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    • 3D printed PLLA stents: fabrication, mechanical properties and thrombogenicity 

      Sabaté Salvador, Ramon (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-09-13)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
    • 3D Printing of bioresorbable polymeric cardiovascular stents 

      Colell Villaró, David (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-25)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Les malalties cardiovasculars són un dels principals problemes de salut a tot el món. Per això, la utilització d'stents com una de les solucions mèdiques per tractar l’oclusió de l’arteria, aterosclerosis, deguda a depòsit ...
    • Analysis of tracheal and pulmonary continuous adventitious respiratory sounds in asthma 

      Lozano García, Manuel; Davidson, Clare M.; Jané Campos, Raimon (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)
      Conference lecture
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Continuous adventitious sounds (CAS) are commonly observed in obstructive pulmonary diseases and are of great clinical interest. However, their evaluation is generally subjective. We have previously developed an automatic ...
    • Association between long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and subclinical atherosclerosis: the REGICOR study 

      Rivera, Marcela; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Aguilera, Inmaculada; Foraster, María; Agis Cherta, David; de Groot, Eric; Perez, Laura; Mendez, Michelle A.; Bouso, Laura; Targa, Jaume; Ramos, Rafael; Sala, Joan; Marrugat, Jaume; Elosua, Roberto; Künzli, Nino (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2013-02-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Epidemiological evidence of the effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on the chronic processes of atherogenesis is limited. We investigated the association of long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution ...
    • Associations between fine and coarse particles and mortality in Mediterranean cities: results from the MED-PARTICLES project 

      Samoli, Evangelia; Stafoggia, Massimo; Rodopoulou, Sophia; Ostro, Bart; Declercq, Christophe; Alessandrini, Ester; Díaz, Julio; Karanasiou, Angeliki; Kelessis, Apostolos G.; Le Tertre, Alain; Pandolfi, Paolo; Randi, Giorgia; Scarinzi, Cecilia; Zauli-Sajani, Stefano; Katsouyanni, Klea; Forastiere, Francesco; Study Group, MED-PARTICLES; Agis Cherta, David (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2013-08-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Few studies have investigated the independent health effects of different size fractions of particulate matter (PM) in multiple locations, especially in Europe. We estimated the short-term effects of PM with aerodynamic ...
    • Avaluació de la resposta del Sistema Nerviós Autònom en relació a l'alçada de la població mitjançant senyals ECG 

      Moros Español, Sílvia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-09)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      A l’actualitat cada cop més gent pateix d’afeccions cardíaques severes i/o presents al llarg de la seva vida. Recentment hi ha cada cop més investigació biomèdica sobre les causes d’aquestes afeccions, no només ambientals, ...
    • Biofuncionalización de superficies de CoCr con nano-patterning 

      Peiró Pano, Isabel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-09)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      En este trabajo se estudia la modificación y caracterización superficial de una aleación de CoCr con aplicación para stens cardiovasculares. Un stent es un dispositivo que se introduce en las arterias coronarias para ...
    • Cardiovascular coupling-based classification of ischemic and dilated cardiomyopathy patients 

      Rodríguez Benítez, Javier; Schulz, Steffen; Voss, Andreas; Giraldo Giraldo, Beatriz (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      Cardiovascular diseases are one of the most common causes of death in elderly patients. The etiology of cardiomyopathies is difficult to discern clinically. The objective of this study was to classify cardiomyopathy patients ...
    • Carotid intima-media thickness in the Spanish population: reference ranges and association with cardiovascular risk factors 

      Grau, Maria; Subirana, Isaac; Agis Cherta, David; Ramos, Rafel; Basagaña, Xavier; Martí, Ruth; de Groot, Eric; Arnold, Roman J.; Marrugat, Jaume; Künzli, Nino; Elosua, Roberto (2012-12)
      Article
      Open Access
      Introducción y objetivos El grosor íntima-media carotídeo medido por ultrasonografía es un predictor de acontecimientos cardiovasculares barato y no invasivo. Se analizaron los valores de referencia del grosor íntima-media ...
    • Characterization of the blood/surface interaction in multiscale thrombotic phenomena. 

