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Clínic Barcelona

Clínic Barcelona

April 9 2021 2021-04-09

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 f1

Clínic Barcelona

Clínic Barcelona

October 21 2020 2020-10-26

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

Clínic Barcelona

Clínic Barcelona

October 2 2020 2020-10-07

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

Clínic Barcelona

Clínic Barcelona

June 23 2020 2020-07-16

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 heart1

Clínic Barcelona

Clínic Barcelona

May 2 2019 2019-12-11

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