Research area: Cardiovascular

Description

The lines of work of our group focus on Heart Failure, psychosocial determinants and cardiovascular risk and specific cardiovascular risk factors: hypertension and atrial fibrillation. The group is composed of six doctors (five family doctors and one statistician), a specialist in preventive medicine, two non-doctor family doctors and two case management nurses. Some of the members have been trained in Institutes of Excellence such as the IMIM, Germans Trias i Pujol or l'IRVH. In the 2014-2017 period, group members have been principal investigators of six competitive research projects. In the last three years the group has published more than 90 articles in journals indexed with impact factor. The group collaborates with international institutes and universities. The group has appointed as a consolidated by the Catalan Agency for Management of Grants to the Universities and Research (AGAUR).

Research Lines

Heart failure in primary care: Knowledge, attitudes and abilities of patients and professionals with regard to the handling of cardiac insufficiency. Evaluation of health education interventions, Psychosocial determinants and cardiovascular risk, Secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease and heart failure readmissions.

Members

Projects

Group projects

PI: Vinyoles Bargalló, Ernest. Monitoratge ambulatori de pressió arterial i morbimortalitat cardiovascular. Funding: Departament de Salut. Duration: 2017 - 2019

PI: Muñoz Pérez, Miguel Angel. Determinants pronòstics de mortalitat i reingrés en pacients amb insuficiència cardíaca avançada (ICA) atesos en atenció primària: estudi HADES. Funding: Departament de Salut. Duration: 2017 - 2019

PI: Mata Cases, José Manuel. Caracterización del riesgo cardiovascular antes del primer evento cardiovascular prematuro en Catalunya. Funding: Departament de Salut. Duration: 2017 - 2019

PI: Muñoz Pérez, Miguel Angel. Moderate Alcohol and Cardiovascular Health Trial (MACH15). Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2017 - 2019

PI: Verdú Rotellar, José María. Estratificación pronóstica de la insuficiencia cardiaca descompensada en atención primaria: Estudio HEFESTOS. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2015 - 2019

PI: Checa Jiménez, Caterina. Vivencias de los pacientes con insuficiencia cardíaca avanzada. Funding: IDIAP Jordi Gol. Duration: 2017 - 2018

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: Domingo Teixidor, Mª Mar. Ultrasò de pulmó 'in situ' en el diagnòstic de la insuficiència cardíaca: Precisió diagnòstica i correlació amb biomarcadors cardíacs emergents. Funding: Fundacio La Marato de TV3. Duration: 2016 – 2018

PI: García Hernández, David. Projecte DerMINAscop-DeRAVALNORDscop-DerCLOTscop. Concordança diagnòstica en lesions pigmentades entre metges de família amb diferents nivells de formació (i amb la dermatòloga de referència). Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2017

PI: Soldevila Bacardit, Núria. Efectes de la contaminació atmosfèrica sobre la pressió arterial ambulatòria. Funding: Fundació Catalana Hipertensio. Duration: 2016 - 2017

PI: Muñoz Pérez, Miguel Angel. Factores pronósticos de mortalidad a corto plazo en enfermos con Insuficiencia cardiaca avanzada: Estudio HADES. Funding: IDIAP Jordi Gol. Duration: 2015 - 2017

The group participates in the following projects:

PI: Moreno Martínez, José Antonio. Asociación de diabetes y tuberculosis en un distrito con alta incidencia de tuberculosis. Estudio de casos y controles, 2007-2016. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2017 - 2019

PI: Casanovas Guitart, Cristina. Intervenció multimodal centrada en el pacient vell amb risc de resultats adversos, fragilitat i davallada funcional a la comunitat i Avaluació. Funding: Fundació Infermeria i Societat. Duration: 2017 - 2019

PI: Muñoz Pérez, Miguel Angel. Predimed Plus. Funding: Several Institutions (Instituto de Salud Carlos III, NIH of USA). Duration: from 2013 onwards

PI: Lapena Estella, Carolina. Avaluació d'un taller de salut per a gent gran en entorn comunitari. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2016 - 2018

PI: Grau Bartomeu, Jordi. Percepció-interpretació del dolor crònic no oncològic (DCNO) a l’Atenció primària. Aproximació etnogràfica amb la tècnica del Photovoice. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2017

PI: Casanovas Guitart, Cristina. Intervenció multimodal centrada en el pacient vell amb risc de resultats adversos, fragilitat i davallada funcional a la comunitat i Avaluació. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2017

PI: Plaza Espuña, Isabel. Validación de la escala de catastrofización del dolor (Pain catastrophizing scale?) al castellano en pacientes con dolor crónico no oncológico (DCNO). Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2017

PI: Vidal Ramperez, Marta. Eficacia a corto y largo plazo del tratamiento grupal de cinesiterapia activa en el síndrome vestibular periférico. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2017

Publications

The group participates in the following publications:

Comin E, Catalan-Ramos A, Iglesias-Rodal M, Grau M, Del Val JL, Consola A, Amado E, Pons A, Mata-Cases M, Franzi A, Ciurana R, Frigola E, Cos X, Davins J, Verdu-Rotellar JM. Impact of implementing electronic clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis, control and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors: A pre-post controlled study. Atencion primaria. 2017 Aug; 49(7):389-398. doi:10.1016/j.aprim.2016.11.007. Epub 2017 Mar 15. PMID:28314542. IF: 1,042.

