Cardiac arrest and resuscitation Research Team (RESTART) - Gruppo di Ricerca

Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in the developed world, affecting 1 in 1,000 people every year. It is a major emergency with a low survival rate worldwide, very often less than 10%.  Knowledge of the epidemiology and causes of cardiac arrest, the prevention and prediction of events, and high-quality treatment, both pre-hospital and in-hospital, are essential to increase survival.
Also patients' evaluation and support are essential to improve the quality of life after cardiac arrest ( REVIVE project ).
These are the pillars on which our research is based.
Much work has been done, but there are still many unansattled questions about cardiac arrest.

• Baldi E., Sechi G.M., Mare C., Canevari F., Brancaglione A., Primi R., Klersy C., Palo A., Contri E., Ronchi V., Beretta G., Reali F., Parogni P., Facchin F., Bua D., Rizzi U., Bussi D., Ruggeri S., Oltrona Visconti L., Savastano S., Lombardia CARe Researchers. Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest during the Covid-19 Outbreak in Italy. The New England Journal of Medicine, 2020;
• • Gentile F.R., Baldi E., Klersy C., Schnaubelt S., Caputo M.L., Clodi C., Bruno J., Compagnoni S., Fasolino A., Benvenuti C., Domanovits H., Burkart R., Primi R., Ruzicka G., Holzer M., Auricchio A., Savastano S. Association Between Postresuscitation 12‐Lead ECG Features and Early Mortality After Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Post Hoc Subanalysis of the PEACE Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2023;
• • Baldi E., Sechi G.M., Mare C., Canevari F., Brancaglione A., Primi R., Klersy C., Palo A., Contri E., Ronchi V., Beretta G., Reali F., Parogni P., Facchin F., Rizzi U., Bussi D., Ruggeri S., Oltrona Visconti L., Savastano S., Lombardia CARe researchers. COVID-19 kills at home: the close relationship between the epidemic and the increase of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. European Heart Journal, 2020;
• • Baldi E., Schnaubelt S., Caputo M.L., Klersy C., Clodi C., Bruno J., Compagnoni S., Benvenuti C., Domanovits H., Burkart R., Fracchia R., Primi R., Ruzicka G., Holzer M., Auricchio A., Savastano S. Association of Timing of Electrocardiogram Acquisition After Return of Spontaneous Circulation With Coronary Angiography Findings in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. JAMA Network, 2021;
• • Savastano S., Baldi E., Compagnoni S., Rordorf R., Sanzo A., Gentile F.R., Dusi V., Frea S., Gravinese C., Cauti F.M., Iannopollo G., De Sensi F., Gandolfi E., Frigerio L., Crea P., Zagari D., Casula M., Sangiorgi G., Persampieri S., Dell'Era G., Patti G., Colombo C., Mugnai G., Notaristefano F., Barengo A., Falcetti R., Perego G.B., D'Angelo G., Tanese N., Currao A., Sgromo V., De Ferrari G.M., STAR study group. Electrical storm treatment by percutaneous stellate ganglion block: the STAR study. European Heart Journal, 2024.

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Fondazione Banca Del Monte di Lombardia; Ministerial funds, Fondazione Comunitaria della Provincia di Pavia.

• Agenzia Regionale Emergenza Urgenza AREU lombardia
• Associazione Italiana di Aritmologia e Cardiostimolazione (AIAC)
• Politecnico di Torino
• Italian Resuscitation Council (IRC)
• European Resuscitation Council (ERC)
• University of the Basque Countries
• University of Vienna
• Oslo University Hospital
• CHU Saint-Pierre, Bruxelles
• Members of ESCAPE-NET consortium and of PARQ-COST Action
• Fondazione Ticino Cuore di Lugano (Svizzera) 
• Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino di Lugano (Svizzera)
• University of Calgary (Canada)
• Cologne University Hospital