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

2022
- Zaaqoq, A. M., & Lorusso, R. (2022). "Awake" extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A challenge worth taking. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 37(12), 4543-4544. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.17078
- Corazzari, C., Matteucci, M., Kołodziejczak, M., Kowalewski, M., Formenti, A. M., Giustina, A., Beghi, C., Barili, F., & Lorusso, R. (2022). Impact of preoperative glycometabolic status on outcomes in cardiac surgery: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 164(6), 1950-1960.e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.05.035
- Di Mauro, M., Bonalumi, G., Giambuzzi, I., Messi, P., Cargoni, M., Paparella, D., Lorusso, R., & Calafiore, A. M. (2022). Mitral valve repair with artificial chords: Tips and tricks. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 37(12), 4081-4087. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.17076
- Khamees, K. A., Grasso, E., Ibrahim, A., Abdallah, H., Adbelhamed, M. I., Sayin, O., & Lorusso, R. (2022). Single-center experience of LVAD implantation in patients with sickle-cell trait: A retrospective analysis. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 37(12), 4816-4824. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.17145
- Bol, M. E., Huckriede, J. B., van de Pas, K. G. H., Delhaas, T., Lorusso, R., Nicolaes, G. A. F., Sels, J. E. M., & van de Poll, M. C. G. (2022). Multimodal measurement of glycocalyx degradation during coronary artery bypass grafting. Frontiers in medicine, 9, 1045728. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.1045728
- Raasveld, S. J., Volleman, C., Combes, A., Broman, L. M., Taccone, F. S., Peters, E., Ten Berg, S., van den Brom, C. E., Thiele, H., Lorusso, R., Henriques, J. P. S., & Vlaar, A. P. J. (2022). Knowledge gaps and research priorities in adult veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a scoping review. Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, 10(1), Article 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40635-022-00478-z
- Nasso, G., Condello, I., Santarpino, G., Di Bari, N., Moscarelli, M., Agro, F. E., Lorusso, R., & Speziale, G. (2022). Continuous field flooding versus final one-shot CO2 insufflation in minimally invasive mitral valve repair. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 17(1), Article 279. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-022-02020-4
- Mariani, S., Lorusso, R., & Schmitto, J. D. (2022). Right Ventricular Failure and Lateral Thoracotomy: The Monster Medusa and the Holy Grail REPLY. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 114(5), 1980-1981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.01.036
- Willers, A., Swol, J., Van Kuijk, S. M. J., Buscher, H., McQuilten, Z., Ten Cate, H., Rycus, P. T., McKellar, S., Lorusso, R., & Tonna, J. E. (2022). HEROES V-A-HEmoRrhagic cOmplications in veno-arterial Extracorporeal life Support-Development and internal validation of a multivariable prediction model in adult patients. Artificial Organs, 46(11), 2266-2283. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14340
- Maybauer, M. O., Lorusso, R., & Swol, J. (2022). The ProtekDuo cannula for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A game changer in COVID-19!Artificial Organs, 46(11), 2107-2108. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14370
- Kowalówka, A. R., Kowalewski, M., Wańha, W., Kołodziejczak, M., Mariani, S., Li, T., Pasierski, M., Łoś, A., Stefaniak, S., Malinowski, M., Gocoł, R., Hudziak, D., Bachowski, R., Wojakowski, W., Jemielity, M., Rogowski, J., Lorusso, R., Suwalski, P., & Deja, M. (2022). Surgical and transcatheter aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis in low-risk elective patients: Analysis of the Aortic Valve Replacement in Elective Patients From the Aortic Valve Multicenter Registry. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.10.026
- Nasso, G., Lorusso, R., Di Bari, N., Condello, I., Agro, F. E., Fiore, F., Bonifazi, R., Santarpino, G., & Speziale, G. (2022). Hybrid approach for long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation: immediate versus staged treatment. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 17(1), Article 274. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-022-02019-x
- Ganushchak, Y. M., Kurniawati, E. R., van der Horst, I. C. C., van Kuijk, S. M. J., Weerwind, P. W., Lorusso, R., & Maessen, J. G. (2022). Patterns of oxygen debt repayment in cardiogenic shock patients sustained with extracorporeal life support: A retrospective study. Journal of Critical Care, 71, Article 154044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2022.154044
