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NWO Faculty of Impact grant awarded to Hongxing Luo

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12 March 2026

Dr Hongxing Luo (Department of Physiology) has been awarded an NWO Faculty of Impact grant of €201,000 for the project Smartphone-Measured Heart Sounds for Remote Heart Failure Monitoring.

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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.

Roberto-lorusso

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

  • 2021
    • Ravaux, J. M., Di Mauro, M., Vernooy, K., Mariani, S., Ronco, D., Simons, J., Van't Hof, A. W., Veenstra, L., Kats, S., Maessen, J. G., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Impact of Bundle Branch Block on Permanent Pacemaker Implantation after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(12), Article 2719. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10122719
    • Martucci, G., Amata, M., di Francesco, F., Traina, M., Arcadipane, A., Lorusso, R., & Granata, A. (2021). Management of intra-abdominal hypertension during ECMO: Total water-assisted colonoscopy as a step-up minimally invasive treatment, and a literature review. Endoscopy international open, 09(06), E848-E852. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1399-8209
    • Ravaux, J., Di Mauro, M., Vernooy, K., van 't Hof, A., Veenstra, L., Kats, S., Maessen, J., & Lorusso, R. (2021). One-year pacing dependency after pacemaker implantation in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 6, 41-55.e15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2021.02.002
    • Di Mauro, M., Lorusso, R., Parolari, A., Ravaux, J. M., Bonalumi, G., Guarracini, S., Ricci, F., Benedetto, U., & Calafiore, A. M. (2021). The best approach for functional tricuspid regurgitation: A network meta-analysis. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 36(6), 2072-2080. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.15378
    • Moscarelli, M., Lorusso, R., Abdullahi, Y., Varone, E., Marotta, M., Solinas, M., Casula, R., Parlanti, A., Speziale, G., Fattouch, K., & Athanasiou, T. (2021). The Effect of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Sternotomy on Physical Activity and Quality of Life. Heart Lung and Circulation, 30(6), 882-887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.936
    • Ronco, D., Matteucci, M., Ravaux, J. M., Marra, S., Torchio, F., Corazzari, C., Massimi, G., Beghi, C., Maessen, J., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Definitive Treatment in Post-Infarction Ventricular Septal Rupture. Jacc-Cardiovascular Interventions, 14(10), 1053-1066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2021.02.046
    • Mang, S., Kalenka, A., Broman, L. M., Supady, A., Swol, J., Danziger, G., Becker, A., Horsch, S. I., Mertke, T., Kaiser, R., Bracht, H., Zotzmann, V., Seiler, F., Bals, R., Taccone, F. S., Moerer, O., Lorusso, R., Belohlavek, J., Muellenbach, R. M., ... COVEC-Study Group (2021). Extracorporeal life support in COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome: A EuroELSO international survey. Artificial Organs, 45(5), 495-505. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.13940
    • Matteucci, M., Ferrarese, S., Corazzari, C., Telli, G., Mantovani, V., Lorusso, R., & Beghi, C. (2021). Ascending aortic aneurysm repair in the setting of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy. Perfusion, 36(4), 429-431. Article 0267659120950206. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267659120950206
    • Willers, A., Swol, J., Kowalewski, M., Raffa, G. M., Meani, P., Jiritano, F., Matteucci, M., Fina, D., Heuts, S., Bidar, E., Natour, E., Sels, J. W., Delnoij, T., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Extracorporeal Life Support in Hemorrhagic Conditions: A Systematic Review. Asaio Journal, 67(5), 476-484. https://doi.org/10.1097/mat.0000000000001216
    • Badulak, J., Antonini, M. V., Stead, C. M., Shekerdemian, L., Raman, L., Paden, M. L., Agerstrand, C., Bartlett, R. H., Barrett, N., Combes, A., Lorusso, R., Mueller, T., Ogino, M. T., Peek, G., Pellegrino, V., Rabie, A. A., Salazar, L., Schmidt, M., Shekar, K., ... ELSO COVID-19 Working Group Members (2021). Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19: Updated 2021 Guidelines from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization. Asaio Journal, 67(5), 485-495. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000001422
    • Czerny, M., van den Berg, J., Chiesa, R., Jacobs, M., Jakob, S., Jenni, H. J., Lorusso, R., Pacini, D., Quintana, E., Rylski, B., Staier, K., Tsilimparis, N., Wyss, T., Gottardi, R., & Schmidli, J. (2021). Management of acute and chronic aortic disease during the COVID-19 pandemic-Results from a web-based ad hoc platform. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 36(5), 1683-1692. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.15093
