Álvaro Merino

Echocardiographic “smoke” is produced by an interaction of erythrocytes and plasma proteins modulated by shear forces

Álvaro Merino, Paul J. Hauptman, Lina Badimón et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1992 · 174 citations

Physiology, Shear Forces, Cardiovascular Physiology +5

Synergistic action of severe wall injury and shear forces on thrombus formation in arterial stenosis: Definition of a thrombotic shear rate threshold

Álvaro Merino, Marc Cohen, Juan J. Badimón et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1994 · 47 citations

Thrombosis, Vascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease +12

Influence of age on left ventricular contractility

Álvaro Merino, Eduardo Alegría, Ramón Castelló et al. · The American Journal of Cardiology · 1988 · 18 citations

Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Cardiac Mechanic +6

The value of exercise testing in patients with coronary artery spasm

Ramón Castelló, Eduardo Alegría, Álvaro Merino et al. · American Heart Journal · 1990 · 17 citations

Physical Activity, Kinesiology, Health Sciences +12

Platelet aggregation inhibition blocks C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 (IL-6) elevation after the coronary angioplasty: Effect of the −174 G/C IL-6 gene polymorphism

Álvaro Merino, Antoni Gayà, Ignacio A. Gómez de Segura et al. · The American Journal of Cardiology · 2004 · 16 citations

Inflammation, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Thrombosis +11