Faculty Member

Call: +34 976 762965

Email: amartiny@unizar.es

Address: Campus Río Ebro, Edificio I+D, Lab 6.1.04, C/ Mariano Esquillor, s/n – 50018 Zaragoza (Spain)

ABOUT ME

Alba Martín Yebra (Samper de Calanda, 1987).

She holds a degree in Telecommunications Engineering (2011) and a Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering (2012), both from the University of Zaragoza. In 2017, she obtained a PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering in the framework of a joint PhD Programme between the Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and the University of Zaragoza. Her research activity includes biomedical signal processing, with special interest in cardiovascular signals, particularly the analysis of ventricular repolarization dispersion, sudden cardiac death risk stratification, and atrial fibrillation.

After a year as a post-doctoral researcher at the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER-BBN) within the BSICoS group, in 2019 she moved to the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Lund University (Sweden), where she enjoyed a one-and-a-half year post-doctoral contract in the Biomedical Signal Processing group. There she had the opportunity to gain experience in ECG signal processing, in particular in atrial fibrillation, an increasingly prevalent cardiac pathology. In September 2020 she re-joined BSICoS group at CIBER-BBN with a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellowship (2020-2023), where she continued as a senior postdoctoral researcher. From October 2024, she has incorporated as an ARAID researcher at the Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, leading a research line within the BSICoS group, in which she integrates the knowledge acquired in risk stratification and mathematical modelling to AF.

She has developed her entire research career in a multidisciplinary and international environment, working in leading universities and research centres in Switzerland, Italy, Sweden and Spain, including collaborations with clinicians and engineers from different areas, and she has been recognised with several awards at international conferences.

PUBLICATIONS
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2019

Conferences

Palmieri, F; Gomis, P; Ferreira, D; Ruiz, J E; Bergasa, B; Martín-Yebra, A; Bukhari, H A; Pueyo, E; Martínez, J P; Ramírez, J; Laguna, P

Estudio de los Cambios en la Morfología de las Ondas T como Sustituto de la Concentración de Potasio en Sangre en Pacientes de Hemodiálisis Conference

XXXVII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica CASEIB, Santander, España, 2019.

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2018

Journal Articles

Martín-Yebra, A; Monasterio, V; Cygankiewicz, I; Luna, Bayés A; Caiani, E G; Laguna, P; Martínez, J P

Post-ventricular premature contraction phase correction improves the predictive value of average T-wave alternans in ambulatory ECG recordings Journal Article

In: IEEE Transactions Biomedical Engineering, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 635-644, 2018.

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Conferences

Martín-Yebra, A; Martínez, J P

A Wavelet-Based Approach for Automatic Diagnosis of Strict Left Bundle Branch Block Conference

Proceedings of the XLV International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, 2018.

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2017

Journal Articles

Martín-Yebra, A; Landreani, F; Casellato, C; Pavan, E; Migeotte, P -F; Frigo, C; Martínez, J P; Caiani, E G

Evaluation of respiratory- and postural-induced changes on the ballistocardiogram signal by time warping averaging Journal Article

In: Physiological Measurements, vol. 38, pp. 1426–1440, 2017.

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Conferences

Landreani, F; Martín-Yebra, A; Casellato, C; Pavan, E; Frigo, C; Migeotte, P -F; Faini, A; Parati, G; Caiani, E G

Respiratory Frequency Estimation from Accelerometric Signals Acquired by Mobile Phone in a Controlled Breathing Protocol Conference

Proceedings of the XLIV International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Rennes, France, 2017.

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Martín-Yebra, A; Monasterio, V; Laguna, P; Martínez, J P; Caiani, E G

Evaluation of Changes in T-wave Alternans Induced by 60-days of Immobilization by Head-Down Bed-Rest Conference

Proceedings of the XLIV International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Rennes, France, 2017.

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PhD Theses

Martín-Yebra, A

Assessment of ventricular repolarization instability and cardiac risk stratification in different pathological and abnormal conditions PhD Thesis

Politecnico Milano / Zaragoza University, 2017.

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2016

Journal Articles

Caiani, E G; Martín-Yebra, A; Landreani, F; Bolea, J; Laguna, P; Vaïda, P

Weightlessness and cardiac rhythm disorders: current knowledge from space flight and bed-rest studies Journal Article

In: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, vol. 3, no. 27, pp. 1-6, 2016.

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Demidova, M M; Martín-Yebra, A; Koul, S; Engblom, H; Martínez, J P; Erlinge, D; Platonov, P G

QRS broadening due to terminal distortion is associated with the size of myocardial injury in experimental myocardial infarction Journal Article

In: Journal of Electrocardiology, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 300-306, 2016.

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Conferences

Landreani, F; Martín-Yebra, A; Casellato, C; Frigo, C; Pavan, E; Migeotte, P -F; Caiani, E G

Beat-to-beat heart rate detection by smartphone’s accelerometers: Validation with ECG Conference

38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2016.

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Martín-Yebra, A; Cygankiewicz, I; Luna, Bayés A; Laguna, P; Caiani, E G; Martínez, J P

Index of T-wave Variation as a Predictor of Sudden Cardiac Death in Chronic Heart Failure Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Conference

Proceedings of the XLIII International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2016.

