Di Rienzo Marco [english]


Curriculum  
 
1980: Laurea in Ingegneria Elettronica presso il Politecnico di Milano. Titolo della tesi: "Monitoraggio continuo della pressione arteriosa nelle 24 ore". 
1980-1984: Attivita' coordinata e continuativa di ricerca presso il Centro di Bioingegneria della Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi di Milano. 
1984- 2002: Ricercatore in ruolo presso la Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi e responsabile presso il Centro di Bioingegneria del Laboratorio di Ricerche Cardiovascolari e del Laboratorio di Wearable Sensors and Telemonitoring (WeST-Lab). 
Dal 2003 - 2007 : Coordinatore del Centro di Bioingegneria 
Dal 2007: Coordinatore delle ricerche nei settori cardiovascolare, sensori indossabili e telemedicina nell’ambito del Polo Tecnologico della Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi.  
 
 
Attivita' didattica  
 
1985-1997: Professore a contratto presso la II Scuola di Specializzazione in Cardiologia della Facolta' di Medicina, Universita' Statale di Milano.  
1992-2000: Professore a contratto presso la Facolta’ di Ingegneria del Politecnico di Milano.  
2000-2001: Professore a contratto nell’ambito del Corso di Laurea per Tecnici di Fisioterapia della Facolta' di Medicina, Universita' Statale di Milano.  
2003-2008: Professore a contratto per il Corso di Laurea in Biotecnologie della Universita’ di Milano-Bicocca. 
Dal 2002: Professore a contratto nell’ambito del Corso di Laurea per Tecnici di Neurofisiopatologia della Facolta' di Medicina, Universita' degli Studi di Milano. 
 
 
Attivita' Scientifica  
Principali aree di interesse:  
sviluppo di sistemi e metodologie per il monitoraggio e l’analisi dei segnali biologici, studio del controllo neurogeno del sistema cardiovascolare attraverso tecniche di signal processing, sviluppo di indumenti intelligenti, sensori tessili e di metodiche per il telemonitoraggio delle funzioni vitali, bioingegneria e microgravita’. 
 
 
Attivita’ di revisore per riviste scientifiche: 
Annals of Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on BME, IEEE Transaction on Information Technology in BioMedicine, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, American Journal of Hypertension, American Journal of Physiology (appartenente all’Editorial Board), Journal of Physiology, Journal of Applied Physiology, European Journal of Physiology, Clinical Science, Hypertension, Journal of Hypertension, Physiological Measurements.  
 

Principali pubblicazioni:

Di Rienzo M, Castiglioni P, Rizzo F, Faini A, Mazzoleni P, Lombardi C. Meriggi P, Parati G. Textile technology to investigate linear and fractal heart rate dynamics during sleep at high altitude. Methods of Information in Medicine, 2010, in press.

 

Di Rienzo M, Meriggi P, Rizzo F, Castiglioni P, Lombardi C, Ferratini M, Parati G. Textile technology for the vital signs monitoring in telemedicine and extreme environments. IEEE Trans Inform Tech in Biomedicine. 14(3):711-717, 2010.

 

Di Rienzo M, Rizzo F, Meriggi P, Castiglioni P, Mazzoleni P, Parati G, Bordoni B, Brambilla G, Ferratini M. MagIC System: Advancements in the monitoring of cardiorespiratory function in active people by textile technology. IEEE EMB Mag. 28(6):35-40, 2009.

 

Parati G, Di Rienzo M, Coruzzi P, Castiglioni P. Chronic hypotension and modulation of autonomic cardiovascular regulation. Hypertens Res. 2009 Oct 2. [Epub ahead of print]  
 
Castiglioni P, Parati G, Civijian A, Quintin L, Di Rienzo M.
Local scale exponents of blood pressure and heart rate variability by detrended fluctuation analysis: effects of posture, exercise, and aging. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2009 Mar;56(3):675-84. PMID: 19389684  
 
Di Rienzo M, Parati G, Radaelli A, Castiglioni P.
Baroreflex contribution to blood pressure and heart rate oscillations: time scales, time-variant characteristics and nonlinearities. P. Philos Transact A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2009 Apr 13;367(1892):1301-18. PMID: 19324710  
 
Porta A, Di Rienzo M, Wessel N, Kurths J.
Addressing the complexity of cardiovascular regulation. Philos Transact A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2009 Apr 13;367(1892):1215-8. PMID: 19324704 
 
