Hospital Ruber Internacional has the latest minimally invasive percutaneous techniques
Las cardiovascular diseases They represent the most important cause of death in our society. Cardiovascular risk factors (smoking, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, obesity), as well as a family history of heart disease, favor the appearance of atherosclerosis, responsible for the appearance of myocardial infarction and angina pectoris.
According to data from the Spanish Society of Cardiology, in 2021, more than 235,000 cardiac interventional procedures were performed in Spain (160,000 diagnostic and 75,000 therapeutic), which represents around 3,500 interventions per million inhabitants.
The goal of the Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology is the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the coronary arteries, the heart and other arteries (aorta and pulmonary). As explained by Dr. Eduardo Alegría Barrero, head of the Interventional Cardiology Unit at Hospital Ruber Internacional, “we have the most advanced technology to meet this objective, as well as the latest minimally invasive percutaneous protocols and techniques.”
According to the cardiologist, “the technological advances in image acquisition and the diagnostic tools that the new equipment incorporates allow us to resolve the most complex cardiac pathologies with greater precision and with fewer complications. In addition to this technical advantage, the radiation received by the patient and the medical team is significantly less with the new equipment.” The new hemodynamics room of the Ruber Internacional Hospitalequipped with the Philips Azurion 7 biplane angiograph, incorporates the latest technology in angiography, with two X-ray tubes equipped with 20” and 15” detectors. It is an innovative system that allows highly complex treatments and interventions to be carried out with better precision and safety.
He cardiac catheterization It is the method of choice for the diagnosis of many of the heart disease. “In addition to diagnosis, these catheterization techniques can simultaneously treat a large number of coronary or structural diseases, using various devices (balloons, stents, occluders, valve prostheses, etc.)”, states Dr. Alegría. Catheterizations are performed on an outpatient basis (with observation for 4-24 hours) or hospitalized, and electively or urgently.
according to the doctor Eduardo Joyis about solve cardiology problems through minimally invasive interventionswhich repair blocked coronary arteries (coronary stents), resolve valvular diseases (percutaneous valve implantation), or close birth defects (atrial septal defects).
atrial fibrillation
“In addition, there are other diagnostic and therapeutic techniques that avoid anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation (closure of the left atrial appendage) or relieve the poorly controlled high blood pressure (renal denervation)”, indicates Dr. Juan Ruiz García, specialist in interventional cardiology, from Dr. Alegría’s team.
Likewise, technological advances in the area of diagnostic imaging allow more complete and accurate diagnoses of coronary or valvular diseases, as well as planning the best possible treatment. “With the new intervention room we have the technology that facilitates the most complex procedures,” says Dr. Rosa Ana Hernandez Antolin, coordinator of structural interventionism. The Interventional Cardiology Unit cares for patients from the Ruber Internacional Hospital itself, as well as patients referred by national and international specialists.
The team of the Interventional Cardiology Unit of Hospital Ruber Internacional He has extensive and extensive experience in the percutaneous treatment of various cardiovascular diseases (angina pectoris, heart attack, valve disease, congenital heart disease, etc.). “We offer the most personalized care and the highest quality in the treatment of heart disease, minimizing hospitalization periods and facilitating earlier recoveries,” says Dr. Eduardo Alegría.