    • Ravaux, J. M., Di Mauro, M., Vernooy, K., Van't Hof, A. W., Veenstra, L., Kats, S., Maessen, J. G., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Do Women Require Less Permanent Pacemaker After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation? A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression. Journal of the American Heart Association, 10(7), Article e019429. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.019429
    • Makhoul, M., Lorusso, R., Bidar, E., Zayad, R., & Natour, E. (2021). Misdiagnosed Recurrent Pericardial Effusion in Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection. Israel Medical Association Journal, 23(4), 258-260. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33899362/
    • Lorusso, R., Whitman, G., Milojevic, M., Raffa, G., McMullan, D. M., Boeken, U., Haft, J., Bermudez, C., Shah, A., & D'Alessandro, D. A. (2021). 2020 EACTS/ELSO/STS/AATS expert consensus on post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support in adult patients. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 161(4), 1287-1331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.09.045
    • Supady, A., Curtis, J. R., Abrams, D., Lorusso, R., Bein, T., Boldt, J., Brown, C. E., Duerschmied, D., Metaxa, V., & Brodie, D. (2021). Allocating scarce intensive care resources during the COVID-19 pandemic: practical challenges to theoretical frameworks. The Lancet Respiratory medicine, 9(4), 430-434. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-2600(20)30580-4
    • Lo Coco, V., Swol, J., De Piero, M. E., Massimi, G., Chiarini, G., Broman, L. M., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Dynamic extracorporeal life support: A novel management modality in temporary cardio-circulatory assistance. Artificial Organs, 45(4), 427-434. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.13869
    • Kowalewski, M., Zielinski, K., Gozdek, M., Raffa, G. M., Pilato, M., Alanazi, M., Gilbers, M., Heuts, S., Natour, E., Bidar, E., Schreurs, R., Delnoij, T., Driessen, R., Sels, J. W., van de Poll, M., Roekaerts, P., Pasierski, M., Meani, P., Maessen, J., ... Lorusso, R. (2021). Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Life Support in Heart Transplant and Ventricle Assist Device Centres. Meta-analysis. Esc heart failure, 8(2), 1064-1075. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.13080
    • Lorusso, R., Belliato, M., Mazzeffi, M., Di Mauro, M., Taccone, F. S., Parise, O., Albanawi, A., Nandwani, V., McCarthy, P., Kon, Z., Menaker, J., Johnson, D. M., Gelsomino, S., & Herr, D. (2021). Neurological complications during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Does the configuration matter? A retrospective analysis of the ELSO database. Critical Care, 25(1), Article 107. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-021-03533-5
    • Holvoet, W., van Soest, K., Havenith, T., Lorusso, R., van Mook, W. N. K. A., & Delnoij, T. (2021). Bail-out extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for hydroxychloroquine intoxication: a warning for COVID-19 health-care givers: a warning for COVID-19 health-care givers. Acta Cardiologica, 76(2), 200-203. https://doi.org/10.1080/00015385.2020.1802903
    • Di Mauro, M., Calafiore, A. M., Parolari, A., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Commentary: Looking Into the Seeds of Time. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 33(1), 105-106. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.06.026
    • Di Mauro, M., Raviola, E., Guarracini, S., Di Marco, M., Lorusso, R., & Calafiore, A. M. (2021). Is surgery the fair competitor for MitraClip?Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 36(3), 1120-1122. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.15295
    • Calafiore, A. M., Totaro, A., Guarracini, S., Prapas, S., Di Marco, M., Katsavrias, K., Gaudino, M., Lorusso, R., & Di Mauro, M. (2021). Patient-prosthesis mismatch is a preventable disease but how to prevent it is a story not yet written. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 36(3), 978-980. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.15317
    • Lorusso, R., Combes, A., Coco, V. L., De Piero, M. E., Belohlavek, J., Delnoij, T., van der Horst, I., Miranda, D. R., van der Linden, M., van der Heijden, J. J., Scholten, E., Haren, N. V., Lagrand, W., de Jong, S., Candura, D., Maas, J., van den Berg, M. J. V., Malfertheiner, M., Dreier, E., ... EuroECMO COVID-19 WorkingGroup (2021). ECMO for COVID-19 patients in Europe and Israel. Intensive Care Medicine, 47(3), 344-348. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06272-3
    • Mariani, S., Li, T., Bounader, K., Boethig, D., Schoede, A., Hanke, J. S., Michaelis, J., Napp, L. C., Berliner, D., Dogan, G., Lorusso, R., Haverich, A., & Schmitto, J. D. (2021). Sex differences in outcomes following less-invasive left ventricular assist device implantation. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 10(2), 255-268. https://doi.org/10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-21
