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• Tuberculosis

  Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which spreads through the air when an infected person cou...

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Preventive treatment
  • Curative treatment
  • Side effects
  • Living with the disease
  • Disease progression
  • Lines of research
  • Frequently asked questions
  • The disease at the Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Pacemaker

  A pacemaker is a stimulation system that generates electrical pulses delivered by electrodes; it is implanted in the heart and connected to a batte...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Pancreas Transplant

  A pancreas transplant is an alternative treatment for patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. A pancreas transplant is a complex surgica...

  • Requirements
  • Pre-transplant stage
  • Pancreas procurement
  • Transplant phases
  • Life after transplantation
  • Potential complications
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Research at the Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Scintigraphy

  Scintigraphy is a diagnostic test in Nuclear Medicine that creates images of the body’s internal organs and tissues using gamma rays emitted by rad...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Carotid Endarterectomy

  A carotid endarterectomy is a surgical procedure to treat occlusion of the carotid arteries in the neck. The operation is to remove atherosclerotic...

  • The procedure at the Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Coronary Angioplasty with Stenting

  Coronary angioplasty with stenting is one of the interventional coronary procedures used to widen heart arteries obstructed by the accumulation of...

  • The procedure at the Clínic
  • Research at the Clínic
  • Teaching and training at the Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Immunotherapy

  Immunotherapy is a set of treatments that stimulate the body's natural defences to fight a disease; in this case, to fight certain types of cancer....

  • Immunotherapy types
  • What is CAR-T therapy?
  • How is CAR-T therapy done?
  • Before and during CAR-T administration
  • What happens after I am treated with CAR-T?
  • What is TIL therapy?
  • How is TIL therapy done?
  • Before and during TILs administration
  • What happens after I am treated with TILs?
  • Treatment at Hospital Clínic
  • Research at the Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Electromyogram

  An electromyogram (EMG) is a diagnostic test that studies nerve function. It measures the speed and effectiveness of the electrical signals the ner...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

  Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is a benign disease that occurs when stomach acid rises into the oesophagus (the tube connecting the stoma...

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Evolution of the disease
  • Research
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Faecal Microbiota Transplantation

  Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a procedure to transfer faecal microbiota from a healthy person’s processed stool sample into the intest...

  • Procedure at the Clinic
  • Research at the Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Achalasia

  Achalasia is a disorder of the oesophagus that makes it difficult for food and liquid to move from the oesophagus to the stomach. This is because t...

  • Causes
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis and tests
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Evolution of the disease
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• PET-CT

  Computed Tomography combined with Positron Emission Tomography or PET-CT is a nuclear medicine diagnostic test that combines two different techniqu...

  • The procedure at the Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Tinnitus

  Tinnitus or ringing in the ears is a noise heard by a person but which does not come from an external source. It can occur in one or both ears.  

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Treatment at the Clínic
  • Research at the Clínic
  • Teaching and training at the Clinic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Parotid Tumours

  A parotid tumour describes an abnormal growth of cells in the parotid gland, one of the main salivary glands. Most of these tumours are benign in n...

  • Causes
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis and testing
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Disease progression
  • Research
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Treatment at Clínic
  • Research at Clínic
  • Teaching and Training at Clinic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Facial Paralysis

  Facial paralysis is a disease that appears when the facial nerve responsible for sending signals to the muscles that provide movement and expressio...

  • Causes
  • Symptoms
  • Evolution of facial paralysis
  • Diagnosis and tests
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Treatment at Clínic
  • Teaching and Training at Clinic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

  • The procedure at the Clínic
  • Research at the Clínic
  • Teaching and training at the Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Mitral Regurgitation

  Mitral regurgitation is a heart condition that occurs when the mitral valve does not close properly. This valve as well as three other valves (the...

  • Causes and risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Living with the disease
  • Disease progression
  • Research
  • Frequently asked questions
  • Treatment at the Clínic
  • Research at the Clínic
  • Teaching and training at the Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Diseases, symptoms and health conditions

• Smoking and Smoking Cessation

  Smoking is a chronic and addictive disease. It is considered a disease because it affects the health of the person who smokes. Chronic, because it...

  • Smoking consequences
  • Smoking cessation
  • Advantages of stopping smoking
  • Smoking cessation at the Clinic
  • Team and estructure

  Assistance – Be healthy

• Lumbar Puncture

  A lumbar puncture is a procedure used to diagnose different medical conditions. It is performed by inserting a needle between two vertebrae in the...

  • Procedure at the Clínic
  • Research at the Clínic
  • Team and structure

  Assistance – Tests and procedures

• Anorectal Manometry

  Anorectal manometry is a test to obtain information on the functioning of the end part of the intestine (rectum and anus). This diagnostic techniqu...

  Assistance – Tests and procedures