Álvaro Merino Otermin
Álvaro Merino Otermin
HEAD OF CARDIOLOGY SERVICE
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Dr. Álvaro Merino Otermin is a leading cardiologist, renowned for his leadership in the Cardiology Department at Clínica Rotger in Palma de Mallorca since 2015. His academic background includes a Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Navarra Medical School, obtained in 1988. Throughout his career, he has been awarded the prestigious Fogarty International Award by the National Institutes of Health USA in 1989, recognizing his contributions to cardiology research. He is also an active member of the Spanish Society of Cardiology , reflecting his commitment to the medical community. His most recent publication, "Spanish cardiac catheterization and coronary intervention registry. 32nd official report of the Interventional Cardiology Association of the Spanish Society of Cardiology (1990-2022)," was published in the journal Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed) in October 2023.
Key information
- Award from the New York Cardiology Society to the best research work in basic cardiology1992
- Latest Publication:17 mm Aortic prosthesis. Have they a place in the small aortic root?
- Belongs to:Sociedad Española de Cardiología
Professional Details
Clínica Rotger
HEAD OF CARDIOLOGY SERVICE
January 2015
Clínica Rotger
Head of Invasive Cardiology
January 1998
Policlíca Miramar
Director
January 1992
Mount Sinai Hospital
Fellow
January 1989
Clínica Universidad de Navarra
Resident Physician
January 1984
Clínica Universidad de Navarra
Intern
January 1982
Study
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
university, University of Zaragoza Medical School
1982
Doctorate
University of Navarra Medical School
1988
Another qualification
Cardiology Specialist
university
Another qualification
Cardiology Fellow
hospital
Another qualification
European Board for the Specialty of Cardiology
Nursing School
Dept. of Cardiology
Clínica Universitaria de Navarra
January 1985
Medical School
Dept. of Cardiology
Clínica Universitaria de Navarra
January 1984
GP IIb-IIIa inhibition blocks the increase in C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 after angioplasty in patients with angiographic thrombus
2005
Direct atorvastatin anti-inflammatory effects. Atorvastatin blocks C-reactive protein production in cultured human hepatocytes
2005
From thrombosis to inflammation: relationship between the soluble form of the CD40 ligand, interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein after coronary angioplasty
2005
Platelet aggregation inhibition blocks C-reactive protein and IL-6 post-angioplasty increase in patients with angiographic thrombus and sCD40L decrease in all patients
2005
17 mm Aortic prosthesis. Have they a place in the small aortic root?
2004
17 mm aortic prosthesis. Does it have a role in the small aortic root?
2004
An increase in IL-6 but not in C-reactive protein after coronary angioplasty is associated with a worse medium-term outcome
2004
Interleukin-6 but not C-reactive protein increase after coronary angioplasty is related to an impaired mid-term outcome
2004
IL-18 and IFN-gamma polymorphisms do not develop with the development, severity, and thrombotic complications of coronary artery disease
2004
Genetic polymorphisms of interleukin-18 and interferon gamma are not related to the occurrence, severity, or thrombotic complications of coronary artery disease.
2004
GP IIb-IIIa inhibition reduces post-ACTP C-Reactive Protein in all patients, but IL-6 only in patients with genotype 174GG
2004
Complementary mechanisms of atenolol and diltiazem in the clinical improvement of patients with stable angina
1988
Stress testing in patients with coronary spasm: comparison of those with and without fixed coronary artery disease
1988
Early post-infarction stratification in patients over 65 years of age
1988
Usefulness of end-systolic force-length relationships in patients with ischemic heart disease
1988
Treatment of refractory coronary spasm by spinal cord stimulation. Long term follow-up
1988
Diagnostic value of the stress test in geriatric patients
1988
Usefulness of stress testing in patients with coronary spasm
1988
Stress testing in the elderly: usefulness and tolerance
1988
Spinal cord stimulation in the cardiovascular system
1988
Effect of diltiazem and atenolol on the exercise response of patients with stable angina
1988
Complementary effect of atenolol and diltiazem in improving exercise tolerance in patients with stable angina
1988
Stress testing in the follow-up of heart transplant patients
1988
Comparative study of exercise tolerance in coronary patients older and younger than 65 years
1988
Corneal arterial ectasia: clinical and angiographic study
1988
What information can be obtained from stress testing in patients with coronary artery spasm
1988
Quantitative assessment of systolic function in coronary patients
1988
Effect of age on long term prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction
1987
Left ventricular force-length relationships in normal healthy subjects
1987
Quantification of systolic function in patients with ischemic heart disease
1987
Left ventricular performance in the elderly
1987
Predictive value of simple clinical findings for reinfarction in elderly patients
1987
Early clinical stratification after acute myocardial infarction: prediction of reinfarction
