Heart disease in women
Despite improvements in the treatment of coronary heart disease, differences in symptoms and delays in diagnosis contribute to a poorer prognosis f...
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The Clínic and the ASL Città di Torino promote an innovative project for the management of patients with aortic valve stenosis
The Hospital Clínic Barcelona and the ASL Città di Torino have launched the ProCare-AVS project dedicated to a multidisciplinary and optimized appr...
How does chemotherapy affect the heart?
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments have been associated with heart problems such as heart attacks and heart failure. To assess the benefits o...
Low-dose anticoagulants for 3 months reduce blood clots in people with atrial fibrillation undergoing left atrial appendage closure
A Clínic-IDIBAPS study compares the efficacy and safety of two antithrombotic strategies. It shows that low-dose anticoagulants are m...
El Clínic successfully establishes a pioneering outpatient cardiovascular interventions programme
Interventions in haemodynamics, electrophysiology and vascular surgery are included in this programme, which increases the well-being of patients,...
The Clínic is the only hospital in Europe with a robot-assisted aortic valve surgery programme
The Clínic is the only hospital in Spain with a robot-assisted aortic programme to replace the aortic valve. The Clínic started this programme in...
The effectiveness of a new leadless device in patients at risk of sudden death is demonstrated
Researchers at the Clínic-IDIBAPS participated in an international study that demonstrates the efficiency and safety of a new minimally invasive wi...
The Hospital Clínic incorporates new technology to perform atrial fibrillation ablation
The Hospital Clínic Barcelona has become the first hospital in Catalonia to introduce electroporation as a treatment for atrial fibrillation.
Sant Joan de Déu Hospital and Hospital Clínic Barcelona create a centre that uses, for the first time in Spain, robotic heart surgery in children and young people
Up to now, paediatric patients with congenital heart disease who had to undergo surgery were operated on using open surgery. The new Sant Joan de D...
The Hospital Clínic, the second best public hospital in Spain according to the Health Reputation Monitor 2023
The hospital stands out with five services in first place: Digestive System, General and Digestive Surgery, Haematology, Nephrology, and Radiodiag...