Sezione Medicina

CURRICULUM VITAE

Giovanni Di Salvo, MD, Ph D, MMI, FESC

Giovanni Di Salvo was born in Naples on September, 10th 1971. He took Medicine’s degree with distinction in 1996 at the Faculty of Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples. In 2000 he took the specialization degree with distinction in Cardiovascular diseases at the Second University of Naples. In 2000 he won a 1 year scholarships of the Mediteranean University in the Cardiology of La Timone Hospital, Marseille – France. In 2001 he won a 18 month scholarships of the Katholique University of Leuven, Belgium, in the Ultrasound Cardiac Research Department. In 2003 he took with distinction the Master degree in cardiac imaging at the Katholique University of Leuven, Belgium. In 2004 he took the PhD degree with distinction in cardiovascular and repiratory physiopathology and associated biotechnologies at the Second University of Naples. In 2005 he was elected Fellow of the European society of cardiology (FESC).

In 2006 he won the Young Investigator Award of the European Society of Echocardiography.

Since 2006 he has a permanent position as researcher in Cardiovascular diseases at the II University of Naples (MED/11). He is a Professor of Cardiovascular diseases at the II University of Naples, he teaches Paediatric Cardiology in the Cardiology, Paediatrics and Paediatric Surgery specialization schools.
During the years he published more than 150 scientific articles on national and international journals (actual impact factor >100) and he was invited speaker as well as chairmen in many international congresses.

Reviewer:
He is currently reviewer for : Italian Heart Journal/J of Cardiovascular Medicine, American Journal of Cardiology, European Heart Journal, European Journal of Echocardiography, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, and Heart.

Congresses and Meetings:
Invited Speaker at the European Society of Cardiology, Munich , Germany 2004

Invited Speaker at the Euroecho, Munich, Germany 2001
Invited Speaker at PRAGUECHO, Prague 2004
Invited Speaker at PRAGUECHO, Prague 2003
Invited Speaker at Doppler Myocardial Imaging Course, Leuven (Belgium) 2002
Invited Speaker at Doppler Myocardial Imaging Course, Leuven (Belgium) 2003
Invited Speaker at Doppler Myocardial Imaging Course, Leuven (Belgium) 2004
Invited Speaker at Congres International d’Echocardiographie, Paris 2005
Invited Speaker and Cheirman:
- Euroecho 2006 The right ventricule. G. Di Salvo (Naples - IT)
- Italian Society of Cardiology - 67°- National Congress, 2006: IL RUOLO DELL'ECOCARDIOGRAFIA NELLA SELEZIONE E NEL FOLLOW-UP DEI CANDIDATI ALLA TERAPIA DI RESINCRONIZZAZIONE VENTRICOLARE
L'Ecocardiografia Doppler standard: quale ruolo?
Giovanni Di Salvo (Napoli)
- Euroecho 2007 Stress is no longer needed when using myocardial deformation imaging G. Di Salvo (Naples - IT)
2-D Strain imaging: from rotation to torsion
Chairperson(s) : G Di Salvo (Naples, IT), M Deljanin Ilic (Niska Banja, RS)
Global and regional ventricular function in congenital heart disease
Chairperson(s) : I Jovanovic (Belgrade, RS), G Di Salvo (Naples, IT)
-Società Italiana di Cardiologia - 68° Congresso Nazionale Dicembre 2007
Meet the Experts
LA VALUTAZIONE CLINICO-STRUMENTALE DELL'INSUFFICIENZA
CARDIACA In collaborazione con i Gruppi di Studio SIC “Ecocardiografia” e “Funzione miocardica, cardiomiopatie e insufficienza cardiaca” Il doppler tissutale pulsato: un completamento all'esame ecocardiografico
Giovanni Di Salvo (Napoli)

Simposio
OBESITÀ E RISCHIO CARDIOVASCOLARE: DALL'ADIPOCITA ALL'EVENTO CLINICO
Moderatori: Marcello Arca (Roma), Stefano M. Zuccaro (Roma)
Obesità in età pediatrica: già presente il danno cardiaco?
Giovanni Di Salvo (Napoli)

INSUFFICIENZA CARDIACA E PROGNOSI
Moderatori: Sandro Betocchi (Napoli), Giovanni Di Salvo (Napoli)

