J. Roca

The burden of chronic disorders on hospital admissions prompts the need for new modalities of care: A cross-sectional analysis in a tertiary hospital (2009)

Hernandez, C., Jansa, M., Vidal, M., Nuñez, M., Bertran, M.J., Garcia-Aymerich, J., ...

Background: Chronic disorders constitute a primary concern because of their burden on healthcare systems worldwide. Integrated care strategies enhancing the interface between tertiary care and...

Integrated care prevents hospitalisations for exacerbations in COPD patients (2006)

Garcia-Aymerich, J, Roca, J, Hernández, C, Alonso, A, ...

Hospital admissions due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations have a major impact on the disease evolution and costs. The current authors postulated that a simple and...

Plasticity of vascular progenitor cells: Implications in pulmonary vascular remodelling in COPD (2006)

M. Díez, V. I. Peinado, E. Ferrer, J. Ramírez, J. Roca, R. Rodriguez-Roisin, ...

Vascular progenitor cells (VPC) have shown in vitro and in vivo their ability to differentiate into endothelial cells (EC). Some evidence suggests that the plasticity of these cells to differentiate...

Increased tumour necrosis factor-alpha plasma levels during moderate-intensity exercise in COPD patients (2003)

Figueras, M, Ardite, E, Carbó, N, Filella, X, ...

Post-training downregulation of muscle tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) expression and decrease in cellular TNF-alpha levels have been reported in the elderly. It...

Physiological responses to the 6-min walk test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2002)

Vilaro, J, Rabinovich, R, Casas, A, Barberà, J A, Rodriguez-Roisin, R, ...

The 6-min walking test (6MWT) is frequently used to assess functional capacity in chronic cardiopulmonary disorders because of its simplicity. The study examines the physiological responses during...

Skeletal muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1999)

Dekhuijzen, RPN, Fournier, M, Lewis, MI, ...

The Spanish socialists in power: thirteen years of economic policy (1998)

Recio, A, Roca, J

This article analyses the economic policy in Spain during the governments of the Spanish Socialist Party, the PSOE (1982-96). It considers the different areas of economic policy such as monetary,...

Effects of adrenaline on ventricular function and coronary haemodynamics in relation to catecholamine handling in transplanted human hearts (1993)

ROCA, J., CATURLA, M.CRUZ, HJEMDAHL, P., MASOTTI, M., VENTURA, A., ORIOL, A., ...

We investigated cardiovascular and coronary responses to intravenous infusions of adrenaline, which raised arterial concentrations in a stepwise fashion from basal to about 5–6 nmol. l−1, in 11...

Left ventricular dynamics and plasma catecholamines during isometric exercise in patients following cardiac transplantation (1991)

Roca, J, Caturla, MC, Hjemdahl, P, Masotti, M, Auge, JM, Oriol, A, ...

Haemodynamics and plasma catecholamine responses to isometric exercise were evaluated invasively in 11 orthotopic heart transplant recipients and seven control subjects. Differences in haemodynamic...