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    About the CNIC, Research
    JACARDI General Assembly: More than 200 experts from 21 European countries unite to improve care for cardiovascular disease and diabetes

    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

    About the CNIC, Publications
    Héctor Bueno receives the ESC President's Awards 2024 at the Congress of the European Society of Cardiology
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    About the CNIC, Research
    CNIC and the i+12 Institute participate in the most ambitious EU project to reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes

    CNIC and the i+12 Institute co-lead one of the working groups of this initiative.

    Representative results from participants showing atherosclerosis progression (left) and regression (disappearance of plaques, right) in arteries of the neck (carotids) and groin (femorals). Each image pair shows the results of the initial study at baseline and the follow-up study of the same artery 6 years later. The images show representative vascular ultrasound images on the right and 3-dimensional reconstructions on the left.
    Research, Publications
    JACC: Younger people are more vulnerable to the effects of cardiovascular risk associated with high blood cholesterol and hypertension

    Atherosclerosis, previously believed to be an irreversible progressive disease, can be reversed if risk factors are contolled early enough