MIOCARDIOPATIE: FISIOPATOLOGIA
Moderatori: Franco Cecchi (Firenze), Giovanni Di Salvo (Napoli)

- Myocardial Velocity and deformation Imaging in Clinical Practice, Leuven Belgium February 2007
- Nuove tecnologie in Ecocardiografia: valutazione delle velocità e della deformazione miocardica, Udine, Novembre 2007
- 42nd Annual Meeting Association for European Pediatric Cardiology, May 2007, Poland
- 2° Convegno Heart failure: lo scompenso cardiaco. Problematiche attuali, Gubbio Novembre 2006
- XIII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Ecografia Cardiovascolare, Milano, Settembre 2007
- Master in Ecocardiografia Clinica, Università di Pisa, Luglio 2007
- 17 Congres International d’echocardiographie, Paris, June 2007
- 18th Annual ASE scientific sessions, Washinton, June 2007

Books
Coauthor of Charter II and IV: NUOVE TECNICHE ECOCARDIOGRAFICHE: dalla metodologia alla clinica. Piccin 2005.
Coauthor of Charter 14 e 16: Doppler Myocardial Imaging, A Textbook, Published by BSWK bvba, Scientific Consulting and Publishing- Hasselt, Belgium 2006.
Coauthor of Charter New developments in Birth Defects, by C. Ayuson, R. Calabrò, G.B. Capozzi, G. Di Salvo et al.
Coauthor of Charter  3: New insights in treatment of ostium secundum atrial septal defect: From genetic background to myocardial function. G. Di Salvo et al.

Publications

1: Di Salvo G, Russo MG, Paladini D, Felicetti M, Castaldi B, Tartaglione A, di Pietto L, Ricci C, Morelli C, Pacileo G, Calabrò R. Two-dimensional strain to assess regional left and right ventricular longitudinal function in 100 normal foetuses.Eur J Echocardiogr. 2008 Apr 28. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18490298 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

2: Agricola E, Galderisi M, Mele D, Ansalone G, Dini FL, Di Salvo G, Gallina S, Montisci R, Sciomer S, Di Bello V, Mondillo S, Marino PN; Echocardiographic Study Group of the Italian Society of Cardiology. Mechanical dyssynchrony and functional mitral regurgitation: pathophysiology and clinical implications. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2008 May;9(5):461-9. PMID: 18403997 [PubMed - in process]

3: Calabrò P, Limongelli G, Pacileo G, Di Salvo G, Golino P, Calabrò R. The role of adiposity as a determinant of an inflammatory milieu. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2008 May;9(5):450-60. PMID: 18403996 [PubMed - in process]

4: D'Andrea A, Caso P, Romano S, Scarafile R, Cuomo S, Salerno G, Riegler L, Limongelli G, Di Salvo G, Romano M, Liccardo B, Iengo R, Ascione L, Del Viscovo L, Calabrò P, Calabrò R. Association between left atrial myocardial function and exercise capacity in patients with either idiopathic or ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: A two-dimensional speckle strain study. Int J Cardiol. 2008 Feb 4. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18255178 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

5: Limongelli G, Sarkozy A, Pacileo G, Calabrò P, Digilio MC, Maddaloni V, Gagliardi G, Di Salvo G, Iacomino M, Marino B, Dallapiccola B, Calabrò R. Genotype-phenotype analysis and natural history of left ventricular hypertrophy in LEOPARD syndrome. Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Mar 1;146A(5):620-8. PMID: 18241070 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

6: D'Alto M, Russo MG, Paladini D, Di Salvo G, Romeo E, Ricci C, Felicetti M, Tartaglione A, Cardaropoli D, Pacileo G, Sarubbi B, Calabrò R.  The challenge of fetal dysrhythmias: echocardiographic diagnosis and clinical management. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2008 Feb;9(2):153-60. PMID: 18192808 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

7: Di Bello V, Galderisi M, de Gregorio C, Ansalone G, Dini FL, Di Salvo G, Gallina S, Mele D, Sciomer S, Montisci R, Mondillo S, Marino PN; Working Group of Echocardiography of the Italian Society of Cardiology (SIC), Italy. New echocardiographic technologies in the clinical management of hypertensive heart disease. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2007 Dec;8(12):997-1006. Review. PMID: 18163010 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