Di Rienzo M, Castiglioni P, Iellamo F, Volterrani M, Pagani M, Mancia G, Karemaker JM, Parati G.
Dynamic adaptation of cardiac baroreflex sensitivity to prolonged exposure to microgravity: data from a 16-day spaceflight. J Appl Physiol. 2008 Nov;105(5):1569-75. PMID: 18756008 
 
Castiglioni P, Lombardi C, Di Rienzo M, Lugaresi E, Montagna P, Cortelli P, Parati G.
What are the causes of excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with sleep-disordered breathing? Eur Respir J. 2008 Aug;32(2):526-7. PMID: 18669796  
 
Lombardi C, Parati G, Cortelli P, Provini F, Vetrugno R, Plazzi G, Vignatelli L, Di Rienzo M, Lugaresi E, Mancia G, Montagna P, Castiglioni P.
Daytime sleepiness and neural cardiac modulation in sleep-related breathing disorders. J Sleep Res. 2008 Sep;17(3):263-70. Epub 2008 May 20. PMID: 18503513  
 
Coruzzi P, Castiglioni P, Parati G, Brambilla V, Brambilla L, Gualerzi M, Cademartiri F, Franzè A, De Angelis G, Di Rienzo M, Di Mario F.
Autonomic cardiovascular regulation in quiescent ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Eur J Clin Invest. 2007 Dec;37(12):964-70. PMID: 18036030  
 
Di Rienzo M, Parati G, Rizzo F, Meriggi P, Merati G, Faini A, Castiglioni P.
Heart rate monitoring and control in altered gravity conditions. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007;2007:6682-5. PMID: 18003559  
Castiglioni P, Quintin L, Civijian A, Parati G, Di Rienzo M.
Local-scale analysis of cardiovascular signals by detrended fluctuations analysis: effects of posture and exercise. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007;2007:5035-8. PMID: 18003137 
 
Di Rienzo M, Rizzo F, Meriggi P, Castiglioni P, Mazzoleni P, Ferrarin M, Ferratini M.
MagIC: a textile system for vital signs monitoring. Advancement in design and embedded intelligence for daily life applications. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007;2007:3958-61. PMID: 18002866 
 
Castiglioni P, Faini A, Parati G, Di Rienzo M.
Wearable seismocardiography. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007;2007:3954-7. PMID: 18002865  
 
Di Rienzo M, Rizzo F, Meriggi P, Bordoni B, Brambilla G, Ferratini M, Castiglioni P.
Applications of a textile-based wearable system for vital signs monitoring. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2006;1:2223-6. PMID: 17946505 
 
Castiglioni P, Di Rienzo M, Veicsteinas A, Parati G, Merati G.
Mechanisms of blood pressure and heart rate variability: an insight from low-level paraplegia. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2007 Apr;292(4):R1502-9. PMID: 17122332 
 
Castiglioni P, Merati G, Veicsteinas A, Parati G, Di Rienzo M.
Influence of sympathetic vascular regulation on heart-rate scaling structure: spinal cord lesion as a model of progressively impaired autonomic control. Biomed Tech (Berl). 2006;51(4):240-3. PMID: 17061948  
 
Radaelli A, Castiglioni P, Centola M, Cesana F, Balestri G, Ferrari AU, Di Rienzo M. 
Adrenergic origin of very low frequency blood pressure oscillations in the unanesthetized rat. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2006 Jan;290(1):H357-64. PMID: [16143647]  
 

Merati G, Di Rienzo M, Parati G, Veicsteinas A, Castiglioni P 
Assessment of the autonomic control of heart -rate variability in healthy and spinal-cord injured subjects: contribution of different complexity-based estimators. 
IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2006 Jan;53(1):43-52. PMID:[16402602]  
 

Bonsignore MR, Parati G, Insalaco G, Castiglioni P, Marrone O, Romano S, Salvaggio A, Mancia G, Bonsignore G, Di Rienzo M. 
Baroreflex control of heart rate during sleep in severe osa: effects of acute cpap. 
Eur Resp J, 2006.2006 Jan;27(.1):128-35. PMID:[16387945]  
 

Parati G, Di Rienzo M, Castiglioni P, Mancia G, Taylor JA, Studinger P. 
POINT: COUNTERPOINT CARDIOVASCULAR VARIABILITY IS/IS NOT AN INDEX OF AUTONOMIC CONTROL OF CIRCULATION. J Appl Physiol. 2006 Aug;101(2):676-8; PMID: [16645191]  
 

Iellamo F, Di Rienzo M, Lucini D, Legramante JM, Pizzinelli P, Castiglioni P, Pigozzi F, Pagani M, Parati G. 
Muscle metaboreflex contribution to cardiovascular regulation during dynamic exercise in microgravity: insights from the STS-107 Columbia Shuttle Mission. 
J .Physiol.2006 9 Feb;.(.):. PMID: [16469787]   free download  
 
