Guy De Backer is an expert in Cardiology at Ghent University (Belgium). As of July 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Guy De Backer in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Coronary Disease. Guy De Backer has authored 395 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 1 clinical trial. SLR score: 961 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Guy De Backer Ghent University Belgium
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Cardiology

Subspecialties: Endocrinology - Public Health - Biochemistry

Full career – Last 3 years

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Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Organizations

Career arc: 1994 - 2026

Source: PubMed

Ghent University

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 395

Citations

Citations: 132 305 1st author: 30 Last author: 45 Unique author: 24


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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Female sex is independently associated with poor health-related quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease across 14 countries: the INTERASPIRE study.
PMID 42167412 — quality of life, heart diseases, heart, cardiology, secondary prevention, coronary disease, sex, therapeutics
Int J Cardiol20260
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
Erratum to "2025 Focused update of the 2019 ESC/EAS guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias" [Atherosclerosis, 409, (October 2025), 120479].
PMID 41932222 — atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis20260
Chronic Kidney Disease Screening in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: The Multinational INTERASPIRE Study.
PMID 41920136 — kidney diseases, heart diseases, coronary artery disease, heart, kidney, coronary disease, risk factors, diagnosis, therapeutics, prognosis
J Am Coll Cardiol20260
Prevalence and characteristics of patients with coronary heart disease and blood pressure below target: the INTERASPIRE study.
PMID 41887758 — heart diseases, blood, heart, blood pressure, prevalence, coronary disease, therapeutics
Heart20260

Clinical Studies 1

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

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N/A 1

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Completed 1

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Observational 1

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 0
multicentric2to4 0
multicentric5to9 0
multicentricup10 1

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Cohort/Consortium Investigators 1

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