank Ruschitzka
Frank Ruschitzka University of Zurich
Michele Emdin
Michele Emdin Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Tiny Jaarsma
Tiny Jaarsma Linköping University
Héctor Bueno
Héctor Bueno Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research
Marco Guazzi
Marco Guazzi University of Milan

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