Vázquez Oliva, Gabriel (Date of defense: 2019-02-08)
Acute myocardial infarction incidence rates are very high in those over 74, with a tendency to decrease in recent years in men and are always higher in men than in women. Mortality rates over the age ...
Valenzuela Leal, Helen (Date of defense: 2019-04-09)
The thickness of epicartic fat can be directly measured by transthoracic echocardiography. Epicartic fat has recently been associated with the onset of atrial fibrillation (AF). In this work we will ...
Riuró, Helena (Date of defense: 2014-11-05)
Les Síndromes de QT Llarg (SQTL) i de Brugada (SBr) són malalties hereditàries amb un alt risc de mort sobtada cardíaca degut a alteracions elèctriques cardíaques sense cap defecte estructural del cor. ...
Rodríguez Cabeza, Patricia (Date of defense: 2017-10-03)
Risk of cerebral hypoperfusion during carotid endarterectomy arterial is the main limiting factor of this technique. Shunt allows partial maintenance of cerebral perfusion during clamping. We analyze ...
Chevarría Montesinos, Julio Leonel (Date of defense: 2019-04-25)
The sodium in 24H urine is the standard to quantify the intake. The objective is to develop a method to stimate using isolated urine sample, analyze the reliability, concordance and clinical ...
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 ...
Paz Bermejo, Marco Antonio (Date of defense: 2022-05-30)
Background. The relative efficacy of antihypertensive drugs/combinations is not well known; Identifying the most effective ones, and the patients’ characteristics associated to best performance of the ...
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 ...
Zabalza Cerdeiriña, Michel (Date of defense: 2015-12-09)
La enfermedad cardiovascular es un trastorno complejo, multifactorial, poligénico y con un importante componente ambiental. Este grupo de enfermedades, y en particular la cardiopatía isquémica, ocasionan ...
Quesada Sabaté, Miquel (Date of defense: 2017-02-17)
Background There is few epidemiological data of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in our environment. The recommendation of screening with ankle brachial index (ABI) in asymptomatic individuals is ...