Divisón-Garrote JA, Ruilope LM, de la Sierra A, de la Cruz JJ, Vinyoles E, Gorostidi M, Escobar-Cervantes C, Velilla-Zancada SM, Segura J, Banegas JR. Magnitude of Hypotension Based on Office and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring: Results From a Cohort of 5066 Treated Hypertensive Patients Aged 80?Years and Older. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2017 May; 18(5):452.e1-452.e6. doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2017.01.015. Epub 2017 Feb 27. PMID:28246017. IF: 5,775.

Downer MK, Martínez-González MA, Gea A, Stampfer M, Warnberg J, Ruiz-Canela M, Salas-Salvadó J, Corella D, Ros E, Fitó M, Estruch R, Arós F, Fiol M, Lapetra J, Serra-Majem L, Bullo M, Sorli JV, Muñoz MA, García-Rodriguez A, Gutierrez-Bedmar M, Gómez-Gracia E; PREDIMED Study Investigators. Mercury exposure and risk of cardiovascular disease: a nested case-control study in the PREDIMED (PREvention with MEDiterranean Diet) study. BMC cardiovascular disorders. 2017 Jan; 17(1):9. doi:10.1186/s12872-016-0435-8. Epub 2017 Jan 05. pmc:PMC5216562. PMID:28056794. IF: 2,021.

Farré N, Vela E, Clèries M, Bustins M, Cainzos-Achirica M, Enjuanes C, Moliner P, Ruiz S, Verdú-Rotellar JM, Comín-Colet J. Real world heart failure epidemiology and outcome: A population-based analysis of 88,195 patients. PloS one. 2017; 12(2):e0172745. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172745. Epub 2017 Feb 24. pmc:PMC5325273. PMID:28235067. IF: 2,806.

García-Layana A, Ciufo G, Toledo E, Martínez-González MA, Corella D, Fitó M, Estruch R, Gómez-Gracia E, Fiol M, Lapetra J, Serra-Majem L, Pintó X, Portillo MP, Sorli JV, Bulló M, Vinyoles E, Sala-Vila A, Ros E, Salas-Salvadó J, Arós F. The Effect of a Mediterranean Diet on the Incidence of Cataract Surgery. Nutrients. 2017 May; 9(5). doi:10.3390/nu9050453. Epub 2017 May 03. PMID:28467363. IF: 3,550.

Garcimartin P, Pardo-Cladellas Y, Verdú-Rotellar JM, Delgado-Hito P, Astals-Vizcaino M, Comin-Colet J. [Transcultural adaptation into Spanish of the Patient empowerment in long-term conditions questionnaire]. Aten Primaria. 2017 Dec 22. pii: S0212-6567(17)30576-0. doi: 10.1016/j.aprim.2017.09.009. [Epub ahead of print] Spanish. PubMed PMID: 29277376. IF: 1,042.

Muñoz MA, Mundet-Tuduri X, Real J, Del Val JL, Domingo M, Vinyoles E, Calero E, Checa C, Soldevila-Bacardit N, Verdú-Rotellar JM. Heart failure labelled patients with missing ejection fraction in primary care: prognosis and determinants. BMC family practice. 2017 Mar; 18(1):38. doi:10.1186/s12875-017-0612-6. Epub 2017 Mar 17. PMID:28302060. IF: 1,751.

Pacho C, Domingo M, Núñez R, Lupón J, Moliner P, de Antonio M, González B, Santesmases J, Vela E, Tor J, Bayes-Genis A. Early Postdischarge STOP-HF-Clinic Reduces 30-day Readmissions in Old and Frail Patients With Heart Failure. Revista espanola de cardiologia (English ed.). 2017 Aug; 70(8):631-638. doi:10.1016/j.rec.2017.01.003. Epub 2017 Feb 16. PMID:28215922.

Pereira da Silva HD, Ascaso C, Gonçalves AQ, Orlandi PP, Abellana R. A Bayesian approach to model the conditional correlation between several diagnostic tests and various replicated subjects measurements. Statistics in medicine. 2017 Sep; 36(20):3154-3170. doi:10.1002/sim.7339. Epub 2017 May 21. PMID:28543307. IF: 1,861.

Verdú-Rotellar JM, Frigola-Capell E, Alvarez-Pérez R, da Silva D, Enjuanes C, Domingo M, Mena A, Muñoz MA. Validation of heart failure diagnosis registered in primary care records in two primary care centres in Barcelona (Spain) and factors related. A cross-sectional study. Eur J Gen Pract. 2017 Dec;23(1):107-113. doi:10.1080/13814788.2017.1305104. PubMed PMID: 28376668. IF: 1,274.

Vinyoles E, de la Sierra A, Roso-Llorach A, Banegas JR, de la Cruz JJ, Gorostidi M, Segura J, Divisón JA, Ruíz-Hurtado G, Ruilope LM; Spanish ABPM Registry Investigators. 24-h pulse pressure cutoff point definition by office pulse pressure in a population of Spanish older hypertensive patients. Journal of hypertension. 2017 May; 35(5):1011-1018. doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000001268. PMID:28118277. IF: 4,085.

Vinyoles-Bargalló E, Galgo-Nafria A, González-Albarrán O, Rodríguez-Fortúnez P. Delphi consensus on the individualised management of diabetes in primary care. ICANDAP study. Semergen. 2017 Nov; 43(8):540-549. doi:10.1016/j.semerg.2016.09.004. Epub 2016 Nov 12. Spanish. PMID:27843058.

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