Gianluca "Jacky" Rigatelli

Gianluca "Jacky" Rigatelli

Born	12 October 1971 Embu Kieny, Kenya
Nationality	Italian
Education	1996 MD University of Padua School of Medicine and Surgery Padua, Italy
	2000 Cardiology Diploma University of Padua School of Medicine and Surgery Padua, Italy
	2010 PhD cardiovascular Sciences University of Verona School of Medicine, Verona, Italy
Academics	2012-present Professor on contract Human Physiology Course of Techniques in Radiology and Radiotherapy University of Padua School of Medicine and Surgery Padua, Italy
	2019 ASN Italy Cardiovascular Disease Professorship
	2013-present Honorary Professor of Medicine Tonji University School of Medicine Tenth’s people Hospital Shangai, China
	2006-present Visiting Professor in cardiology Thong Nhat Hospital Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
	2001-present Visiting Professor in Cardiology Tant Tao University School of Medicine Lon An, Vietnam
Fields	Interventional cardiology: Left main disease interventions, congenital heart disease interventions, peripheral artery disease interventions, computational fluid dynamic simulation of cardiovascular disease
Institutions	Present- Director Interventional cardiology Division of Cardiology AULSS6 Ospedali Riuniti Padova Sud Padova, Italy
	2003-2022: Vice-Director Cardiovascularand Endoluminal Interventions Unit Rovigo General Hospital Rovigo , Italy
	2000-2003 Staff physician Cardiovascular Disease Department Cittadella General Hospital Cittadella, Italy
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Top Italian Scientist in Clinical Sciences

Activity

Dr Rigatelli works as Director of Interventional cardiology of the Division of Cardiology of AUSSL6 Ospedali Riuniti Padova Sud, Monselice, and serves as interventional cardiologist by 25 years performing left main interventions, congenital heart disease and peripheral intervention pioneering a number of new percutaneous interventions including: new application of intracardiac echo to interatrial shunt closure, a new technique for subclavian artery and iliac artery interventions, and a new technique for left main dual stenting. He serve sas Visiting Professor of Cardiology in a number of International Institutions teaching and proctoring complex coronary and cardiovascular procedures. He works also as Professor on contract teaching Human Physiology and serve as reviewer in the major cardiovascular journals. He is member of the editorial board of a number of international journals and guest editor of Journal Clinical medicine, Frontiers in Cardiovascular medicine, and Viruses. He wrote 33 book chapter and was author of 468 papers indexed in PubMed. He travels frequently around the world as faculty of cardiovascular international meetings.

Research

Research focus of dr Rigatelli included percutaneous interventions in Left main coronary artery, filed in which he proposed a new technique, the Nano-Inverted T and contributed to define the results of dual stenting in bifurcation Left Main disease being named among national experts in the filed. He is ranked among the first 15 world specialists in the field of atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale, for his contribution to pathophysiology of patent foramen oval and the application of intracardiac echocardiography to atrial septal defect transcatheter closure and among national expert of computer simulation applied to cardiovascular disease. He conceived a clinical and functional classification of coronary artery anomalies and in the last 3 years contributed to the definition of cardiovascular risk in Covid-19 patients.

Awards and Honours

He has been named by Who’Who Marquis in Who's Who Marquis "Science And Engeenering" 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2007-2008 , in Who's Who Marquis "In The World" 2003-2004, 2004-2005-2006-2007,2007-2008 and in Who's Who Marquis "Medicine And Health Care" 2004-2005, 2005-2006-2007, 2007-2008, and cited in Leading Scietist of The World-IBC, Londra 2005 Diploma of Achievement Medicine and Healthcare- IBC, Londra-2005

He won local prizes for cardiovascular research and has been elected Fellow of major cardiovascular societies icluding: European Society of Cardiology (FESC), American College of Cardiology (FACC), American Society of Cardiovascular aangiography and Interventions (FSCAI), Cardiovascular Interventional Society of Europe (CIRSE), Associazione Nazionale Medici cardiology Ospedalieri (FANMCO), Società italiana di Cardiologia Invasiva (GISE). Moreover he has been European board- certified for Interventional Radiology in 2010.

Selected Publication

• Rigatelli G, Braggion G, Aggio S, Chinaglia M, Cardaioli P. Primary patent foramen ovale closure to relieve severe migraine. Ann Intern Med. 2006 Mar 21;144(6):458-60.

