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6 Aug 2021

RREBOOT, on a mission to change clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of heart attack survivors

CNIC and the Mario Negri Institute in Milan (Italy) coordinate REBOOT, a project that aims to study whether treatment with beta-blockers is beneficial for patients who have suffered a myocardial infarction

First biomarker in blood that distinguishes myocarditis from an acute myocardial infarction

Research

27 May 2021

NEJM: The first blood biomarker to distinguish between myocarditis and acute myocardial infarction

The diagnosis of acute myocarditis is challenging, and the availability of a sensitive and specific early marker of acute myocardial inflammation could have a major impact on its clinical diagnosis

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.

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

Research

9 Sep 2015

Cell Reports: Investigadores del CNIC descubren con la ayuda de un pez una enzima clave para la regeneración del corazón

Después de un infarto de miocardio, nuestro cuerpo sufre importantes secuelas, ya que la parte del corazón afectada por el infarto cicatriza y deja de latir.