“I went into cardiac arrest during a football match. CPR and a defibrillator saved my life.”
This is the story of Erik, a young man who survived a sudden cardiac arrest thanks to the quick actions of those around him.
Service News from Cardiology
Cardiac MRI allows assessment of scar evolution after ventricular tachycardia ablation
A study led by Clínic-IDIBAPS has used cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to understand how scar tissue in the heart evolves after ventricular tach...
The Clínic performs 294 transplants in 2025 and leads liver and pancreas transplantation activity in Catalonia
This Thursday, the Catalan Transplantation Organization (OCATT) published the 2025 report on organ, tissue and cell donation and transplantation ac...
Computational heart simulation reduces risks and tailors anticoagulants for patients with arrythmia
The clinical potential of the model, designed based on medical images provided by the Hospital Clínic Barcelona, has been recognized by the prestig...
Hospital Clínic and MNAC present a pioneering initiative to explore the potential of art as a tool for health and wellbeing
Hospital Clínic Barcelona and the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) have presented a collaboration agreement that opens a new path for integ...
The Hospital Clínic Barcelona, recognized at the IQVIA TOP 20 2025 Awards
The Hospital Clínic Barcelona was one of centres to be honoured at the 26th edition of the IQVIA Hospitales TOP 20 Awards, one of the benchmark pro...
Study shows that aspirin treatment can be safely shortened after angioplasty in low-risk heart attack patients
Reducing aspirin to one month after a heart attack lowers bleeding risk without increasing cardiovascular complications.
Hospital Clínic ranks among the world’s best smart and specialized hospitals according to Newsweek
Hospital Clínic Barcelona appears once again in the two main rankings published by Newsweek alongside Statista. The hospital features in eleven spe...
When the heart and kidneys fail together: cardiorenal syndrome
This is a condition in which the heart and kidneys stop functioning properly because one affects the functioning of the other. When one of the two...