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Francesc Formiga is an expert in Internal medicine at Bellvitge University Hospital (Spain). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Francesc Formiga in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Heart Failure, and in the top 1% of experts in Spain for Diabetes Mellitus. Francesc Formiga has authored 711 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 8 clinical trials, 1 of them ongoing. SLR score: 1,823 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Francesc Formiga Bellvitge University Hospital Spain
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Internal medicine

Subspecialties: Cardiology - Geriatrics - Public Health

Full career – Last 3 years

Main Topics

Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Short Biography

Francesc Formiga graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1983, at the Central University of Barcelona, and received his doctoral degree (cum laude) in 1995. He specialized in Internal Medicine and worked in the care of elderly people at the University Hospital of Bellvitge. He obtained the Master in Geriatrics and Gerontology (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2000) and the certificate of competence in Geriatrics and Gerontology Clinical Methodology and Objective Structured Clinical Assessment (Barcelona IES, 2003). Co-director Master of heart failure SEC-SEMI.Former editor of the Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology of the Spanish Society (Spanish Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology for 14 years. He is currently a member of the working groups of dementia and falls of the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, and past coordinator of the groupheart failure of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine. First researcher national and international grants. Director of more than 14 doctoral thesis and several postgraduate works. Proffesor UBPublications and conference papers : More than 62 0 publications in prestigious national and international journals (H index 44). More than 350 national and international congresses talks. More than 25 book chapters

Organizations

Career arc: 1998 - 2026
Source: PubMed

Bellvitge University Hospital

Publications Synthesis

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Number : 711

Citations

Citations: 11 335 1st author: 227 Last author: 65 Unique author: 13

Main journals

Rev Esp Geriatr Gerontol 106
Rev Clin Esp 54
Med Clin (Barc) 51
Rev Clin Esp (Barc) 38
Eur J Intern Med 26

Best Journals

Eur Heart J 1

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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

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Title Journal Year Citations
Self-Reported Sensory and Dental Impairments in Chilean Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Prevalence and Associated Factors.
PMID 42585435 — diabetes mellitus, hearing, prevalence, diabetes mellitus, type 2		Rev Med Chil20260
Body composition-defined sarcopenia phenotypes, diabetes complications, and CGM-derived glycemic profiles in frail older adults with diabetes: a cross-sectional study.
PMID 42570512 — diabetes mellitus, hemoglobins, cross-sectional studies, insulin resistance, insulin, aging, phenotype, body composition, adiposity, obesity, diabetes complications, sarcopenia		J Nutr Health Aging20260
Endostatin, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and anemia among older people: a secondary analysis of the screening for CKD among older people across Europe (SCOPE) study.
PMID 42533353 — kidney diseases, hemoglobins, anemia, biomedical research, kidney, endostatins		J Transl Med20260
Characteristics of fall recurrence among persistent, quasi-persistent, and transient fallers: a 3-year analysis from the SCOPE study.
PMID 42414782 — comorbidity, accidental falls, geriatrics		Eur Geriatr Med20260
Real-world dosing patterns and outcomes of edoxaban in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and type 2 diabetes mellitus: A gender perspective study.
PMID 42365815 — diabetes mellitus, mortality, hemorrhage, stroke, prescriptions, atrial fibrillation, diabetes mellitus, type 2, edoxaban		Med Clin (Barc)20260

Clinical Studies 8

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

Synthesis

By phase:

N/A 5
Phase 2/Phase 3 1
Phase 3 1
Phase 4 1

By status:

Completed 6
Not yet recruiting 1
Unknown 1

By type:

Interventional 7
Observational 1

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 7
multicentric2to4 0
multicentric5to9 1
multicentricup10 0

Main Topics

Cohort/Consortium Investigators 28

Ongoing Clinical Trials

Ongoing trial started since 2021, where this expert is an investigator

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study Phase Status Start
Telematic Intervention for Reversing Frailty Among Older Patients with Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Intervention the TELE FRAIL TAVI Clinical Trial
NCT06742970 — exercise, nurses, constriction, pathologic, comorbidity, aortic valve stenosis, diet, aortic valve, geriatric assessment, risk factors, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, therapeutics, frailty, education, heart disease risk factors, prognosis		N/ANot yet recruiting2025

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