Parramon Font, Dídac (Date of defense: 2019-07-26)
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide as well as in our population. One of the main cardiovascular prevention strategies is to identify healthy patients who ...
Vázquez Oliva, Gabriel (Date of defense: 2019-02-08)
Acute myocardial infarction incidence rates are very high in those over 74, with a tendency to decrease in recent years in men and are always higher in men than in women. Mortality rates over the age ...
Alves Cabratosa, Lia (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice and implies a huge social, medical, and economical burden. Analyses of AF risk factors in certain groups of population would ...
Quesada Sabaté, Miquel (Date of defense: 2017-02-17)
Background There is few epidemiological data of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in our environment. The recommendation of screening with ankle brachial index (ABI) in asymptomatic individuals is ...
Camós Llovet, Lourdes (Date of defense: 2019-02-26)
The objectives of the thesis are to estimate the prevalence of pathological arterial stiffness (measured with the Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index –CAVI-) in a general Mediterranean population and in a ...
Llobera Serentill, Àlex (Date of defense: 2018-03-09)
Cardiovascular risk factors control is low in peripheral artery disease patients. Leukocyte count over7.8 K/mcL or neutrophil count over 4.6 K/mcL are predictors of increased risk for heart coronary ...
Vila Belmonte, Àlex (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is the most frequent hereditary cause of premature coronary heart disease. The aim of this doctoral thesis is to determine the prevalence of subjects with FH phenotype ...
Balló Peña, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2020-07-31)
Electronic Health Record are legal documents where all the bio-psycho-social information of care received by the healthcare system is recorded throughout their lives. The first causes of death in Spain ...
Guzmán Heras, Lidia Elizabeth (Date of defense: 2023-07-05)
The increase of elderly population in Spain is one of the most important challenges for their caregivers, healthcare professionals, and the society in general. The elderly population has the highest ...
Fages Masmiquel, Ester (Date of defense: 2023-09-14)
Dementia causes progressive cognitive impairment and inability to lead an independent life. Currently, there is no curative treatment for it, and thus primary prevention is essential. Age is the main ...