Faculty Member

Call: +34 976 76 2963

Email: epueyo@unizar.es

Address: Mariano Esquillor s/n, 50018, Zaragoza (Spain) (Spain)

ABOUT ME

Esther Pueyo received the M.S. degree in Mathematics from the University of Zaragoza, Spain, in 1999. During 2000, she was a research student at the Department of Mathematics, University of Zaragoza, where she developed a minor thesis in the field of Calculus, supervised by Prof. José Garay. In 2001 she started her Ph.D. studies in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Zaragoza under the supervision of Prof. Pablo Laguna, with a grant supported by the Spanish government. Her Ph.D. studies aimed at developing signal processing techniques applied to the electrocardiogram with the purpose of investigating conditions predisposing to suffer cardiac arrhythmias. During that time, she also worked as an Assistant Professor of Signal Processing at the Department of Electronic Engineering and Communications and she was a visiting scholar at research centers in Portugal, Argentina and UK, with long research visits at St. George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK, where she worked under the supervision of Prof. Marek Malik.

After finishing her PhD in December 2006, she moved to the University of Oxford, UK (2007-2009) to get postdoctoral training in computational modeling and simulation of cardiac electrophysiology. She worked with Dr. Blanca Rodríguez and Prof. Kevin Burrage in the construction of cell and tissue models to investigate cardiac pathologies and drug-induced effects associated with increased arrhythmic risk. Most of the studies conducted during her postdoctoral period involved collaborations with experts in cardiology and experimental physiology, mainly from Hungary, UK and Sweden.

In January 2011 she was appointed Associate Professor at the University of Zaragoza, Spain. During 2012-2015 she worked as Senior Researcher at the Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN) after having been awarded with a ‘Ramón y Cajal’ Senior Research fellowship by the Spanish government. At the University of Zaragoza and CIBER-BBN, she works with a group of postdoctoral researchers and PhD, MSc and undergraduate students in the development of methodologies for the analysis of simulated, experimental and clinical data. By combining ECG signal processing and electrophysiological modeling and simulation tools, her current research aims at shedding light on the mechanisms and manifestations of cardiac arrhythmias at scales ranging from cellular ion channels to the electrocardiogram and on the role of important modulators such as the Autonomic Nervous System.

Since October 2015 she is back to her Associate Professor position at the University of Zaragoza. She has participated as Principal Investigator and as Collaborator in different international, European, national and regional research projects. She is currently PI of the ERC Starting Grant project MODELAGE, funded with 1.5 M€, in which a systems biology approach is used to investigate the aging of the human heart.

PUBLICATIONS
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2024

Journal Articles

Celotto, C; Sánchez, C; Abdollahpur, M; Sandberg, F; Rodríguez, J F; Laguna, P; Pueyo, E

The Frequency of Atrial Fibrillatory Waves is Modulated by the Spatiotemporal Pattern of Acetylcholine Release: a 3D Computational Study Journal Article

In: Front. Physiol., vol. 14, no. 1189464, 2024.

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Rosales, R M; Mountris, K A; Oliván-Viguera, A; Pérez-Zabalza, M; Cedillo-Servin, G; Iglesias-García, O; Hrynevich, A; Castilho, M; Malda, J; Prósper, F; Doblaré, M; Mazo, M M; Pueyo, E

Experimentally-guided in silico design of engineered heart tissues to improve cardiac electrical function after myocardial infarction Journal Article

In: Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 171, no. 108044, 2024.

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Pérez, C; Pueyo, E; Martínez, J P; Viik, J; Sörnmo, L; Laguna, P

Performance Evaluation of QT-RR Adaptation Time Lag Estimation in Exercise Stress Testing Journal Article

In: IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., vol. 71, no. 11, 2024.

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Postigo, A; Hernández-Bellido, N; Sánchez-Barat, M; García-Mendívil, L; Pueyo, E; del Barrio, J; Hernández-Ainsa, S; Ordovás, L

DNA-Based Nanocarriers to Sequester Altered microRNAs in Cardiac Dysfunction Journal Article

In: Adv. Therap., no. 2400247, 2024.

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Conferences

Bueno-Palomeque, F L; Zacur, E; Pueyo, E; Crispi, F; Laguna, P; Mincholé, A

Implications of IUGR-Related Geometric Heart Changes on the ECG and Electrophysiology: an In silico Perspective Conference

Proceedings of the LI International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2024.

