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A study from CNIC reveals how risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis affect heart microcirculation in asymptomatic middle-aged individuals. The research, published in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, highlights the importance of assessing the heart vessels’ ability to regulate blood flow and predict future cardiovascular risk

Two studies carried out at the CNIC provide key information about a newly identified cardiovascular risk factor, clonal hematopoiesis, and its treatment with the ancient medication colchicine

Guiomar Mendieta has been awarded the 2023 William W. Parmley Young Author Achievement Award for a paper published in JACC that is considered to an outstanding contribution in the field of atherosclerosis

The most potent genetic risk factor for Alzheimer disease, APOE4, is associated with an elevated risk of developing subclinical atherosclerosis in middle age, whereas the Alzheimer-protective variant of the same gene, APOE2, protects against subclinical atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis, previously believed to be an irreversible progressive disease, can be reversed if risk factors are contolled early enough

A new CNIC study shows that low-grade systemic inflammation triggered by subcinical atherosclerosis accelerates epigenetic aging in otherwise healthy young individuals

In Spain, only 16% of professionals in the STEM area are women. On this March 8th we have prepared this action so that young people can know about 4 women from the CNIC who are part of the PESA HEALTH CNIC-Santander project. With this video, aimed towards Secondary, High-School and Vocational-Training students, we hope that young women can learn about...

Adherence to a workplace cardiovascular health-promotion program improves lifestyle and risk factors in healthy individuals

This new discovery paves the way to new research avenues toward the discovery of interventions to prevent or arrest atherosclerosis

Scientists at the CNIC have led the development of a new three-dimensional ultrasound method that improves the assessment of cardiovascular risk in healthy individuals

In an article published in JACC, CNIC scientists report a method for improved assessment of cardiovascular risk in individuals without diabetes

Ultrafast cardiac magnetic resonance allows precise assessment of heart anatomy and function while reducing healthcare costs and increasing patient comfort

Among the modifiable cardiovascular risk factors showing a close association with reduced brain metabolism, the research team found that the most important one is hypertension

The study, published in JACC, forms part of the PESA-CNIC-SANTANDER project, led by Dr Valentín Fuster

The results, published in JACC, demonstrate the potential of this technology to generate images of the inflammation associated with systemic atherosclerosis; this information will be useful for the study of early stages of this disease and will help to identify individuals who will benefit from early medical intervention

Poor quality sleep increases the risk of atherosclerosis according to the PESA CNIC- Santander Study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)[JRMF1] 

CNIC researchers have demonstrated that, after age and male sex, LDL-C is the main predictor of the presence of arterial atherosclerotic plaques

The Fuster-BEWAT score evaluates five health indicators: blood pressure, physical activity, body-mass index (BMI), fruit and vegetable intake, and smoking status

The PESA study shows that people who regularly eat a ‘low energy’ breakfast (supplying less than 5% of recommended daily calorie intake) double their risk of developing atherosclerosis independently of classical cardiovascular risk factors

CNIC researchers show the value of total atherosclerosis burden for the identification of individuals at risk of cardiovascular disease