Flávio D Fuchs is an expert in Cardiology at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (Brazil). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Flávio D Fuchs in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Prehypertension and Hypertension, and in the top 1% of experts in Brazil for Apnea. Flávio D Fuchs has authored 297 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 14 clinical trials. SLR score: 982 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Cardiology

Subspecialties: Pulmonology - Hematology - Sleep Medicine Specialty

Full career – Last 3 years

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Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Organizations

Career arc: 1987 - 2026

Source: PubMed

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 297

Citations

Citations: 35 614 1st author: 47 Last author: 93 Unique author: 27


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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Intensive blood-pressure control for the prevention of major cardiovascular events in stroke patients: rationale and design of the OPTIMAL-STROKE trial.
PMID 42837286 — hypertension, blood, stroke, cardiovascular diseases, blood pressure, history
Eur Stroke J20260
Visceral adipose tissue and incident cardiovascular disease among individuals without diabetes: an analysis of 15 prospective cohorts from 7 countries in Latin America.
PMID 42724639 — diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, sex, tissues, adipose tissue
Lancet Reg Health Am20260
Comparative Effectiveness of Chlorthalidone Versus Hydrochlorothiazide and Dose-Response of Amiloride on Blood Pressure and Biochemical Parameters.
PMID 42669885 — hypertension, heart diseases, laboratories, blood, hydrochlorothiazide, blood pressure, amiloride, chlorthalidone
J Am Heart Assoc20261
Obesity rise plateaus in developed nations and accelerates in developing nations.
PMID 42129527 — developed countries, income, developing countries, adolescent, prevalence, obesity, child
Nature Top journal20260
Rethinking the J-curve: diastolic blood pressure may not be a culprit after all.
PMID 41475969 — heart diseases, blood, blood pressure
Heart20250

Clinical Studies 14

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

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Principal Investigator: 1 Study Chair: 1 Study Director: 1

By phase:

Phase 3 6
N/A 4
Phase 4 3
Phase 2 1

By status:

Completed 10
Unknown 4

By type:

Interventional 14

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 9
multicentric2to4 2
multicentric5to9 1
multicentricup10 2

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Cohort/Consortium Investigators 1

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