    • Fischlein, T., Folliguet, T., Meuris, B., Shrestha, M. L., Roselli, E. E., McGlothlin, A., Kappert, U., Pfeiffer, S., Corbi, P., Lorusso, R., Fabre, O., Pinaud, F., Troise, G., Kueri, S., Siepe, M., Bonaros, N., Tan, E., Andreas, M., Garcia-Puente, J., ... Perceval Sutureless Implant Versus Standard-Aortic Valve Replacement Investigators (2021). Sutureless versus conventional bioprostheses for aortic valve replacement in severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 161(3), 920-932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.11.162
    • Di Mauro, M., Calafiore, A. M., Di Franco, A., Nicolini, F., Formica, F., Scrofani, R., Antona, C., Messina, A., Troise, G., Mariscalco, G., Beghi, C., De Bonis, M., Trumello, C., Miceli, A., Glauber, M., Ranucci, M., De Vincentiis, C., Gaudino, M., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Association between cardioplegia and postoperative atrial fibrillation in coronary surgery. International Journal of Cardiology, 324, 38-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.09.065
    • Di Nardo, M., Hoskote, A., Thiruchelvam, T., Lillie, J., Horan, M., Hofheinz, S. B., Dupic, L., Gimeno, R., de Piero, M. E., Lo Coco, V., Roeleveld, P., Davidson, M., Jones, T., Broman, L. M., Lorusso, R., Belohlavek, J., & EuroELSO Neonatal & Pediatric Working Group (2021). Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Children with Coronavirus Disease 2019: Preliminary Report from the Collaborative European Chapter of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Prospective Survey. Asaio Journal, 67(2), 121-124. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000001309
    • Zhang, J. J. Y., Ong, J. A.-H., Syn, N. L., Lorusso, R., Tan, C. S., MacLaren, G., & Ramanathan, K. (2021). Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pregnant and Postpartum Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 36(2), 220-228. Article 0885066619892826. https://doi.org/10.1177/0885066619892826
    • Malvindi, P. G., Lorusso, R., Jiritano, F., Santarpino, G., Pilato, M., Cammardella, A. G., van Putte, B., Bonaros, N., Garatti, A., & Paparella, D. (2021). Late Surgical Treatment for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Prosthesis Dysfunction. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 111(4), E271-E273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.06.138
    • Squiccimarro, E., Jiritano, F., Serraino, G. F., ten Cate, H., Paparella, D., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Quantitative and Qualitative Platelet Derangements in Cardiac Surgery and Extracorporeal Life Support. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(4), Article 615. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10040615
    • Coco, V. L., Piero, M. E. D., Massimi, G., Chiarini, G., Raffa, G. M., Kowalewski, M., Maessen, J., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device implantation: a review of the literature. Journal of Thoracic Disease, 13(2), 1256-1269. https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd-20-2228
    • Lorusso, R., Whitman, G., Milojevic, M., Raffa, G., McMullan, D. M., Boeken, U., Haft, J., Bermudez, C. A., Shah, A. S., & D'Alessandro, D. A. (2021). 2020 EACTS/ELSO/STS/AATS expert consensus on post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support in adult patients. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 59(1), 12-53. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaa283
    • Lorusso, R., Whitman, G., Milojevic, M., Raffa, G., McMullan, D. M., Boeken, U., Haft, J., Bermudez, C. A., Shah, A. S., & D'Alessandro, D. A. (2021). 2020 EACTS/ELSO/STS/AATS Expert Consensus on Post-Cardiotomy Extracorporeal Life Support in Adult Patients. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 111(1), 327-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.07.009
    • Di Nardo, M., Annoni, F., Su, F. H., Belliato, M., Lorusso, R., Broman, L. M., Malfertheiner, M., Creteur, J., & Taccone, F. S. (2021). Evaluation of a New Extracorporeal CO2 Removal Device in an Experimental Setting. Membranes, 11(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11010008
    • Martucci, G., Arcadipane, A., Tuzzolino, F., Occhipinti, G., Panarello, G., Carcione, C., Bonicolini, E., Vitiello, C., Lorusso, R., Conaldi, P. G., & Miceli, V. (2021). Identification of a Circulating miRNA Signature to Stratify Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Patients. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 11(1), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm11010015
