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• Hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies: underlying mechanisms of differential phenotypic expression, therapeutic alternatives and risk stratification.

  Significant gaps remain in our understanding of the penetrance and variable expression of genetically driven cardiomyopathies. Our group adopts a t...

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• Cardiac arrest: role of inflammation and mRNA in the incidence and prognosis of brain damage.

  Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a severe event related to a high mortality, primarily due to hypoxic-ischemic neurological damage. Our group focu...

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• Cardiogenic shock and advanced heart failure: Extracorporeal oxygenation devices (ECMO), mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation.

  Extracorporeal oxygenation devices (ECMO), mechanical circulatory support, and heart transplantation are crucial interventions for managing cardiog...

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• Chronic heart failure: the relevance of the cardiorenal axis and innovative devices for monitoring and treatment.

  The prognosis for patients with heart failure has improved in recent years due to advances in understanding its pathophysiology, particularly the c...

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• Development of minimally-invasive surgical techniques in valvular heart disease.

  Our group is a pioneer in developing minimally invasive surgical techniques for valvular surgery, evolving from port-access methods to fully endosc...

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• New strategies for the treatment and follow-up of patients with congenital heart disease.

  The prevalence of congenital heart disease in adults has risen in recent years due to improved management and results during childhood. However, th...

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• Chagas cardiomyopathy.

  Chagas cardiomyopathy is a global public health issue, presenting significant management challenges due to the inability to predict which T. cruzi-...

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• Molecular drivers and prevention of human atherosclerosis.

  Atherosclerosis arises from a maladaptive inflammatory response to chronic exposure to cardiovascular risk factors. Our group investigates the infl...

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• Integrative molecular and radiologic imaging profiling of prostate and renal tumors

  Directed by Antonio Alcaraz Our research focuses on associating radiologic imaging features with genetic and molecular information to determine bi...

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• Diagnostic, prognostic, and treatment response biomarkers in urothelial carcinoma

  Directed by Lourdes Mengual We focus on identifying accurate and reliable diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive biomarkers that can be translated...

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• Neuroplasticity of the female brain

  Directed by Roberta Haddad Tovolli  We are applying advanced neurobiological tools to understand the neuronal mechanisms underlying changes in fee...

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• Maternal programming

  Directed by Roberta Haddad Tovolli  Our research investigates how maternal eating habits, including obesogenic diets and altered feeding behaviors...

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• COPD endotyping

  Directed by Rosa Faner  The group's current COPD mechanistic program is dedicated to studying the heterogeneity and complexity of COPD across the...

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• Bronchiectasis (BE)

  Directed by Dr. Oriol Sibila  The bronchiectasis area is led by Dr. O. Sibila, currently head of the Pneumology Service at Hospital Clínic and ass...

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• Early lung cancer (LC) diagnosis

  Directed by Dr. Angela Guirao  LC is highly prevalent and deadly. Yet, it can be cured if diagnosed early. To improve early LC diagnosis we are cu...

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• Biomechanical characterization of lung ECM in lung disease and ageing

  Advanced biophysical techniques, such as atomic force microscopy (AFM), enable precise measurement of lung tissue stiffness and elasticity at the n...

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• Advanced neuroimaging and AI for modeling neurodegenerative diseases

  Directed by Roser Sala-Llonch We focus on the development of cutting-edge methodologies, including algorithms for multimodal neuroimaging data and...

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• Neuropsychology and neuroimaging in neurodegenerative diseases

  Directed by Bàrbara Segura We aim to identify the mechanisms responsible for cognitive deficits in neurologic diseases using multimodal neuroimagi...

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• Digital interventions for depression and anxiety

  Co-directed by Joaquim Raduà and Miquel A. Fullana We develop and evaluate internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) programs to expand...

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• Artificial intelligence immunodiagnostics

  We develop artificial intelligence immunodiagnostics to predict patient outcomes from immune cell states in blood. By combining single-cell transcr...

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