Research Area: Cardiovascular

Description

This group comprises primary health care professionals from Terres de l'Ebre with an interest in the study of stroke from 2006, when the Stroke Code was implemented in this region. They collaborate with specialists in Cardiology and Neurology of the hospital Verge de la Cinta.

Up to 2016, the research areas of this group were included in the PreCarTe Group: Cardiovascular Prevention Terres de l'Ebre, accredited by the Primary Care Research Institute IDIAP Jordi Gol (2012-2015) and more recently by the AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya SGR 2014-2016 (Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants, File 2014 SGR 1561).

This group has developed a unique database through which three health regions (Terres de l'Ebre, Barcelona right and Vallès Occidental) have participated in the pilot of the implementation of the Atrial Fibrillation Health Care Route in Catalonia, under the auspices of the Catalan Health Service Department of Vascular Disease and the Terres de l’Ebre Emergencies Commission of the Catalan Health Service; and together with the Vall Hebron Institute of Research Foundation they are PIs in the Research in Atrial Fibrillation in Catalonia (AFRICAT); they also participate in the international, prospective, multicentre RIVER Registry (TRI08890), led by the Thrombosis Research Institute (London) to observe the management and short and long term results of non valvular atrial fibrillation treated with Rivaroxaban.

Research Lines

Epidemiology of stroke from the point of view of Primary Health Care. Relationship between atrial fibrillation and risk of stroke. Long term survival after the treatment of ischaemic stroke with fibrinolysis. Haemorrhagic stroke as a factor of "Potentially Avoidable Premature Mortality" (PAPN). Approach to disability after a stroke within the framework of the Programme of Care for Chronic Patients (PCCP). Evaluation of the economic impact of stroke.

Members

Projects

The group participates in the following projects:

PI: Clua Espuny, Josep Lluis. Atrial Fibrillation Research in CATalonia (AFRICAT): sequential clinicelectro-biological screening among high risk individuals. Funding: Fundació La Marató de TV3. Duration: 2016 - 2018

PI: Dalmau Llorca, Maria Rosa. Avaluació de l'adequació del tractament amb anticoagulants orals en pacients amb fibril·lació auricular no valvular en l'àmbit de l'Atenció Primària de l'Institut Català de la Salut. Funding: Fundació Doctor Ferran. Duration: 2016

Publications

Group Publications:

Clua JL, Gonzalez MA, Queralt ML, Panisello A. Atrial Fibrillation and cognitive impairment: a growing association. Occurrence of death among Chronic Complex Outpatients. EC Cardiology. 2016;2(5):226-229.

Pérez de la Ossa N, Abilleira S, Dorado L, Urra X, Ribó M, Cardona P, Giralt E, Martí-Fàbregas J, Purroy F, Serena J, Cánovas D, Garcés M, Krupinski J, Pellisé A, Saura J, Molina C, Dávalos A, Gallofré M; Catalan Stroke Code and Reperfusion Consortium. Access to Endovascular Treatment in Remote Areas: Analysis of the Reperfusion Treatment Registry of Catalonia. Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation. 2016 May; 47(5):1381-4. doi:10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.013069. Epub 2016 Mar 31. PMID:27032445. FI: 5,787.

The group participates in the following publications:

Gonzalez-Henares A, Clua-Espuny JL, Gil-Guillen VF, Panisello-Tafalla A, Queralt-Tomas ML, Ripolles-Vicente R, Lopez-Pablo C, Lucas-Noll J, Equipo de Investigacion Ebrictus Ede I. Incidence and preventability of haemorrhagic strokes. Results of the Ebrictus register. Revista de neurologia. 2016 May; 62(9):385-95. Spanish. PMID:27113062. FI: 0,684.

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