Goal
Knowing in depth the impact of pregnancy complications on fetal development will allow us to discover preventive strategies to improve the quality of life of babies.
Projects
The Fetal Programming line works on the following projects
Publications
- Effects of a Mediterranean Diet Intervention on Maternal Stress, Well-Being, and Sleep Quality throughout Gestation-The IMPACT-BCN Trial.
Irene Casas, Ayako Nakaki, Rosalia Pascal, Sara Castro-Barquero, Lina Youssef, Mariona Genero, Leticia Benitez, Marta Larroya, Maria Laura Boutet, Giulia Casu, Alex Gomez-Gomez, Oscar J. Pozo, Ivette Morilla, Anabel Martínez-Àran, Eduard Vieta, María Dolores Gómez-Roig, Rosa Casas, Ramon Estruch, Eduard Gratacos, Fàtima Crispi and Francesca Crovetto. Nutrients. 2023
- Effects of a Mediterranean Diet Intervention on Maternal Stress, Well-Being, and Sleep Quality throughout Gestation-The IMPACT-BCN Trial.
Irene Casas, Ayako Nakaki, Rosalia Pascal, Sara Castro-Barquero, Lina Youssef, Mariona Genero, Leticia Benitez, Marta Larroya, Maria Laura Boutet, Giulia Casu, Alex Gomez-Gomez, Oscar J. Pozo, Ivette Morilla, Anabel Martínez-Àran, Eduard Vieta, María Dolores Gómez-Roig, Rosa Casas, Ramon Estruch, Eduard Gratacos, Fàtima Crispi and Francesca Crovetto. Nutrients. 2023
- Cord blood cardiovascular biomarkers in tetralogy of fallot and D-transposition of great arteries.
Olga Gómez, Laura Nogué, Iris Soveral, Laura Guirado, Nora Izquierdo, Miriam Pérez-Cruz, Narcís Masoller, María Clara Escobar, Joan Sanchez de Toledo, Josep Maria Martínez-Crespo, Mar Bennasar and Fàtima Crispi. Front Pediatr. 2023
- How to do a fetal cardiac scan.
Quaresima P, Fesslova V, Farina A, Kagan KO, Candiani M, Morelli M, Crispi F, Cavoretto PI.. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2023
- Cardiac remodeling from the fetus to adulthood.
Youssef L, Castellani R, Valenzuela-Alcaraz B, Sepulveda-Martinez Á, Crovetto F, Crispi F.. J Clin Ultrasound 2023
- Mediterranean Diet or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Prevention of Small-for-Gestational-Age Birth Weights in Newborns-Reply..
Crovetto F, Crispi F, Gratacós E.. JAMA. 2022
- Feasibility of 4D-Spatio Temporal Image Correlation (STIC) in the Comprehensive Assessment of the Fetal Heart Using FetalHQ®..
Nogué L, Gómez O, Izquierdo N, Mula C, Masoller N, Martínez JM, Gratacós E, Devore G, Crispi F, Bennasar M.. J Clin Med. 2022
- Effects of Mediterranean Diet or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Prevention of Small-for-Gestational Age Birth Weights in Newborns Born to At-Risk Pregnant Individuals.
Crovetto F, Crispi F, Casas R, Martín-Asuero A, Borràs R, Vieta E, Estruch R, Gratacós E. JAMA 2021
- Sources of heterogeneity when studying the cardiovascular effects of fetal growth restriction: an overview of the issues.
Rodriguez-Lopez M, Vergara-Sanchez C, Crispi F, Cepeda IL. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2020
- Main Patterns of Fetal Cardiac Remodeling.
Crispi F, Sepúlveda-Martínez Á, Crovetto F, Gómez O, Bijnens B, Gratacós E. Fetal Diagn Ther 2020
- Early cardiac remodeling in aortic coarctation: insights from fetal and neonatal functional and structural assessment.
Soveral I, Crispi F, Walter C, Guirado L, García-Cañadilla P, Cook A, Bonnin A, Dejea H, Rovira-Zurriaga C, Sánchez de Toledo J, Gratacós E, Martínez JM, Bijnens B, Gómez O. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2020
- Machine Learning in Fetal Cardiology: What to Expect.
Garcia-Canadilla P, Sanchez-Martinez S, Crispi F, Bijnens B. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2020
- Nomograms of Fetal Right Ventricular Fractional Area Change by 2D Echocardiography.
Guirado L, Crispi F, Soveral I, Valenzuela-Alcaraz B, Rodriguez-López M, García-Otero L, Torres X, Sepúlveda-Martínez Á, Escobar-Diaz MC, Martínez JM, Friedberg MK, Gratacós E, Gómez O. Fetal Diagn Ther 2019
- Complement Activation and Thrombotic Microangiopathies.
Palomo M, Blasco M, Molina P, Lozano M, Praga M, Torramade-Moix S, Martinez-Sanchez J, Cid J, Escolar G, Carreras E, Paules C, Crispi F, Quintana LF, Poch E, Rodas L, Goma E, Morelle J, Espinosa M, Morales E, Avila A, Cabello V, Ariceta G, Chocron S, Manrique J, Barros X, Martin N, Huerta A, Fraga-Rodriguez GM, Cao M, Martin M, Romera AM, Moreso F, Manonelles A, Gratacos E, Pereira A, Campistol JM, Diaz-Ricart M. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2019
- Determination of the steroid profile in alternative matrices by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.
