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  1. Global Heart Failure Trends in Young Adults

    Article • JACC Heart Failure, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  2. Fusion Imaging and 3D Printing Tools to Improve Mitral Valve Interventions

    Article • Echocardiography, June 2025, Wiley

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  3. Fusion imaging and 3D printing tools to improve mitral valve interventions

    Article • May 2025, Wiley

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  4. Social media in modern cardiology: a tool for building community, visibility and impact

    Article • Nature Reviews Cardiology, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  5. 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of chronic coronary syndromes

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  6. Risks and benefits of sharing patient information on social media: a digital dilemma

    Article • European Heart Journal - Digital Health, February 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  7. Nuevas tecnologías para el diagnóstico, tratamiento y seguimiento de las enfermedades cardiovasculares

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  8. Value of cardiac magnetic resonance on the risk stratification of cardiomyopathies

    Article • World Journal of Cardiology, October 2023, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  9. Current role and future perspectives of artificial intelligence in echocardiography

    Article • World Journal of Cardiology, June 2023, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  10. Acute heart failure and valvular heart disease: A scientific statement of the Heart Failure Association, the Association for Acute CardioVascular Care and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions of the European ...

    Article • European Journal of Heart Failure, June 2023, Wiley

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  11. Healthcare providers perspectives on home blood pressure management in Peru and Cameroon: Findings from the BPMONITOR study

    Article • Preventive Medicine Reports, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  12. Role of artificial intelligence in cardiology

    Article • World Journal of Cardiology, April 2023, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  13. 2022 Year in Review

    Article • JACC Case Reports, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  14. Cardiovascular disease and COVID-19, a deadly combination: A review about direct and indirect impact of a pandemic

    Article • World Journal of Clinical Cases, September 2022, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  15. Twitter promotion is associated with higher citation rates of cardiovascular articles: the ESC Journals Randomized Study

    Article • European Heart Journal, April 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Michael Alexander, Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  16. Redes sociales en medicina: ventajas y límites de su uso

    Article • REC CardioClinics, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  17. ISCHEMIA trial: How to apply the results to clinical practice

    Article • World Journal of Cardiology, August 2021, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  18. Improvement in Atrial Fibrillation-Related Symptoms After Cardioversion: Role of NYHA Functional Class and Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm

    Article • Clinical Interventions in Aging, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  19. Diagnostic and prognostic value of cardiac imaging in amyloidosis

    Article • World Journal of Cardiology, December 2020, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  20. Gaining Insights Into Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Interatrial Septum

    Article • JACC Case Reports, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  21. Social media in cardiovascular medicine: a contemporary review

    Article • European Heart Journal - Digital Health, November 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  22. La consulta telemática para el cardiólogo clínico en tiempos de la COVID-19: presente y futuro. Documento de consenso de la Sociedad Española de Cardiología

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  23. Factibilidad y resultados de un programa de rehabilitación cardiaca intensiva. Perspectiva del estudio aleatorizado MxM (Más por Menos)

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  24. Twitter promotion predicts citation rates of cardiovascular articles: a preliminary analysis from the ESC Journals Randomized Study

    Article • European Heart Journal, April 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez, Michael Alexander

  25. Prognostic Value of Late Gadolinium Enhancement for the Prediction of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Article • Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, April 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  26. Selección de lo mejor del año 2019 en imagen cardiovascular

    Article • REC CardioClinics, March 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  27. Patients' perceptions of self-management of high blood pressure in three low- and middle-income countries: findings from the BPMONITOR study

    Article • Global Health, January 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  28. Myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries: A comprehensive review and future research directions

    Article • World Journal of Cardiology, December 2019, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  29. Social media in cardiology: Reasons to learn how to use it

    Article • World Journal of Cardiology, October 2019, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  30. Light-Chain Cardiac Amyloidosis

    Article • JACC Case Reports, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  31. Social Media

    Article • JACC Case Reports, September 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  32. Prevalencia de obesidad y comorbilidad cardiovascular asociada en los pacientes incluidos en el estudio IBERICAN (Identificación de la poBlación Española de RIesgo CArdiovascular y reNal)

    Article • Medicina de Familia SEMERGEN, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  33. Short- and Long-Term Prognostic Relevance of Cardiogenic Shock in Takotsubo Syndrome