- Kowalewski, M., Wańha, W., Litwinowicz, R., Kołodziejczak, M., Pasierski, M., Januszek, R., Kuźma, Ł., Grygier, M., Lesiak, M., Kapłon-Cieślicka, A., Reczuch, K., Gil, R., Pawłowski, T., Bartuś, K., Dobrzycki, S., Lorusso, R., Bartuś, S., Deja, M. A., Smolka, G., ... Suwalski, P. (2022). Stand-Alone Left Atrial appendage occlusion for throMboembolism prevention in nonvalvular Atrial fibrillatioN DiseasE Registry (SALAMANDER): protocol for a prospective observational nationwide study. BMJ Open, 12(9), Article e063990. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063990
- Mandigers, L., Boersma, E., den Uil, C. A., Gommers, D., Bělohlávek, J., Belliato, M., Lorusso, R., & Dos Reis Miranda, D. (2022). Systematic review and Meta-analysis comparing low-flow duration of extracorporeal and conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 35(4), Article ivac219. https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivac219
- Lorusso, R., Ravaux, J. M., Pollari, F., Folliguet, T. A., Kappert, U., Meuris, B., Shrestha, M. L., Roselli, E. E., Bonaros, N., Fabre, O., Corbi, P., Troise, G., Andreas, M., Pinaud, F., Pfeiffer, S., Kueri, S., Tan, E., Voisine, P., Girdauskas, E., ... PERSIST-AVR Investigators (2022). Pacemaker implantation after sutureless or stented valve: results from a controlled randomized trial. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 62(4), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezac164
- Perazzo, A., Salerno, P. R. V. D., Paulino, M. F., Caliari, V. D., Ribeiro, I. M., Lorusso, R., Lima, R. D., & Salerno, P. R. (2022). Surgical Ostioplasty of the Left Main Coronary Artery: An Alternative to Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Treatment of Left Main Stem Isolated Ostial Stenosis-A Case Series. Surgical Techniques Developments, 11(2), 62-70. https://doi.org/10.3390/std11020006
- Swol, J., Tonna, J. E., & Lorusso, R. (2022). A new stick in the bunch of reporting guidelines. Artificial Organs, 46(9), 1725-1726. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14352
- Ronco, D., Matteucci, M., Massimi, G., & Lorusso, R. (2022). Concomitant surgical revascularization in postinfarction ventricular septal rupture and ventricular aneurysm repair: A straightforward indication or a prognostic factor?Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 37(9), 2703-2705. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.16673
- Kowalewski, M., Pasierski, M., Finke, J., Kołodziejczak, M., Staromłyński, J., Litwinowicz, R., Filip, G., Kowalówka, A., Wańha, W., Bławat, P., Łoś, A., Stefaniak, S., Wojakowski, W., Jemielity, M., Rogowski, J., Deja, M., Jagielak, D., Bartus, K., Sierakowska, K., ... Thoracic Research Centre (2022). Permanent pacemaker implantation after valve and arrhythmia surgery in patients with pre-operative atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm, 19(9), 1442-1449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.04.007
- Meani, P., Kowalewski, M., Raffa, G. M., & Lorusso, R. (2022). Unloading the left ventricle in venoarterial extracorporeal life support: The urgent need of speaking the same language!JTCVS open, 11, 146-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2022.04.042
- Pasierski, M., Czarnecka, K., Staromłyński, J., Litwinowicz, R., Filip, G., Kowalówka, A., Wańha, W., Kołodziejczak, M., Piekuś-Słomka, N., Łoś, A., Stefaniak, S., Wojakowski, W., Jemielity, M., Rogowski, J., Deja, M., Jagielak, D., Bartus, K., Mariani, S., Li, T., ... Kowalewski, M. (2022). Total arterial revascularization coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with atrial fibrillation. Kardiologia Polska, 80(11), 1119-1126. https://doi.org/10.33963/kp.a2022.0200
- Rahouma, M., Baudo, M., Dabsha, A., Dimagli, A., Mohamed, A., Mick, S. L., Girardi, L., Gaudino, M., & Lorusso, R. (2022). Outcomes of Octogenarians with Primary Malignant Cardiac Tumors: National Cancer Database Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(16), Article 4899. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11164899
- Meani, P., Lorusso, R., Kowalewski, M., Isgrò, G., Cazzaniga, A., Satriano, A., Ascari, A., Bernardinetti, M., Cotza, M., Marchese, G., Ciotti, E., Kandil, H., Di Dedda, U., Aloisio, T., Varrica, A., Giamberti, A., & Ranucci, M. (2022). Influence of left ventricular unloading on pediatric post-cardiotomy veno-arterial extracorporeal life support outcomes. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9, Article 970334. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.970334
- Lorusso, R., Bari, G., Di Mauro, M., & Mariani, S. (2022). The 'eternal' dilemma of OPCABG versus ONCABG continues: superior, equal, inferior or just different?Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 23(8), 559-560. https://doi.org/10.2459/JCM.0000000000001335
