Research area: Cardiovascular

Description

The study group ARTPER was created at the end of 2005 and made up of researchers from the 28 primary health care teams from North Barcelona, Maresme and also Barcelona City. In this group there are various professionals in the field of cardiovascular disease research from IDIAP Jordi Gol, the CARDIOCAT group from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)-accredited redIAPP network, work groups from the Catalan Society for Family and Community Medicine and the cardiovascular diseases research group of the Research Support Group of North Metropolitan Barcelona. It has collaborated and will continue to collaborate with the area of neuroscience research of the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital in Badalona. The group’s objectives center on the prevention and early diagnosis of arteriosclerotic disease. Initially the group concentrated on the utility of the measurement of the Wrist/Arm Index as a diagnostic and prognostic test of peripheral vascular disease. For the development of preventive strategies high-risk groups must be identified and action must be taken while the disease is asymptomatic. Identification of the disease in its asymptomatic phase in order to act before vascular events occur is the principal objective of research in this field.

Research Lines

Peripheral Arteriopathy: prevention and early diagnosis.

Members

Projects

The group participates in the following projects:

PI:Alzamora Sas, Mª Teresa. Morbimortalidad cardiovascular y no cardiovascular a los 10 años de seguimiento de la cohorte poblacional ARTPER. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2016 - 2018

PI: López-Cancio Martínez, Elena. Aterosclerosis cervico-cerebral, ictus y deterioro cognitivo incidentes en la cohorte poblacional AsIA. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2016 - 2018

PI: Ortega Hortas, M. Sistema de análisis de microcirculación retiniana: evaluación multidisciplinar e integración en protocolos clínicos. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2016 - 2017

PI: Caballería Rovira, Llorenç. Valor predictivo de la elastografía hepática transitoria respecto a la enfermedad hepática y cardiovascular. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2015 - 2017

PI: Alventosa Zaidin, Marina. Bloqueig de branca i morbimortalitat cardiovascular. Funding: Fundació Acadèmia de les Ciencies Mèdiques. Duration: 2015 - 2016

PI: Mataró Serrat, Maria. Neuroplasticidad en la edad adulta: Ejercicio físico y entrenamiento cognitivo. Funding: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Duration: 2014 - 2016

Publications

Group Publications:

Alzamora MT, Forés R, Pera G, Baena-Díez JM, Heras A, Sorribes M, Valverde M, Muñoz L, Mundet X, Torán P. Incidence of peripheral arterial disease in the ARTPER population cohort after 5 years of follow-up. BMC cardiovascular disorders. 2016 ; 16:8. doi:10.1186/s12872-015-0170-6. Epub 2016 Jan 12. pmc:PMC4710015. PMID:26758025. FI: 2,021.

Caballería L, Pera G, Rodríguez L, Casas JD, Miranda D, Auladell MA, Buezo I, Expósito C, Arteaga I, Torán P. Acceptability and quality of abdominal ultrasound studies requested by medical professionals. Gastroenterologia y hepatologia. 2016 Oct; 39(8):516-25. doi:10.1016/j.gastrohep.2016.01.014. Epub 2016 Mar 19. Spanish. PMID:27006137. FI: 0,640.

Pérez-Orcero A, Vinyoles-Bargalló E, Pujol-Ribera E, de la Figuera-von Wichmann M, Baena-Diez JM, Manjón-Villanueva R, Valiente-Hernandez S, González-Sánchez S, de Diego-Bustillos E, Castelló-Alonso M. Prevalence of orthostatic hypotension in non-institutionalised elderly aged 80 and over. A diagnostic study using an oscillometric device. Hipertension y riesgo vascular. 2016 Jul-Sep; 33(3):93-102. doi:10.1016/j.hipert.2016.02.001. Epub 2016 Mar 26. PMID:27026292.

Roset-Salla M, Ramon-Cabot J, Salabarnada-Torras J, Pera G, Dalmau A. Educational intervention to improve adherence to the Mediterranean diet among parents and their children aged 1-2 years. EniM clinical trial. Public health nutrition. 2016 Apr; 19(6):1131-44. doi:10.1017/S1368980015002219. Epub 2015 Aug 10. PMID:26258462. FI: 2,433.

The group participates in the following publications:

Baena-Díez JM, Peñafiel J, Subirana I, Ramos R, Elosua R, Marín-Ibañez A, Guembe MJ, Rigo F, Tormo-Díaz MJ, Moreno-Iribas C, Cabré JJ, Segura A, García-Lareo M, Gómez de la Cámara A, Lapetra J, Quesada M, Marrugat J, Medrano MJ, Berjón J, Frontera G, Gavrila D, Barricarte A, Basora J, García JM, Pavone NC, Lora-Pablos D, Mayoral E, Franch J, Mata M, Castell C, Frances A, Grau M; FRESCO Investigators. Risk of Cause-Specific Death in Individuals With Diabetes: A Competing Risks Analysis. Diabetes care. 2016 Nov; 39(11):1987-1995. doi:10.2337/dc16-0614. Epub 2016 Aug 04. PMID:27493134. FI: 8,934.

Escofet M, Alzamora M. Osgood-Schlatter, una causa freqüent de coixera en adolescents. AMF-Actualización en Medicina de Família. 2016;5:2014.

Escofet M, Martinez M, Alzamora MT. Osgood-Schlatter, una causa freqüent de coixesa en adolescents. Butlletí de la CAMFIC. 2016;34:1-3.

Vázquez Dorrego XM, Manresa Domínguez JM, Heras Tebar A, Forés R, Girona Marcé A, Alzamora Sas MT, Delgado Martínez P, Riba-Llena I, Ugarte Anduaga J, Beristain Iraola A, Barandiaran Martirena I, Ruiz Bilbao SM, Torán Monserrat P. Semi-automatic measuring of arteriovenous relation as a possible silent brain infarction risk index in hypertensive patients. Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia. 2016 Nov; 91(11):513-519. doi:10.1016/j.oftal.2016.05.001. Epub 2016 Jun 13. PMID:27311989.

Awards

Best poster. Workshop del Institut de Neurociències de la Universitat de Barcelona. Influence of physical activity and genetics on cognition. Alzamora MT, Pera G, Torán P.

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