    Article • JACC Heart Failure, November 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez, Dr Juan C Garcia-Rubira

  34. Usefulness of carotid ultrasonography in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing exercise echocardiography

    Article • Cardiovascular Ultrasound, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  35. Characteristics of the Metabolic Syndrome in the Patients of IBERICAN Study (Identification of the Spanish Population at Cardiovascular and Renal Risk)

    Article • Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, November 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  36. Home Blood Pressure Management Intervention in Low- to Middle-Income Countries: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, October 2017, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Shariful Islam, Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  37. Características basales y manejo clínico de los primeros 3.000 pacientes incluidos en el estudio IBERICAN (Identificación de la población española de riesgo cardiovascular y renal)

    Article • Medicina de Familia SEMERGEN, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  38. Assessing the cardiology community position on transradial intervention and the use of bivalirudin in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing invasive management: results of an EAPCI survey

    Article • EuroIntervention, October 2016, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez, Asoc Prof MD PhD FESC Oliver Kalpak, Dr Saurabh Kumar Gupta, Dr SURENDER DEORA

  39. Joint EACVI HIT/EAPCI young survey/ESC CoT survey: training and education for ‘multimodality imaging in structural interventions’: the rise of a new sub-specialty?

    Article • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, September 2016, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr JULIA GRAPSA, Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  40. Secondary forms of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: A whole different prognosis

    Article • European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care, June 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  41. The European Society of Cardiology’s Cardiologists of Tomorrow

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  42. Dual antiplatelet therapy duration after coronary stenting in clinical practice: results of an EAPCI survey

    Article • EuroIntervention, May 2015, Europa Digital & Publishing

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez, Dr Saurabh Kumar Gupta, Professor marija B Vavlukis

  43. The Importance of the Cardiac Cycle in the Imaging Criteria for Left Ventricular Noncompaction

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  44. Seguimiento clínico de una muestra contemporánea de pacientes con fibrilación auricular en tratamiento con digoxina: resultados del estudio AFBAR

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  45. Nuevos datos sobre fibrilación auricular, observaciones al estudio OFRECE

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  46. Utilidad del calcio arterial coronario para detectar enfermedad arterial coronaria significativa en sujetos asintomáticos

    Article • Revista Clínica Española, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  47. CardioPulse Articles

    Article • European Heart Journal, April 2014, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  48. The change in the atrial fibrillation type as a prognosis marker in a community study: Long-term data from AFBAR (Atrial Fibrillation in the BARbanza) study

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  49. Left bundle branch block in atrial fibrillation patients without heart failure

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  50. Determinants of cardiovascular mortality in a cohort of primary care patients with chronic ischemic heart disease. BARBANZA Ischemic Heart Disease (BARIHD) study

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, July 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  51. Cardiac involvement in Becker muscular dystrophy: role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance

    Article • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, June 2013, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  52. Cardiopatía isquémica y mujer: son necesarias más respuestas. Respuesta

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  53. Cardiopatía isquémica en la mujer. Datos del estudio CIBAR

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  54. El cambio de tipo de fibrilación auricular, observaciones al registro Val-FAAP

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  55. Una oportunidad para conocer la hipertensión arterial refractaria en nuestro medio

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  56. Desigualdades para las que no tenemos explicación, un fenómeno reproducible en distintas áreas poblacionales

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, August 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  57. Correlation between myocardial fibrosis and the occurrence of atrial fibrillation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study

    Article • European Journal of Radiology, August 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  58. VALIDATION OF THE CRUSADE BLEEDING RISK SCORE IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ST ELEVATION ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN SPAIN

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, March 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  59. El sexo no condiciona diferencias en el pronóstico de pacientes diabéticos. Estudio Barbanza-Diabetes

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, February 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  60. La cistatina C aporta más información que otros parámetros de función renal en la estratificación del riesgo de los pacientes con síndrome coronario agudo

    Article • Revista Española de Cardiología, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez

  61. Factores asociados a mortalidad en nonagenarios. Estudio NonaSantfeliu. Seguimiento a los dos años

    Article • Revista Clínica Española, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez, Francesc Formiga

  62. Why and when do patients with heart failure and normal left ventricular ejection fraction die? Analysis of >600 deaths in a community long-term study

    Article • American Heart Journal, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Rafael Vidal-Perez