• Rigatelli G, Dell'Avvocata F, Cardaioli P, Giordan M, Braggion G, Aggio S, Chinaglia M, Mandapaka S, Kuruvilla J, Chen JP, Nanjundappa A. Permanent right-to-left shunt is the key factor in managing patent foramen ovale. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Nov 15;58(21):2257-61.

• Rigatelli G, Dell'Avvocata F, Ronco F, Cardaioli P, Giordan M, Braggion G, Aggio S, Chinaglia M, Rigatelli G, Chen JP. Primary transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure is effective in improving migraine in patients with high-risk anatomic and functional characteristics for paradoxical embolism. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Mar;3(3):282-7.

• Rigatelli G, Aggio S, Cardaioli P, Braggion G, Giordan M, Dell'avvocata F, Chinaglia M, Rigatelli G, Roncon L, Chen JP. Left atrial dysfunction in patients with patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm: an alternative concurrent mechanism for arterial embolism?, JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 Jul;2(7):655-62.

• Zanchetta M, Onorato E, Rigatelli G, Pedon L, Zennaro M, Carrozza A, Maiolino P. Intracardiac echocardiography-guided transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect: a new efficient device selection method. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Nov 5;42(9):1677-82.

• Rigatelli G, Cardaioli P, Giordan M, Panin S, Ferro S, Roncon L. New subclavian artery angioplasty technique for treating subclavian coronary steal syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Aug;84(2):688-9.

• Rigatelli G, Giordan M, Cardaioli P, Roncon L, Faggian G, Rigatelli G, Zonzin P. Subclavian artery angioplasty allows for implantation of the in situ internal thoracic artery graft in patients scheduled for surgical myocardial revascularization. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Jun;131(6):e9-10.

• Rigatelli G, Zuin M, Vassilev D, Dinh H, Dell'Avvocata F, Van Tan N, Nghia N, Ronco F, Roncon L. Feasibility, safety and long-term outcomes of complex left main bifurcation treatment using the nano-inverted-t stenting: a multicentre prospective registry. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 Apr;37(4):1107-1119. Epub 2020 Nov 16

• Pristipino C, Anzola GP, Ballerini L, Bartorelli A, Cecconi M, Chessa M, Donti A, Gaspardone A, Neri G, Onorato E, Palareti G, Rakar S, Rigatelli G, Santoro G, Toni D, Ussia GP, Violini R; Italian Society of Invasive Cardiology (SICI-GISE); Italian Stroke Association (ISA-AIS); Italian Association of Hospital Neurologists, Neuroradiologists, Neurosurgeons (SNO); Congenital Heart Disease Study Group of Italian Society Of Cardiology; Italian Association Of Hospital Cardiologists (ANMCO); Italian Society Of Pediatric Cardiology (SICP); Italian Society of Cardiovascular Echography (SIEC); Italian Society of Hemostasis and Thrombosis (SISET). Management of patients with patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke: a collaborative, multidisciplinary, position paper. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2013 Jul 1;82(1):E38-51. Epub 2013 Apr 8.

• Rigatelli G, Zuin M, Dell'Avvocata F, Vassilev D, Daggubati R, Nguyen T, Nguyễn MTN, Foin N. Complex coronary bifurcation treatment by a novel stenting technique: Bench test, fluid dynamic study and clinical outcomes. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 Nov 1;92(5):907-914. Epub 2018 Jan 25.

[11] Rigatelli G, Chiastra C, Pennati G, Dubini G, Migliavacca F, Zuin M. Applications of computational fluid dynamics to congenital heart diseases: a practical review for cardiovascular professionals. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2021 Oct;19(10):907-916. doi: 10.1080/14779072.2021.1999229. Epub 2021 Nov 12. PMID: 34704881.

[12] Rigatelli G, Rigatelli G. Congenital coronary artery anomalies in the adult: a new practical viewpoint. Clin Cardiol. 2005 Feb;28(2):61-5. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960280203. PMID: 15757074; PMCID: PMC6654172.

[13] Zuin M, Rigatelli G, Battisti V, Costola G, Roncon L, Bilato C. Increased risk of acute myocardial infarction after COVID-19 recovery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Cardiol. 2022 Dec 16:S0167-5273(22)01914-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.12.032. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36535564; PMCID: PMC9755219.

External links

• Gianluca Rigatelli - Google Scholar
• Gianluca Rigatelli - Curriculum Vitae - AULSS6 - Regione Veneto