- Follis, F., Martucci, G., Arcadipane, A., Follis, M., Rajbanshi, B., & Lorusso, R. (2022). Resuscitation for moribund alpinists stranded at high altitudes: A stepwise approach including ECMO as a last resort strategy. Artificial Organs, 46(8), 1459-1462. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14320
- Winiszewski, H., Guinot, P. G., Schmidt, M., Besch, G., Piton, G., Perrotti, A., Lorusso, R., Kimmoun, A., & Capellier, G. (2022). Optimizing PO2 during peripheral veno-arterial ECMO: a narrative review. Critical Care, 26(1), Article 226. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-04102-0
- Sala, A., Lorusso, R., & Alfieri, O. (2022). Isolated tricuspid valve surgery: beyond the idea of a high-mortality surgery. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 62(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezac151
- Sala, A., Lorusso, R., Zancanaro, E., Carino, D., Bargagna, M., Bisogno, A., Lapenna, E., Ruggeri, S., Meneghin, R., Schiavi, D., Buzzatti, N., Denti, P., Monaco, F., Agricola, E., Maisano, F., Alfieri, O., Castiglioni, A., & De Bonis, M. (2022). Mid-term outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve surgery according to preoperative clinical and functional staging. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 62(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezac172
- D'Alesio, M., Martucci, G., Arcadipane, A., Lorusso, R., & Amrein, K. (2022). Nutrition during extracorporeal life support: A review of pathophysiological bases and application of guidelines. Artificial Organs, 46(7), 1240-1248. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14215
- Abdallah, H., Grasso, E., Abdelhamed, M. I., Ibrahim, A., Segur, M., Al Khamees, K., & Lorusso, R. (2022). Outcome of percutaneous HeartMate3 decommissioning: A single-centre experience. Artificial Organs, 46(7), 1429-1435. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14279
- Mariani, S., De Piero, M. E., Ravaux, J. M., Saelmans, A., Kawczynski, M. J., van Bussel, B. C. T., Di Mauro, M., Willers, A., Swol, J., Kowalewski, M., Li, T., Delnoij, T. S. R., van der Horst, I. C. C., Maessen, J., & Lorusso, R. (2022). Temporary mechanical circulatory support for COVID-19 patients: A systematic review of literature. Artificial Organs, 46(7), 1249-1267. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14261
- Pasierski, M., Staromłyński, J., Finke, J., Litwinowicz, R., Filip, G., Kowalówka, A., Wańha, W., Kołodziejczak, M., Piekuś-Słomka, N., Łoś, A., Stefaniak, S., Wojakowski, W., Jemielity, M., Rogowski, J., Deja, M., Jagielak, D., Bartus, K., Mariani, S., Li, T., ... Kowalewski, M. (2022). Clinical Insights to Complete and Incomplete Surgical Revascularization in Atrial Fibrillation and Multivessel Coronary Disease. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9, Article 910811. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.910811
- Carino, D., Lorusso, R., Lapenna, E., Del Forno, B., Sala, A., Zancanaro, E., Ruggeri, S., Abboud, S., Schiavi, D., Ascione, G., Castiglioni, A., Alfieri, O., Maisano, F., & De Bonis, M. (2022). Commissural closure to treat severe mitral regurgitation: standing the test of time. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 62(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezac135
- Lorusso, R., Heuts, S., Jiritano, F., Scrofani, R., Antona, C., Actis Dato, G., Centofanti, P., Ferrarese, S., Matteuci, M., Miceli, A., Glauber, M., Vizzardi, E., Sponga, S., Vendramin, I., Garatti, A., de Vincentis, C., De Bonis, M., Ajello, S., Troise, G., ... Serraino, F. (2022). Contemporary outcomes of cardiac surgery patients supported by the intra-aortic balloon pump. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 35(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivac091
- Lorusso, R., Bartlett, R. H., Shekar, K., MacLaren, G., Schmidt, M., Pellegrino, V., Meyns, B., Haft, J., Vercaemst, L., Pappalardo, F., Bermudez, C., Belohlavek, J., Hou, X., Boeken, U., Castillo, R., Donker, D. W., Abrams, D., Ranucci, M., Hryniewicz, K., ... 2021 ELSO Adult Cardiac Interim Guidelines Task Force (2022). Reply Letter to the Editor Regarding the ELSO Interim Guidelines for Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Adult Cardiac Patients. Asaio Journal, 68(6), e111-e112. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000001701
- Lebowitz, S., Kowalewski, M., Raffa, G. M., Chu, D., Greco, M., Gandolfo, C., Mignosa, C., Lorusso, R., Suwalski, P., & Pilato, M. (2022). Review of Contemporary Invasive Treatment Approaches and Critical Appraisal of Guidelines on Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: State-of-the-Art Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(12), Article 3405. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11123405
