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
Selected Publications
Evangelista A; Galian-Gay L; Guala A; Teixido-Tura G; Calvo-Iglesias F; Sevilla T; Bermejo J; Méndez I; Sánchez V; Robledo Carmona JM; Alegret JM; Ferrer-Sistach E; Saura D; Ruiz-Muñoz A; Dux-Santoy L; Carmona MÁ; Huguet M; Cuellar-Calabria H; Sao-Avilés A; Ferreira-González I; Rodríguez-Palomares JF
Atorvastatin Effect on Aortic Dilatation and Valvular Calcification Progression in Bicuspid Aortic Valve (BICATOR): A Randomized Clinical Trial
Circulation 2024 Jun 18;149 (25); 1938-1948
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.067537
IF: 35.
Belahnech Y; Ródenas-Alesina E; Muñoz MÁ; Verdu-Rotellar JM; Sao-Avilés A; Urio-Garmendia G; Osorio D; Salas K; Pantoja E; Ribera A; Ferreira-González I
Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation 2 for Older Persons (SCORE2-OP): 10 years risk validation, clinical utility and potential improvement.-
Eur J Prev Cardiol-2024 Dec 5:zwae383.
DOI: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwae383
IF: 8.4
Belahnech Y; García Del Blanco B; Ferreira-González I; Ródenas-Alesina E; Alonso-Cotoner C; Galian-Gay L; Bermudez-Ramos M; Vila-Olives R; Martí-Aguasca G
Impact of percutaneous mitral paravalvular leak closure on the natural history of recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding
EuroIntervention-2024 Mar 4;20(5):e329-e331
DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00703
IF: 7.6
Consegal M; Miró-Casas E; Barba I; Ruiz-Meana M; Inserte J; Benito B; Rodríguez C; Ganse FG; Rubio-Unguetti L; Llorens-Cebrià C; Ferreira-González I; Rodríguez-Sinovas A
Connexin 43 modulates reverse electron transfer in cardiac mitochondria from inducible knock-out Cx43Cre-ER(T)/fl mice by altering the coenzyme Q pool
Basic Res Cardiol-2024- Aug;119(4):673-689
DOI: 10.1007/s00395-024-01052-2
IF: 7.5
Mazzolai L; Teixido-Tura G; Lanzi S; Boc V; Bossone E; Brodmann M; Bura-Rivière A; De Backer J; Deglise S; Della Corte A; Heiss C; Kałużna-Oleksy M; Kurpas D; McEniery CM; Mirault T; Pasquet AA; Pitcher A; Schaubroeck HAI; Schlager O; Sirnes PA; Sprynger MG; Stabile E; Steinbach F; Thielmann M; van Kimmenade RRJ; Venermo M; Rodriguez-Palomares JF;
ESC Guidelines for the management of peripheral arterial and aortic diseases.-
Eur Heart J- 2024 Sep 29;45(36):3538-3700
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae179
IF: 37.6
Selected Projects
FORTALECE. FORT23/0034: TACTIC: Explorando soluciones a los retos de salud mediante ciencia disruptiva, terapias avanzadas y medicina de sistemas
Principal Investigator: Begoña Benito
Agency: Instituto Salud Carlos III
Funding: For our group: 416,288€
Period: 2024-2027
Framework to IMPROVE the integration of Patient Generated Health Data to Facilitate Value Based Healthcare'.
Principal Investigator: In our country and group: Bruno García del Blanco
Agency: European Commission -Innovative Health Initiative (by the EU)
Funding: For our group: 222,818€
Period: 2024-2029
PI23/1397 Aneurismas degenerativos de la aorta ascendente ¿Están relacionados los fenotipos de dilatación con su etilogía, patofisiología y pronóstico?
Principal Investigator: J.Rodríguez-Palomares
Agency: Instituto Salud Carlos III
Funding: 200,000 €
Period: 2024-2026
PI23/0068 Contribution of amino acid metabolism reprogramming and calpain deregulation to fibroblast activation and diffuse myocardial fibrosis in heart failure
Principal Investigator: Javier Inserte
Agency: Instituto Salud Carlos III
Funding: 180,000 €
Period: 2024-2026
PI23/1854 Papel de los canales TRPV4 en la fibrosis ventricular derecha: identificación de nuevos mecanismos moleculares y desarrollo de nuevas técnicas de diagnóstico
Principal Investigator: Begoña Benito
Agency: Instituto Salud Carlos III
Funding: 152,500€
Period: 2024-2026
Selected Dissemination Activities
Press Release: During 2024 6 press releases haves been published.
Place: Different media through their web sites, and press like: Europa Press, elPeriodico.com, etc.
Date: 01/01/1970
Brief: These news disseminate advances on different cardiovascular techniques and research.
June 5th, about a new Heart Area in our group to care patients with cardiac pathology.
January 4th; Research about accumulation of the protein versican is responsible for aortic aneurysms in Marfan síndrome.
January 16th, A study detects a subgroup of myocardial infarction patients with a worse prognosis using magnetic resonance imaging
February 2nd, The Arrhythmia Unit begins to implement an innovative technique for treating arrhythmias
November 19th, A study by the VHIR Cardiovascular Disease Research Group wins an award from the American Heart Association.
December 5th, our group develops a predictive model to calculate cardiovascular risk in women.
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3 Conferences: 1) Jornada de actualización Cardio Renal, October 3rd. 2) Jornada Actualización en Tetralogía Fallot 28-29 June. 3) Jornada Actualización en imagen cardíaca 22-23 November
Place: Hospital Vall d'Hebron. Barcelona
Date: 01/01/1970
Brief: 1) Update on the management and treatment of cardiorenometabolic patients.
2) Update on the management and treatment of patients with tetralogy of Fallot.
3) Update on cardiac imaging in the treatment and management of cardiovascular diseases
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6 Courses for dissemination to the different subspecialities in cardiology. Specifically, courses about Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Imaging and Arrythmia subspecialties.
Place: In Hospital Vall Hebron. Barcelona
Date: 01/01/1970
Brief: 1) June 27th: Update in the treatment and management of congenital heart disease. 2) June 14th:To know the indications, material and techniques of ablation by venous alcoholization. 3) September 16-17th: Basic echocardiography theory and practice of transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography. 4) September 18-19th: Theory and practice of advanced cardiac imaging in emergency medicine, intensive care and anesthesia. 5) November 18 to 21st: echocardiography, doppler and multimodality imaging used in different cardiovascular pathologies. 6) December 2-3rd: advances in cardiac pacing and implantable systems
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Programa de Sesiones Científicas de Cardiología
Place: Hospital Vall d'Hebron
Date: 01/01/1970
Brief: Theses session are a training and updating in the fundamental advances in the different cardiology subspecialties at the pathophysiological, clinical and epidemiological levels to improve the competencies of professionals in the management of cardiovascular diseases and decision making. The sessions are broadcasted live via a link, which allows dissemination, not only to the attendees but also to those who join the online session.