Coruzzi P, Parati G, Brambilla L, Brambilla V, Gualerzi M, Novarini A, Castiglioni P, Di Rienzo M. 
Effects of salt-sensitivity on neural cardiovascular regulation in essential hypertension Hypertension 2005.Dec 2005;46(6):1321-6. PMID:[16246970]  
   
Parati G, Di Rienzo M, Castiglioni P, Bouhaddi M, Cerutti C, Cividjian A, Elghozi JL, Fortrat JO, Girard A, Janssen BJ, Julien C, Karemaker JM, Iellamo F, Laude D, Lukoshkova E, Pagani M, Persson PB, Quintin L, Regnard J, Ruediger JH, Saul, Vettorello M, Wesseling KH, Mancia G 
Assessing the sensitivity of spontaneous baroreflex control of the heart: deeper insight into complex physiology
Hypertension. 2004 May;5(43):e32-4. PMID:[
15051672]  
 
Castiglioni P, Di Rienzo M 
How to check steady-state condition from cardiovascular time series 
Physiological Measurement.2004 Aug;25(4):985-96.
PMID:[15382836]  
 
Parati G, Di Rienzo M, Addobbati L, Corbo M, Maronati A, Caldara G, Catiglioni P, Bilo G, Villani A, Silani V, 
Alterazioni della regolazione nervosa autonoma del cuore in pazienti con sclerosi laterale amiotrofica. Nuove evidenze 
Italian Heart Journal. 2003 December;4(6):9S:C26.

Coruzzi P, Gualerzi M, Parati G, Brambilla L, Brambilla V, Di Rienzo M, Novarini A  
Potassium supplementation improves the natriuretic response to central volume expansion in primary aldosteronism.
Metabolism.2003 Dec;52(12):1597-600.

Coruzzi P , Brambilla L, Brambilla V, Gualerzi M, Parati G, Di Rienzo M, Zanardi E, Novarini A Plasma fatty acids response to central volume expansion in salt-sensitive hypertension. Metabolism.2003 Apr;52(4):508-13.

Fisher R, Akay M, Castiglioni P, Di Rienzo M.  
Multi- and monofractal indices of short-term heart rate variability, Med Biol Eng Comput, 2003 Sep;41(5):543-9.

Coruzzi P, Parati G, Brambilla L, Brambilla V, Gualerzi M, Novarini A, Mancia G, Castiglioni P, Di Rienzo M.  
Renal and cardiovascular responses to water immersion in essential hypertension: is there a role for the opioidergic system?, Nephron Physiol. 2003;94(3):p51-8

Parati G, Di Rienzo M 
Determinants of heart rate and heart rate variability. J Hypertension, 21(3): 477-480, 2003.

Pitzalis M, Parati G, Massari F, Guida P, Di Rienzo M, Rizzon B, Castiglioni P, Iacoviello M, Mastropasqua F, Rizzon P  
Enhanced reflex response to baroreceptor deactivation in subjects with tilt-induced syncope, JACC, 2003, vol. 41, n. 7, pp. 1167-1173.

Parati G, Di Rienzo M  
Assessing spontaneous baroreflex function: methodological considerations, Cli Sci, 103: 89-91, 2002.

Di Rienzo M, Mancia G, Bonsignore G  
Continuous positive airway pressure treatment improves baroreflex control of heart rate during sleep in severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
Am J Respir Crit Care, Med, 2002, 166(3):279-86. 

Persson PB, Di Rienzo M, Castiglioni, P, Cerutti C, Pagani M, Honzikova N, Akselrod S, Parati G. 
Time versus frequency domain techniques for assessing baroreflex sensitivity. J Hypertension, 2001, 19:1699-1705.

Di Rienzo M, Castiglioni P, Mancia G, and Parati G  
Yet Another Statistic to Index Baroreflex Function. Am J Physiol Regulatory Integrative Comp Physiol, 2001, 281: R1338-R1340.

Conci F, Di Rienzo M, Castiglioni P  
Blood pressure and heart rate variability and baroreflex sensitivity before and after brain death. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 2001, 71:621-631. 

Di Rienzo M, Castiglioni P, Mancia G, Pedotti A, Parati G  
Advancements in Estimating Baroreflex Function. IEEE EMB Mag, 2001, 20(2):25-32.

Di Rienzo M, Parati G.  
Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Analysis. IEEE EMB Mag 2001, 20(2):12. 

