Mitja Lainscak is an expert in Cardiology at Splošna bolnišnica Murska Sobota (Slovenia). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Mitja Lainscak in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Cachexia and Heart Failure, and in the top 1% of experts in Slovenia for Sarcopenia. Mitja Lainscak has authored 468 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 21 clinical trials, 1 of them ongoing. SLR score: 1,530 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Mitja Lainscak Splošna bolnišnica Murska Sobota Slovenia
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Cardiology

Subspecialties: Public Health - Biochemistry - Endocrinology

Full career – Last 3 years

Main Topics

Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Organizations

Career arc: 2003 - 2026

Source: PubMed

University of Ljubljana

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 468

Citations

Citations: 61 511 1st author: 76 Last author: 108 Unique author: 5


Breakdown by type

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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Gut Microbiota in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Clinical Phenotyping and Therapeutic Opportunities.
PMID 42792863 — genes, heart failure, heart, stress, physiological, heart failure, diastolic, therapeutics, gastrointestinal microbiome, microbiota
Biomedicines20260
Cardiac implantable electronic devices in heart failure: needs, challenges, and real-world implementation.
PMID 42678627 — heart failure, heart, arrhythmias, cardiac, cardiac resynchronization therapy, therapeutics
Heart Fail Rev20260
When Normal Is Not Normal: Hemoglobin in Heart Failure Revisited.
PMID 42670736 — hemoglobins, heart failure, heart, cardiology
J Am Coll Cardiol20260
2026 ESC Guidelines for the management of heart failure.
PMID 42661420 — heart failure, heart, cardiology
Eur Heart J Top journal202616
General and disease-specific health literacy in patients with heart failure: an outcome analysis.
PMID 42489092 — quality of life, heart failure, heart, self care, health literacy, literacy
ESC Heart Fail20260

Clinical Studies 21

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

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Principal Investigator: 2 Study Director: 1

By phase:

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

By status:

Completed 12
Unknown 7
Recruiting 2

By type:

Interventional 13
Observational 8

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 12
multicentric2to4 1
multicentric5to9 0
multicentricup10 8

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Cohort/Consortium Investigators 1

Ongoing Clinical Trials

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

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study Phase Status Start
A study to test whether vicadrostat (BI 690517) in combination with empagliflozin helps people with heart failure
2023-509706-30-00 — safety, heart failure, heart
Phase 3Recruiting2024

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