8: Ancona R, Limongelli G, Pacileo G, Miele T, Rea A, Roselli T, Masarone D, Messina S, Palmieri R, Golia E, Iacomino M, Gala S, Calabrò P, Di Salvo G, Calabrò R. [The role of natriuretic peptides in heart failure] Minerva Med. 2007 Oct;98(5):591-602. Review. Italian. PMID: 18043566 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

9: D'Andrea A, Caso P, Romano S, Scarafile R, Riegler L, Salerno G, Limongelli G, Di Salvo G, Calabrò P, Del Viscovo L, Romano G, Maiello C, Santangelo L, Severino S, Cuomo S, Cotrufo M, Calabrò R. Different effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on left atrial function in patients with either idiopathic or ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy: a two-dimensional speckle strain study. Eur Heart J. 2007 Nov;28(22):2738-48. Epub 2007 Oct 24. PMID: 17959621 [PubMed - in process]

10: Piegari E, Di Salvo G, Castaldi B, Vitelli MR, Rodolico G, Golino P, Calabrò R, Rossi F, Berrino L. Myocardial strain analysis in a doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy model. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2008 Mar;34(3):370-8. Epub 2007 Oct 23. PMID: 17935862 [PubMed - in process]

 11: Limongelli G, Pacileo G, Digilio MC, Calabro' P, Di Salvo G, Rea A, Miele T, Frigiola A, Sarkozy A, Dallapiccola B, Marino B, Calabro' R.  Severe, obstructive biventricular hypertrophy in a patient with Costello syndrome: Clinical impact and management. Int J Cardiol. 2007 Aug 30. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17765343 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

12: Limongelli G, Pacileo G, Marino B, Digilio MC, Sarkozy A, Elliott P, Versacci P, Calabro P, De Zorzi A, Di Salvo G, Syrris P, Patton M, McKenna WJ, Dallapiccola B, Calabro R.  Prevalence and clinical significance of cardiovascular abnormalities in patients with the LEOPARD syndrome. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Aug 15;100(4):736-41. Epub 2007 Jun 27. PMID: 17697839 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

13: Di Salvo G, Pacileo G, Del Giudice EM, Natale F, Limongelli G, Verrengia M, Rea A, Fratta F, Castaldi B, Gala S, Coppola F, Russo MG, Caso P, Perrone L, Calabro' R.  Atrial myocardial deformation properties in obese nonhypertensive children. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008 Feb;21(2):151-6. Epub 2007 Jul 12. PMID: 17628397 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

14: Di Salvo G, Galderisi M, Rea A, Ansalone G, Dini FL, Gallina S, Mele D, Montisci R, Sciomer S, Mondillo S, Di Bello V, Marino PN; Gruppo di Lavoro di Ecocardiografia; Società Italiana di Cardiologia.  [Evaluation of atrial function by echocardiography] G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2007 Apr;8(4):225-35. Review. Italian. PMID: 17506294 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

15: di Salvo G, Pacileo G, Limongelli G, Verrengia M, Rea A, Santoro G, Gala S, Castaldi B, D'Andrea A, Caso P, Giovanna Russo M, Calabró R.  Abnormal regional myocardial deformation properties and increased aortic stiffness in normotensive patients with aortic coarctation despite successful correction: an ABPM, standard echocardiography and strain rate imaging study. Clin Sci (Lond). 2007 Sep;113(5):259-66. PMID: 17477843 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

16: Verrengia M, Pacileo G, Limongelli G, Di Salvo G, Rea A, Iacomino M, Di Simone A, Russo MG, Calabrò R.  Left ventricle myocardial mechanics and textural properties in patients with Williams syndrome. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2007 May;8(5):330-6. PMID: 17443098 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

17: Galderisi M, Nistri S, Ansalone G, Dini FL, Di Salvo G, Gallina S, Mele D, Montisci R, Sciomer S, Mondillo S, Di Bello V, Marino PN; Gruppo di Studio di Ecocardiografia della Società Italiana di Cardiologia.  [Pulsed tissue Doppler illustrated to a resident in cardiology] G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2007 Feb;8(2):92-101. Review. Italian. PMID: 17402353 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

