On November 28, 2023, Oriol Aguiló Pedret, a specialist in Internal Medicine and the current head of the Emergency Department at Hospital d’Olot (Girona), successfully defended his doctoral thesis titled “Electrocardiographic Disturbances in Acute Heart Failure: Prevalence and Prognosis.” The research findings affirm that intraventricular conduction disturbances, including bundle branch block, wide QRS, and QT interval abnormalities, are prevalent in patients experiencing acute heart failure. The presence of these disturbances is correlated with a modest increase in overall mortality and the risk of hospitalization. The thesis received the distinction of “Excellent cum laude” and was under the supervision of Dr. Òscar Miró, an Internal Medicine specialist, senior consultant, and research coordinator of the Emergency Department at Hospital Clínic, and Dr. Joan Carles Trullàs, an Internal Medicine specialist and current head of the Internal Medicine Department at Hospital d’Olot.

Scientific Publications included in the doctoral thesis:

· “Prevalence and impact on prognosis of right-bundle branch block in patients with acute heart failure: Findings from the RICA registry” PMID: 35272980 DOI: 10.1016/j.rceng.2021.10.002

· “Prevalence, Related Factors and Association of Left Bundle Branch Block With Prognosis in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: a Simultaneous Analysis in 3 Independent Cohorts” PMID: 34998702 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.11.022

· “The prognostic significance of bundle branch block in acute heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis” PMID: 36116092 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-022-02105-z

· “QT interval and short-term outcome in acute heart failure” PMID: 37004527 DOI: 10.1007/s00392-023-02173-9

· “Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Acute Heart Failure and Left Bundle-Branch Block in a real-life cohort” (Not published yet)

Available at: https://mon.uvic.cat/TR2Lab/team-view/oriol-aguilo-pedret/