Andrea Kahlberg

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Cardiovascular Diseases Vascular Surgery

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Department of Vascular Surgery @ Ospedale San Raffaele

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Biography

Andrea Kahlberg is an Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, and also performs clinical activity as Assistant Chief Physician and Coordinator of the Emergency Vascular Surgery Unit at the Clinical Research Institute Ospedale San Raffaele, headed by Professor Roberto Chiesa. In addition, he collaborates with the Casa di Cura La Madonnina Clinic in Milan.

Graduated with honors and accolades in 2005 from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, he completed his specialization in vascular surgery at the same university in 2010. In addition, he has experience abroad, among which the internship at the University Hospital of Zurich in 2015 stands out.

During his career, he has participated in more than 8,000 interventions (of which he performed about 3,000 as the first surgeon) in vascular and/or endovascular surgery to treat aneurysms and dissections of the abdominal and/or thoracic aorta and/or aortic arch by surgical reconstruction (bypass surgery) or endovascular treatment (endoprosthetics); Carotid stenosis, subclavian artery stenosis or spinal stenosis (endarterectomy or angioplasty/stenting); lower limb ischaemia by surgical reconstruction (bypass surgery) or endovascular treatment (angioplasty/stenting). Professor Kahlberg also deals with upper thoracic aperture syndrome, using muscle dissection (scalenotomy) or removal of extra ribs, and lower limb venous insufficiency, using safenectomy or radiofrequency thermoablation.

In particular, in the last 10 years he has studied the most recently discovered endovascular technologies and materials for minimally invasive treatment of arterial pathology, acting as a participant and coordinator of numerous international multicenter studies and trials.

He is the author of 70 scientific articles published in prestigious international scientific journals (Hirsch Index = 18) and 16 textbooks related to various aspects of vascular surgery. He has been invited to participate as a speaker in more than 100 international scientific congresses, he is a member of the most prestigious scientific societies in the field (such as the Italian Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, European Society for Vascular Surgery, European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery), from 2017 to 2019 he was the Chairman of the College of University Researchers in Vascular Surgery.

Education

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Diploma in Medicine and Surgery – 2005

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Specialty in Vascular Surgery – 2010

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Publications

Latest publications

First-in-Human Experience With Sirolimus-Eluting Self-Expanding Stent for Femoropopliteal Lesions

(2019) Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 74 (17), pp. 2216-2218.

Steiner, S., Sauguet, A., Langhoff, R., Kahlberg, A., Thieme, M., Zeller, T., Garot, P., Commeau, P., Cremonesi, A., Marone, E.M., Scheinert, D

New technical approach for type B dissection: From the PETTICOAT to the STABILISE concept

(2019) Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 60 (3), pp. 281-288

Kahlberg, A., Mascia, D., Bertoglio, L., Loschi, D., Grandi, A., Melissano, G., Chiesa, R.

A systematic review of infected descending thoracic aortic grafts and endografts

(2019) Journal of Vascular Surgery, 69 (6), pp. 1941-1951.e1.

Kahlberg, A., Grandi, A., Loschi, D., Vermassen, F., Moreels, N., Chakfé, N., Melissano, G., Chiesa, R.

Volumetric analysis of aneurysm thrombosis after thoracic endovascular aortic repair predicts postoperative changes in platelet count and coagulation parameters

(2018) Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 59 (3), pp. 419-427.

Kahlberg, A., Rinaldi, E., Tshomba, Y., Spelta, S., Mascia, D., Melissano, G., Chiesa, R

Late patency of reconstructed visceral arteries after open repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm

(2018) Journal of Vascular Surgery, 67 (4), pp. 1017-1024.

Kahlberg, A., Ferrante, A.M.R., Miloro, R., Mascia, D., Bertoglio, L., Baccellieri, D., Melissano, G., Chiesa, R.

How to best treat infectious complications of open and endovascular thoracic aortic repairs

(2017) Seminars in Vascular Surgery, 30 (2-3), pp. 95-102.

