The Cardiovascular Research Center is a R&D&I center in Barcelona

• Confirmation of inherited protein S deficiency by PROS1 mutational screening: Identification of three novel PROS1 mutations and haplotype analysis of p.Q279X recurrence.
• Angiogenesis and inflammation in carotid atherosclerosis.
• Dynamin and perforin are associated with neovascularisation in advanced carotid plaques.
• Increased PrP(C) expression correlates with endoglin (CD105) positive microvessels in advanced carotid lesions.