Spanish National Cardiovascular Research Centre


The National Centre for Cardiovascular Research is a Spanish research institute. The Centre was founded in 1999 and has purpose-built facilities on the campus of the Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid. The director is Valentin Fuster.
Since 2005 the institute has been supported by the Government and by a group of leading Spanish companies and charitable foundations.

Research programmes

In 2010 Felipe Pétriz, Secretary of State for Research, and Emilio Botín, President of the Santander Group, signed an agreement to launch the CNIC-Santander PESA study. This prospective study, which in 2019 is concluding its first phase, was aimed at advancing knowledge on the progression of cardiovascular disease.