Cardiology

Consultation is given in the following specialties:

• Clinical Cardiology (hypertension, dyslipidemias)
• Specialized Cardiology in diagnostic echocardiography
• Pacemaker and Electrophysiology
• Invasive Cardiology
• Pediatric Cardiology
• Clinic of Cardiac Failure
• Pacemaker Clinic
• Specialties in intensive cardiological care
• Cardiovascular surgery and consultation
• Surgery and peripheral vascular consultation

The following laboratory exams of non-invasive Cardiology are performed:

• Electrocardiogram during repose with interpretation by a cardiologist
• Holter Stress test of 24 hours
• Ambulatory pressure monitoring
• Echocardiogram during repose in 2D, 3D, 4D, with strain rate, tissue slide, cardiac synchrony echocardiogram
• Exercise stress Echocardiogram
• Stress Echocardiogram with dobutamine
• Transesophageal Echocardiograma in 2D y 3D
• Pediatric Echocardiography
• Prenatal Echocardiogram
• Tilt test
• Revision of single-Chamber, bicameral pacemakers, re-Synchronizers and cardiodefibrilators

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Equipment:

• Stress Test CASE from GE
• Ultrasounds Phillips IE 33i with transesophageal probe in 3D
• Ultrasound Vivid 9 from GE with Strain Rate and 4D probe Holter and MAPA Spacelabs and GE
• Programmer for pacemaker telemetry from the houses MEDTRONIC, SAN JUDE MEDICAL, BIOTRONIC, BOSTON SCIENTIFIC

• Coronary angiography (femoral and radial)
• Coronary angiography with stent, with drug, and reabosorbable with analysis of intravascular ultrasound and FFR (measurement of the partial flow reserve), intra-aortic ballon pump
• Peripheral vascular, arterial and venous angiography
• Thromboaspiration in deep vein thrombosis (ANGIOJET and TRELIX catheter)
• Placement of permanent and temporary vena cava filter
• Peripheral vascular angioplasty with stent with drug and medicated balloon
• Placement of abdominal endoartic prosthesis
• Cerebral and carotid angiography
• Angioplasty of the carotid
• Neurovascular therapeutic surgery to close aneurysms
• Angiography and pediatric measurements
• Placement of latches for atrial intercommunication, oval foramen and ductus arteriosus
• Therapeutic pediatric valvuloplasty, implant of a percutaneous aortic valve
• Implant of low energy devices (pacemakers) and high energy devices (defibrillator)
• Therapeutic renal denervation
• Diagnostic studies of electrophysiology
• Ablation by radiofrequency of cardiac arrhythmias with navigation system CARTO 3

Equipment:

• Flat Panel Angiograph Xper 20 Phillips
• Intracoronary ultrasound VULCANO
• FFR San Jude Medical
• Intracavitary navigation system for complex arrhythmias CARTO 3
• ANGIOJET, Intra aortic balloon pump