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Romagnoli, S; Roquero, A I; Martín-Yebra, A; Palmieri, F; Fernandez-Font, J D; Pueyo, E; Gomis, P; Laguna, P; Lainez, E Arbelo; Mincholé, A

Quantification of Delayed Activation in Right Ventricular Outflow Tract in Brugada Patients Conference

Proceedings of the LI International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2024.

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Rosales, R M; Doblare, M; Vega, M M Mazo; Pueyo, E

Design of Engineered Heart Tissues to Minimize Arrhythmic Risk After Implantation in Infarcted Hearts Conference

Proceedings of the LI International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2024.

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2023

Journal Articles

Garatachea, N; Pueyo, E; Eijsvogels, T

Prevention of sudden death in sports: a global and multidisciplinary observatory for scientific research and knowledge transfer Journal Article

In: Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol. 24, iss. 1, no. 12, 2023.

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Pérez, C; Cebollada, R; Mountris, K A; Martínez, J P; Laguna, P; Pueyo, E

The Role of β-adrenergic Stimulation in QT Interval Adaptation to Heart Rate During Stress Test Journal Article

In: Plos One, 2023.

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Celotto, C; Sánchez, C; Mountris, K A; Laguna, P; Pueyo, E

Steady-State and Transient Effects of SK Channel Block and Adrenergic Stimulation to Counteract Acetylcholine-Induced Arrhythmogenic Effects in the Human Atria: A Computational Study Journal Article

In: Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2023.

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Pérez, C; Pueyo, E; Martínez, J P; Viik, J; Laguna, P

QT Interval Time Lag in Response to Heart Rate Changes During Stress Test for Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis Journal Article

In: Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 86, no. 105056, 2023.

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García-Mendívil, L; Pérez-Zabalza, M; Oliver-Gelabert, A; Vallejo-Gil, J M; Fañanás-Mastral, J; Vázquez-Sancho, M; André-Bellido, J A; Vaca-Núñez, A S; Ballester-Cuenca, C; Diez, E R; Ordovás, L; Pueyo, E

Interindividual age-independent differences in human CX43 impact ventricular arrhythmic risk Journal Article

In: Research, vol. 6, iss. 0254, 2023.

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Velarte, A; Otin, A; Giménez-Gómez, P; Muñoz-Berbel, X; Pueyo, E

Fiber optic-based system for high-resolution monitoring of stretch in excised tissues Journal Article

In: Biosensors, vol. 13, no. 900, 2023.

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Mountris, K A; Pueyo, E

Cardiac electrophysiology meshfree modeling through the Mixed Collocation Method Journal Article

In: Applied Sciences, vol. 13, no. 11460, 2023.

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García-Mendívil, L; Pérez-Zabalza, M; Duwé, S; Ordovás, L; Pueyo, E

Automatic quantification of myocardial remodeling features in human ventricular tissue from label-free microscopy Journal Article

In: Star Protocols, vol. 4, no. 102730, 2023.

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Bukhari, H A; Sánchez, C; Laguna, P; Potse, M; Pueyo, E

Differences in ventricular wall composition may explain inter-patient variability in the ECG response to variations in serum potassium and calcium Journal Article

In: Front. Physiol. – Cardiac Electrophysiology, vol. 14, pp. 1-14, 2023.

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Bachi, L; Halvaei, H; Pérez, C; Martín-Yebra, A; Petrenas, A; Solosenko, A; Johnson, L; Marozas, V; Martínez, J P; Pueyo, E; Stridh, M; Laguna, P; Sörnmo, L

ECG Modeling for Simulation of Arrhythmias in Time-Varying Conditions Journal Article

In: IEEE Trans Biomed Eng., vol. 70, no. 12, pp. 3449 – 3460, 2023.

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Bueno-Palomeque, F L; Mountris, K A; Ortigosa, N; Bailón, R; Bijnens, B; Crispi, F; Pueyo, E; Mincholé, A; Laguna, P

QRS-T angles as markers for heart sphericity in subjects with intrauterine growth restriction: a simulation study Journal Article

In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 27, no. 10, pp. 4707-4718, 2023.

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Conferences

Pérez-Martínez, A; López-Andrés, C; Pastor-Oliver, C; Pueyo, E; Oliván-Viguera, A

Chronic myocardial infarction attenuates transmural heterogeneities and alters the response to endothelin and β-adrenergic stimulation in porcine ventricles Conference

Cross-Talk of cell in the Heart: Novel Mechanisms of Disease and Arrhythmias meeting, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2023.