Kahlberg, A., Melissano, G., Mascia, D., Loschi, D., Grandi, A., Chiesa, R.

Endovascular Stent-Grafting of the Ascending Aorta for Symptomatic Parietal Thrombus

(2016) Journal of Endovascular Therapy, 23 (6), pp. 969-972

Kahlberg, A., Montorfano, M., Cambiaghi, T., Bertoglio, L., Melissano, G., Chiesa, R.

Results from the Multicenter Study on Aortoenteric Fistulization After Stent Grafting of the Abdominal Aorta (MAEFISTO)

(2016) Journal of Vascular Surgery, 64 (2), pp. 313-320.e1.

Kahlberg, A., Rinaldi, E., Piffaretti, G., Speziale, F., Trimarchi, S., Bonardelli, S., Melissano, G., Chiesa, R., Kahlberg, A., Rinaldi, E., Apruzzi, L., Tshomba, Y., Chiesa, R., Piffaretti, G., Castelli, P., Capoccia, L., Sirignano, P., Speziale, F., Segreti, S., Trimarchi, S., Cervi, E., Bonardelli, S., Costantini, E., Baratta, V., Bellosta, R., Sarcina, A

Strategies to treat thoracic aortitis and infected aortic grafts

(2015) Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 56 (2), pp. 269-280

Kahlberg, A., Melissano, G., Tshomba, Y., Leopardi, M., Chiesa, R.

Comparison of renal perfusion solutions during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

(2014) Journal of Vascular Surgery, 59 (3), pp. 623-633.

Tshomba, Y., Kahlberg, A., Melissano, G., Coppi, G., Marone, E., Ferrari, D., Lembo, R., Chiesa, R.

Endovascular repair of traumatic thoracic aortic injury: Final results from the relay endovascular registry for thoracic disease

(2014) Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 97 (3), pp. 774-780.

Zipfel, B., Chiesa, R., Kahlberg, A., Marone, E.M., Rousseau, H., Kaskarelis, I., Riambau, V., Coppi, G., Ferro, C., Sassi, C., Esteban, C., Mangialardi, N., Tealdi, D.G., Nano, G., Schoder, M., Funovics, M., Buz, S., Hetzer, R

New insights regarding the incidence, presentation and treatment options of aorto-oesophageal fistulation after thoracic endovascular aortic repair: The european registry of endovascular aortic repair complications

(2014) European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 45 (3), art. no. ezt393, pp. 452-457

Czerny, M., Eggebrecht, H., Sodeck, G., Weigang, E., Livi, U., Verzini, F., Schmidli, J., Chiesa, R., Melissano, G., Kahlberg, A., Amabile, P., Harringer, W., Horacek, M., Erbel, R., Park, K.-H., Beyersdorf, F., Rylski, B., Blanke, P., Canaud, L., Khoynezhad, A., Lonn, L., Rousseau, H., Trimarchi, S., Brunkwall, J., Gawenda, M., Dong, Z., Fu, W., Schuster, I., Grimm, M.

The Bolton Treovance endograft: Single center experience

(2014) Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 55 (1), pp. 77-84.

Kahlberg, A., Mascia, D., Marone, E.M., Logaldo, D., Tshomba, Y., Chiesa, R.

Use of a novel hybrid vascular graft for sutureless revascularization of the renal arteries during open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

(2014) Journal of Vascular Surgery, 60 (3), pp. 622-630.

Chiesa, R., Kahlberg, A., Mascia, D., Tshomba, Y., Civilini, E., Melissano, G.

Current results of a combined endovascular and open approach for the treatment of aortoesophageal and aortobronchial fistulae

(2014) Annals of Vascular Surgery, 28 (7), pp. 1782-1788.

Kahlberg, A., Tshomba, Y., Marone, E.M., Castellano, R., Melissano, G., Chiesa, R.

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