Frank Ruschitzka, MD is an expert in Cardiology at University Hospital of Zurich (Switzerland). As of September 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Frank Ruschitzka in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies. Frank Ruschitzka has authored 813 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 39 clinical trials, 2 of them ongoing. SLR score: 2,904 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Frank Ruschitzka, MD University Hospital of Zurich Switzerland
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Cardiology

Subspecialties: Public Health - Biochemistry - Internal Medicine

Full career – Last 3 years

Main Topics

Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Organizations

Career arc: 1996 - 2026

Source: PubMed

University Hospital of Zurich

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 813

Citations

Citations: 112 722 1st author: 26 Last author: 86 Unique author: 5


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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Physical activity and exercise training in patients with HFrEF - Authors' reply.
PMID 42753760 — exercise, heart failure, systolic
Lancet Top journal20260
Timing of PCI in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Implantation.
PMID 42670987 — constriction, pathologic, aortic valve stenosis, coronary artery disease, arteries, aortic valve, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, random allocation
N Engl J Med Top journal20263
CMR Reveals the Influence of Trigger and Classification on the Myocardial Tissue Response in Takotsubo Syndrome.
PMID 42381632 — heart, classification, magnetic resonance imaging, diagnostic imaging, prevalence, tissues, edema, takotsubo cardiomyopathy
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging20260
Congestion, but not low cardiac output, is independently associated with acute kidney injury following contrast agent exposure.
PMID 42375846 — contrast media, cardiac output, low, kidney, cardiac output, acute kidney injury
Front Cardiovasc Med20261
Killip class at presentation and immediate versus staged multivessel PCI in patients with STEMI.
PMID 42362625 — myocardial infarction, st elevation myocardial infarction, therapeutics
Sci Rep20260

Clinical Studies 39

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

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Principal Investigator: 4 Study Chair: 2 Study Director: 2

By phase:

N/A 16
Phase 4 13
Phase 2 3
Phase 3 3
Phase 2/Phase 3 2
Phase 1 1
Phase 1/Phase 2 1

By status:

Completed 28
Unknown 4
Active not recruiting 3
Recruiting 2
Terminated 2

By type:

Interventional 31
Observational 8

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 19
multicentric2to4 5
multicentric5to9 4
multicentricup10 11

Main Topics

Cohort/Consortium Investigators 33

Ongoing Clinical Trials

2 ongoing trials started since 2021, where this expert is an investigator

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study Phase Status Start
Dose Escalation for SBRT of Recurrent VT Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia a Single Center Phase II Clinical Trial
NCT05594368 — radiotherapy, tachycardia, ventricular, arrhythmias, cardiac, multiple chronic conditions, tachycardia, therapeutics, catheter ablation, catheters
Phase 1Recruiting2022
Sacubitril Valsartan in Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients
NCT04103554 — pilot projects, pilots, valsartan, heart failure, pharmaceutical preparations, heart, drug combinations
Phase 4Active not recruiting2021

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