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    RM cardiaca de un paciente con miocardiopatía dilatada (izquierda) y de un individuo sin cardiopatía (derecha). En el paciente con miocardiopatía dilatada el tamaño del corazón esta incrementado y su capacidad de bombeo está disminuida.
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    19 Apr 2024
    JACC: A new Spanish study provides the first stratification of the risk of developing dilated cardiomyopathy among symptom-free genetic carriers

    The results, published in JACC, suggest that these factors could be used to predict the risk of developing dilated cardiomyopathy and adapt strategies for patient care and disease detection in genetic carriers of the disease

    Vicente Andrés, director de investigación básica del CNIC; Dr. Valentín Fuster, director general del CNIC; Dra. del Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Dra. Marina Pollán; Alberto Sanz, director gerente del CNIC; el Dr. Borja Ibáñez, director científico y director de investigación clínica del CNIC; D. Agustín González, subdirector general de redes y centros de investigación cooperativa del Instituto de Salud Carlos III., e Icíar Areilza, secretaria general de la Fundación Pro CNIC.
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    12 Apr 2024
    Visit of the Director of Carlos III Health Institute, Dr Marina Pollán, to CNIC
    María Linarejos Vera, Gema Mondéjar, Amaia Talavera, Patricia Sánchez, Álvaro Macías, Juan Manuel Ruiz, Francisco M. Cruz, Fernando Martínez de Benito, Juan Antonio Bernal y José Jalife
    Research
    11 Apr 2024
    Circulation Research: New mechanism discovered for the life-threatening arrhythmias in Andersen-Tawil syndrome

    CNIC researchers, led by Dr. José Jalife, have made a key discovery about cardiac arrhythmias in Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS)
    El Dr. Valentín Fuster con la Dra. Guiomar Mendieta
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    10 Apr 2024
    The Journal of the American College of Cardiology garlands the CNIC author of a PESA-CNIC-SANTANDER study

    Guiomar Mendieta has been awarded the 2023 William W. Parmley Young Author Achievement Award for a paper published in JACC that is considered to an outstanding contribution in the field of atherosclerosis
    Rodrigo Fernández Jiménez ha sido galardonado con el Premio Nacional de Investigación para Jóvenes ‘Gabriella Morreale’
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    15 Mar 2024
    Rodrigo Fernández Jiménez, ‘Gabriella Morreale’ National Youth Research Award winner

    The award honours the quality and relevance of his research work in preventive medicine and on current challenges in the field of cardiology
    Ljubica Matic
    Research
    12 Mar 2024
    Ljubica Matic: "Mentors are necessary at every stage of a career”

    Associate Professor in Molecular Medicine and Principal Researcher of the Vascular Surgery Division at Karolinska Institute
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    9 Feb 2024
    CNIC Conference Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Brain Health

    The National Center for Cardiovascular Research Carlos III (CNIC) is excited to announce the upcoming edition of the CNIC Conferences
    Paul Rilay: "Soy muy optimista sobre el futuro"
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    3 Feb 2024
    Paul Rilay: "I’m optimistic about the future"

    British Heart Foundation
    Carlos Torroja, Jacob F. Bentzon, Paula Nogales, Laura Carramolino, Vanessa Cumbicus, Daniel Morales, Ana Dopazo, Verónica Labrador y Alberto Benguria
    Research
    1 Feb 2024
    Nature Cardiovascular Research: New approach to the design of therapies that enhance the effect of cholesterol-lowering drugs

    A study published in Nature Cardiovascular Research reveals smooth muscle-derived cells as a new target for reducing the size of atherosclerotic plaque. The results open up new avenues for the design of treatments to enhance the beneficial effect of cholesterol-lowering drugs
    Catarina Tristão Pereira, Enrique Lara Pezzi, Raquel Toribio Fernández, Borja Ibáñez, Valentín Fuster, Sergio Callejas, Marta Cortés Canteli, Ana Dopazo, Pilar Martín, Inés García Lunar e Irene Fernández Nueda.
    Research
    23 Jan 2024
    Circulation Research: APOE genetic variants linked to Alzheimer disease are also associated with the development of subclinical aterosclerosis

    The most potent genetic risk factor for Alzheimer disease, APOE4, is associated with an elevated risk of developing subclinical atherosclerosis in middle age, whereas the Alzheimer-protective variant of the same gene, APOE2, protects against subclinical atherosclerosis