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The University of Insubria CV
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Contact data

Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Medicine
c/o Ospedale di Circolo, Division of Internal Medicine
Viale Borri, 57 - 21100 Varese - Italy
Tel: +39 (0)332 278831
Fax: +39 (0)332 278595
E-mail: walter.ageno@uninsubria.it

 

Biography

Place and date of birth:
Vicenza, 1968

Present position:
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine,
Staff Physician in the Department of Internal Medicine and in the Thrombosis and Haemostasis Unit of the University Hospital of Varese

Education:
Baccalaureate (“Maturità Classica”), Liceo Classico A. Pigafetta, Vicenza,
MD Degree , University of Pavia, 1993
Speciality Degree, University of Insubria, Post Doctoral School of Internal Medicine, 1999

Research training:
Research Fellowship in Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 1996-97

Attended and completed the courses "Biostatistics" and "Research methods for randomized controlled trials" within the Health Research Methodology Postgraduate Program at the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1996

Visiting Scientist at the Thrombosis Unit of the Hamilton General Hospital, Ontario, Canada, 1998

Visiting Scientist at the Thrombosis Unit of the Hamilton General Hospital, Ontario, Canada, 2001

Training in research methodology and development of clinical guidelines with the Italian Group for Evidence Based Medicine. Bologna, Italy, 2005

Memberships and editorial activities:
Member of the Societa’ Italiana per lo Studio dell’Emostasi e della Trombosi

Member of the International Union of Angiology

Member of the International Society for the study of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Member of the editorial board for Thrombosis Research (2003 -)

Member of the editorial board for Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2005-)

Member of the editorial board for Current Drug Safety (2006-)

Reviewer activity for Haematologica

Reviewer activity for Thrombosis Research

Reviewer activity for Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Reviewer activity for Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Reviewer activity for Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Reviewer activity for American Journal of Medicine

Reviewer activity for Canadian Medical Association Journal

Reviewer activity for Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Reviewer activity for Blood

Reviewer of the VII Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic
Therapy of the American College of Chest Physicians guidelines (Chest 2004) on Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism

Project leader for the Italian guidelines on the prevention of venous thromboembolism

Meetings and publications:

Invited speaker at more than 110 national and international meetings, more than 120 abstracts presented at national and international meetings, and author of more than 80 full papers in peer-reviewed international journals.

 

Qualifications and awards

2005 Award of the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis for the best Research Letter

2005 Award of the Italian Society of Internal Medicine for the best research protocol
 

Research interests

Venous and arterial thromboembolism

Development of antithrombotic drugs
 

Teaching experience and appointments

Assistant Professor, Chair of Internal Medicine – University of Insubria, Varese, 1999-2004

2005-Associate Professor, Chair of Internal Medicine – University of Insubria, Varese

2000- Staff physician at the Department of Internal Medicine Ospedale di Circolo di Varese

2000 Center for the Study and Management of Atherothrombotic and Venous Thromboembolic diseases, Ospedale di Circolo di Varese
 

Representative  publications

1) Ageno W, Turpie A.G.G.
Exaggerated initial response to warfarin following heart valve replacement. Am J Cardiol 1999;84(8):905-908

2) Ageno W, Turpie A.G.G.
A computer generated induction system for hospitalized patients starting on oral anticoagulant therapy. Thromb Haemost 2000;83/6:849-852

3) Ageno W, Turpie AGG, Steidl L, Ambrosini A, Cattaneo R, Codari RL, Nardo B, Venco A.
Comparison of a daily fixed 2.5 mg warfarin dose with a 5 mg, international normalized ratio adjusted, warfarin dose initially following heart valve replacement. Am J Cardiol 2001;88,1:40-44

4) Agnelli G, Prandoni P, Santamaria MG, Bagatella P, Iorio A, Bazzan M, Moia M, Guazzaloca G, Bertoldi A, Tomasi C, Scannapieco G, Ageno W.
Three months versus one year of oral anticoagulant therapy for idiopathic deep venous thrombosis. N Engl J Med 2001;345:165-169

5) Ageno W, Steidl L, Marchesi C, Dentali F, Mera V, Squizzato A, Crowther M, Venco A.
Selecting patients for home treatment of deep vein thrombosis: the problem of cancer. Haematologica 2002;87(3):286-291

6) Ageno W, Turpie AG.
New advances in the management of acute coronary syndromes: 4. Low molecular weight heparins. CMAJ 2002;166(7):919-924

7) Ageno W, Crowther MA, Steidl L, Ultori C, Mera V, Dentali F, Squizzato A, Marchesi C, Venco A.
Low dose oral vitamin K to reverse acenocoumarol-induced coagulopathy: a randomised controlled trial. Thromb Haemost 2002;88:48-51

8) Ageno W, Squizzato A, Ambrosini F, Dentali F, Marchesi C, Mera V, Steidl L, Venco A.
Thrombosis prophylaxis in medical patients: a retrospective review of clinical practice patterns. Haematologica 2002;87(7):746-750

9) Crowther MA, Douketis JD, Schnurr T, Steidl L, Mera V, Ultori C, Venco A, Ageno W.
Oral vitamin K lowers the International Normalized Ratio more rapidly than subcutaneous vitamin K in the treatment of warfarin-associated coagulopathy. Ann Intern Med 2002;137:251-254

