Tel. +34 913303000 (Ext. 484571)
San Carlos Clinical Hospital
C/ Profesor Martín Lagos s/n.
28040 Madrid
The research group is one of the most dynamic and productive within the cardiovascular imaging research in our country. Supported by a solid healthcare activity that encompasses the different fields of cardiovascular imaging, such as echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance, it has a strong teaching and research projection. Proof of this are the numerous publications in national and international scientific journals and books, as well as their presence in the most important national and international congresses, presenting their own research papers or participating as moderators, speakers, and organisers. The group’s research focuses on developing the clinical application of novel imaging techniques, trying to discover their advantages and limitations, in order to improve the diagnosis, management, and treatment of both cardiological and extra-cardiological patients. The collaboration with other research groups, both cardiological and from other specialities within the IdISSC is noteworthy.
In the vascular pathology and large vessels research area, a multicentre group (H. Clínico, H. U. de Valladolid, and H. de la Princesa) was created in 1996 to study endocarditis. Since then, the group has managed a database of 900 patients with this very serious infectious valve pathology, in which the Clinical Microbiology and Cardiac Surgery Services have collaborated in a very important way. As a result of this collaboration and great effort, numerous publications have been published in national and international journals, and we have also obtained a FIS grant to continue researching this serious disease: ENDOVAL Project. Specifically, in this field we are investigating the following aspects: the diagnostic yield of echocardiography, the poor prognostic factors of the disease, and the appropriateness of surgery, among others.
Another valvular pathology in which we have been pioneers, and in which we also work together with the Cardiac Surgery Service, is that of acute aortic syndrome and ascending aortic aneurysms. Our group defined the problem in 2001, and since then, the different elements of acute aortic pathology have been known as acute aortic syndrome (AAS).
Dr. Leopoldo Pérez de Isla is Head of Section of the Cardiology Department from the Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid. Lipid consultation. Cardiovascular Risk Unit.
1995 Licentiate degree in Medicine. Complutense University, Madrid
2002 Specialist in Cardiology
2005 Doctor of Medicine – Cum Laude
2015 University specialisation diploma in Integrated Health Services
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Familial Hypercholesterolemia Foundation.
Past-Associated Editor. Spanish Journal of Cardiology.
He is qualified as a Professor in Health Sciences by ANECA. Associate Professor of Health Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Member of the EACVI Research Grants evaluation committee since 2014.
Collaborator as reviewer or member of the Editorial Board of several international indexed journals.
Member of the Research Commission of the Health Research Institute (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria) of the Hospital Clínico San Carlos.
Member of the Directorate of the Cardiovascular Institute of the Hospital Clínico San Carlos.