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Pérez-Martínez, A; Rosales, R M; Pastor, C; Oliván-Viguera, A; Pueyo, E

Cold storage of cardiac slices better preserve the native characteristics of cardiac tissue than traditional culture methods Conference

47th EWGCCE Annual meeting of the ESC Working Group on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology, Copenhagen, Dennmark, 2023.

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Oliván-Viguera, A; Pérez-Martínez, A; García-Mendivil, L; Vaca-Nuñez, A S; Bellido-Morales, J A; Sorribas-Berjón, J F; Matamala-Adell, M; Vázquez-Sancho, M; Fañanás-Mastral, J; Vallejo-Gil, J M; Ballester-Cuenca, C; Pueyo, E

Eletrophysiologycal and immunohistological evaluation of SK channels from human ventricles: differential functional expression in valvular disease Conference

47th EWGCCE Annual meeting of the ESC Working Group on Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology, Copenhagen, Dennmark, 2023.

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Sales-Bellés, C; Melero, J; Ramos, J; Mincholé, A; Pueyo, E

Análisis frecuencial del complejo QRS del electrocardiograma para la caracterización de la estimulación con marcapasos Conference

XII Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores e Investigadoras del I3A. Zaragoza, España "Vol. 11 (2023): Actas de la XII Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores e Investigadoras del I3A, 2023.

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Garrido-Huéscar, E; Vandeweyer, L; García-Mendivil, L; Hernández-Bellido, N; Pueyo, E; de Vos, W H; Ordovás, L

Cardiomiocitos derivados de células pluripotentes inducidas (hiPSC-CM) con progerina inducible para estudiar envejecimiento cardiaco Conference

XII Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores e Investigadoras del I3A. Zaragoza, España "Vol. 11 (2023): Actas de la XII Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores e Investigadoras del I3A, 2023.

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Pérez-Martínez, A; Pueyo, E; Oliván-Viguera, A

Evaluación electrofisiológica e immunohistológica de canales SK en ventrículo humano: expresión funcional en patología valvular Conference

XII Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores e Investigadoras del I3A. Zaragoza, España "Vol. 11 (2023): Actas de la XII Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores e Investigadoras del I3A, 2023.

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Hernández-Bellido, N; Ramos-Marquès, E; Hernández-Vicente, A; García-Mendivil, L; Santander-Badules, H; Mercanti, G; Garrido-Huéscar, E; Garatachea, N; Köhler, R; Pueyo, E; Ordovás, L

microRNAs en envejecimiento cardiaco humano: dianas terapéuticas y biomarcadores Conference

XII Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores e Investigadoras del I3A. Zaragoza, España "Vol. 11 (2023): Actas de la XII Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores e Investigadoras del I3A, 2023.

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Romagnoli, S; Pérez, C; Burattini, L; Pueyo, E; Morettini, M; Sbrollini, A; Martínez, J P; Laguna, P

Model-based Estimators of QT Series Time Delay in Following Heart-Rate Changes Conference

45nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, Sydney, Australia, 2023.

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Celotto, C; Sánchez, C; Abdollahpur, M; Sandberg, F; Laguna, P; Pueyo, E

Dependence of Atrial Fibrillatory Rate Variations Induced by Head-Up/Down Tilt-Test on Autonomic Action Conference

Proceedings of the XLIX International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Atlanta, USA, 2023.

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Noguero-Soler, I; Revilla, P; Ramos, J; Pueyo, E; Mincholé, A

ECG Morphology-Based Markers for Risk Stratification in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Conference

Proceedings of the XLIX International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Atlanta, USA, 2023.

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Rodríguez-Carbó, J; Mincholé, A; Pueyo, E

ECG-based Characterization of the Extent, Severity and Spatial Location of Acute Ischemia in Patients with and without Prior Myocardial Infarction Conference

Proceedings of the XLIX International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Atlanta, USA, 2023.

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Pérez, C; Pueyo, E; Martínez, J P; Sörnmo, L; Laguna, P

Evaluation of a QT Adaptation Time Estimator for ECG Exercise Stress Test in Controlled Simulation Conference

Proceedings of the XLIX International Conference on Computing in Cardiology, Atlanta, USA, 2023.

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