Di Rienzo M, Parati G, Castiglioni P, Tordi R, Mancia G, Pedotti A  
Baroreflex Effectiveness Index: an additional measure of baroreflex control of heart rate in daily life. Am J. Physiol Regulatory Integrative CompPhysiol, 2001, 280:R744-R751.  
 
Parati G, Di Rienzo M, Mancia G How to measure baroreflex sensitivity: from the cardiovascular laboratory to daily life. J Hypertens, 2000, 16:7-19. 
 
Castiglioni P, Parati G, Omboni S, Mancia G, Imholz, Wesseling KH, Di Rienzo M  
Broad-band spectral analysis of 24-h continuous finger blood pressure : comparison with intra-arterial recordings.
Cli Sci, 1999, 97:129-139.

Mancia G, Parati G, Castiglioni P, Di Rienzo M  
Effect of sinoaortic denervation on frequency- domain estimates of baroreflex sensitivity in conscious cats. Am. J. Physiol, 1999, 276: H1987-H1993. 
 
O'Brien O, Pickering TG, van Montfrans GA, Di Rienzo M, Fagard R  
Blood Pressure Monitoring. Task force I: Methodological aspects. Blood Press Monitoring, 1999, 4(6):279-93. 
 
Omboni S, Parati G, Castiglioni P, Di Rienzo M, Imholz BP, Langewouters GJ,Wesseling KH, Mancia G  
Estimation of blood pressure variability from 24-hour ambulatory finger blood pressure. Hypertension, 1998, 32(1):52-58. 
 
Parati G, Di Rienzo M, Bonsignore MR, Insalaco G, Marrone O, Castiglioni P, Bonsignore G, Mancia G  
Autonomic cardiac regulation in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: evidence from spontaneous baroreflex analysis during sleep. J Hypertension, 1997, 15:1621-1626. 
 
Parati G, Frattola A, Di Rienzo M, Castiglioni P, Mancia G  
Broadband spectral analysis of blood pressure and heart rate variability in very elderly subjects. Hypertension, 1997, 30:803-808. 
 
Di Rienzo M, Parati G. Mancia G., Pedotti A, Castiglioni P  
Investigating baroreflex control of circulation using signal processing techniques.
IEEE EMB Magazine 1997, 16:5 86-95. 
 
Frattola A, Parati G, Gamba P, Paleari F, Mauri G, Di Rienzo M, Castiglioni P, Mancia G.  
Time and frequency domain estimates of spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity provide early detection of autonomic dysfunction in diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia, 1997,40: 1470-1475. 
 
Castiglioni P., Tommasini R., Morpurgo M., Di Rienzo M.  
Modulation of pulmonary arterial pressure impedance during transition from inspiration to expiration. J Appl Physiol, 1997, 83 (6):2123-2130. 
 
Mancia G. , Groppelli A., Di Rienzo M., Castiglioni P., Parati G (1997).  
Smoking impairs baroreflex sensitivity in man. Am. J. Physiol, 1997, 273(42):H1555-H1560.

Pilgram B, Castiglioni P., Parati G., Di Rienzo M.  
Dynamic detection of rhythmic oscillations in heart-rate tracings: a state-space approach based on 4th-order cumulants. Biol. Cyb, 1997, 76:299-309. 
 
Di Rienzo M., Castiglioni P., Mancia G., Parati G., Pedotti A  
Sequence slope vs. alpha coefficient: a critical appraisal of two different indices for the dynamic assessment of baroreflex sensitivity. Method Inform Med, 1997, 36(155 n.4/5): 246-249. 
 
Parati G., Di Rienzo M., Mancia G. Neural cardiovascular regulation and 24-hour blood pressure and heart rate variability.
Ann NY Acad Sci, 1996, vol 783, 47-63.

Ferrari A.U., Franzelli C., Daffonchio A., Perlini S., Di Rienzo M.  
Sympathovagal interplay in the control of overall blood pressure variability in unanesthetized rats. Am J Physiol, 1996, 270, H2143-H2148. 
 
Castiglioni P, Di Rienzo M, Grossoni M, Tommasini M, Morpurgo M 
Does spontaneous respiration alter pulmonary artery input impedance?. Eur. Resp. J., 1996, 9:2328-2334. 
 
Di Rienzo M, Castiglioni P, Parati G, Mancia G, Pedotti A  
Baroreflex modulation of the cardiovascular system: new insights from the joint analysis of blood pressure and heart rate signals. Technology and Health Care, 1996, 4:121-128. 
 