18: D'Andrea A, Caso P, Cuomo S, Scarafile R, Salerno G, Limongelli G, Di Salvo G, Severino S, Ascione L, Calabrò P, Romano M, Romano G, Santangelo L, Maiello C, Cotrufo M, Calabrò R.  Effect of dynamic myocardial dyssynchrony on mitral regurgitation during supine bicycle exercise stress echocardiography in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and 'narrow' QRS. Eur Heart J. 2007 Apr;28(8):1004-11. Epub 2007 Mar 30. PMID: 17400608 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

19: Pacileo G, Di Salvo G, Limongelli G, Miele T, Calabrò R.  Echocardiography in congenital heart disease: usefulness, limits and new techniques. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2007 Jan;8(1):17-22. Review. PMID: 17255811 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

20: D'Andrea A, Caso P, Salerno G, Scarafile R, De Corato G, Mita C, Di Salvo G, Severino S, Cuomo S, Liccardo B, Esposito N, Calabrò R.  Left ventricular early myocardial dysfunction after chronic misuse of anabolic androgenic steroids: a Doppler myocardial and strain imaging analysis. Br J Sports Med. 2007 Mar;41(3):149-55. Epub 2006 Dec 18. PMID: 17178777 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

21: Limongelli G, Miele T, Pacileo G, Di Salvo G, Calabro' P, Ancona R, Gala S, Rea A, Verrengia M, Calabro' R.  Heart rate variability is a weak predictor of sudden death in children and young patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Heart. 2007 Jan;93(1):117-8. No abstract available. PMID: 17170350 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

22: D'Andrea A, Severino S, Caso P, De Simone L, Liccardo B, Forni A, Pascotto M, Di Salvo G, Scherillo M, Mininni N, Calabrò R.  WITHDRAWN: Prognostic Value of Pharmacologic Stress Echocardiography in Diabetic Patients. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2006 Oct 10. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17045548 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

23: Di Salvo G, Pacileo G, Faillace D, Gala S, Iacomino M, Fratta F, Palma M, Castaldi B, Calabrò R.  Strain rate imaging: data acquisition and postrocessing. Minerva Cardioangiol. 2006 Aug;54(4):451-9. Review. English, Italian. PMID: 17016416 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

24: D'Andrea A, Caso P, Scarafile R, Salerno G, De Corato G, Mita C, Di Salvo G, Allocca F, Colonna D, Caprile M, Ascione L, Cuomo S, Calabrò R.  Biventricular myocardial adaptation to different training protocols in competitive master athletes. Int J Cardiol. 2007 Feb 14;115(3):342-9. Epub 2006 Sep 7. PMID: 16959340 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

25: Di Salvo G, Pacileo G, Del Giudice EM, Natale F, Limongelli G, Verrengia M, Rea A, Fratta F, Castaldi B, D'Andrea A, Calabrò P, Miele T, Coppola F, Russo MG, Caso P, Perrone L, Calabrò R.  Abnormal myocardial deformation properties in obese, non-hypertensive children: an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, standard echocardiographic, and strain rate imaging study. Eur Heart J. 2006 Nov;27(22):2689-95. Epub 2006 Aug 11. PMID: 16905554 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

26: Caso P, D'Andrea A, Trambaiolo P, Di Salvo G, Severino S, Caso I, Ancona R, Calabrò P, Mininni N, Calabrò R.  Potential clinical perspectives of Doppler myocardial imaging and strain rate imaging during stress echocardiography. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2006 Jul;7(7):480-90. PMID: 16801809 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

27: Irace L, Pergola V, Di Salvo G, Perna B, Tedesco MA, Ricci C, Tuccillo B, Iacono A.  Work capacity and oxygen uptake abnormalities in hyperthyroidism. Minerva Cardioangiol. 2006 Jun;54(3):355-62. PMID: 16733509 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

28: Caso P, D'Andrea A, Martiniello AR, Severino S, Cioppa C, Iengo R, Di Salvo G, Ascione L, Scherillo M, Calabrò R.  Myocardial systolic activation delay in patients with left bundle branch block and either normal or impaired left ventricular function. Echocardiography. 2006 Jan;23(1):14-23. PMID: 16412178 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

