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    Participants who followed the TANSNIP-PESA program (orange line) showed an improvement in lifestyle measures and cardiovascular health compared with participants in the control group (who did not participate in the intervention; blue line). The Y-axis shows changes in the Fuster -BEWAT lifestyle and cardiovascular risk score with respect to the baseline value.
    Research
    26 Jul 2022
    European Heart Journal: “One change a day makes 365 changes in a year”

    Adherence to a workplace cardiovascular health-promotion program improves lifestyle and risk factors in healthy individuals
    Grupo de Andrés Hidalgo
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    22 Jul 2022
    Andrés Hidalgo obtains the 18th Annual Health Sciences Awardf from the Caja Rural Granada Foundation
    Juan Domingo Gisbert
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    24 Jun 2022
    Juan Domingo Gisbert: "Combining CNIC and BBRC data will allow us to answer questions of great relevance for the prevention of Alzheimer's in healthy subjects"

    Juan Domingo Gispert López, head of the Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center and CNIC (Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research) researcher
    Marta Cortés Canteli teams
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    18 May 2022
    The BrightFocus Foundation grants an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Standard Award to a CNIC project

    The project will examine long-term changes in plasma biomarkers of neuronal injury, neuroinflammation, and Alzheimer's disease in participants in the PESA-CNIC-SANTANDER study who have undergone imaging studies to map brain metabolism. The goal of the project is to determine how cardiovascular risk factors during midlife impact brain function
    . 3D model of a femoral artery obtained by real 3D imaging, revealing the location, number, and extent of distinct atherosclerotic plaques. In this sample, three plaques can be discerned (arrows), at the femoral bifurcation and distributed along the superficial branch.
    Research
    16 Mar 2022
    JACC: 3D matrix ultrasound accurately identifies cardiovascular injury in healthy individuals

    Scientists at the CNIC have led the development of a new three dimensional ultrasound method that improves the assessment of cardiovascular risk in healthy individuals
    Almudena Ramiro
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    15 Jun 2021
    Almudena Ramiro, Caja Rural de Granada Foundation, Health Sciences Award

    The team led by Dr Ramiro has identified a target protein for the diagnosis and treatment of vascular pathologies
    Borja Ibáñez
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    10 Jun 2021
    Dr Borja Ibáñez wins the Fundación Jesús Serra Research Award for his work in the fields of nutrition and food science

    The €35,000 awarded by the foundation in each category is for research that deepens knowledge of the relationship between nutrition, food and health
    Association between the level of glycosylated hemoglobin and the extent of subclinical atherosclerosis
    Research
    31 May 2021
    JACC: A blood sugar biomarker identifies patients with atherosclerosis and a risk of cardiovascular events

    In an article published in JACC, CNIC scientists report a method for improved ranking of cardiovascular risk in individuals without diabetes
    3D images obtained in anatomical, functional, and tissue characterization studies performed with the ultrafast cardiac magnetic resonance protocol
    Research
    22 Apr 2021
    JACC: CNIC and Philips develop ultrafast cardiac magnetic resonance technology that analyzes the heart in less than 1 minute

    Ultrafast cardiac magnetic resonance allows precise assessment of heart anatomy and function while reducing healthcare costs and increasing patient comfort
    Jesús Vázquez, Jacob Fog Bentzon, Emilio Camafeita y Esmeralda Lewis.
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    13 Apr 2021
    JACC: CNIC researchers explain how high blood pressure, the most important cause of disease worldwide, accelerates atherosclerosis

    The new insight supports the need to keep both LDL cholesterol and blood pressure low throughout life by healthy diet choices, weight control, exercise, and, when needed, by drug therapy