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    María Linarejos Vera, Gema Mondéjar, Amaia Talavera, Patricia Sánchez, Álvaro Macías, Juan Manuel Ruiz, Francisco M. Cruz, Fernando Martínez de Benito, Juan Antonio Bernal y José Jalife
    Research
    11 Apr 2024
    Circulation Research: New mechanism discovered for the life-threatening arrhythmias in Andersen-Tawil syndrome

    CNIC researchers, led by Dr. José Jalife, have made a key discovery about cardiac arrhythmias in Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS)
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    18 Jan 2024
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    Imágenes de mapeado óptico de dos corazones distintos de ratones que desarrollaron fibrilación ventricular.
    Research
    27 Nov 2023
    Nature Cardiovascular Research: Spanish scientists discover a promising therapeutic target for cardiac arrhythmias
    About the CNIC
    4 Aug 2023
    A new technique offers improved diagnostic precision and a route to personalized therapy for a common arrhythmia that affects more than 10 million people in Europe
    Research
    3 Nov 2022
    Nature Cardiovascular Research: CNIC scientists identify the cause of arrhythmias and sudden death in Andersen-Tawil syndrome type 1

    CNIC scientists have identified a molecular mechanism that accounts for the arrhythmias, skeletal muscle weakness, and periodic paralysis in patients with this rare disease

    Dr. Pablo García-Pavía y Dr. Jesús Gonzalez Mirelis, codirectores del trabajo.
    Research
    22 Jul 2022
    EJHF: Spanish scientists combine genetic and imaging data to improve the treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy

    Genetic screening combined with the detection of fibrosis identifies patients at risk of malignant arrhythmias or developing heart failure with severe complications
    Microfotografía de una monocapa de cardiomiocitos derivados de células madre inducidas a la pluripotencia, representativa de las que se usaron para estudiar los mecanismos de arritmias y el rescate de la función normal por el gen que codifica a la sintrofina-α
    Research
    29 Jun 2022
    eLife: Study reveals how Duchenne muscular dystrophy causes heart rhythm problems

    Investigadores del CNIC  revelan por primera los mecanismos moleculares que subyacen a las arritmias que ocurren en pacientes que padecen “Distrofia Muscular de Duchenne”
    Daño local en las fibras musculares tras el ejercicio. Visualización del daño local en fibras de músculo esquelético (soleous y gastro) de ratón joven tras el ejercicio, mediante la tinción con marcadores de daño local como Filamina C (verde) y Evans Blue (rojo), y los núcleos (en azul) de fibras.
    Research
    18 Oct 2021
    Science: A rapid mechanism for muscle self-repair independent of stem cells

    Researchers from the National Center for Cardiovascular Research and the Pompeu Fabra University describe in Science a new mechanism for muscle regeneration after physiological damage

    Grupo de la Dra. Priori
    Research
    21 Jul 2021
    A CNIC project receives funding from the ”la Caixa” Foundation to investigate a type of fatal tachycardia

    The research team led by project leader Dr Silvia Priori is confident that the discovery of new therapies will reduce the mortality linked to this disease and could also reduce arrhythmias in heart failure patients

    Research
    29 Sep 2020
    JACC: CNIC scientists design an algorithm for personalized cardiovascular risk estimation in healthy people

    The study, published in JACC, forms part of the PESA-CNIC-SANTANDER project, led by Dr Valentín Fuster