29: D'Andrea A, Severino S, Caso P, Fusco A, Lo Piccolo R, Liccardo B, Forni A, Di Salvo G, Scherillo M, Mininni N, Calabrò R.  Risk stratification and prognosis of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease by use of supine bicycle exercise stress echocardiography. Ital Heart J. 2005 Jul;6(7):565-72. PMID: 16274018 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

30: Pacileo G, Di Salvo G, Rea A, Calabrò R.  Findings from new echocardiographic techniques concerning ventricular remodelling and function in the functionally univentricular heart. Cardiol Young. 2005 Dec;15 Suppl 3:45-50. No abstract available. PMID: 16248925 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

31: Pacileo G, Limongelli G, Verrengia M, Miele T, Cesare G, Calabrò P, Di Salvo G, Cerrato F, Ancona R, Calabrò R.  Impact of pulmonary regurgitation and age at surgical repair on textural and functional right ventricular myocardial properties in patients with tetralogy of Fallot. Ital Heart J. 2005 Sep;6(9):745-50. PMID: 16212077 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

32: Di Salvo G, Russo MG, Paladini D, Pacileo G, Felicetti M, Ricci C, Cardaropoli D, Palma M, Caso P, Calabro R.  Quantification of regional left and right ventricular longitudinal function in 75 normal fetuses using ultrasound-based strain rate and strain imaging. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2005 Sep;31(9):1159-62. PMID: 16176782 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

33: Di Salvo G, Drago M, Pacileo G, Rea A, Carrozza M, Santoro G, Bigazzi MC, Caso P, Russo MG, Carminati M, Calabro' R.  Atrial function after surgical and percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect: a strain rate imaging study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2005 Sep;18(9):930-3. PMID: 16153516 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

34: Di Salvo G, Pacileo G, Rea A, Gala S, Faillace D, Verrengia M, Miele T, Castaldi B, Russo MG, Caso P, Calabrò R.  [Quantitative evaluation of regional myocardial function using strain and strain rate imaging: normal values in pediatric age] Ital Heart J Suppl. 2005 Jul;6(7):420-6. Italian. PMID: 16082825 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

35: Di Salvo G, Drago M, Pacileo G, Carrozza M, Santoro G, Bigazzi MC, Caso P, Russo MG, Carminati M, Calabró R.  Comparison of strain rate imaging for quantitative evaluation of regional left and right ventricular function after surgical versus percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Jul 15;96(2):299-302. PMID: 16018860 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

36: Di Salvo G, Caso P, Lo Piccolo R, Fusco A, Martiniello AR, Russo MG, D'Onofrio A, Severino S, Calabró P, Pacileo G, Mininni N, Calabró R.  Atrial myocardial deformation properties predict maintenance of sinus rhythm after external cardioversion of recent-onset lone atrial fibrillation: a color Doppler myocardial imaging and transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic study. Circulation. 2005 Jul 19;112(3):387-95. Epub 2005 Jul 8. PMID: 16006491 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

37: Thuny F, Di Salvo G, Belliard O, Avierinos JF, Pergola V, Rosenberg V, Casalta JP, Gouvernet J, Derumeaux G, Iarussi D, Ambrosi P, Calabró R, Riberi A, Collart F, Metras D, Lepidi H, Raoult D, Harle JR, Weiller PJ, Cohen A, Habib G.  Risk of embolism and death in infective endocarditis: prognostic value of echocardiography: a prospective multicenter study. Circulation. 2005 Jul 5;112(1):69-75. Epub 2005 Jun 27. Erratum in: Circulation. 2005 Aug 30;112(9):e125. Disalvo, Giovanni [corrected to Di Salvo, Giovanni]; Calabro, Raffaello [corrected to Calabró, Raffaele]. PMID: 15983252 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

38: Caputo S, Russo MG, Capozzi G, Morelli C, Argiento P, Di Salvo G, Sarubbi B, Santoro G, Pacileo G, Calabrò R.  Congenital heart disease in a population of dizygotic twins: an echocardiographic study. Int J Cardiol. 2005 Jul 10;102(2):293-6. PMID: 15982499 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

39: Di Salvo G, Pacileo G, Caso P, Verrengia M, Rea A, Santoro G, Giovanna Russo M, Calabro R.  Strain rate imaging is a superior method for the assessment of regional myocardial function compared with Doppler tissue imaging: a study on patients with transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defect. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2005 May;18(5):398-400. PMID: 15891748 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

