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Switzerland
2023

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  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Frank Ruschitzka is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research encompasses various subfields including surgery, molecular biology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work has focused on topics such as heart failure treatment and management, cardiovascular function and risk factors, and cardiac structural anomalies and repair. Additional areas of interest include cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, cardiac arrhythmias and treatments, and cardiac valve diseases and treatments.

Frank Ruschitzka has published numerous papers, some of the notable recent publications include:

  • Corrigendum to: 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: Developed by the Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) With the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC, 2021, PubMed
  • 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Endothelial cell infection and endotheliitis in COVID-19, 2020, The Lancet
  • 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure, 2022, European Journal of Heart Failure
  • 2023 Focused Update of the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure, 2023, European Heart Journal

Frequent co-authors have included:

  • Francesco Paneni
  • Andreas J. Flammer
  • Marco Metra
  • Sarah Costantino
  • Gerasimos Filippatos

The scientist has published primarily in the following venues:

  • European Heart Journal
  • European Journal of Heart Failure
  • ESC Heart Failure
  • Circulation
  • Atherosclerosis

Best Publications

  • 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure

    Piotr Ponikowski;Adriaan A Voors;Stefan D Anker;Héctor Bueno

  • 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC.

    Piotr Ponikowski;Adriaan A. Voors;Stefan D. Anker;Héctor Bueno

  • 2007 Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

    Giuseppe Mancia;Guy De Backer;Anna Dominiczak;Renata Cifkova

  • 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension.

    Williams B;Mancia G;Spiering W;Agabiti Rosei E

  • 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

    Paulus Kirchhof;Stefano Benussi;Dipak Kotecha;Anders Ahlsson

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure.

    Theresa A McDonagh;Marco Metra;Marianna Adamo;Roy S Gardner

  • Endothelial cell infection and endotheliitis in COVID-19.

    Zsuzsanna Varga;Andreas J Flammer;Peter Steiger;Martina Haberecker

  • 2013 ESC guidelines on the management of stable coronary artery disease: the Task Force on the management of stable coronary artery disease of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Gilles Montalescot;Udo Sechtem;Stephan Achenbach;Felicita Andreotti

  • 2013 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy : The Task Force on cardiac pacing and resynchronization therapy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)

    Michele Brignole;Angelo Auricchio;Gonzalo Baron-Esquivias;Pierre Bordachar

  • 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension : The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Society of Hypertension

    Bryan Williams;Giuseppe Mancia;Wilko Spiering;Enrico Agabiti Rosei

  • Clinical Features and Outcomes of Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy

    Christian Templin;Jelena R. Ghadri;Johanna Diekmann;L. Christian Napp

  • RETRACTED: Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis.

    Mandeep R Mehra;Sapan S Desai;Frank Ruschitzka;Amit N Patel

  • How to diagnose heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the HFA-PEFF diagnostic algorithm: a consensus recommendation from the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

    Burkert Pieske;Carsten Tschöpe;Rudolf A de Boer;Alan G Fraser

  • International Expert Consensus Document on Takotsubo Syndrome (Part I): Clinical Characteristics, Diagnostic Criteria, and Pathophysiology

    Jelena Rima Ghadri;Ilan Shor Wittstein;Abhiram Prasad;Scott Sharkey

  • Beneficial effects of long-term intravenous iron therapy with ferric carboxymaltose in patients with symptomatic heart failure and iron deficiency

    Piotr Ponikowski;Dirk J. van Veldhuisen;Josep Comin-Colet;Georg Ertl

  • Current state of knowledge on Takotsubo syndrome: a Position Statement from the Taskforce on Takotsubo Syndrome of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

    Alexander R. Lyon;Eduardo Bossone;Birke Schneider;Udo Sechtem

  • Anti–Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Treatment Improves Endothelial Function in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

    David Hürlimann;Adrian Forster;Georg Noll;Frank Enseleit

  • Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure with a Narrow QRS Complex

    Frank Ruschitzka;William T. Abraham;Jagmeet P. Singh;Jeroen J. Bax

  • Acute heart transplant rejection due to Saint John's wort

    Frank Ruschitzka;Peter J Meier;Marko Turina;Thomas F Lüscher

  • 2018 ESC/ESH guidelines for the management of atrial hypertension

    Bryan William;Giuseppe Mancia;Wilko Spiering;Enrico Agabiti-Rosei

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas F. Lüscher
Thomas F. Lüscher University of Zurich
Gerasimos Filippatos
Gerasimos Filippatos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Andrew J.S. Coats
Andrew J.S. Coats The Heart Research Institute
Piotr Ponikowski
Piotr Ponikowski Wrocław Medical University
Johann Bauersachs
Johann Bauersachs Hannover Medical School
Roberto Corti
Roberto Corti University of Zurich
Massimo F. Piepoli
Massimo F. Piepoli Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Marco Metra
Marco Metra University of Brescia
Kenneth Dickstein
Kenneth Dickstein University of Bergen

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