Women less likely to undergo angioplasty after a heart attack, says study of nonagenarian patients
Women with heart disease are less likely to receive surgical treatment than men, even though it is associated with greater benefits for women. Data...
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Hospital Clínic participates in an international study to explore new techniques for treating patients with atrial fibrillation
Hospital Clínic in Barcelona has begun to recruit patients to the CATALYST project, a global multicentre study to compare therapy with direct antic...
Patients’ lack of knowledge about heart failure is the main cause of readmission
Hospitalisation due to heart failure has not reduced in recent years. Instead it has remained the same, or even increased. Considering the advanced...
Heart attack admissions decline during COVID-19
It has been observed that cardiovascular disease and COVID-19 are related in various ways, one of the most dangerous of which is patients with hear...
OCT: The best technique for analysing atheromatous plaques in arteries
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is an infrared light technique that allows the interior of the arteries to be observed in detail. Thanks to OCT,...