• 2019 EACTS Expert Consensus on long-term mechanical circulatory support 

      Potapov, Evgenij V.; Antonides, Christiaan; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Combes, Alain; Färber, Gloria; Hannan, Margaret M.; Kukucka, Marian; De Jonge, Nicolaas; Loforte, Antonio; Lund, Lars H.; Mohacsi, Paul; Morshuis, Michiel; Netuka, Ivan; Özbaran, Mustafa; Pappalardo, Federico; Scandroglio, Anna Mara; Schweiger, Martin; Tsui, Steven; Zimpfer, Daniel; Gustafsson, Fin (Oxford, 2019-05-17)
      [Abstract] Long-term mechanical circulatory support (LT-MCS) is an important treatment modality for patients with severe heart failure. Different devices are available, and many—sometimes contradictory—observations regarding ...
    • 2023 Focused Update of the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 

      McDonagh, Theresa A.; Metra, Marco; Adamo, Marianna; Gardner, Roy S.; Baumbach, Andreas; Böhm, Michael; Burri, Haram; Butler, Javed; Čelutkienė, Jelena; Chioncel, Ovidiu; Cleland, John G.F.; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Farmakis, Dimitrios; Gilard, Martine; Heymans, Stephane; Hoes, Arno W.; Jaarsma, Tiny; Jankowska, Ewa A.; Lainscak, Mitja; Lam, Carolyn S.P.; Lyon, Alexander R.; McMurray, John J.V.; Mebazaa, Alexandre; Mindham, Richard; Muneretto, Claudio; Piepoli, Massimo Francesco; Price, Susanna; Rosano, Giuseppe M.C.; Ruschitzka, Frank; Skibelund, Anne Kathrine (Oxford Academic, 2023-10-01)
    • 3, 3′, 5-triiodo-L-thyronine increases in vitro chondrogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells from human umbilical cord stroma through SRC2 

      Fernández-Pernas, Pablo; Fafián Labora, Juan Antonio; Lesende-Rodríguez, Iván; Mateos, Jesús; Fuente, Alexandre de la; Fuentes Boquete, Isaac Manuel; De-Toro, Javier; Blanco García, Francisco J; Arufe, M.C. (Wiley, 2016-07-08)
      [Abstract] Our group focuses on the study of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from human umbilical cord stroma or Warthońs jelly and their directed differentiation toward chondrocyte-like cells capable of regenerating damaged ...
    • A 3-biomarker 2-point-based risk stratification strategy in acute heart failure 

      Álvarez-García, Jesús; García-Osuna, Álvaro; Vives-Borrás, Miquel; Ferrero-Gregori, Andreu; Martínez-Sellés, Manuel; Vázquez, Rafael; González-Juanatey, J.R.; Rivera, Miguel; Segovia-Cubero, Javier; Pascual-Figal, Domingo A.; Bover-Freire, Ramón; Bascompte, Ramón; Delgado, Juan; Grau Sepúlveda, Andrés; Bardají, Alfredo; Pérez-Villa, Félix; Zamorano, José Luis; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Sánchez, Pedro Luis; Ordóñez-Llanos, Jordi; Cinca Cuscullola, Juan (Frontiers, 2021-10-22)
      [Abstract] Introduction and Objectives: Most multi-biomarker strategies in acute heart failure (HF) have only measured biomarkers in a single-point time. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic yielding of NT-proBNP, ...
    • A Clinical Model Including Protein Biomarkers Predicts Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Prospective Study Using Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative 

      Lourido Salas, Lucía María; Balboa-Barreiro, Vanesa; Ruiz-Romero, Cristina; Rego-Pérez, Ignacio; Camacho Encina, María; Paz González, Rocío; Calamia, Valentina; Oreiro, Natividad; Nilsson, Peter; Blanco García, Francisco J (Elsevier, 2021-04-30)
    • A combined transcriptomic and genomic analysis identifies a gene signature associated with the response to anti-TNF therapy in rheumatoid arthritis 

      Aterido, Adriá; Cañete, Juan D.; Tornero, Jesús; Blanco García, Francisco J; Fernández-Gutiérrez, Benjamín; Pérez, Carolina; Alperi-López, Mercedes; Olivé, Alex; Corominas, Héctor; Martínez-Taboada, Víctor; González, Isidoro; Fernández-Nebro, Antonio; Erra, Alba; López-Lasanta, María; López-Corbeto, Mireia; Palau, Núria; Juliá, Antonio; Marsal, Sara (Frontiers, 2019-07-02)
      [Abstract] Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most frequent autoimmune disease involving the joints. Although anti-TNF therapies have proven effective in the management of RA, approximately one third of patients ...
    • A Comparative Study of Doppler Ultrasound Against Temporal Artery Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis 

