Roberto Lorusso

Professor

Prof. Roberto Lorusso studied medicine at the University of Milan, Italy and graduated in 1987 magna cum Laude. He worked at Maastricht UMC+ in 1990 at CTC research and in 1996 and 1997 at the academic Hospital of Leuven. In 1998, he successfully obtained his PhD degree at Maastricht University (thesis titled 'Cardiac reinforcement and assistance by electrically stimulated skeletal muscle').

Currently, Prof. Roberto Lorusso is staff member at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Maastricht UMC+, Director of the Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) Program, Full Professor of Cardiac Surgery and ECLS at the Maastricht University and CARIM. His research group is focussed on mechanical circulatory support, minimally invasive valve surgery, coronary surgery, cardiac valve disease, extracorporeal circulation, acute myocardial infarction complications, cardiac valve disease, preclinical and clinical research.

Prof. Roberto Lorusso won the Gasperis-Donatelli Prize in 1989, a Young Investigator Award in 1995 and the Lillehei Award in 1998 by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. He was Scientific Secretary of the Italian Society for Cardiac Surgery in 2007 and 2008, President of Euro-ELSO (2015-2017), and he is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Multi-Media Manual of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery as well as member of the ELSO Executive Committee.

He has almost 300 publications in PubMed, and has given more than 300 presentations at international meetings as invited speaker. He is Principal Investigator of international multicentre clinical studies and grant receiver from several funding bodies for clinical as well as pre-clinical investigations.

Department of Cardiothoracic surgery
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
Room number: D.2037
T: +31(0)43 387 60 32

2013
- La Meir, M., Gelsomino, S., Luca, F., Pison, L., Colella, A., Lorusso, R., Crudeli, E., Gensini, G. F., Crijns, H. G., & Maessen, J. (2013). Minimal invasive surgery for atrial fibrillation: an updated review. EP Europace, 15(2), 170-182. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eus216
2012
- van Garsse, L., Gelsomino, S., Parise, O., Luca, F., Cheriex, E., Lorusso, R., Vizzardi, E., Rao, C. M., Gensini, G. F., & Maessen, J. (2012). Systolic Papillary Muscle Dyssynchrony Predicts Recurrence of Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (ICM) Undergoing Mitral Valve Repair. Echocardiography-A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques, 29(10), 1191-1200. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8175.2012.01789.x
- La Meir, M., Gelsomino, S., Lorusso, R., Luca, F., Pison, L., Parise, O., Wellens, F., Gensini, G. F., & Maessen, J. (2012). The hybrid approach for the surgical treatment of lone atrial fibrillation: One-year results employing a monopolar radiofrequency source. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 7, 71. https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-7-71
- Gelsomino, S., La Meir, M., Luca, F., Lorusso, R., Crudeli, E., Vasquez, L., Gensini, G. F., & Maessen, J. (2012). Treatment of lone atrial fibrillation: a look at the past, a view of the present and a glance at the future. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 41(6), 1284-1294. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezr222
- Gelsomino, S., Maessen, J. G., van der Veen, F., Livi, U., Renzulli, A., Luca, F., Carella, R., Crudeli, E., Rubino, A., Rostagno, C., Russo, C., Borghetti, V., Beghi, C., De Bonis, M., Gensini, G. F., & Lorusso, R. (2012). Emergency Surgery for Native Mitral Valve Endocarditis: The Impact of Septic and Cardiogenic Shock. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 93(5), 1469-1476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.11.025
- van Garsse, L., Gelsomino, S., Luca, F., Lorusso, R., Rao, C. M., Stefano, P., & Maessen, J. (2012). Importance of anterior leaflet tethering in predicting recurrence of ischemic mitral regurgitation after restrictive annuloplasty. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 143(4), S54-S59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.09.061
- Lorusso, R., Gelsomino, S., Luca, F., De Cicco, G., Bille, G., Carella, R., Villa, E., Troise, G., Vigano, M., Banfi, C., Gazzaruso, C., Gagliardotto, P., Menicanti, L., Formica, F., Paolini, G., Benussi, S., Alfieri, O., Pastore, M., Ferrarese, S., ... Giustina, A. (2012). Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Is Associated With Faster Degeneration of Bioprosthetic Valve Results From a Propensity Score-Matched Italian Multicenter Study. Circulation, 125(4), 604-614. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.025064
2011
- Gelsomino, S., van Garsse, L., Luca, F., Lorusso, R., Cheriex, E., Rao, C. M., Caciolli, S., Vizzardi, E., Crudeli, E., Stefano, P., Gensini, G. F., & Maessen, J. (2011). Impact of Preoperative Anterior Leaflet Tethering on the Recurrence of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation and the Lack of Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling after Restrictive Annuloplasty. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 24(12), 1365-1375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2011.09.015
- Gelsomino, S., Lorusso, R., Livi, U., Masullo, G., Luca, F., Maessen, J., & Gensini, G. F. (2011). Cost and cost-effectiveness of cardiac surgery in elderly patients. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 142(5), 1062-1073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.02.013
- Gelsomino, S., Luca, F., Renzulli, A., Rubino, A. S., Romano, S. M., van der Veen, F. H., Carella, R., Maessen, J. G., Gensini, G. F., & Lorusso, R. (2011). Increased Coronary Blood Flow and Cardiac Contractile Efficiency With Intraaortic Balloon Counterpulsation in a Porcine Model of Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Asaio Journal, 57(5), 375-381. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0b013e31822c1539

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