Gomez-Gomez A, Miranda J, Feixas G, Arranz Betegon A, Crispi F, Gratacós E, Pozo OJ. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2019
- Blood parameters in fetuses infected with cytomegalovirus according to the severity of brain damage and trimester of pregnancy at cordocentesis.
Hawkins-Villarreal A, Moreno-Espinosa AL, Eixarch E, Marcos MA, Martinez-Portilla RJ, Salazar L, Garcia-Otero L, Lopez M, Borrell A, Figueras F, Goncé A. J Clin Virol 2019
- Exercise-induced cardio-pulmonary remodelling in endurance athletes: Not only the heart adapts.
Domenech-Ximenos B, Garza MS, Prat-González S, Sepúlveda-Martínez Á, Crispi F, Perea RJ, Garcia-Alvarez A, Sitges M. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2019
- Natural History of Atherosclerosis and Abdominal Aortic Intima-Media Thickness: Rationale, Evidence, and Best Practice for Detection of Atherosclerosis in the Young.
Skilton MR, Celermajer DS, Cosmi E, Crispi F, Gidding SS, Raitakari OT, Urbina EM. J Clin Med 2019
- Structural coronary artery remodelling in the rabbit fetus as a result of intrauterine growth restriction.
Garcia-Canadilla P, de Vries T, Gonzalez-Tendero A, Bonnin A, Gratacos E, Crispi F, Bijnens B, Zhang C. PLoS One 2019
- Distinctive patterns of placental lesions in preeclampsia versus fetal growth restriction and their association with fetoplacental Doppler.
Paules C, Youssef L, Rovira C, Crovetto F, Nadal A, Peguero A, Figueras F, Eixarch E, Crispi F, Miranda J, Gratacós E. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2019
- Prenatal adverse environment is associated with epigenetic age deceleration at birth and hypomethylation at the hypoxia-responsive EP300 gene.
Palma-Gudiel H, Eixarch E, Crispi F, Morán S, Zannas AS, Fañanás L. Clin Epigenetics 2019
- Comprehensive Analysis of Animal Models of Cardiovascular Disease using Multiscale X-Ray Phase Contrast Tomography.
Dejea H, Garcia-Canadilla P, Cook AC, Guasch E, Zamora M, Crispi F, Stampanoni M, Bijnens B, Bonnin A. Sci Rep 2019
- Mitochondrial implications in human pregnancies with intrauterine growth restriction and associated cardiac remodelling.
Guitart-Mampel M, Juarez-Flores DL, Youssef L, Moren C, Garcia-Otero L, Roca-Agujetas V, Catalan-Garcia M, Gonzalez-Casacuberta I, Tobias E, Milisenda JC, Grau JM, Crispi F, Gratacos E, Cardellach F, Garrabou G. J Cell Mol Med 2019
- Cardiac and mitochondrial function in HIV-uninfected fetuses exposed to antiretroviral treatment.
García-Otero L, López M, Guitart-Mampel M, Morén C, Goncé A, Esteve C, Salazar L, Garrabou G, Crispi F, Gratacós E. PLoS One 2019
- Nomograms of Fetal Cardiac Dimensions at 18-41 Weeks of Gestation.
García-Otero L, Gómez O, Rodriguez-López M, Torres X, Soveral I, Sepúlveda-Martínez Á, Guirado L, Valenzuela-Alcaraz B, López M, Martínez JM, Gratacós E, Crispi F. Fetal Diagn Ther 2019
- Transgenerational transmission of small for gestational age.
Sepúlveda-Martínez Á, Rodríguez-López M, Paz-Y-Miño F, Casu G, Crovetto F, Gratacós E, Crispi F. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2018
- Premature placental aging in term small-for-gestational-age and fetal-growth-restricted fetuses.
Paules C, Dantas AP, Miranda J, Crovetto F, Eixarch E, Rodriguez-Sureda V, Dominguez C, Casu G, Rovira C, Nadal A, Crispi F, Gratacos E. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2018
- Fetal cardiac remodeling and dysfunction is associated with both preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction.
Youssef L, Miranda J, Paules C, Garcia-Otero L, Vellvé K, Kalapotharakos G, Sepulveda-Martinez A, Crovetto F, Gomez O, Gratacós E, Crispi F. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2018
- Postnatal persistence of fetal cardiovascular remodeling associated with assisted reproductive technologies: a cohort study.
Valenzuela-Alcaraz B, Serafini A, Sepulveda-Martínez A, Casals G, Rodríguez-López M, Garcia-Otero L, Cruz-Lemini M, Bijnens B, Sitges M, Balasch J, Gratacos E, Crispi F. BJOG 2018
- Comparison of 2D versus M-mode echocardiography for assessing fetal myocardial wall thickness.
Sepúlveda-Martínez A, García-Otero L, Soveral I, Guirado L, Valenzuela-Alcaraz B, Torres X, Rodriguez-Lopez M, Gratacos E, Gómez O, Crispi F. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2018
Research staff
A-Z
Maria Laura Boutet
PhD student
Gemma Casals
Clinical collaborator
Karen Castillo
Master student
Fàtima Crispi
Scientific coordinator
Francesca Crovetto
Postdoctoral researcherPatricia García
Postdoctoral researcher
Olga Gómez
Senior specialist doctor
Yvan Gómez
Clinical researcher
Anna Goncé
Senior specialist doctor
Laura Guirado
Clinical Researcher
Marta López
Clinical researcher
Ayako Nakaki
PhD StudentMónica Selma
Clinical researcher
Lina Youseff
Postdoctoral researcher
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