Martínez-Calcerrada, José María (Date of defense: 2022-06-16)
Despite notable advances in health promotion over the past decades, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, with obesity being a rising contributor of it. Cardiovascular ...
Alves Cabratosa, Lia (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice and implies a huge social, medical, and economical burden. Analyses of AF risk factors in certain groups of population would ...
Blasco Solà, Gerard (Date of defense: 2015-05-22)
The aim is to demonstrate the utility of magnetic resonance (MR) for identifying subclinical changes associated with the metabolic syndrome (MS) that contribute to increased cardiometabolic risk. The ...