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  1. Rationale and design of the CV-PREVITAL study: an Italian multiple cohort randomised controlled trial investigating innovative digital strategies in primary cardiovascular prevention

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2023, BMJ

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  2. Association of Intima‐Media Thickness Measured at the Common Carotid Artery With Incident Carotid Plaque: Individual Participant Data Meta‐Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, June 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  3. The Association between HDL-C and Subclinical Atherosclerosis Depends on CETP Plasma Concentration: Insights from the IMPROVE Study

    Article • Biomedicines, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  4. Long-term secondary cardiovascular prevention programme in patients subjected to coronary artery bypass surgery

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, November 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  5. Relationship between Influenza Vaccination Coverage Rate and COVID-19 Outbreak: An Italian Ecological Study

    Article • Vaccines, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  6. Sex-specific predictors of PCSK9 levels in a European population: The IMPROVE study

    Article • Atherosclerosis, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  7. Traditional Risk Factors are Causally Related to Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression: Inferences from Observational Cohort Studies and Interventional Trials

    Article • Current Pharmaceutical Design, February 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Damiano Baldassarre, Dr Mauro AMATO

  8. Aortic Valve Sclerosis Adds to Prediction of Short-Term Mortality in Patients with Documented Coronary Atherosclerosis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, August 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  9. A priori-defined Mediterranean-like dietary pattern predicts cardiovascular events better in north Europe than in Mediterranean countries

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  10. Correction: Predictive value for cardiovascular events of common carotid intima media thickness and its rate of change in individuals at high cardiovascular risk - Results from the PROG-IMT collaboration

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2018, PLOS

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  11. Complete and Partial Lecithin:Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency Is Differentially Associated With Atherosclerosis

    Article • Circulation, September 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  12. Predictive value for cardiovascular events of common carotid intima media thickness and its rate of change in individuals at high cardiovascular risk – Results from the PROG-IMT collaboration

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2018, PLOS

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  13. Association of lifelong occupation and educational level with subclinical atherosclerosis in different European regions. Results from the IMPROVE study

    Article • Atherosclerosis, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  14. Carotid plaque-thickness and common carotid IMT show additive value in cardiovascular risk prediction and reclassification

    Article • Atherosclerosis, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  15. Automatic identification of variables in epidemiological datasets using logic regression

    Article • BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  16. Old and new oral anticoagulants: Food, herbal medicines and drug interactions

    Article • Blood Reviews, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  17. Genetic loci on chromosome 5 are associated with circulating levels of interleukin-5 and eosinophil count in a European population with high risk for cardiovascular disease

    Article • Cytokine, May 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  18. Sex‐Specific Effects of Adiponectin on Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness and Incident Cardiovascular Disease

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, August 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  19. Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression and Risk of Vascular Events in People With Diabetes: Results From the PROG-IMT Collaboration

    Article • Diabetes Care, July 2015, American Diabetes Association

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  20. Production of prostaglandin E2 induced by cigarette smoke modulates tissue factor expression and activity in endothelial cells

    Article • The FASEB Journal, June 2015, Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  21. Assessment and Relevance of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (C-IMT) in Primary and Secondary Cardiovascular Prevention

    Article • Current Pharmaceutical Design, January 2015, Bentham Science Publishers

    Damiano Baldassarre, Dr Mauro AMATO

  22. Inflammatory markers and extent and progression of early atherosclerosis: Meta-analysis of individual-participant-data from 20 prospective studies of the PROG-IMT collaboration

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, November 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  23. Low levels of IgM antibodies against phosphorylcholine are associated with fast carotid intima media thickness progression and cardiovascular risk in men

    Article • Atherosclerosis, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  24. Potentially Spurious Correlations Between Arterial Size, Flow-Mediated Dilation, and Shear Rate

    Article • Hypertension, September 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  25. Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

    Article • BMJ, July 2014, BMJ

    Dr Mauro AMATO, Professor Leon Flicker

  26. Progression of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness as Predictor of Vascular Events: Results from the IMPROVE Study

    Article • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, July 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  27. Effects of smoking regular or light cigarettes on brachial artery flow-mediated dilation

    Article • Atherosclerosis, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  28. LDL oxidative modification and carotid atherosclerosis: Results of a multicenter study

    Article • Atherosclerosis, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  29. Measurements of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and of Interadventitia Common Carotid Diameter Improve Prediction of Cardiovascular Events

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  30. Plasma lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase and carotid intima-media thickness in European individuals at high cardiovascular risk

    Article • Journal of Lipid Research, May 2011, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  31. The metabolic syndrome predicts carotid intima-media thickness no better than the sum of individual risk factors in a lipid clinic population

    Article • Atherosclerosis, May 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  32. Cross-sectional analysis of baseline data to identify the major determinants of carotid intima–media thickness in a European population: the IMPROVE study

    Article • European Heart Journal, December 2009, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  33. Tissue factor gene promoter haplotype associates with carotid intima-media thickness in subjects in cardiovascular risk prevention

    Article • Atherosclerosis, November 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  34. Markers of inflammation, thrombosis and endothelial activation correlate with carotid IMT regression in stable coronary disease after atorvastatin treatment

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  35. Functional Lecithin: Cholesterol Acyltransferase Is Not Required for Efficient Atheroprotection in Humans

    Article • Circulation, August 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  36. Effects of Timing and Extent of Smoking, Type of Cigarettes, and Concomitant Risk Factors on the Association Between Smoking and Subclinical Atherosclerosis

    Article • Stroke, April 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  37. Sildenafil improves the alveolar–capillary function in heart failure patients

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, May 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  38. E-selectin and TFPI are associated with carotid intima-media thickness in stable IHD patients: The baseline findings of the MIAMI study

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, May 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  39. Patients with a history of stable or unstable coronary heart disease have different acute phase responses to an inflammatory stimulus

    Article • Atherosclerosis, February 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  40. Carotid intima‐media thickness and markers of inflammation, endothelial damage and hemostasis

    Article • Annals of Medicine, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  41. Normal Vascular Function Despite Low Levels of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Carriers of the Apolipoprotein A-IMilano Mutant

    Article • Circulation, November 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  42. Carotid intima-media thickness by B-mode ultrasound as surrogate of coronary atherosclerosis: correlation with quantitative coronary angiography and coronary intravascular ultrasound findings

    Article • European Heart Journal, July 2007, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  43. Measurement of carotid artery intima-media thickness in dyslipidemic patients increases the power of traditional risk factors to predict cardiovascular events

    Article • Atherosclerosis, April 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  44. Effect of n‐3 fatty acids on carotid atherosclerosis and haemostasis in patients with combined hyperlipoproteinemia: A double‐blind pilot study in primary prevention

    Article • Annals of Medicine, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  45. Correlation of parents’ longevity with carotid intima–media thickness in patients attending a Lipid Clinic

    Article • Atherosclerosis, March 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  46. Recognition of patients with cardiovascular disease by artificial neural networks

    Article • Annals of Medicine, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Mauro AMATO

  47. Increased Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Subjects With Primary Hypoalphalipoproteinemia

    Article • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, February 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Mauro AMATO