Program 2 focuses on cardiovascular alterations that can cause premature death and disability either by inducing secondary myocardial remodeling or through rupture of cardiovascular structures, thromboembolic events and infection.
These alterations include the following: arterial diseases such as ischemic heart disease, the first cause of death and loss of quality of life years throughout the world; aortic disease, which results in acute complications with high mortality; and structural diseases of the heart such as acquired valve disease and congenital heart abnormalities.
The program is organized into three major research lines:
1) Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion. The objective of this line is to reduce the loss of quality of life years and social impact of ischemic heart disease by generating knowledge to prevent plaque progression and complications leading to myocardial ischemia and to reduce myocardial damage when myocardial ischemia occurs.
2) Aortic Valve Diseases. The central aims of this line are to identify the biomolecular and biomechanical mechanisms that determine aortic dilatation and complications and to develop accurate methods to define predictors of complications and new treatment strategies to improve disease progression and survival.
3) Valvular and Congenital Heart Disease. The objective of this line is to increase our knowledge of the etiology, pathophysiology and natural history of valvular and congenital heart disease, identifying predictors of poor outcome, and improving the role of imaging in this setting, with the ultimate goal of designing therapeutic strategies to reduce morbidity.
David García-Dorado, MD, PhD Cardiology Department Vall d’Hebron University Hospital and Research Institute Coordinator Vascular Biology and Metabolism Area Pg Vall d’Hebron 119-129 08035 Barcelona dgdorado@vhebron.net |
Alberto San Roman; MD, PhD Cardiology Department Hospital Universitario de Valladolid, Av. Ramón y Cajal, 3, 47002 Valladolid asanroman@secardiologia.es |
Jefe de Grupo | Institución consorciada | Provincia | Detalles |
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Andrés García, Vicente |
Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares | Madrid | Group info |
Badimon Maestro, Lina |
Instituto de Investigacion del Hospital de la Santa Cruz y San Pablo | Barcelona | Group info |
Bayés Genís, Antonio |
Fundación Instituto de Investigacion Germans Trias i Pujol | Barcelona | Group info |
Blanco Colio, Luis Miguel |
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz | Madrid | Group info |
Bosca Gomar, Lisardo |
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Madrid | Group info |
Brugada Terradellas, Ramon |
Fundación Instituto de Investigacion Biomédica de Girona | Girona | Group info |
Cinca Cuscullola, Juan M. |
Instituto de Investigacion del Hospital de la Santa Cruz y San Pablo | Barcelona | Group info |
Delgado Jiménez, Juan Francisco |
Servicio Madrileño de Salud | Madrid | Group info |
Fernández-Avilés Díaz, Francisco |
Servicio Madrileño de Salud | Madrid | Group info |
García Pavía, Pablo |
Servicio Madrileño de Salud | Madrid | Group info |
García-Dorado García, David |
Fundación Hospital Universitario Vall d´Hebron - Institut de Recerca (VHIR) | Barcelona | Group info |
González Juanatey, Jose Ramón |
Servicio Gallego de Salud | A Coruña | Group info |
Ibáñez Cabeza, Borja |
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Fundación Jiménez Díaz | Madrid | Group info |
López-Sendon Hentschel, José Luis |
Servicio Madrileño de Salud | Madrid | Group info |
Marrugat de la Iglesia, Jaume |
Consorci Mar Parc Salut de Barcelona | Barcelona | Group info |
Martínez González, Jose |
Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Barcelona | Group info |
Mayor Menéndez, Federico |
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Madrid | Group info |
Mont Girbau, Josep Lluis |
Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi i Sunyer | Barcelona | Group info |
Ordóñez Fernández, Antonio |
Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Gestion de la Investigacion en Salud de Sevilla | Sevilla | Group info |
Páramo Fernández, José Antonio |
Universidad de Navarra | Navarra | Group info |
Pompa Mínguez, José Luis de la |
Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares | Madrid | Group info |
Redondo Moya, Juan Miguel |
Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares | Madrid | Group info |
Rivera Otero, José Miguel |
Fundación para la Investigación del Hospital la Fe | Valencia | Group info |
Salaices Sánchez, Mercedes |
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Madrid | Group info |
San Román Calvar, José Alberto |
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid | Valladolid | Group info |
Sánchez Fernández, Pedro Luis |
Fundación Instituto de Estudios de Ciencias de la salud de Castilla y León | Salamanca | Group info |
Sánchez Madrid, Francisco |
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Madrid | Group info |
Jiménez Navarro, Manuel Francisco |
Fundación Pública Andaluza para la Investigacion de Málaga en Biomedicina y Salud | Málaga | Group info |
Valdés Chavarri, Mariano |
Fundación para la Formacion e Investigacion Sanitarias de la Región de Murcia | Murcia | Group info |
Vázquez Cobos, Jesús María |
Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares | Madrid | Group info |
Zamorano Gómez, José Luis |
Servicio Madrileño de Salud | Madrid | Group info |