2026 Silvia G. Priori: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	173	55	50	2	2	743	196018
Best Scientists	173	754	688	8	8	743	196018
Medicine	173	459	415	11	11	736	196155

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Medicine in Italy Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Medicine in Italy Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Medicine in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Silvia G. Priori is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their main focus lies within Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, alongside significant work in Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Surgery, and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

Their research covers several main topics including:

Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
Ion channel regulation and function
Cardiovascular effects of exercise
Cardiac arrhythmias and treatments
Cardiomyopathy and myosin studies
Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
ECG monitoring and analysis

Priori has published numerous papers across prominent journals. Some recent publications include:

2022 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death, 2022, European Heart Journal
Reduction of hospitalizations for myocardial infarction in Italy in the COVID-19 era, 2020, European Heart Journal
A Network of Macrophages Supports Mitochondrial Homeostasis in the Heart, 2020, Cell
Desmoplakin Cardiomyopathy, a Fibrotic and Inflammatory Form of Cardiomyopathy Distinct From Typical Dilated or Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, 2020, Circulation
Transethnic Genome-Wide Association Study Provides Insights in the Genetic Architecture and Heritability of Long QT Syndrome, 2020, Circulation

The scientist frequently publishes in several leading venues, with the most common including:

European Heart Journal
Circulation
EP Europace
Heart Rhythm
Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Co-authors commonly collaborating with Silvia G. Priori include:

Andrea Mazzanti
Deni Kukavica
Alessandro Trancuccio
Carlo Napolitano
Raffaella Bloise

Best Publications

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

20522
Citations
ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2001 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation): Developed in Collaboration With the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society

Valentin Fuster;Lars E. Rydén;David S. Cannom;Harry J. Crijns

8627
Citations
European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (version 2012) : the fifth joint task force of the European society of cardiology and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by representatives of nine societies and by invited experts).

J Perk;G De Backer;H Gohlke;I Graham

5454
Citations
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

5098
Citations
From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II.

Morteza Naghavi;Peter Libby;Erling Falk;S. Ward Casscells;S. Ward Casscells

4689
Citations
2003 European society of hypertension - European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

G Mancia;EA Rosei;R Cifkova;G DeBacker

4126
Citations
Universal definition of myocardial infarction.

Kristian Thygesen;Joseph S. Alpert;Harvey D. White;Allan S. Jaffe

3737
Citations
Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease The Task Force on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology

Alec Vahanian;Helmut Baumgartner;Jeroen Bax;Eric Butchart

3498
Citations
European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Third Joint Task Force of European and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice.

Guy De Backer;Ettore Ambrosioni;Knut Borch-Johnsen;Carlos Brotons

3478
Citations
2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: The Task Force for the Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC)

Silvia Giuliana Priori

3180
Citations
American College of Cardiology/European Society of Cardiology clinical expert consensus document on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines

Barry J. Maron;William J. McKenna;Gordon K. Danielson;Lukas J. Kappenberger

2896
Citations
ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death)

Douglas P. Zipes;A. John Camm;Martin Borggrefe;Alfred E. Buxton

2828
Citations
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

2539
Citations
European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: full text. Fourth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by representatives of nine societies and by invited experts).

Ian Graham;Dan Atar;Knut Borch-Johnsen;Knut Borch-Johnsen;Gudrun Boysen

2493
Citations
2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: The Task Force for the Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC).

Silvia G. Priori;Carina Blomström-Lundqvist

2434
Citations
HRS/EHRA/APHRS expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of patients with inherited primary arrhythmia syndromes: document endorsed by HRS, EHRA, and APHRS in May 2013 and by ACCF, AHA, PACES, and AEPC in June 2013.

Silvia G. Priori;Arthur A. Wilde;Minoru Horie;Yongkeun Cho

2343
Citations
Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in the Long-QT Syndrome Gene-Specific Triggers for Life-Threatening Arrhythmias

Peter J. Schwartz;Silvia G Priori;Carla Spazzolini;Arthur J Moss

2168
Citations
HRS/EHRA Expert Consensus Statement on the State of Genetic Testing for the Channelopathies and Cardiomyopathies: This document was developed as a partnership between the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)

Michael J. Ackerman;Silvia G. Priori;Stephan Willems;Charles Berul

1994
Citations
ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death

Douglas P. Zipes;A. John Camm;Martin Borggrefe;Alfred E. Buxton

961
Citations
2015 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death.

Silvia G. Priori;Carina Blomström-Lundqvist;Andrea Mazzanti;Nico Blom

580
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo Napolitano University of Pavia

Peter J. Schwartz Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Arthur J. Moss University of Rochester Medical Center

Andrea Mazzanti University of Pavia

Kenneth Dickstein University of Bergen

Arthur A.M. Wilde University of Amsterdam

jeffrey a towbin St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Wojciech Zareba University of Rochester Medical Center

Josep Brugada University of Barcelona

Jaap W. Deckers Erasmus University Rotterdam

External Links

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