      Mazo Bárbara, Laura del (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-05-31)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      Covenantee:   Massachusetts Institute of Technology
      The increasing impact that cardiovascular diseases have on the population worldwide requires precision medicine to focus on personalized treatments, given the range of patient variability. This is why it is so important ...
    • Characterization of zinc and zinc alloys for stent uses 

      Cocheril, Julien (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-02-17)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      Cardiovascular problem is the first cause of death around the world, and to reduce it stents can be placed inside arteries. They are sort of springs that will enlarge a clogged artery back to its original size, so that ...
    • Col·locació automàtica de stent per ordinador mitjançant estimacions de paràmetres hemodinàmics per al tractament de l'estenosi de l'artèria pulmonar 

      Jordi Oller, Xavier (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-11)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Université de Québec. École de technologie supérieure
      La determinació de la geometria i posició d’un stent és una de les tasques més sensibles quan es planifica una intervenció per estenosi de l’artèria pulmonar. L’objectiu d’aquest projecte és de determinar automàticament ...
    • Conductive bacterial nanocellulose-polypyrrole patches promote cardiomyocyte differentiation 

      Pérez Amodio, Soledad Graciela; Martínez Hernández, Marina; Engel López, Elisabeth; Laromaine Segué, Anna; Campoy Quiles, Marioano; Srinivasan, Sumithra Yasaswini; Cler, Marina; Zapata Arteaga, Osnat; Dörling, Bernhard (American Chemical Society, 2023-06-21)
      Article
      Open Access
      The low endogenous regenerative capacity of the heart, added to the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases, triggered the advent of cardiac tissue engineering in the last decades. The myocardial niche plays a critical role ...
    • Developing non-laboratory cardiovascular risk assessment charts and validating laboratory and non-laboratory-based models 

      Hassannejad, Razieh; Mansourian Gharakozlou, Marjan; Marateb, Hamid Reza; Mohebian, Mohammad Reza; Gaziano, Thomas Andrew; Jackson, Rodney T.; Di Angelantonio, Emanuele; Sarrafzadegan, Nizal (Elsevier, 2021-09-02)
      Article
      Open Access
      Background: Developing simplified risk assessment model based on non-laboratory risk factors that could determine cardiovascular risk as accurately as laboratory-based one can be valuable, particularly in developing countries ...
    • Development of a mock cardiovascular system of laboratory mice: a comprehensive study 

      Pallejà Rubio, Jaume (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-09)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
    • Estudio del comportamiento biomecánico de arteria carótida humana mediante simulación multifísica 

      Gómez González, Sergio; López López, José; Fernández Aguado, Enrique (OmniaScience, 2021-02-01)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      El conocimiento del comportamiento del flujo sanguíneo dentro del propio sistema cardiovascular del paciente es posible entenderlo a partir de una simulación numérica multifísica que incluya la reconstrucción 3D real de ...
    • Fabrication and surface modification of PLLA films for cardiovascular applications 

      Norroy, Joe (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-02)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      Cardiovascular diseases have emerged as a major concern since they are the first cause of death in developed countries. The advent of percutaneous trans luminal coronary angioplasty consisted in an alternative to invasive ...
    • Heart rate variability analysis by means of non-linear characterization: aortic stenosis patients 

      Mampel Romeu, Marta (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-09)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      Aortic stenosis (AS) is a form of valvular heart disease that is bound to be seen more often by healthcare professionals in the coming years. This is due to the increasing life expectancy. Aortic stenosis incapacitates the ...
    • Identificació de patrons vasculars en imatges radiològiques 

      Mijancos Martínez, Gema (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-07-14)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      L’anàlisi de la simetria de les venes profundes del cervell s’ha realitzat sempre de manera qualitativa per un expert. La detecció d’aquesta simetria en nounats és un fet molt important a l’hora de fer un bon diagnòstic i ...
    • Measurement of physiological parameters by means of a seat interface 

      Cuervo I Saliné, Ricard (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-03-11)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision