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Isabel Gonçalves is a professor and senior consultant at the University of Lun (Sweden). Her research focuses on cardiovascular disease and diabetes. She is the principal investigator in EXODIAB (Excellence in Diabetes Research in Sweden), leads a team at Cardiovascular Research - Translational Studies, and is a researcher in EpiHealth, a project focused on epidemiology for health.

The accreditation confirms the reliability of the units’ technical output and facilitates external collaborations, factors crucial to sustaining the CNIC’s leadership in cardiovascular research

The findings of this study have been key for the development of REACT, a new research project, that will count on the collaboration of Santander Bank, and will expand the study of the age group for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, which will include 8,000 new participants.

The new project, ‘The Placenta in Maternal and Fetal Cardiovascular Health and Disease’, aims to understand how the placenta influences cardiovascular health in mothers and their children, promising improvements in the prevention and treatment of related diseases

The International Atherosclerosis Society recognizes the contributions to the understanding and treatment of atherosclerosis by the director of the National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) and president of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart

The National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), and the Health Research Institute of Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), representing SERMAS, are actively participating in JACARDI through different pilot projects

A study from CNIC reveals how risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis affect heart microcirculation in asymptomatic middle-aged individuals. The research, published in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, highlights the importance of assessing the heart vessels' ability to regulate blood flow and predict future cardiovascular risk