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Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiovascular Diseases group is a translational research group within the Cardiology Department of Vall d’Hebron Hospital that performs laboratory, clinical and epidemiological research. In the CIBERCV network we are within the topic of descriptor 2 “Arterial disease, thrombosis and myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury”. Our contributions in these topics address the following lines: 

  • Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (i.e. mechanisms of endogenous cardioprotection, ischemic conditioning and remodeling), 
  • Coronary artery disease (i.e. genetic factors involved in coronary artery disease, determinants of thrombotic complications and prognosis), 
  • Aortic diseases (i.e. determinants of aorta dilatation, aortic biomechanics abnormalities in Marfan´s syndrome, and new imaging methods), 
  • Congenital/familiar heart diseases (i.e. genetic determinants and prognosis factors). 

In the CIBERESP network, our group is interested in the study of effectiveness/cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular interventions, health outcome research and methods in clinical research. The group has 19 principal investigators, 32 active projects and clinical trial and has been done 142 publications in 2020.

Publications

Aortic valve replacement: validation of the Toronto Aortic Stenosis Quality of Life Questionnaire.

PMID: 33207035
Journal: ESC Heart Failure
Year: 2021
Reference: ESC Heart Fail. 2021 Feb;8(1):270-279. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.12961. Epub 2020 Nov 18.
Impact factor: 4.411
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Himbert, Dominique, Urena-Alcazar, Marina, Salgado-Fernandez, Jorge, Castillo, Jose Joaquin Cuenca, Garcia Del Blanco, Bruno, Deutsch, Cornelia, Sykorova, Lenka, Kurucova, Jana, Thoenes, Martin, Luske, Claudia M et al.
DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12961

Diagnostic value of quantitative parameters for myocardial perfusion assessment in patients with suspected coronary artery disease by single- and dual-energy computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging.

PMID: 33604450
Journal: International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature
Year: 2021
Reference: Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2021 Feb 4;32:100721. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2021.100721. eCollection 2021 Feb.
Impact factor: 0
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Ruiz-Munoz, Aroa, Valente, Filipa, Dux-Santoy, Lydia, Guala, Andrea, Teixido-Tura, Gisela, Galian-Gay, Laura, Gutierrez, Laura, Fernandez-Galera, Ruben, Casas, Guillem, Gonzalez-Alujas, Teresa et al.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2021.100721

Reduction in new cardiac electronic device implantations in Catalonia during COVID-19.

PMID: 33595062
Journal: EUROPACE
Year: 2021
Reference: Europace. 2021 Mar 8;23(3):456-463. doi: 10.1093/europace/euab011.
Impact factor: 5.214
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Montiel-Serrano, Jose, Pereferrer, Damia, Menendez-Ramirez, Diego, Jimenez, Jesus, Elamrani, Amin, Borras, Roger, Dallaglio, Paolo Domenico, Benito, Eva, Santos-Ortega, Alba, Rodriguez-Font, Enrique et al.
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euab011

Corrigendum to 'Screening of Embolic Sources by Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Acute Phase of Ischemic Stroke' [Ultrasound in Med. & Biol. 46 (2020) 2173-2180].

PMID: 33589352
Journal: ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
Year: 2021
Reference: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2021 May;47(5):1428. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.01.021. Epub 2021 Feb 12.
Impact factor: 2.998
Publication type: Letter or abstract
Authors: Juega, Jesus, Pagola, Jorge, Gonzalez-Alujas, Teresa, Rodriguez-Luna, David, Rubiera, Marta, Rodriguez-Villatoro, Noelia, Garcia-Tornel, Alvaro, Requena, Manuel, Deck, Matias, Sero, Laia et al.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.01.021

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