Stefano Barco is an expert in Cardiology at University Hospital of Zurich (Switzerland). As of August 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Stefano Barco in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Pulmonary Embolism, Embolism and Thrombosis and Coronavirus Infections. Stefano Barco has authored 392 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 18 clinical trials, 4 of them ongoing. SLR score: 1,778 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Stefano Barco University Hospital of Zurich Switzerland
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Cardiology

Subspecialties: Hematology - Public Health - Pulmonology

Full career – Last 3 years

Main Topics

Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Organizations

Career arc: 2006 - 2026

Source: PubMed

University of Zurich

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 392

Citations

Citations: 9 889 1st author: 68 Last author: 91 Unique author: 3


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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Lower extremity amputations in Switzerland: Trends in patients with and without diabetes, 2013-2023.
PMID 42656925 — diabetes mellitus, mortality, hospital mortality, amputation, surgical
Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev20260
Ruling out acute pulmonary embolism with SPECT V/Q: comment on the primary results of the SPECTACULAR non-inferiority trial.
PMID 42492989 — embolism, respiration, tomography, emission-computed, single-photon, pulmonary embolism
Eur Respir J20260
Outcomes in venous thromboembolism with retained vs removed inferior vena cava filters: an analysis from the Registro Informatizado de Enfermedad TromboEmbólica.
PMID 42436733 — registries, anticoagulants, mortality, vena cava filters, thromboembolism, hemorrhage, incidence, vena cava, inferior, venous thromboembolism
Res Pract Thromb Haemost20260
Association of Obesity With Mortality and Bleeding in Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism.
PMID 42341875 — registries, mortality, thromboembolism, embolism, hemorrhage, neoplasms, obesity, venous thromboembolism
Mayo Clin Proc20260
Early discharge and home treatment after acute pulmonary embolism.
PMID 42316855 — embolism, angiography, vascular diseases, pulmonary embolism, therapeutics, outpatients
Vasa20260

Clinical Studies 18

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

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Principal Investigator: 2

By phase:

Phase 3 8
N/A 5
Phase 4 3
Phase 2 1

By status:

Completed 7
Active not recruiting 3
Recruiting 3
Terminated 3
Unknown 1

By type:

Interventional 15
Observational 2

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 4
multicentric2to4 1
multicentric5to9 3
multicentricup10 9

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Cohort/Consortium Investigators 3

Ongoing Clinical Trials

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

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study Phase Status Start
ENhanced Recovery and ABbreviated LEngth of Anticoagulation for Thromboprophylaxis After Primary Hip Arthroplasty
NCT06611319 — arthroplasty, anticoagulants, thromboembolism, embolism, rivaroxaban, recycling, tablets, pulmonary embolism, enhanced recovery after surgery, venous thromboembolism, thrombosis, veins, direct-acting oral anticoagulants
Phase 3Recruiting2024
Ultrasound facilitated Catheter directed Thrombolysis in Intermediate high Risk Pulmonary Embolism
NCT04790370 — embolism, blood, fibrinolysis, heparin, pulmonary embolism, therapeutics, heparin, low-molecular-weight, random allocation, catheters
Phase 4Active not recruiting2021
Low Dose ColchicinE in pAtients With Peripheral Artery DiseasE to Address Residual Vascular Risk
NCT04774159 — mortality, stroke, myocardial infarction, colchicine, pharmaceutical preparations, tablets, arteries, atherosclerosis, peripheral arterial disease, therapeutics, ischemia
Phase 3Recruiting2021
Pulmonary Embolism International THrOmbolysis Study 3
NCT04430569 — embolism, plasminogen, plasminogen activators, tissue plasminogen activator, pulmonary embolism, therapeutics, tissues, infusions, intravenous
Phase 3Active not recruiting2021

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