Dott. Francesco Secchi

• 2007: Laurea in Medicina e Chirurgia presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano.
• 2012: Specializzazione in Radiodiagnostica presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano.
• 2016: Dottorato di ricerca (PhD) in ricerca biomedica integrata presso Università degli Studi di Milano.
• 2019: Professore Associato di Radiologia presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano.

• 2011. Clinical fellow at CMR unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
• 2012. Visiting resident at Medical University of South Carolina, Radiology Department, Cardiovascular imaging, Charleston, SC, USA.
• 2012-2024. Consulente presso il reparto di radiodiagnostica dell’IRCCS Policlinico San Donato.
• 2019-oggi. Professore Associato di Radiologia presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano.
• 2024-oggi. Direttore di unità operativa complessa di imaging cardiovascolare presso IRCCS Multimedica

ATTIVITA’ SCIENTIFICA E ULTIME  PUBBLICAZIONI

Scopus: H-index: 21, overall citations: 1770

• Malavazos AE, Iacobellis G, Dozio E, Basilico S, Di Vincenzo A, Dubini C, Menicanti L, Vianello E, Meregalli C, Ruocco C, Ragni M, Secchi F, Spagnolo P, Castelvecchio S, Morricone L, Buscemi S, Giordano A, Goldberger JJ, Carruba M, Cinti S, Corsi Romanelli MM, Nisoli E. Human Epicardial Adipose Tissue Expresses Glucose-dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide, Glucagon and Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptors as Potential Targets of Pleiotropic Therapies. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2023 Feb 17:zwad050. (IF = 7.804)
• La Grutta L, Maffei E, Clemente A, Privitera G, Rengo M, Seitun S, Malagò R, Toia P, Acquafresca M, Secchi F, Gravina M, Mantini C, Scardapane A, De Rosa R, Carusi LM, Cossa S, Falzea F, Chiappino D, Annoni A, Francone M, Di Cesare E, Midiri M, Cademartiri F. Intravenous Contrast Material for Cardiac Computed Tomography: Results From the Open-label Multicenter, Multivendor Italian Registry of Contrast Material Use in Cardiac Computed Tomography. J Thorac Imaging. 2023 Mar 1;38(2):128-135.
• Galea N, Cundari G, Di Dedda E, Chimenti C, Aquaro GD, Barison A, Cau R, Di Cesare E, Di Renzi P, Esposito A, Faletti R, Gatti M, Liguori C, Lovato L, Mantini C, Monti CB, Palmisano A, Pradella S, Ricci F, Saba L, Secchi F, Catalano C, Francone M. Short term outcome of myocarditis and pericarditis following COVID-19 vaccines: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Mar 13.
• Monti CB, Zanardo M, Capra D, Folco G, Silletta F,Secchi F, Sardanelli F. Myocardial extracellular volume assessment at CT in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with regards to pulmonary embolism. Eur J Radiol. 2023 Apr 7;163:110809.
• Righini P, Mazzaccaro D, Galligani M, Giannetta M, Secchi F, Carminati M, Nano G. Solving Intraoperative Complications During Endovascular Repair of Late Contained Ruptured Aortic Pseudoaneurysm After Surgical De-coarctation: Case Report and Systematic Review of Literature. J Endovasc Ther. 2023 Jun 4:15266028231177047.
• Righini P, Secchi F, Mazzaccaro D, Giese D, Galligani M, Avishay D, Capra D, Monti CB, Nano G. Four-Dimensional Flow MRI for the Evaluation of Aortic Endovascular Graft: A Pilot Study. Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Jun 19;13(12):2113.
• Formato GM, Agnifili ML, Arzuffi L, Rosato A, Ceserani V, Zuniga Olaya KG, Secchi F, Deamici M, Conti M, Auricchio F, Bedogni F, Frigiola A, Lo Rito M. Morphological Changes of Anomalous Coronary Arteries From the Aorta During the Cardiac Cycle Assessed by IVUS in Resting Conditions. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Jul 7:e012636. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.122.012636.
• Malavazos AE, Meregalli C, Sorrentino F, Vignati A, Dubini C, Scravaglieri V, Basilico S, Boniardi F, Spagnolo P, Malagoli P, Romanelli P,Secchi F, Iacobellis G. Semaglutide therapy decreases epicardial fat inflammation and improves psoriasis severity in patients affected by abdominal obesity and type-2 diabetes. Endocrinol Diabetes Metab Case Rep. 2023 Aug 8;2023(3):23-0017.
