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Experienced in Aortic Valve Replacement

Dr. Francesco Franchi

Internal Medicine
Uf Health Cardiovascular Center-Jacksonville
655 W 8th St # 5, 
Jacksonville,, FL 
Experienced in Aortic Valve Replacement
Uf Health Cardiovascular Center-Jacksonville
655 W 8th St # 5, 
Jacksonville,, FL 
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Overview

Francesco Franchi is an Internal Medicine provider in Jacksonville,, Florida. Dr. Franchi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Aortic Valve Replacement. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Heart Attack, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), and Cardiac Ablation.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 140 peer reviewed articles and participating in 4 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Specialties
Internal Medicine
Licenses
Internal Medicine in FL
Hospital Affiliations
Southeast Georgia Health System -- Camden Campus
Shands Jacksonville
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Florida Blue
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Health Care Services Corporation
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Health Options
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  • POS
  • PPO
Humana
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Managed Medicaid
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Medicaid
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Sunshine Health
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UnitedHealthcare
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Wellcare
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Locations

Uf Health Cardiovascular Center-Jacksonville
655 W 8th St # 5, Jacksonville,, FL 32209
Call: 904-383-1011

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.

4 Clinical Trials

Pharmacodynamic Effects of Different Ticagrelor Maintenance Dosing Regimens With and Without Aspirin in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: The OPTIMUS (Optimizing Antiplatelet Therapy in Diabetes Mellitus)-7 Study
Pharmacodynamic Effects of Different Ticagrelor Maintenance Dosing Regimens With and Without Aspirin in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: The OPTIMUS (Optimizing Antiplatelet Therapy in Diabetes Mellitus)-7 Study
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: March 30, 2025
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Drugs: Ticagrelor, Aspirin, Clopidogrel
Study Phase: Phase 4
A Phase 3, Multicenter, Open-Label, Single-Arm Study of Bentracimab (PB2452) in Ticagrelor-Treated Patients With Uncontrolled Major or Life-Threatening Bleeding or Requiring Urgent Surgery or Invasive Procedure (REVERSE-IT Trial)
A Phase 3, Multicenter, Open-Label, Single-Arm Study of Bentracimab (PB2452) in Ticagrelor-Treated Patients With Uncontrolled Major or Life-Threatening Bleeding or Requiring Urgent Surgery or Invasive Procedure (REVERSE-IT Trial)
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: October 21, 2024
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Phase: Phase 3
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo- Controlled Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Injectafer® (Ferric Carboxymaltose) as Treatment for Heart Failure With Iron Deficiency /and Sub-Study
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo- Controlled Study to Investigate the Efficacy and Safety of Injectafer® (Ferric Carboxymaltose) as Treatment for Heart Failure With Iron Deficiency /and Sub-Study
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: July 03, 2024
Intervention Type: Drug
Study Drug: Ferric Carboxymaltose
Study Phase: Phase 3
Double-blind, Randomized, Sham-procedure-controlled, Parallel-Group Efficacy and Safety Study of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Precursor Cells (Rexlemestrocel-L) in Chronic Heart Failure Due to LV Systolic Dysfunction (Ischemic or Nonischemic) Dream HF-1
Double-blind, Randomized, Sham-procedure-controlled, Parallel-Group Efficacy and Safety Study of Allogeneic Mesenchymal Precursor Cells (Rexlemestrocel-L) in Chronic Heart Failure Due to LV Systolic Dysfunction (Ischemic or Nonischemic) Dream HF-1
Enrollment Status: Completed
Publish Date: January 10, 2022
Intervention Type: Biological, Other
Study Phase: Phase 3
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140 Total Publications

The pharmacology and clinical evidence for the use of dual versus single antiplatelet therapy.
The pharmacology and clinical evidence for the use of dual versus single antiplatelet therapy.
Journal: Expert review of clinical pharmacology
Published: January 06, 2026
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Internal Medicine
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Jacksonville, FL 
 (14.6 miles away)
904-953-2000
Languages Spoken:
English

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