10) Ageno W, Finazzi S, Steidl L, Biotti MG, Mera V, Melzi d’Eril G, Venco A.
Plasma measurement of d-dimer levels for the early diagnosis of ischemic stroke subtypes. Arch Intern Med 2002;162(22):2589-2593

11) Ageno W, Piantanida E, Dentali F, Steidl L, Mera V, Squizzato A, Marchesi C, Venco A.
Body mass index is associated with the development of the post-thrombotic syndrome: results of a prospective cohort study. Thromb Haemost 2003; 89:305-309

12) Agnelli G, Prandoni P, Becattini C, Silingardi M, Taliani MR, Miccio M, Imberti D, Poggio R, Ageno W, Pogliani E, Porro F, Zonzin P.
Extended oral anticoagulant therapy after a first episode of pulmonary embolism. Ann Intern Med 2003;139:19-25

13) Taliani MR, Agnelli G, Prandoni P, Becattini C, Moia M, Bazzan M, Ageno W, Tomasi C, Guazzaloca G, Ambrosio GB, Bertoldi A, Salvi R, Poggio R, Silingardi M.
Incidence of cancer after a first episode of idiopathic venous thromboembolism treated with 3 months or 1 year of oral anticoagulation. J Thromb Haemost. 2003;1(8):1730-1733

14) Dentali F, Ageno W.
Management of coumarin-associated coagulopathy in the non-bleeding patient: a systematic review. Haematologica 2004;89:857-862

15) Ageno W, Dentali F, Imberti D.
A survey of thrombosis prophylaxis use in patients with lower limb fractures. Thromb Haemost 2004; 1166-1167

16) Ambrosetti M, Lucioni A, Ageno W, Conti S, Neri M.
Is venous thromboembolism more frequent in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome? J Thromb Haemost 2004;2:1858-1860

17) Ageno W, Dentali F, Imberti D.
A survey of thromboprophylaxis use in patients undergoing arthroscopic surgery. J Thromb Haemost 2004; 2:1901-1902

18) Ageno W.
Another good reason for not ignoring thromboprophylaxis in acutely ill medical patients. J Thromb Haemost 2004; 1889-1891

19) Ageno W, Dentali F, Squizzato A. Prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism following laparoscopic surgery: where is the evidence? J Thromb Haemost 2005;3(2):214-215

20) Verso M, Agnelli G, Bertoglio S, Di Somma FC, Paoletti F, Ageno W, Bazzan M, Parise P, Quintavalla R, Naglieri E, Santoro A, Imberti D, Sorarù M, Mosca S.
Enoxaparin for the prevention of venous thromboembolism associated with central vein catheter:a double blind, placebo controlled, randomized study in cancer patients. J Clin Oncol 2005; 23(18):4057-62

21) Becattini C, Agnelli G, Prandoni P, Silingardi M, Salvi R, Taliani MR, Poggio R, Imberti D, Ageno W, Pogliani E, Porro F, Casazza F.
A prospective study on cardiovascular events after acute pulmonary embolism. Eur Heart J 2005;26(1):77-83

22) Crowther MA, Ageno W, Schnurr T, Manfredi E, Kinnon K, Garcia D, Douketis JD.
Oral vitamin K produces a normal INR within 24 hours of its administration in most patients discontinuing warfarin. Haematologica 2005;90(1):137-139

23) Ageno W, Squizzato A, Dentali F, Crowther M. Tailoring warfarin induction doses to reflect individual and disease-specific factors. Am J Med. 2005;118(2):143-144.

24) Ageno W, Grimwood R, Limbiati S, Dentali F, Steidl L, Wells PS. Home-treatment of deep vein thrombosis in patients with cancer. Haematologica. 2005;90(2):220-224

25) Imberti D, Bianchi M, Farina A, Siragusa S, Silingardi M, Ageno W. Clinical experience with retrievable vena cava filters: results of a prospective observational multicenter study. J Thromb Haemost. 2005;3(7):1370-5

26) Ageno W, Garcia D, Silingardi M, Galli M, Crowther M. A Randomized Trial Comparing 1 mg of Oral Vitamin K With No Treatment in the Management of Warfarin-Associated Coagulopathy in Patients With Mechanical Heart Valves. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005 16;46(4):732-3.

27) Dentali F, Manfredi E, Crowther M, Ageno W. Long-duration therapy with low molecular weight heparin in patients with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome resistant to warfarin therapy. J Thromb Haemost. 2005 Sep;3(9):2121-3.

28) Galli M, Ageno W, Squizzato A, Dentali F, Manfredi E, Steidl L, Venco A. Residual venous obstruction in patients with a single episode of deep vein thrombosis and in patients with recurrent deep vein thrombosis. Thromb Haemost 2005;94:93-95

29) Ambrosetti M, Ageno W, Salerno M, Pedretti RF. Postoperative pericardial effusion in patients receiving anticoagulants for deep vein thrombosis after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. J Thromb Haemost 2005;3(10):2367-2368

30) Garcia D, Ageno W, Libby E. Update on the diagnosis and management of pulmonary embolism. Br J Haematol 2005; 131(3):301-312

 

 
   
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