40: Tedesco MA, Di Salvo G, Natale F, Graziano L, Grassia C, Calabrò R, Lama G.  Early cardiac morphologic and functional changes in neurofibromatosis type 1 hypertensives: an echocardiographic and tissue Doppler study. Int J Cardiol. 2005 May 25;101(2):243-7. PMID: 15882671 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

41: Di Salvo G, Caso P, Pacileo G, Severino S, Miele T, Gala S, Mininni N, Calabrò R.  [New echocardiographic techniques in the study of coronary artery disease: strain and strain rate] Ital Heart J Suppl. 2005 Jan;6(1):17-24. Review. Italian. PMID: 15776727 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

42: Di Salvo G, Pacileo G, Verrengia M, Rea A, Limongelli G, Caso P, Russo MG, Calabrò R.  Early myocardial abnormalities in asymptomatic patients with severe isolated congenital aortic regurgitation: an ultrasound tissue characterization and strain rate study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2005 Feb;18(2):122-7. PMID: 15682048 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

43: Di Salvo G, Pergola V, Pepi M, Marino P, Calabrò R, Habib G; Gruppo di Lavoro di Ecocardiografia della Società Italiana di Cardiologia.  [The role of transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of the embolic risk during infective endocarditis: a critical review] Ital Heart J Suppl. 2004 Sep;5(9):687-93. Review. Italian. PMID: 15568606 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

44: Sutherland GR, Di Salvo G, Claus P, D'hooge J, Bijnens B.  Strain and strain rate imaging: a new clinical approach to quantifying regional myocardial function. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2004 Jul;17(7):788-802. Review. PMID: 15220909 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

45: Pacileo G, Limongelli G, Verrengia M, Gimeno J, Di Salvo G, Calabrò R. Backscatter evaluation of myocardial functional and textural findings in children with right ventricular pressure and/or volume overload. Am J Cardiol. 2004 Mar 1;93(5):594-7. PMID: 14996585 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

46: Lama G, Graziano L, Calabrese E, Grassia C, Rambaldi PF, Cioce F, Tedesco MA, Di Salvo G, Esposito-Salsano M.  Blood pressure and cardiovascular involvement in children with neurofibromatosis type1. Pediatr Nephrol. 2004 Apr;19(4):413-8. Epub 2004 Feb 26. PMID: 14991390 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

47: Tedesco MA, Natale F, Di Salvo G, Caputo S, Capasso M, Calabró R.  Effects of coexisting hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus on arterial stiffness. J Hum Hypertens. 2004 Jul;18(7):469-73. PMID: 14985776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

48: Di Salvo G, Eyskens B, Claus P, D'hooge J, Bijnens B, Suys B, De Wolf D, Gewillig M, Sutherland GR, Mertens L.  Late post-repair ventricular function in patients with origin of the left main coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk. Am J Cardiol. 2004 Feb 15;93(4):506-8. PMID: 14969638 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

49: Eroglu E, Di Salvo G, Herbots L, Herregods MC, Sutherland GR.  Restrictive left ventricular filling in hypereosinophilic syndrome as a result of partial cavity obliteration by an apical mass: a strain/strain rate study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2003 Oct;16(10):1088-90. PMID: 14566307 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

 50: Bouillaguet S, Schütt A, Marin I, Etechami L, Di Salvo G, Krejci I.  Replacement of missing teeth with fiber-reinforced composite FPDs: clinical protocol. Pract Proced Aesthet Dent. 2003 Apr;15(3):195-202; quiz 204. PMID: 12956045 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

51: D'Andrea A, Severino S, Caso P, De Simone L, Liccardo B, Forni A, Pascotto M, Di Salvo G, Scherillo M, Mininni N, Calabrò R.  Prognostic value of pharmacological stress  echocardiography in diabetic patients. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2003 Sep;4(3):202-8. PMID: 12928024 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

52: Di Salvo G, Thuny F, Rosenberg V, Pergola V, Belliard O, Derumeaux G, Cohen A, Iarussi D, Giorgi R, Casalta JP, Caso P, Habib G.  Endocarditis in the elderly: clinical, echocardiographic, and prognostic features. Eur Heart J. 2003 Sep;24(17):1576-83. PMID: 12927193 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

