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    Valentín Fuster
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    25 Feb 2021
    The Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC) awards its Gold Medal to Dr Valentín Fuster

    Dr Valentín Fuster, Director of the Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) is to receive the Gold Medal of the Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC) for his original and innovative scientific activity in cardiovascular imaging to reach new frontiers in cardiovascular health of the heart and brain.
    3D reconstructions of superior (left) and inferior (right) brain regions, showing regions with lower metabolism associated with the presence of atherosclerotic plaques in the carotid arteries. The color code indicates the magnitude of the observation (yellow, strong association; red, lower association). Gray indicates areas showing no association with carotid plaque presence
    Research
    15 Feb 2021
    JACC: Spanish scientists uncover early links between cardiovascular risk and brain metabolism

    Among the modifiable cardiovascular risk factors showing a close association with reduced brain metabolism, the research team found that the most important is hypertension
    Marta Amorós Pérez, Virginia Zorita, Nuria Matesanz, Marian Zuriaga y José Javier Fuster.
    About the CNIC
    23 Dec 2020
    CNIC to coordinate a European project investigating how cancer therapies promote atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease

    The project will investigate the role of clonal hematopoiesis—the formation of mutated hematopoietic stem-cell clones promoted by anti-cancer therapies—in the development of atherosclerosis and associated cardiovascular disease
    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
    Research
    7 May 2020
    JACC: Blood Thinners may Improve Survival among Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients

    Research could change standard of care protocols to prevent clotting associated with coronavirus
    En la imagen se muestra con un asterisco la presencia de una placa de aterosclerosis avanzada en la carótida común detectada por la técnica de ecografía 3D que no llega a ocasionar una obstrucción significativa de la luz del vaso (es <50%). Se puede comprobar con precisión su extensión en las 3 dimensiones del espacio lo que nos permite detectar cambios en su volumen para determinar si existe un avance de la enfermedad.
    Research
    7 Apr 2020
    JACC: Atherosclerosis progresses rapidly in healthy people from the age of 40

    A CNIC study published in JACC demonstrates that atheroma plaques extend rapidly in the arteries of asymptomatic individuals aged between 40 and 50 years participating in the PESA-CNIC-Santander study.
    About the CNIC
    29 Jan 2020
    CNIC is one of 4 finalists competing for €35m funding from the British Heart Foundation

    Dr. Valentín Fuster’s group will contribute to the iMAP project through the PESA-CNIC-Santander study
    About the CNIC
    30 Oct 2019
    Dr. José Javier Fuster receives a Leonardo Scholarship 2019

    The project aims to study how certain mutations acquired in blood cells and traditionally associated with a high risk of developing leukemia can also contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease and become a new and independent cardiovascular risk factor to classical factors
    Primera fila: Irene Fernández-Nueda, Marta Cortés-Canteli, Valentín Fuster, Ana Marcos-Díaz y Borja Ibáñez. Detrás: Javier Sánchez-González, Carlos Cerón y Sergio Callejas.
    Research
    9 Oct 2019
    JACC: An oral anticoagulant delays the appearance of Alzheimer disease in mice

    Treatment of mice for 12 months with the anticoagulant drug dabigatran prevented memory loss and preserved cerebral circulation

    About the CNIC
    16 Jul 2019
    Dr Fuster delves and dissects latest aspects of cardiovascular health and disease

    Dr. Valentín Fuster will be teaching the summer seminar series “Molecular, Clinical & Population Bases of Cardiovascular Disease and Health”, organized by the  International University Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP) and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.