Instituto Cardiovascular Teknon

Treatment of varicose veins, endovascular surgery, pathologies of the veins and peripheral arteries, examination of supra-aortic trunk circulation...

The Instituto Cardiovascular Teknon has expertise in the use of cutting-edge technology for the most precise diagnosis of heart disease. The techniques available include in particular: 3-D Echocardiography, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance, Cardiac and Coronary CT and PET/CT

Providing an anatomical and functional study of the heart by introducing catheters into the body in order to explore the condition of the coronary arteries. This also provides information on the valves and serves to detect any heart malformation. It likewise allows for the insertion of intracoronary devices and valvuloplasty procedures to resolve coronary and valve problems, respectively.

Including radio-frequency catheter ablation, insertion ofpacemakers, bi-ventricular stimulation, tilt table, insertion of automatic defibrillators...

Comprising the selective study of the vascular tree by injecting high-contrast agents to obtain X-ray images. This allows digital subtraction techniques to be used to perform a minute analysis of the blood vessels, and is the most precise test currently available for their examination.

In terms of therapy or intervention, it can be used to treat vascular lesions from inside the blood vessel using a simple arterial puncture to provide access. We employ this technique to occlude diseased vessels, dilate them, reconstruct them using prosthetics or stents, or to reopen them through lysis or by dissolving the clots which have formed. One example of the latest developments of these techniques would be the endovascular treatment of abdominal aneurysms and cerebral aneurysms, which can be resolved without the need for open surgery, minimising both the surgical risk and hospital admission times.

Specialising in valve repair, thereby avoiding the need for replacement using artificial prosthetics in the complex Ross operation and cardiac cavity reconstruction surgery. Over the years numerous surgical techniques have likewise been developed to minimise the aggressiveness of the procedure on the heart and the whole body. These techniques include beating heart coronary surgery, mini-extracorporeal circulation devices, auricular fibrillation surgery and bloodless cardiac surgery.