• Ceserani V, Lo Rito M, Agnifili ML, Pascaner AF, Rosato A, Anglese S, Deamici M, Negri J, Corrado C, Bedogni F,Secchi F, Lombardi M, Auricchio F, Frigiola A, Conti M. Lumped-parameter model as a non-invasive tool to assess coronary blood flow in AAOCA patients. Sci Rep. 2023 Oct 14;13(1):17448.
• Folco G, Monti CB, Zanardo M, Silletta F, Capra D, Secchi F, Sardanelli F. MRI-derived extracellular volume as a biomarker of cancer therapy cardiotoxicity: systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Radiol. 2023 Oct 12.
• Ait-Ali L, Leonardi B, Alaimo A, Baccano G, Bennati E, Bucciarelli V, Clemente A, Favilli S, Ferroni F, Inserra MC, Lovato L, Maiorano A, Marcora SA, Marrone C, Martini N, Mirizzi G, Pasqualin G, Peritore G, Puppini G, Sandrini C, Raimondi F, Secchi F, Spaziani G, Stagnaro N, Salvadori S, Secinaro A, Tchana B, Trocchio G, Galetti D, Pieroni F, Dalmiani S, Bianco F, Festa P; CMR/CT WG of Italian Pediatric Cardiology Society. Overcoming Underpowering in the Outcome Analysis of Repaired-Tetralogy of Fallot: A Multicenter Database from the CMR/CT Working Group of the Italian Pediatric Cardiology Society (SICPed). Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Oct 19;13(20):3255.
• Pascaner AF, Rosato A, Fantazzini A, Vincenzi E, Basso C, Secchi F, Lo Rito M, Conti M. Automatic 3D Segmentation and Identification of Anomalous Aortic Origin of the Coronary Arteries Combining Multi-view 2D Convolutional Neural Networks. J Imaging Inform Med. 2024 Jan 17.
• Cipriani A, Lo Rito M, Pica S, De Gaspari M, Rigato I, Perazzolo Marra M, De Conti G, Corradin S, Motta R, Pergola V,Secchi F, Lombardi M, Bauce B, Zorzi A, Thiene G, Basso C, Molossi S, Padalino MA, Corrado D. Cardiac magnetic resonance in the assessment of the anomalous right coronary artery originating from the left sinus of Valsalva. Eur Heart J. 2024 Mar 5:ehae129.
• Zanardo M, Ambrogi F, Asmundo L, Cardani R, Cirillo G, Colarieti A, Cozzi A, Cressoni M, Dambra I, Di Leo G, Monti CB, Nicotera L, Pomati F, Renna LV, Secchi F, Versuraro M, Vitali P, Sardanelli F. The GREENWATER study: patients’ green sensitivity and potential recovery of injected contrast agents. Eur Radiol. 2024 Oct 31. doi: 10.1007/s00330-024-11150-3.
• Asteria C, Secchi F, Morricone L, Malavazos AE, Francesconi S, Milani V, Giovanelli A. Open-bore MRI Scanner Assessment of Epicardial Adipose Tissue after Bariatric Surgery: A Pilot Study Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets. 2024 Aug 21. doi: 10.2174/0118715303310680240607114244.
• Costantini P, Groenhoff L, Ostillio E, Coraducci F, Secchi F, Carriero A, Colarieti A, Stecco A. Advancements in Cardiac CT Imaging: The Era of Artificial Intelligence. Echocardiography. 2024 Dec;41(12):e70042. doi: 10.1111/echo.70042.
• Albano D, Monti CB, Risoleo GA, Vignati G, Rossi S, Conte E, Andreini D, Secchi F, Fusco S, Galia M, Vitali P, Gitto S, Messina C, Sconfienza LM. Correlation of Sarcopenia with Coronary Artery Disease Severity and Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Attenuation: A Coronary CT Study. 2024 Oct 30;10(11):1744-1753. doi: 10.3390/tomography10110128.
• Abati E, Alberti C, Tambè V, Esseridou A, Comi GP, Corti S, Meola G, Secchi F. Cardiac risk and myocardial fibrosis assessment with cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with myotonic dystrophy. Front Neurol. 2024 Nov 21;15:1493570. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1493570.
• Bari V, Nano G, Baroni I, De Angeli G, Cairo B, Gelpi F, Ceserani V, Conti M, Secchi F, Porta A, Mazzaccaro D. Comparison of the impact of carotid endarterectomy and stenting on autonomic and baroreflex regulations: a one-year follow-up randomized study. Sci Rep. 2024 Dec 5;14(1):30299. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-81105-7.
• Sturla F, Caimi A, Giugno L, Pasqualin G, Tissir K, Secchi F, Redaelli A, Carminati M, Votta E. Planning transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation in the dysfunctional native RVOT: A semi-automated pipeline for dynamic analysis based on 4D-CT imaging. Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2024 Dec 17;260:108569. doi: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2024.108569.

• Risonanza magnetica cardiaca
• TC coronarica