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Dr. Nahikari Salterain
Specialist in Cardiology.
Primary focus on Clinical Cardiology (advanced heart failure, cardio-oncology)
Professional career
MD degree from the University of Navarra, Pamplona (2009).
Specialist in Cardiology at Clínica Universidad de Navarra (2015).
Staff Cardiologist in the Department of Cardiology at Hospital Universitario Donostia from May 2015 to May 2016.
Senior Clinical Fellow in Heart Failure, Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Transplant Unit, Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust. May 2016-July 2017.
Master’s degree in Advances in Cardiology from Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Spain (2017).
Member of the Residents’ Committee of the Spanish Society of Cardiology (2013-2015).
RESEARCH AREAS
Impact of frailty and other geriatric syndromes on the management and vital prognosis of older adults with non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: the LONGEVO-SCA Registry. Researcher.
Influence of beer intake on macronutrient oxidation in lean and overweight or obese subjects. Nutritional intervention study between the Departments of Cardiology at Clínica Universidad de Navarra and the Metabolic Unit of the Department of Food Sciences, Physiology and Toxicology at the University of Navarra. Beer and Health Institute associated with the Manuel de Oya Grant 2012. Researcher.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Heart failure
- Cardio-oncology
Activity
In teaching
Clinical Electrocardiography for Primary Care Physicians, Donostia (2016)
Harefield Cardiology and Respiratory PACES Course, Harefield Hospital (2016)
Specialization Program in Cardiac Nursing, University of Navarra (2012-2014, 2017)
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for 6th-year Medicine degree, University of Navarra (2011)
In research
She has contributed to 8 articles in national and international journals.