- Di Mauro, M., Bonalumi, G., Giambuzzi, I., Dato, G. M. A., Centofanti, P., Corte, A. D., Ratta, E. D., Cugola, D., Merlo, M., Santini, F., Salsano, A., Rinaldi, M., Mancuso, S., Cappabianca, G., Beghi, C., De Vincentiis, C., Biondi, A., Livi, U., Sponga, S., ... Italian Group of Research for Outcome in Cardiac Surgery (GIROC) (2022). Similar outcome of tricuspid valve repair and replacement for isolated tricuspid infective endocarditis. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, 23(6), 406-413. https://doi.org/10.2459/JCM.0000000000001310
- Matteucci, M., Ferrarese, S., Cantore, C., Mantovani, V., Pedroni, G., Cappabianca, G., Corazzari, C., Kowalewski, M., Severgnini, P., Lorusso, R., & Beghi, C. (2022). Early paravalvular leak after conventional mitral valve replacement: A single-center analysis. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 37(6), 1559-1566. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.16422
- Lorusso, R., Meani, P., Raffa, G. M., & Kowalewski, M. (2022). Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and left ventricular unloading: What is the evidence?JTCVS Techniques, 13, 101-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjtc.2022.02.039
- Willers, A., Swol, J., Buscher, H., McQuilten, Z., van Kuijk, S. M. J., Ten Cate, H., Rycus, P. T., McKellar, S., Lorusso, R., & Tonna, J. E. (2022). Longitudinal Trends in Bleeding Complications on Extracorporeal Life Support Over the Past Two Decades-Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry Analysis. Critical Care Medicine, 50(6), E569-E580. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000005466
- Di Mauro, M., Cargoni, M., Liberi, R., Lorusso, R., & Calafiore, A. M. (2022). Mitral valve repair or replacement. How long is this feud to last?Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 37(6), 1599-1601. Article 16479. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.16479
- Simons, J., Agricola, S., Smets, J., Metz, R., Mariani, S., Vleugels, M.-J., Smeets, R. R., van Mook, W. N. K. A., Mees, B., & Lorusso, R. (2022). Duplex Analysis of Cannulated Vessels in Peripheral Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Medicina-Lithuania, 58(5), Article 671. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58050671
- Li Bassi, G., Gibbons, K., Suen, J. Y., Dalton, H. J., White, N., Corley, A., Shrapnel, S., Hinton, S., Forsyth, S., Laffey, J. G., Fan, E., Fanning, J. P., Panigada, M., Bartlett, R., Brodie, D., Burrell, A., Chiumello, D., Elhazmi, A., Esperatti, M., ... Lorusso, R. (2022). Early short course of neuromuscular blocking agents in patients with COVID-19 ARDS: a propensity score analysis. Critical Care, 26(1), Article 141. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-03983-5
- Lorusso, R., Kowalewski, M., Di Mauro, M., & Mariani, S. (2022). After the storm comes a calm: the (rather good) post-discharge survival of adults undergoing post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 61(5), 1186-1187. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezac094
- Massimi, G., Matteucci, M., Kowalewski, M., Ronco, D., Chiarini, G., De Piero, M. E., Lo Coco, V., Maessen, J. G., Beghi, C., & Lorusso, R. (2022). Operative strategies for acute mitral regurgitation as a mechanical complication of myocardial infarction. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 11(3), 328-336. https://doi.org/10.21037/acs-2022-ami-0016
- Makhoul, M., Medalion, B., Lorusso, R., & Bolotin, G. (2022). Sutureless repair of subacute left ventricular free wall rupture. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 11(3), 299-303. https://doi.org/10.21037/acs-2022-ami-26
- Flynn, C. D., Morris, P., Manuel, L., Matteucci, M., Ronco, D., Massimi, G., Torchio, F., & Lorusso, R. (2022). Systematic review and meta-analysis of the mechanical complications of ischemic heart disease: papillary muscle rupture, left ventricle rupture and post-infarct ventricular septal defect. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 11(3), 195-209. https://doi.org/10.21037/acs-2022-ami-24
- Lorusso, R., Lo Coco, V., Ravaux, J. M., & Mariani, S. (2022). The use of mechanical circulatory support in post-acute myocardial infarction mechanical complications. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 11(3), 325-327. https://doi.org/10.21037/acs-2021-ami-21
- Lorusso, R., Calafiore, A. M., & Di Mauro, M. (2022). Acute infective endocarditis during COVID-19 pandemic time: The dark side of the moon. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 37(5), 1168-1170. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.16281

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