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    A 3-dimensional magnetic resonance image form a patient who has undergone an acute myocardial infarction. The heart is visible in the center of the image. Healthy (non-infarcted) cardiac muscle is indicated by asterisks, whereas arrows point to the infarcted region. MRI can reveal the extent of the area affected by inflammation after a heart attack (the yellow infarcted region marked by arrows). Serial MRI studies reveal thta this inflammatory reaction appears immediately after the infarction but then rapid
    Research
    22 Aug 2017
    Circulation: Dogma overturned: new studies into inflammation in the infarcted heart could lead to changes in therapy

    The study overturns the dogma that infarction is followed by progressive repair of the injured myocardium.
    3D ultrasound of the right carotid artery. An atherosclerotic plaque is visible as a small protrusion (arrow) in the vessel wall of the internal branch of the proximal carotid artery (bottom), close to the bifurcation. In contrast, the surface of the disease-free external branch (top) is smooth (asterisk).
    Research
    24 Jul 2017
    'JACC': 3D visualization of cholesterol plaques improves cardiovascular risk prediction

    CNIC researchers show the value of total atherosclerosis burden for the identification of individuals at risk of cardiovascular disease
    About the CNIC
    27 Jun 2017
    Eduardo Oliver, awarded the Young Researcher Award of the Spanish Society of Pharmacology

    The Young Researcher Award of the Spanish Society of Pharmacology (SEF) is awarded to members of the SEF under 35 years of age with the best scientific career
    About the CNIC
    1 Jun 2017
    Dr. Borja Ibáñez awarded the XII Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Biomedical Research

    Dr. Ibáñez, Director of Clinical Research at the CNIC, has received an award for his contribution to the fight against cardiovascular diseases
    About the CNIC
    29 May 2017
    CNIC participates in Scientific Weekend

    More tan 40 institutions participated in the VII edition of the “Scientific Weekend”
    The Commissioner of Health and Food Safety of the European Commission, Vytenis Andriukaitis, during his visit at CNIC.
    About the CNIC
    3 May 2017
    Health and Food Safety Commissioner from the European Commission visits CNIC

    The Health and Food Safety Commissioner from the European Commission, Vytenis Andriukaitis, visited Carlos III National Centre of Cardiovascular Research (CNIC)
    About the CNIC
    7 Mar 2017
    The State Research Agency nominates José María Ordovás as member of its Scientific and Technical Committee

    The State Research Agency nominates José María Ordovás as member of its Scientific and Technical Committee
    Research
    10 Jan 2017
    Nature Medicine: Inhibition of a specific protein prevents and reverses aortic aneurysm in models of Marfan syndrome and similar diseases

    The findings, published in Nature Medicine, suggest a major potential for NOS2 inhibitors in the treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysa
    Research
    21 Dec 2016
    Second call for proposals to access the ReDIB Scientific and Technical Singular Infrastructures (STSI)

    ReDIB is composed of two nodes, located at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) in Madrid and the Centro de Investigación Cooperativa en Biomateriales (CIC biomaGUNE) in San Sebastián
    Ingenuity PET-MRI de Philips de humanos (Equipo híbrido clínico de Tomografía por Emisión de Positrones-Resonancia Magnética) 5
    About the CNIC
    8 Sep 2016
    First call for proposals to access the ReDIB Singular Scientific-Technological Infrastructure (SSTI)

    ReDIB is composed of two nodes, located at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) in Madrid and the Centro de Investigación Cooperativa en Biomateriales (CIC biomaGUNE) in San Sebastián