    • Belliato, M., Epis, F., Cremascoli, L., Ferrari, F., Quattrone, M. G., Fisser, C., Malfertheiner, M. V., Taccone, F. S., Di Nardo, M., Broman, L. M., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Mechanical Power during Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Initiation: A Pilot-Study. Membranes, 11(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11010030
    • Kowalewski, M., Zielinski, K., Raffa, G. M., Meani, P., Lo Coco, V., Jiritano, F., Fina, D., Matteucci, M., Chiarini, G., Willers, A., Simons, J., Suwalski, P., Gaudino, M., Di Mauro, M., Maessen, J., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Mortality Predictors in Elderly Patients With Cardiogenic Shock on Venoarterial Extracorporeal Life Support. Analysis From the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry*. Critical Care Medicine, 49(1), 7-18. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000004695
    • Lorusso, R., Ravaux, J. M., Barili, F., Bidar, E., Vernooy, K., Di Mauro, M., Miceli, A., Parolari, A., Daprati, A., Myasoedova, V., Alamanni, F., De Vincentiis, C., Aime, E., Nicolini, F., Gonzi, G., Colli, A., Gerosa, G., De Bonis, M., Paglino, G., ... GIROC Investigators (2021). Relation of Prolonged Pacemaker Dependency After Cardiac Surgery to Mortality. American Journal of Cardiology, 138, 66-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.10.010
    • Cho, S. M., Canner, J., Caturegli, G., Choi, C. W., Etchill, E., Giuliano, K., Chiarini, G., Calligy, K., Rycus, P., Lorusso, R., Kim, B. S., Sussman, M., Suarez, J. I., Geocadin, R., Bush, E. L., Ziai, W., & Whitman, G. (2021). Risk Factors of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Strokes During Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Analysis of Data From the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry. Critical Care Medicine, 49(1), 91-101. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000004707
    • Lorusso, R., Whitman, G., Milojevic, M., Raffa, G., McMullan, D. M., Boeken, U., Haft, J., Bermudez, C. A., Shah, A. S., & D'Alessandro, D. A. (2021). 2020 EACTS/ELSO/STS/AATS Expert Consensus on Post-cardiotomy Extracorporeal Life Support in Adult Patients. Asaio Journal, 67(1), E1-E43. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000001301
    • Holtackers, R. J., Ter Bekke, R. M. A., Bijvoet, G. P., Gommers, S., Chiribiri, A., & Lorusso, R. (2021). A Boolean Dilemma: True or False Aneurysm?JACC. Case reports, 3(1), 112-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.09.055
    • Simons, J., Suverein, M., van Mook, W., Caliskan, K., Soliman, O., van de Poll, M., Delnoij, T., Maessen, J., Mees, B., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Do-(Not-)Mechanical-Circulatory-Support Orders: Should We Ask All Cardiac Surgery Patients for Informed Consent for Post-Cardiotomy Extracorporeal Life Circulatory Support?Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(3), Article 383. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10030383
    • Matteucci, M., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Left ventricular venting for extracorporeal life support in pheochromocytoma: Letter to the Editor - response. Perfusion, 36(1), 105-106. Article 0267659120966916. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267659120966916
    • Calafiore, A. M., Totaro, A., Testa, N., Sacra, C., Castellano, G., Guarracini, S., Di Marco, M., Prapas, S., Gaudino, M., Lorusso, R., Paparella, D., & Di Mauro, M. (2021). The secret life of the mitral valve. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 36(1), 247-259. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.15151
    • Bonelli, A., Lorusso, R., Paris, S., Troise, G., Mohammed, A., Bursi, F., & Faggiano, P. (2021). Active cancer and cardiac surgery: Possible scenarios in patient decision-making. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 91(1), Article 1655. https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2021.1655
    • Meani, P., Mlcek, M., Kowalewski, M., Raffa, G. M., Popkova, M., Pilato, M., Arcadipane, A., Belohlavek, J., & Lorusso, R. (2021). Transaortic or Pulmonary Artery Drainage for Left Ventricular Unloading in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Life Support: A Porcine Cardiogenic Shock Model. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 33(3), 724-732. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.11.001
  • 2020
    • Zakhary, B., Vercaemst, L., Mason, P., Antonini, M. V., Lorusso, R., & Brodie, D. (2020). How I approach membrane lung dysfunction in patients receiving ECMO. Critical Care, 24(1), Article 671. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-03388-2
    • D'Auria, F., Casado, A. P., Myat, A., Lorusso, R., & Hildick-Smith, D. (2020). Long-Term Survival and Outcomes According to VARC-2 Criteria for Subclavian, Direct Aortic, Femoral, and Apical Implantation: An 8-Year United Kingdom TAVI Surgical Experience. Surgical Technology International, 37, 245-252. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32819023/
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