53: Di Salvo G, Pacileo G, Caso P, Russo MG, Cotrufo M, Calabrò R, Sutherland GR.  [A new echocardiographic approach to evaluate myocardial function in congenital cardiopathies: strain and strain rate imaging] Ital Heart J Suppl. 2003 May;4(5):375-82. Review. Italian. PMID: 12848075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

54: Buyse G, Mertens L, Di Salvo G, Matthijs I, Weidemann F, Eyskens B, Goossens W, Goemans N, Sutherland GR, Van Hove JL.  Idebenone treatment in Friedreich's ataxia: neurological, cardiac, and biochemical monitoring. Neurology. 2003 May 27;60(10):1679-81. PMID: 12771265 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

55: Davidavicius G, Kowalski M, Williams RI, D'hooge J, Di Salvo G, Pierre-Justin G, Claus P, Rademakers F, Herregods MC, Fraser AG, Pierard LA, Bijnens B, Sutherland GR. Can regional strain and strain rate measurement be performed during both dobutamine and exercise echocardiography, and do regional deformation responses differ with different forms of stress testing? J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2003 Apr;16(4):299-308. PMID: 12712011 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

56: Iarussi D, Di Salvo G, Pergola V, Coppolino P, Tedesco MA, Ratti G, Esposito L, Calabrò R, Ferrara M.  Pulsed Doppler tissue imaging and myocardial function in thalassemia major. Heart Vessels. 2003 Mar;18(1):1-6. PMID: 12644874 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

57: Weidemann F, Eyskens B, Mertens L, Di Salvo G, Strotmann J, Buyse G, Claus P, D'hooge J, Bijnens B, Gewillig M, Sutherland GR.  Quantification of regional right and left ventricular function by ultrasonic strain rate and strain indexes in Friedreich's ataxia. Am J Cardiol. 2003 Mar 1;91(5):622-6. No abstract available. PMID: 12615279 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

58: Tedesco MA, Ratti G, Di Salvo G, Natale F.  Does the angiotensin II receptor antagonist losartan improve cognitive function? Drugs Aging. 2002;19(10):723-32. Review. PMID: 12390049 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

59: Pacileo G, Calabrò P, Limongelli G, Verrengia M, Di Salvo G, Russo GM, Calabrò R.  Feasibility and usefulness of right ventricular ultrasonic tissue characterization with integrated backscatter in patients with unsuccessfully operatively "repaired" tetralogy of Fallot. Am J Cardiol. 2002 Sep 15;90(6):669-71. No abstract available. PMID: 12231105 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

60: Tedesco MA, Di Salvo G, Natale F, Pergola V, Calabrese E, Grassia C, Ratti G, Iarussi D, Iacono A, Calabrò R, Lama G.  The heart in neurofibromatosis type 1: an echocardiographic study. Am Heart J. 2002 May;143(5):883-8. PMID: 12040353 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

61: Tedesco MA, Caputo S, Di Salvo G, Natale F, Ratti G, Sortino D, Iacono A, Calabrò R.  The hypertension-related organ damage: a poorly perceived danger in subjects with low education. J Hum Hypertens. 2002 Jun;16(6):449-51. No abstract available. PMID: 12037704 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

62: Tedesco MA, Di Salvo G, Natale F, Caputo S, Calabrese E, Grassia C, Ratti G, Iarussi D, Iacono A, Lama G.  Cardiac abnormalities detected by Doppler imaging in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1. Am J Cardiol. 2001 Nov 15;88(10):1198-200. No abstract available. PMID: 11703972 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

63: Pergola V, Di Salvo G, Habib G, Avierinos JF, Philip E, Vailloud JM, Thuny F, Casalta JP, Ambrosi P, Lambert M, Riberi A, Ferracci A, Mesana T, Metras D, Harle JR, Weiller PJ, Raoult D, Luccioni R.  Comparison of clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of Streptococcus bovis endocarditis with that caused by other pathogens. Am J Cardiol. 2001 Oct 15;88(8):871-5. PMID: 11676950 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