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Martín-Yebra, A; Cygankiewicz, I; Luna, Bayés A; Laguna, P; Caiani, E G; Martínez, J P

Índice de variación de la onda T como predictor de muerte súbita cardíaca en pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca en fibrilación auricular Conference

Proceedings XXXIV Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica, 2016, ISBN: 978-84-9048-531-6.

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2015

Journal Articles

Martín-Yebra, A; Caiani, E G; Monasterio, V; Pellegrini, A; Laguna, P; Martínez, J P

Evaluation of T-wave alternans activity under stress conditions after 5 days and 21 days of sedentary head-down bed-rest Journal Article

In: Physiological measurement, vol. 36, pp. 2041-2055, 2015.

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Conferences

Martín-Yebra, A; Caiani, E G; Laguna, P; Monasterio, V; Martínez, J P

Circadian Modulation on T-wave Alternans Activity in Chronic Heart Failure Patients Conference

XLII International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Nice, France, 2015.

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Martín-Yebra, A; Landreani, F; Casellato, C; Pavan, E; Frigo, C; Migeotte, P F; Caiani, E G

Studying Heart Rate Variability from Ballistocardiography Acquired by Force Platform: Comparison with Conventional ECG Conference

XLII International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Nice, France, 2015.

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Martín-Yebra, A; Martínez, J P; Monasterio, V; Laguna, P; Caiani, E G

Evaluation of changes in T-wave alternans induced by 21-days of bedridden immobilization by head-down bed-rest Conference

ESC; European Heart Journal, 2015.

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Caiani, E G; Martín-Yebra, A; Pellegrini, A; Bolea, J; Auricchio, A; Pueyo, E; Vaida, P

High protein intake supplementation to compensate changes in ventricular repolarization due to 21-days of bedridden immobilization Conference

ESC; European Heart Journal, 2015.

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2014

Journal Articles

Demidova, M M; Martín-Yebra, A; Pals, J; Koul, S; Erlinge, D; Laguna, P; Martínez, J P; Platonov, P G

Transient and rapid QRS widening associated with J-wave pattern predicts impending ventricular fibrillation in experimental myocardial infarction Journal Article

In: Heart Rythm, vol. 11, pp. 1195–1201, 2014.

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Conferences

Demidova, M M; Martín-Yebra, A; Pals, J; Koul, S; Erlinge, D; Laguna, P; Martínez, J P; Platonov, P G

Dynamic QRS-Widening and Appearance of Early Repolarization Pattern Predict Impending Ventricular Fibrillation in Experimental Myocardial Infarction Conference

American Collegue of Cardiology conference, 2014.

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Martín-Yebra, A; Caiani, E G; Monasterio, V; Pellegrini, A; Laguna, P; Martínez, J P

T-Wave Alternans and Autonomic Nervous System Activity During Orthostatic Stress after 5 Days of Head-Down Bed-Rest Conference

8th CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN STUDY GROUP ON CARDIOVASCULAR OSCILLATIONS, 2014.

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Romero, D; Behar, N; Martín-Yebra, A; Martínez, J P; Laguna, P; Pueyo, E; Carrault, G; Mabo, P; Hernández, A I

Analysis of QRS Alterations during Stress Test Recordings on Patients with Brugada Syndrome Conference

XLI International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, 2014.

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2013

Journal Articles

Demidova, M; Martín-Yebra, A; Martínez, J P; Monasterio, V; Koul, S; Pals, J; Romero, D; Laguna, P; Erlinge, D; Platonov, P G

T wave alternans in experimental myocardial infarction: time course and predictive value for the assessment of myocardial damage Journal Article

In: Journal of Electrocardiology, vol. 46, pp. 263-269, 2013.

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Conferences

Llamedo, M; Martín-Yebra, A; Laguna, P; Martínez, J P

Noninvasive Fetal ECG Estimation Based on Linear Transformations Conference

XL International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Zaragoza, Spain, 2013.

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Martín-Yebra, A; Demidova, M; Platonov, P; Laguna, P; Martínez, J P

Increase of QRS Duration as a Predictor of Impending Ventricular Fibrillation during Coronary Artery Occlusion Conference

XL International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Zaragoza, Spain, 2013.

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Demidova, M M; Martínez, J P; Martín-Yebra, A; Monasterio, V; Koul, S; Pals, J; Laguna, P; Erlinge, D; Platonov, P G

T wave alternans in experimantal myocardial infarction: Time-course and preditive value for the assessing of myocardial damage Conference

62nd Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology. Abstract en Supplement of Journal of the Amercian College of Cardiology, vol. 61, no. 10, San Francisco, 2013.

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2012

Conferences

Martín-Yebra, A; Monasterio, V; Pellegrini, A; Laguna, P; Caiani, E; Martínez, J P

Effect of Simulated Microgravity by Head-Down Bed Rest on TWave Alternans Conference

XXXIX International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Kracow, Poland, 2012.

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2011

Conferences

Martínez, J P; Martín-Yebra, A; Monasterio, V; Demidova, M; Platonov, P; Laguna, P

Time Course and Spatial Distribution of T Wave Alternans Induced by Artery Occlusion in Pigs Conference

XXXVIII International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Hangzhou, China, 2011.

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