A rapidly increasing body of data suggests an essential role
of the endothelium in the normal function of the hole cardiovascular
system , and consequently a major role of endothelial dysfunction
in most cardiovascular diseases, sucha as atherosclerosis,
pulmonary hypertension, erectile dysfunction, .... The treatment
of this endothelial dysfunction presents a major challenge
to the pharmaceutical industry, challenge going from aspects
of drug delivery, to drug efficacy and to potential new therapeutic
fields such as endothelial progenitor cells.
Enric Domingo
Hospital General Universitali Vall Hebron
Barcelona, Spain
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Professor
Enric Domingo is the Full Professor of Physiology at the Medical
College of the University of Barcelona, Spain. He is also
the Co-founder and Co-director of the Hypertension Pulmonary
Unit of the Hospital General Universitari Vall Hebron, Barcelona,
Spain. Besides, he is also the Consultant Cardiologist of
the Lung Department of the Hospital General Universitari Vall
Hebron, Barcelona, Spain. There are about 90 scientific contributions
to his credit. He was the principal investigator on a number
of grants. He also has participated in many of the pulmonary
hypertension multicentric international trials.
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