Di Rienzo M, Castiglioni P, Parati G, Mancia G, Pedotti A. 
Effects of sino-aortic denervation on spectral characteristics of blood pressure and pulse interval variability: wide-band approach. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput., 1996, 34:133-141. 
 
Parati G, Saul JP, Di Rienzo M, Mancia G. 
Spectral analysis of blood pressure and heart rate variability in evaluating cardiovascular regulation: a critical appraisal. Hypertension, 1995, vol 25 n.6:1276-1286. 
 
Mancia G, Di Rienzo M, Parati G  
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring use in hypertension research and clinical practice. Hypertension, 1993, vol 21 n.4:510-524. 
 
Di Rienzo M, Parati G, Castiglioni P, Omboni S, Ferrari AU, Ramirez AJ, Pedotti A, Mancia G 
Role of sinoaortic afferences in modulating BP and pulse interval spectral characteristics in unanesthetized cats, Am. J. Physiol. 1991, 261: H1811-H1818. 
 
Di Rienzo M, Castiglioni P, Parati G, Mancia G, Pedotti A  
24-Hour Sequential Spectral Analysis of Arterial Blood Pressure and Pulse Interval in Free-moving Subjects.
IEEE Trans. BME, 1889, 36:1066-1075

Parati G, Casadei R, Groppelli A, Di Rienzo M, Mancia G. 
Comparison of finger and intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring at rest and during laboratory testing. Hypertension. 1989 Jun;13(6 Pt 1):647-55.

Parati G, Di Rienzo M, Bertinieri G, Pomidossi G, Casadei R, Groppelli A, Pedotti A, Zanchetti A, Mancia G. 
Evaluation of the baroreceptor-heart rate reflex by 24-hour intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring in humans. Hypertension. 1988 Aug;12(2):214-22.

Bertinieri G, Di Rienzo M, Cavallazzi A, Ferrari AU, Pedotti A, Mancia G. 
Evaluation of baroreceptor reflex by blood pressure monitoring in unanesthetized cats. Am J Physiol. 1988 Feb;254(2 Pt 2):H377-83.

Mancia G, Parati G, Pomidossi G, Casadei R, Di Rienzo M, Zanchetti A 
Arterial baroreflexes and blood pressure and heart rate variabilities in humans.
Hypertension. 1986 Feb;8(2):147-53.

Di Rienzo M, Parati G, Pomidossi G, Veniani M, Pedotti A, Mancia G.  
Blood pressure monitoring over short day and night times cannot predict 24-hour average blood pressure. J Hypertens. 1985 Aug;3(4):343-9.

Ramirez AJ, Bertinieri G, Belli L, Cavallazzi A, Di Rienzo M, Pedotti A, Mancia G. 
Reflex control of blood pressure and heart rate by arterial baroreceptors and by cardiopulmonary receptors in the unanaesthetized cat. J Hypertens. 1985 Aug;3(4):327-35.

Di Rienzo M, Bertinieri G, Mancia G, Pedotti A 
A new method for evaluating the baroreflex role by a joint pattern analysis of pulse interval and systolic blood pressure series.
Med Biol Eng Comput. 1985 23(suppl.I):313-314

Di Rienzo M, Mancia G, Pedotti A. 
Problems involved in automatic blood pressure monitoring. Clin Exp Hypertens A. 1985;7(2-3):309-18.

Mancia G, Ferrari A, Gregorini L, Parati G, Pomidossi G, Bertinieri G, Grassi G, di Rienzo M, Pedotti A, Zanchetti A. 
Blood pressure and heart rate variabilities in normotensive and hypertensive human beings. Circ Res. 1983 Jul;53(1):96-104.PMID: 6861300

Di Rienzo M, Grassi G, Pedotti A, Mancia G. 
Continuous vs intermittent blood pressure measurements in estimating 24-hour average blood pressure. Hypertension. 1983 Mar-Apr;5(2):264-9. 
 

LIBRI

Di Rienzo M, Mancia G, Parati G, Pedotti A and Zanchetti A (eds) Methodology and Clinical Applications of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Analysis. Volume 60 Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 1999 
 
Di Rienzo M, Mancia G, Parati G, Pedotti A and Zanchetti A (eds). Frontiers of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Analysis. Volume 35 Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 1997.  
 
Di Rienzo M, Mancia G, Parati G, Pedotti A and Zanchetti A (eds). Computer Analysis of Cardiovascular Signals, IOS Press, Amsterdam. Volume 13 Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 1995.  
 
Di Rienzo M, Mancia G, Parati G, Pedotti A and Zanchetti A (eds). Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variabilità. IOS Press, Amsterdam, Volume 4 Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 1993.  

 

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