Alessandro Parolari

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Specialty:

Cardiac Surgery Cardiovascular Diseases

Profession:

Cardiac Surgeon

Location:

Department of Cardiac Surgery @ Policlinico San Donato

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Biography

Professor Alessandro Parolari is the Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery and Translational Research at the Clinical Research Institute Policlinico San Donato and Resident Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Milan.

He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in Parma in 1988 and specialized in cardiac surgery at the University of Milan in 1993.

From 1997 to 1998, he passed scientific practice at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and received his doctorate in the pathophysiology of surgical heart and thoracic organ diseases at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in 1999.

Professor Parolari has worked at the Cardiology Center named after Monzino since 1993, first as a Research Assistant until he became the Head of the Department of Clinical Research in Atherothrombosis and the Senior Assistant in cardiac surgery. Since 2015, he has performed all types of cardiac surgery in adults, especially in the surgical treatment of heart valves, coronary vessels and aorta at the Policlinico San Donato Clinical Research Institute. He has performed over 3,000 surgeries as the first surgeon.

He has 222 SCOPUS-reviewed scientific publications, including 194 Impact Factor publications, a total IF is 887 and an average IF is 4.6. The total number of citations of scientific publications is 4268; Hirsch index is 36 (Scopus).

He is a Reviewer for the most prominent adult cardiovascular surgery journals and Associate Editor for cardiac surgery in the Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine. In addition, he is a member of the editorial committee of the journal Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia, as well as the Scientific Editor of the journal PLOS ONE.

Professor Parolari served as Scientific Secretary of the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery from 2013 to 2020; since 2017 he has been Chairman of the Board of Fondazione Cuore Domani SICCH Research ONLUS Foundation and from 2018 to 2020 he was the Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery.

He is a Deputy Chairman of the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery and Chairman-Elect of the Italian Society of Cardiac Surgery (for 2023-2024).

Education

University of Parma
Diploma in Medicine and Surgery - 1988

University of Milan
Specialization in cardiac surgery - 1993

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Clinical Officer in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery - 1998

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Doctorate in the specialty “Pathophysiology of surgical diseases of the heart and chest organs” - 1999

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Publications

Latest publications

Coagulation and fibrinolytic markers in a twomonth followup of coronary bypass surgery.

The Journal Of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Parolari A, Colli S, Mussoni L, Eligini S, Naliato M, Wang X, Gandini S, Tremoli E, Biglioli P, Alamanni F.

Biological effects of offpump vs. onpump coronary artery surgery: focus on inflammation, hemostasis and oxidative stress.

European Journal Of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Biglioli P, Cannata A, Alamanni F, Naliato M, Porqueddu M, Zanobini M, Tremoli E, Parolari A.

Increased prothrombotic state lasting as long as one month after on-pump and off-pump coronary surgery.

The Journal Of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Parolari A, Mussoni L, Frigerio M, Naliato M, Alamanni F, Galanti A, Fiore G, Veglia F, Tremoli E, Biglioli P, Camera M.

Metaanalysis of randomized trials comparing offpump with onpump coronary bypass graft patency.

The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery

Parolari A, Alamanni F, Polvani G, Agrifoglio M, Chen YB, Kassem S, Veglia F, Tremoli E, Biglioli P.

Performance of EuroSCORE in CABG and OPCAB: single institution experience and metaanalysis.

European Heart Journal

Parolari A, Pesce LL, Trezzi M, Loardi C, Kassem S, Brambillasca C, Miguel B, Tremoli E, Biglioli P, Alamanni F.

Biology of mitral valve prolapse: The harvest is big, but the workers are few.

International Journal Cardiology

Loardi C, Alamanni F, Trezzi M, Kassem S, Cavallotti L, Tremoli E, Pacini D, Parolari A.

Do statins improve outcomes and delay the progression of nonrheumatic calcific aortic stenosis?

Heart

Parolari A, Tremoli E, Cavallotti L, Trezzi M, Kassem S, Loardi C, Veglia F, Ferrari G, Pacini D, Alamanni F.

Research Group on Cardiac Surgery Outcomes. Risk factors for perioperative acute kidney injury after adult cardiac surgery: role of perioperative management.

The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery

Parolari A, Pesce LL, Pacini D, Mazzanti V, Salis S,Sciacovelli C, Rossi F, Alamanni F, Monzino

Does EuroSCORE II perform better than its original versions? A multicentre validation study.

European Heart Journal

Barili F, Pacini D, Capo A, Rasovic O, Grossi C, Alamanni F, Di Bartolomeo R, Parolari A.

Biological features of thoracic aortic diseases. Where are we now, where are we heading to: established and emerging biomarkers and molecular pathways.

European Journal Cardiothoracic Surgery

Parolari A, Tremoli E, Songia P, Pilozzi A, Di Bartolomeo R, Alamanni F, Mestres CA, Pacini D.

Reliability of new scores in predicting perioperative mortality after isolated aortic valve surgery: a comparison with the society of thoracic surgeons score and logistic EuroSCORE.

The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery

Barili F, Pacini D, Capo A, Ardemagni E, Pellicciari G, Zanobini M, Grossi C, Shahin KM, Alamanni F, Di Bartolomeo R, Parolari A.

Ring or suture annuloplasty for tricuspid regurgitation? A metaanalysis review.

The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery.

Parolari A, Barili F, Pilozzi A, Pacini D.

Myocardial revascularisation for Patients With Diabetes: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?

The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery

Castelvecchio S, Menicanti L, Garatti A, Tramarin R, Volpe M, Parolari A.

The Impact of EuroSCORE II Risk Factors on Prediction of Long-Term Mortality.

The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery

Barili F, Pacini D, D'Ovidio M, Dang NC, Alamanni F, Di Bartolomeo R, Grossi C, Davoli M, Fusco D, Parolari A.

Coronary Bypass Grafting: Factors Related to Late Events and Graft Patency (CAGE) study investigators. D-dimer is associated with arterial and venous coronary artery bypass graft occlusion.

Journal Of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Parolari A, Cavallotti L, Andreini D, Myasoedova V, Banfi C, Camera M, Poggio P, Barili F, Pontone G, Mussoni L, Centenaro C, Alamanni F, Tremoli E.

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