64: Tedesco MA, Di Salvo G, Caputo S, Natale F, Ratti G, Iarussi D, Iacono A.  Educational level and hypertension: how socioeconomic differences condition health care. J Hum Hypertens. 2001 Oct;15(10):727-31. PMID: 11607804 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

65: Tedesco MA, Di Salvo G, Ratti G, Natale F, Iarussi D, Iacono A.  Left atrial size in 164 hypertensive patients: an echocardiographic and ambulatory blood pressure study. Clin Cardiol. 2001 Sep;24(9):603-7. PMID: 11558842 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

66: Di Salvo G, Pergola V, Ratti G, Tedesco MA, Giordano C, Scialdone A, Iacono A.  Atrial natriuretic factor and mitral valve prolapse syndrome. Minerva Cardioangiol. 2001  Oct;49(5):317-25. Review. English, Italian. PMID: 11533551 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

67: Tedesco MA, Di Salvo G, Ratti G, Natale F, Calabrese E, Grassia C, Iacono A, Lama G.  Arterial distensibility and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in young patients with neurofibromatosis type 1. Am J Hypertens. 2001 Jun;14(6 Pt 1):559-66. PMID: 11411736 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

68: Di Salvo G, Pergola V, Tedesco MA, Iacono A.  [Doppler tissue imaging in myocardial infarction] Minerva Cardioangiol. 2001 Feb;49(1):31-5. Italian. PMID: 11279383 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

69: Di Salvo G, Habib G, Pergola V, Avierinos JF, Philip E, Casalta JP, Vailloud JM, Derumeaux G, Gouvernet J, Ambrosi P, Lambert M, Ferracci A, Raoult D, Luccioni R. Echocardiography predicts embolic events in infective endocarditis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 Mar 15;37(4):1069-76. PMID: 11263610 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

70: Pergola V, Di Salvo G, Martiniello AR, Irace L, Tedesco MA, Scialdone A, Iacono A. [TNF alpha and heart failure] Minerva Cardioangiol. 2000 Dec;48(12):475-84. Review. Italian. PMID: 11253333 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

71: Tedesco MA, Ratti G, Di Salvo G, Martiniello AR, Limongelli G, Grieco M, Calabrese E, Grassia C, Iacono A, Lama G. Noninvasive evaluation of arterial abnormalities in young patients with neurofibromatosis type 1. Angiology. 2000 Sep;51(9):733-41. PMID: 10999614 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

72: Tedesco MA, Ratti G, Aquino D, Limongelli G, di Salvo G, Mennella S, Galzerano D, Iarussi D, Iacono A. Effects of losartan on hypertension and left ventricular mass: a long-term study. J Hum Hypertens. 1998 Aug;12(8):505-10. PMID: 9759983 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

73: Fiore CE, Cottini E, Fargetta C, Di Salvo G, Foti R, Raspagliesi M. The effects of muscle-building exercise on forearm bone mineral content and osteoblast activity in drug-free and anabolic steroids self-administering young men. Bone Miner. 1991 Apr;13(1):77-83. PMID: 2065220 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

74: Martino F, Lapiana C, Di Salvo G, Galati G, Avitto P, Lubrano R.  [Effects of the oral administration of a contraceptive on lipid balance and on the concentration of serum tocopherol] Minerva Ginecol. 1988 Sep;40(9):557-8. Italian. No abstract available. PMID: 2975772 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

75: Capalbi A, Buzzi M, Alessandrini A, Allegra E, Mogini C, Di Salvo G. [Treatment of urinary infections in gynecology. Comparative study of norfloxacin, oxolinic acid and pipemidic acid carried out on ambulatory patients] Minerva Urol Nefrol. 1987 Oct-Dec;39(4):383-9. Italian. No abstract available. PMID: 3451376 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

76: Deragna S, Palazzetti P, Pelle R, Di Salvo G, Veneri R. [Significance of materno-fetal passive antibodies and practical deductions from the viewpoint of prophylaxis] Minerva Ginecol. 1977 Dec;29(12):971-1004. Italian. No abstract available. PMID: 609406 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

77: Buzzanca P, Recine A, Di Salvo G. [Synthesis of glucosamine-6-phosphate in the cranial bones of chicks in relation to age] Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 1968 Feb 28;44(4):285-8. Italian. No abstract available. PMID: 4234152 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]