1987
Coronary angioplasty. Results of the first 153 cases
1987
Myocardial reinfarction in patients over 65 years of age
1987
Single stress test in patients with coronary spasm
1987
Evaluation of blood pressure response to exercise in healthy and hypertensive subjects
1987
Clinical profile and short-term prognosis of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction
1987
Influence of age on left ventricular contractility
1987
Long term prognosis after myocardial infarction as related to early complications in elderly patients
1987
Effect of metoprolol and diltiazem on experimental myocardial infarction
1987
Effect of nisoldipine (Bay-K 5552) on hemodynamic infarct size limitation in experimental myocardial infarction
1987
Spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of refractory coronary spasm
1987
Ventricular function in patients over 65 years of age
1986
Acute myocardial infarction in patients over 65 years of age
1986
Spinal cord stimulation in refractory coronary spasm
1986
Treatment of refractory spasm by spinal cord stimulation: preliminary report
1986
Scimitar syndrome in children
1986
Myocardial infarction in patients over 65 years of age
1986
Coronary artery spasm in normal arteries
1985
Coronary spasm in angiographically healthy arteries. Clinical and angiographic study
1984
17 mm Aortic prosthesis. Have they a place in the small aortic root?
A vascular hemostasis device for percutaneous interventional procedures
Magazine
Analysis of blood requirements in cardiac surgery with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation using intraoperative isovolemic hemodilution
Coronary angioplasty. Results of the first 153 cases
Cardiovascular risk profile in normotensive subjects with exaggerated blood pressure response to exercise
Magazine
Clinical profile and short-term prognosis of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction
Comparison of elastic recoil in three different models of slotted tube stents: Multilink, Palmaz-Schatz, and NIR
Magazine
Complementary mechanisms of atenolol and diltiazem in the clinical improvement of patients with stable angina
C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 increase in acute coronary syndromes could be due to intraarterial thrombosis
Magazine
Quantification of systolic function in patients with ischemic heart disease
From thrombosis to inflammation: relationship between the soluble form of the CD40 ligand, interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein after coronary angioplasty
Magazine
Degree of C-reactive protein elevation in coronary angioplasty patients
Magazine
Direct atorvastatin anti-inflammatory effects. Atorvastatin blocks C-reactive protein production in cultured human hepatocytes
Magazine
Echogenic smoke is platelet independent
Magazine
Echogenic smoke is shear rate dependent
Magazine
Corneal arterial ectasia: clinical and angiographic study
Magazine
Complementary effect of atenolol and diltiazem in improving exercise tolerance in patients with stable angina
Magazine
Effect of nisoldipine (Bay-K 5552) on hemodynamic infarct size limitation in experimental myocardial infarction
Magazine
Effect of diltiazem and atenolol on the exercise response of patients with stable angina
Effect of metoprolol and diltiazem on experimental myocardial infarction
Magazine
Effect of age on long term prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction
An increase in IL-6 but not in C-reactive protein after coronary angioplasty is associated with a worse medium-term outcome
Magazine
The increase in IL-6 at 24 hours after coronary PCI is associated with a higher medium-term cardiovascular risk
Magazine
Myocardial infarction in patients over 65 years of age. Analysis of the variables significant in early mortality
Elastic recoil of stents is related to aggressive overdilation of the lesion
Magazine
Scimitar syndrome in children
Eptifibatide blocks the increase in C-reactive protein concentrations induced by coronary angioplasty
Magazine
Eptifibatide Blocks the Increase in C-reactive Protein Levels Induced by Coronary Angioplasty
Magazine
Eptifibatide Blocks the Increase in C-reactive Protein Levels Induced by Coronary Angioplasty
Magazine
Eptifibatide supresses the increase in C-reactive protein concentrations induced by coronary angioplasty
Magazine
Coronary artery spasm in normal arteries
Magazine
Coronary spasm in angiographically healthy arteries. Clinical and angiographic study
Early clinical stratification after acute myocardial infarction: prediction of reinfarction
Early post-infarction stratification in patients over 65 years of age
Magazine
Comparative study of exercise tolerance in coronary patients older and younger than 65 years
Evaluation of blood pressure response to exercise in healthy and hypertensive subjects
Hypertension, insulin resistance, and hypofibrinolysis
Magazine
Direct implantation (without predilation) of pre-assembled stents
Magazine
Acute myocardial infarction in patients over 65 years of age. Clinical profile and in-hospital mortality
Influence of age on left ventricular contractility
Interleukin-6 but not C-reactive protein increase after coronary angioplasty is related to an impaired mid-term outcome
Magazine
Intracoronary injection of haematopoietic precursor cells regenerates the borders, but not the core, of old myocardial scars.