      González Porto, Sara Alicia; Silva-Díaz, María T.; Reguera Arias, Ana; Pombo-Otero, Jorge; González Rodríguez, Alba; Valero Gasalla, Javier; De-Toro, Javier (Elsevier, 2020-08-13)
      [Abstract] Background. Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a vasculitis that affects medium- and large-sized arteries. Temporal artery biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosis. In view of the high demand for temporal biopsies, ...
    • A complexity approach for identifying aesthetic composite landscapes 

      Carballal, Adrián; Pérez, Rebeca; Santos-del-Riego, Antonino; Castro, M. Luz (Springer, 2014)
      [Abstract] The present paper describes a series of features related to complexity which may allow to estimate the complexity of an image as a whole, of all the elements integrating it and of those which are its focus of ...
    • A comprehensive characterization of acute heart failure with preserved versus mildly reduced versus reduced ejection fraction - insights from the ESC-HFA EORP Heart Failure Long-Term Registry 

      Kaplon-Cieslicka, Agnieszka; Benson, Lina; Chioncel, Ovidiu; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Coats, Andrew J.S.; Anker, Stefan; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Ruschitzka, Frank; Hage, Camilla; Drozdz, Jaroslaw; Seferovic, Petar; Rosano, Giuseppe M.C.; Piepoli, Massimo; Mebazaa, Alexandre; McDonagh, Theresa; Lainscak, Mitja; Savarese, Gianluigi; Ferrari, Roberto; Maggioni, Aldo P.; Lund, Lars H. (Wiley, 2021-12-27)
      [Abstract] Aims: To perform a comprehensive characterization of acute heart failure (AHF) with preserved (HFpEF), versus mildly reduced (HFmrEF) versus reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Methods and results: Of 5951 ...
    • A functional variant of TLR10 modifies the activity of NFkB and may help predict a worse prognosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis 

      Torices, Silvia; Juliá, Antonio; Muñoz, Pedro; Varela, Ignacio; Balsa, Alejandro; Marsal, Sara; Fernández-Nebro, Antonio; Blanco García, Francisco J; López-Hoyos, Marcos; Martínez-Taboada, Víctor; Fernández-Luna, José L. (Springer, 2016-10-04)
      [Abstract] Background. Toll-like receptor (TLR) family members are key players in inflammation. TLR10 has been poorly studied in chronic inflammatory disorders, and its clinical relevance in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is ...
    • A genetic algorithms-based approach for optimizing similarity aggregation in ontology matching 

      Martínez-Romero, Marcos; Vázquez-Naya, José; Nóvoa, Francisco; Vázquez, Guillermo; Pereira-Loureiro, Javier (Springer, 2013)
      [Abstract] Ontology matching consists of finding the semantic relations between different ontologies and is widely recognized as an essential process to achieve an adequate interoperability between people, systems or ...
    • A Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies Identifies Novel Variants Associated with Osteoarthritis of the Hip 

      Evangelou, Evangelos; Kerkhof, Hanneke J.; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Ntzani, Evangelia E.; Bos, Steffan D.; Esko, Tonu; Evans, Daniel S.; Metrustry, Sarah; Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope; Ramos, Yolande F. M.; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Arden, Nigel; Aslam, Nadim; Bellamy, Nicholas; Birrell, Fraser; Blanco García, Francisco J; Carr, Andrew; Chapman, Kay; Day-Williams, Aaaron G.; Deloukas, Panos; Doherty, Michael; Engström, Gunnar; Helgadottir, Hafdis T.; Hofman, Albert; Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur; Jonsson, Helgi; Keis, Aime; Keurentjes, J. Christiaan; Kloppenburg, Margreet; Lind, Penelope A.; McCaskie, Andrew; Martin, Nicholas G.; Milani, Lili; Montgomery, Grant W.; Nelissen, Rob G.H.H.; Nevitt, Michael C.; Nilsson, Peter M.; Ollier, William E.R.; Parimi, Neeta; Rai, Ashok; Ralston, Stuart H.; Reed, Mike R.; Riancho, José A.; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Rodríguez-Fontenla, Cristina; Southam, Lorraine; Thorsteindottir, Unnur; Tsezou, Aspasia; Wallis, Gillian A.; Wilkinson, J. Mark; González, Antonio; Lane, Nancy E.; Lohmander, L. Stefan; Loughlin, John; Metspalu, Andres; Uitterlinden, André G.; Jonsdottir, Ingileif; Stefansson, Kari; Slagboom, P. Eline; Zeggini, Eleftheria; Meulebelt, Ingrid; Ionnidis, John P.A.; Spector, Tim D.; van Meurs, Joyce B.J.; Valdes, Ana M. (BMJ, 2013-08-29)
      [Abstract] OBJECTIVES: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis with a clear genetic component. To identify novel loci associated with hip OA we performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies ...
    • A methodology for the design of experiments in computational intelligence with multiple regression models 

