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Overview

Yigal M. Pinto is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research portfolio spans a range of topics within medicine, with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist has contributed extensively to various fields of study, including:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields of their research include:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Infectious Diseases

Main topics examined in their work are:

  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation

Yigal M. Pinto's recent notable publications include:

  • "Shared genetic pathways contribute to risk of hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies with opposite directions of effect," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "Improving electrocardiogram-based detection of rare genetic heart disease using transfer learning: An application to phospholamban p.Arg14del mutation carriers," 2021, Computers in Biology and Medicine
  • "Interpretation and actionability of genetic variants in cardiomyopathies: a position statement from the European Society of Cardiology Council on cardiovascular genomics," 2021, European Heart Journal
  • "Impairment of the ER/mitochondria compartment in human cardiomyocytes with PLN p.Arg14del mutation," 2021, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • "Development and validation of a decision support tool for the diagnosis of acute heart failure: systematic review, meta-analysis, and modelling study," 2022, BMJ

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Netherlands Heart Journal
  • Nature Genetics
  • European Heart Journal
  • Circulation
  • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Arthur A.M. Wilde
  • Ahmad S. Amin
  • H T Jørstad
  • J C Van Hattum
  • S. Matthijs Boekholdt

Best Publications

  • Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of myocarditis: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases.

    Alida L. P. Caforio;Sabine Pankuweit;Eloisa Arbustini;Cristina Basso

  • NT-proBNP testing for diagnosis and short-term prognosis in acute destabilized heart failure : an international pooled analysis of 1256 patients : the International Collaborative of NT-proBNP Study

    James L. Januzzi;Roland van Kimmenade;John Lainchbury;Antoni Bayes-Genis

  • Galectin-3 marks activated macrophages in failure-prone hypertrophied hearts and contributes to cardiac dysfunction.

    Umesh C. Sharma;Saraswati Pokharel;Thomas J. van Brakel;Jop H. van Berlo

  • Circulating MicroRNAs: Novel Biomarkers and Extracellular Communicators in Cardiovascular Disease?

    Esther E. Creemers;Anke J. Tijsen;Yigal M. Pinto

  • Proposal for a revised definition of dilated cardiomyopathy, hypokinetic non-dilated cardiomyopathy, and its implications for clinical practice : a position statement of the ESC working group on myocardial and pericardial diseases

    Yigal M Pinto;Perry M Elliott;Eloisa Arbustini;Yehuda Adler

  • miR-133 and miR-30 Regulate Connective Tissue Growth Factor Implications for a Role of MicroRNAs in Myocardial Matrix Remodeling

    Rudy F. Duisters;Anke J. Tijsen;Blanche Schroen;Joost J. Leenders

  • MiR423-5p As a Circulating Biomarker for Heart Failure

    Anke J. Tijsen;Esther E. Creemers;Perry D. Moerland;Leon J. de Windt

  • Utility of Amino-Terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide, Galectin-3, and Apelin for the Evaluation of Patients With Acute Heart Failure

    Roland R. van Kimmenade;James L. Januzzi;Patrick T. Ellinor;Umesh C. Sharma

  • Atlas of the clinical genetics of human dilated cardiomyopathy

    Jan Haas;Karen S. Frese;Barbara Peil;Wanda Kloos

  • Risk Factors for Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias in Lamin A/C Mutation Carriers A European Cohort Study

    Ingrid A.W. van Rijsingen;Eloisa Arbustini;Perry M. Elliott;Jens Mogensen

  • Meta-analysis of clinical characteristics of 299 carriers of LMNA gene mutations: do lamin A/C mutations portend a high risk of sudden death?

    Jop H. van Berlo;Willem G. de Voogt;Anneke J. van der Kooi;J. Peter van Tintelen

  • Molecular mechanisms that control interstitial fibrosis in the pressure-overloaded heart

    Esther E. Creemers;Yigal M. Pinto

  • Lessons from rat models of hypertension: from Goldblatt to genetic engineering

    Yigal M Pinto;Martin Paul;Martin Paul;Detlev Ganten;Detlev Ganten

  • Diagnostic work-up in cardiomyopathies: bridging the gap between clinical phenotypes and final diagnosis. A position statement from the ESC Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases

    Claudio Rapezzi;Eloisa Arbustini;Alida L P Caforio;Philippe Charron

  • Pivotal role of cardiomyocyte TGF-β signaling in the murine pathological response to sustained pressure overload

    Norimichi Koitabashi;Thomas Danner;Ari L. Zaiman;Yigal M. Pinto

  • Primary prevention of sudden death in patients with lamin A/C gene mutations

    Christophe Meune;Jop H. Van Berlo;Frédéric Anselme;Gisèle Bonne

  • Conditional dicer gene deletion in the postnatal myocardium provokes spontaneous cardiac remodeling.

    Paula A. da Costa Martins;Meriem Bourajjaj;Monika Gladka;Mara Kortland

  • Relevance of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors after myocardial infarction: a temporal and spatial window.

    Davy Vanhoutte;Mark Schellings;Yigal Pinto;Stephane Heymans;Stephane Heymans

  • Impaired Renal Clearance Explains Elevated Troponin T Fragments in Hemodialysis Patients

    Jart H.C. Diris;Christian M. Hackeng;Jeroen P. Kooman;Yigal M. Pinto

  • Circular RNAs open a new chapter in cardiovascular biology.

    Simona Aufiero;Yolan J. Reckman;Yigal M. Pinto;Esther E. Creemers

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur A.M. Wilde
Arthur A.M. Wilde University of Amsterdam
Stephane Heymans
Stephane Heymans Maastricht University
Antoni Bayes-Genis
Antoni Bayes-Genis Autonomous University of Barcelona
Perry M. Elliott
Perry M. Elliott University College London
James L. Januzzi
James L. Januzzi Harvard University
Wiek H. van Gilst
Wiek H. van Gilst University Medical Center Groningen
Eloisa Arbustini
Eloisa Arbustini Policlinico San Matteo Fondazione
Rudolf A. de Boer
Rudolf A. de Boer University Medical Center Groningen
Marco Metra
Marco Metra University of Brescia

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