Miquel Palachi: "“My heart has stopped 20 times”
On 30 April 2012, Miquel Palachi (34 years old) was at home with his partner when he fainted, falling to the ground, and experienced his first sudden1
News about Cardiology
Dra. Ana Garcia “Being with a patient in the consulting room makes me happy and I really enjoy it"
Founded in 1972, the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona Cardiology Service is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Dr. Ana Garcia, Head of the Cardi1
Dr. Bàrbara Vidal: “We have to be able to diagnose earlier, so that the patient has a better quality of life”
Dr. Bàrbara Vidal, cardiologist specialising in cardiac imaging and valvular heart disease The team from the Hospital Clínic Cardiovascular Institu1
The AvanzaT App, developed at Hospital Clínic, offers a cardiac telerehabilitation programme for patients who have suffered a heart attack
It is the first platform specifically designed for this type of patient. It offers holistic patient follow-up, including physical training1
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 anticoa1
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 m1
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, t1