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Govt
Ventricular function in patients over 65 years of age
GP IIb-IIIa inhibition blocks the rise of C-Reactive Protein after PCI in patients with angiographic thrombus
Magazine
GP IIb-IIIa inhibition blocks the increase in C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 after angioplasty in patients with angiographic thrombus
Magazine
GP IIb-IIIa inhibition reduces post-ACTP C-Reactive Protein in all patients, but IL-6 only in patients with genotype 174GG
Magazine
Stress testing in the elderly: usefulness and tolerance
Stress testing in the follow-up of heart transplant patients
Magazine
Single stress test in patients with coronary spasm
Quantitative pulsed-wave Doppler (PWD) tissue imaging improves the interpretation of dobutamine stress echocardiography. Comparison with coronary angiography
Left ventricular force-length relationships in normal healthy subjects
Left ventricular performance in the elderly
Long term prognosis after myocardial infarction as related to early complications in elderly patients
The levels of the soluble form of the ligand (sCD40L) are related to the number of circulating platelets and the level of platelet activation.
Magazine
IL-18 and IFN-gamma polymorphisms do not develop with the development, severity, and thrombotic complications of coronary artery disease
Magazine
Genetic polymorphisms of interleukin-18 and interferon gamma are not related to the occurrence, severity, or thrombotic complications of coronary artery disease.
Magazine
Mechanisms of arterial thrombosis in non-parallel streamlines in vivo
Percutaneous excimer laser-assisted coronary angioplasty (PELCA): Treatment modality of choice for complex lesions
Platelet aggregation inhibition blocks C-reactive protein and IL-6 post-angioplasty increase in patients with angiographic thrombus and sCD40L decrease in all patients
Magazine
Predictive value of simple clinical findings for reinfarction in elderly patients
17 mm aortic prosthesis. Does it have a role in the small aortic root?
Quantitative assessment of systolic function in coronary patients
Myocardial reinfarction in patients over 65 years of age. Predictive value of clinical variables
Magazine
Insulin resistance and lipid profile in normotensive patients with hypertensive response to exercise
Magazine
Re-thrombosis on an evolving thrombus is mediated by thrombus-bound thrombin that is not inhibited by systemic heparin
Spanish cardiac catheterization and coronary intervention registry. 32nd official report of the Interventional Cardiology Association of the Spanish Society of Cardiology (1990-2022).
Journal Article
Spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of refractory coronary spasm
Magazine
Spinal cord stimulation in refractory coronary spasm
Spinal cord stimulation in the cardiovascular system
Stent recoil is related to vessel overdilatation and stenosis severity, but not to lesion morphology or calcification
Magazine
Stress testing in patients with coronary spasm: comparisom of those with and without fixed coronary artery disease
Synergistic action of severe wall injury and shear forces on thrombus formation in arterial stenosis: definition of a shear rate threshold
Magazine
Treatment of refractory coronary spasm by spinal cord stimulation. Long term follow-up
Treatment of refractory spasm by spinal cord stimulation: preliminary report
Usefulness of stress testing in patients with coronary spasm
Magazine
Usefulness of end-systolic force-length relationships in patients with ischemic heart disease
Diagnostic value of the stress test in geriatric patients
Magazine
What information can be obtained from stress testing in patients with coronary artery spasm
Sociedad Española de Cardiología
Sociedad Española de Cardiología
International Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
American Heart Association
Sociedad Española de Cardiología
International College of Angiology
Congress Internationale dAngiologie
Working Groups of the European Society of Cardiology
Sociedad Española de Cardiología
Sociedad Española de Cardiología
Sociedad Vasco-Navarra de Cardiología
European Society of Cardiology
European Society for Artificial Organs
International Symposium on anaesthesia for cardiac patients
Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología
Sociedad Europea de Radiología Pediátrica
Sociedad Española de Cardiología
Sociedad Vasco Navarra de Cardiología
Award from the New York Cardiology Society to the best research work in basic cardiology
New York Cardiology Society
Fogarty Interenational Award
National Institutes of Health U.S.A.
Beltrán Baguena Award
Revista Española de Geriatría y Gerontología
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