      Fernández-Lozano, Carlos; Gestal, M.; Munteanu, Cristian-Robert; Dorado, Julián; Pazos, A. (Peer J, 2016-12-01)
      [Abstract] The design of experiments and the validation of the results achieved with them are vital in any research study. This paper focuses on the use of different Machine Learning approaches for regression tasks in the ...
    • A model for prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage 

      Mourelo-Fariña, Mónica; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Galeiras, Rita (Springer, 2020-07-15)
      [Abstract] Background: Despite being a rare cause of stroke, spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is associated with high mortality rates. The prediction models that are currently being used on SAH patients are ...
    • A new scenario in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a SOG‑GU consensus 

      Vázquez Estévez, Sergio; Anido Herranz, Urbano; Lázaro Quintela, Martín; Fernández Calvo, Ovidio; Fernández-Núñez, Natalia; Dios Álvarez, N. de; Varela, V.; Campos Balea, B.; Agraso, S.; Areses, M. C.; Iglesias, L.; Blanco, Moisés; Maciá, S.; Antón-Aparicio, Luis M. (Springer, 2020-02-15)
      [Abstract] Background This article describes and compares approved targeted therapies and the newer immunotherapy agents. Materials and methods This article especially performs an in-depth review of currently available ...
    • A novel procedure for protein extraction from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues 

      Rodríguez-Rigueiro, Teresa; Valladares-Ayerbes, Manuel; Haz, Mar; Blanco, Moisés; Aparicio Gallego, Guadalupe; Fernández-Puente, Patricia; Blanco García, Francisco J; Lorenzo-Patiño, María J.; Antón-Aparicio, Luis M.; Figueroa, Angélica (Wiley, 2011-05-18)
      [Abstract] Most of the archived pathological specimens in hospitals are kept as formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues (FFPE) for long-term preservation. Up to now, these samples are only used for immunohistochemistry ...
    • A pharmacoproteomic study confirms the synergistic effect of chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine 

      Calamia, Valentina; Mateos, Jesús; Fernández-Puente, Patricia; Lourido Salas, Lucía María; Rocha Loureda, Beatriz; Fernández-Costa, Carolina; Montell, Eulalia; Vergés, Josep; Ruiz-Romero, Cristina; Blanco García, Francisco J (Nature, 2014-06-10)
      [Abstract] Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common age-related rheumatic disease. Chondrocytes play a primary role in mediating cartilage destruction and extracellular matrix (ECM) breakdown, which are main features of the ...
    • A pragmatic approach to the use of inotropes for the management of acute and advanced heart failure: an expert panel consensus 

      Farmakis, Dimtrios; Agostoni, Piergiuseppe; Baholli, Loant; Bautin, Andrei; Comin-Colet, Josep; Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa; Fedele, Francesco; García-Pinilla, José Manuel; Giannakoulas, George; Grigioni, Francesco; Gruchała, Marcin; Gustafsson, Finn; Harjola, Veli-Pekka; Hasin, Tal; Herpain, Antoine; Iliodromitis, Efstathios K.; Karason, Kristjan; Kivikko, Matti; Liaudet, Lucas; Ljubas-Maček, Jana; Marini, Marco; Masip, Josep; Mebazaa, Alexandre; Nikolaou, Maria; Ostadal, Petr; Põder, Pentti; Pollesello, Piero; Polyzogopoulou, Eftihia; Pölzl, Gerhard; Tschope, Carsten; Varpula, Marjut; Lewinski, Dirk von; Vrtovec, Bojan; Yilmaz, Mehmet Birhan; Zima, Endre; Parissis, John (Elsevier, 2019-12-15)
      [Abstract] Inotropes aim at increasing cardiac output by enhancing cardiac contractility. They constitute the third pharmacological pillar in the treatment of patients with decompensated heart failure, the other two being ...
    • A randomized clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of CO-oximetry and anti-smoking brief advice in a cohort of kidney transplant patients who smoke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial 

      Pita-Fernández, Salvador; Seijo Bestilleiro, Rocío; Pértega-Díaz, Sonia; Alonso-Hernández, Ángel; Fernández-Rivera, Constantino; Cao, Mercedes; Seoane-Pillado, Teresa; López-Calviño, Beatriz; González-Martín, Cristina; Valdés-Cañedo, Francisco (BioMed Central, 2016-04-01)
      [Abstract]Background: The cardiovascular risk in renal transplant patients is increased in patients who continue to smoke after transplantation. The aim of the study is to measure the effectiveness of exhaled carbon monoxide ...
    • A simple, repeated rTMS protocol effectively removes auditory verbal hallucinations in a single patient study 

      Blanco-López, María José; Cudeiro-Blanco, Javier; Iglesias, Guillermo; Gago, Ana; Cudeiro, Javier (Elsevier, 2016-02-17)