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 are included in the EBRICTUS Group (www.ictusandstroke.com), accredited by the Primary Care Research Institute IDIAP Jordi Gol (2016-2019) and more recently by the AGAUR, Generalitat de Catalunya SGR 2014-2016 (Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants, DOGC núm. 7379 291 de maig de 2017). 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, grant number: 201528-30-31-3 MARATO TV3, NCT03188484); 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. Long survival after ischemic stroke and thombolysis in Catalonia. Differences by sex. Funding: IDIAP Jordi Gol. Duration: 2017 - 2019

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

PI: Gavaldà Espelta, Ester. Efectivitat del model d'atenció integrada a persones en problemes crònics de salut: Salut+Social a la Ribera d'Ebre. Funding: Fundacio Doctor Ferran. Duration: 2017

Publications

The group participates in the following publications:

Clua-Espuny JL, González-Henares MA, Queralt-Tomas MLL, Campo-Tamayo W, Muria-Subirats E, Panisello-Tafalla A, Lucas-Noll J. Mortality and Cardiovascular Complications in Older Complex Chronic Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:6078498. doi: 10.1155/2017/6078498. Epub 2017 Aug 10. PubMed PMID:28856160; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5569628. IF: 2,476.

Márquez-Contreras E, Martell-Claros N, Gil-Guillén V, De la Figuera-Von Wichmann M, Sánchez-López E, Gil-Gil I, Márquez-Rivero S; Working Group on Compliance and Inertia. Spanish Society of Hypertension. Quality of life with rivaroxaban in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrilation by therapeutic compliance. Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation. 2017 Mar; 26(3):647-654. doi:10.1007/s11136-016-1489-x. Epub 2017 Jan 06. PMID:28058574. IF: 2,344.

Queralt ML, Panisello A, Gonzalez MA, Clua JL. Complex Chronic Patients and Atrial Fibrillation: Association with Cognitive Deterioration and Heart Failure. Cardiology Research. 2017;1(3):104.

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