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Cardiovascular Diseases

We were appointed to the prestigious Nucleus of the European Heart Society’s Task Force Guides of Aortic Diseases. We were awarded scholarships for the FORTALECE program as a group of excellence within the VHIR. Since 2023, we are vice-chair of a new European COST action including >40 countries (EU-METAHEART CA22169) with the common interest of deciphering the metabolic alterations in heart failure from a multidisciplinary perspective. In general, we obtained budget for 6 research projects in competitive public calls (one of them international) and 4 research projects in competitive private calls. In addition, we obtained a budget for human resources in 3 competitive calls. During the last year, two theses dissertations were presented. As a result of the cost project, a consensus document has been drafted: Interaction of cardiovascular nonmodifiable risk factors, comorbidities and comedications with ischemia/reperfusión injury and cardioprotection. (doi: 10.1124/pharmrev.121.000348)

eCORE

  • Chronic, Prevalent Diseases & Aging
  • Global Health

Team

Group Leader
Ignacio Ferreira González

Principal Investigator (PI)
José Antonio Barrabés Riu, Jordi Bañeras, Neus Bellera, Begoña Benito Villabriga, Laura Dos Subirá, Arturo Evangelista Masip, Bruno García Del Blanco, Javier Inserte Igual, Nuria Rivas Gandara, José F Rodríguez Palomares, Antonio Rodríguez Sinovas, Marisol Ruiz Meana, Antonia Sambola Ayala, Andrea Guala, Antonia Pijuan, Gisela Teixidó, Teresa Gonzalez Alujas, Guillermo Romero Farina

Researchers
Laura Galián Gay, Jordi Pérez Rodón, Nazarena Pizzi María, David Aluja González, Mireia Andrés, Lidia Dux Santoy, Aitor Uribarri, Ana Mendez, Alvaro Calabuig, Laia Yañez, Diana Bou Teen, Marta Consegal, Nuria Vallejo, Jordi Lozano, Raquel Adeliño, Jaume Pascual, Eduard Rodenas, Irene Buera, Guillem Casas Masnou, Rubén Fernández Galera, Blanca Gordon, Javier Limeres Freire, Gerard Martí Aguasca, Laia Milà Pascual, Berta Miranda Barrio, Gerard Oristrell Santamaria, Imanol Otaegui Irurueta, Alba Santos Ortega, Bernat Serra Creus, Vicenç Serra García, Filipa Valente, Pau Rello Sabaté, Toni Soriano, Yasim Belahnech Pujol, Alex Olivella, Javier Cantalapiedra, Mª Josefa Azpiroz, Montse Bach, Clara Badia, Víctor Gonzalez Fdez, Pablo Tobias, Pablo Jordan, Maria Vidal

PhD Students
Sara Delgado Tomás, Freddy Ganse, Laura Rubio

Lab Technicians
Ángeles Rojas López

Nursing and Technical Staff
Raul Uilar López, Mª Angeles Carmona Ramírez, Elisabeth Miró Casas, Claudia Alvarez, Marta Alvarez, Emma Pasto, Andrea Lorite

Publications

117
Publications
57.3
%Q1
1151.27
Impact Factor
9.84
Average Impact Factor

Rodríguez-Palomares JF; Dux-Santoy L; Guala A; Galian-Gay L; Evangelista A
Mechanisms of Aortic Dilation in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valve: JACC State-of-the-Art Review
J Am Coll Cardiol 2023 Aug 1;82(5):448-464.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.10.042
IF: 24.4

Evangelista A, Sitges M, Jondeau G, Nijveldt R, Pepi M, Cuellar H, Pontone G, Bossone E, Groenink M, Dweck MR, Roos-Hesselink JW, Mazzolai L, van Kimmenade R, Aboyans V, Rodriguez-Palomares
Multimodality imaging in thoracic aortic diseases: a clinical consensus statement from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the European Society of Cardiology working group on aorta and peripheral vascular diseases
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Apr 24;24(5):e65-e85
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jead024
IF: 9.13

Galian-Gay L, Teixido-Tura G, Casas G, Ferrer-Sistach E, Mitroi C, Mingo S, Monivas V, Saura D, Vidal B, Moral S, Calvo F, Sanchez V, Gonzalez A, Guzman-Martinez G, Noris Mora M, Arnau Vives MA, Peteiro J, Bouzas A, Gonzalez-Alujas T, Gutierrez L, Fernandez-Galera R, Valente F, Guala A, Ruiz-Munoz A, Dux-Santoy L, Olivero Soldevila R, Aviles AS, Rodriguez Palomares , Ferreira-Gonzalez I, Evangelista A
Changes in echocardiographic parameters over time in paradoxical low-flow low-gradient aortic stenosis
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023 Jul 24;24(8):1120-1128.
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jead067
IF: 9.13

Galian-Gay L, Pijuan-Domenech A, Cantalapiedra-Romero, Serrano B, Goya M, Maiz N, Casellas M, Manrique S, Suarez-Edo E, Miranda-Barrio B, Gordon Ramirez B, Teixido-Tura G, Gutierrez-Moreno L, Gonzalez-Fernandez V, Dux-Santoy L, Guala A, Evangelista A, Dos-Subira L, Rodriguez-Palomares , Ferreira-Gonzalez I
Pregnancy-related aortic complications in women with bicuspid aortic valve.
HEART 2023 Jul 12;109(15):1153-1158.
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2022-322328
IF: 7.37

Ródenas-Alesina E; Lozano-Torres J; Vila-Olives R; Calvo-Barceló M; Badia-Molins C; Tobías-Castillo PE; Ferreira-González I; Rodríguez-Palomares J
Mechanical Dispersion Is Associated With Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death in Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023; 45(5):328-329
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2023.12.010
IF: 6.5

Projects

AI4HF -Trustworthy GA 101080430-AI4HF HE-HLTH-STAYHLTH2022 Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Personalised Risk Assessment in Chronic Heart Failure
Principal Investigator: JF. Rodríguez Palomares
Agency: European Commission (Horizon Europe)
Funding: 293,125 €
Period: 2023-2027

PI22/00513-Daño mitocondrial por estrés dicarbonílico como impulsor de la senescencia: papel de los senolíticos en la protección del corazón durante el envejecimiento
Principal Investigator: Marisol Ruiz Meana
Agency: ISCIII
Funding: 197,895.50 €
Period: 2023-2025

Impacto del recambio valvular pulmonar sobre la fibrosis miocárdica intersticial en pacientes con tetralogía de fallot reparada. PRAGMATICO
Principal Investigator: Laura Dos
Agency: CIBER-CV - ISCIII
Funding: 86,000,00 €
Period: 2023-2025

Marato 20231110 CAMAHER. Cardiovascular Toxicity in early Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2 -PositiveBreast Cancer (HERBCA): From risk evaluation to prevention
Principal Investigator: Ignacio Ferreira
Agency: Fundació Marató TV3
Funding: 198,125 €
Period: December 2023 - December 2026

PLEC2022-009227 NC-p38i – Nuevos fármacos para mejorar para mejorar el daño cardíaco inducido por isquemia-reperfusión y por quimioterapia con antraciclinas
Principal Investigator: Antonio Rodríguez Sinovas
Agency: Ministerio Ciencia Innovación- Next Generation EU
Funding: 150,000 €
Period: 2023-2025

VHIR Annual Report 2023