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José Luis Zamorano

Researcher at Carlos III Health Institute

Publications -  740
Citations -  154643

José Luis Zamorano is an academic researcher from Carlos III Health Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heart failure & Myocardial infarction. The author has an hindex of 105, co-authored 695 publications receiving 133396 citations. Previous affiliations of José Luis Zamorano include Hospital Clínico San Carlos & Universidad Francisco de Vitoria.

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Gender and age effects on risk factor-based prediction of coronary artery calcium in symptomatic patients: A Euro-CCAD study.

TL;DR: In symptomatic patients, there are significant differences in the ability of conventional risk factors to predict CAC presence between genders and between patients aged <70 and ≥70, indicating the important role of age in predicting Cac presence.
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SARS-CoV-2, a novel virus with an unusual cardiac feature: inverted takotsubo syndrome.

TL;DR: The first reported case of inverted Takotsubo cardiomyopathy associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection is presented, and a new TTE demonstrated a significant improvement of left ventricular contractility.
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The Role of Carotid Ultrasound in Assessing Carotid Atherosclerosis in Individuals at Low-to-intermediate Cardiovascular Risk

TL;DR: There was a clear dissociation between cardiovascular risk scoring and the presence of atherosclerosis, because 1 of 4 study participants at low-to-intermediate cardiovascular risk had carotid Atherosclerosis.
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The Role of Echocardiography in the Assessment of Mechanical Dyssynchrony and Its Importance in Predicting Response to Prognosis After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

TL;DR: The aim of this review is to synthesize the published evidence regarding the benefits of identifying mechanical asynchrony before implantation of biventricular devices, and the role of echocardiography in the identification and quantification of mechanical as synchrony.