What are you looking for? Search Common searches: Departments, Hospitalisation, Professionals, Outpatient clinics, Health advice, Accreditations, Diseases, Diagnostic tests, Treatments, The birth of a child, Emergency, Visiting patients, Fulltext search Tipus de contingut Services and units Professionals Pathologies Health advices Health and wellness Diagnostic tests Treatments News Activities Centers - Any - Search Pathologies Coeliac disease An autoimmune disorder, coeliac disease is the genetically predisposed reaction to ingesting gluten; a protein found in wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, kamut, and triticale. For coeliacs, ingesting gluten damages the villi in the small intestine, affecting their capacity to absorb nutrients from Pathologies Inherited heart disease They are inherited diseases affecting the heart and aorta. A range of diseases are included such as myocardiopathies, conduction diseases, and genetic aortopathies. Pathologies Double outlet right ventricle This is a heart condition affecting babies in which the two main arteries of the heart (the aorta and the pulmonary artery) originate in the right ventricle. This kind of disorder may be associated with other alterations such as ventricular septal defect (VSD) or pulmonary valve stenosis.&nb Pathologies Coarctation of the aorta and hypoplasia of the aortic arch Coarctation of the aorta is a malformation in which the aorta narrows just after the outlet that supplies blood to the head and arms. This restricts the passage of fluid and the heart has to work harder to pump it to the other organs. Some patients develop hypoplasia when the reduction Pathologies Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) means that there is no connection from the pulmonary veins to the left atrium. Instead, they are redirected to the right atrium through an unusual connection. This defect affects new-borns and may need urgent surgery depending on its severi Pathologies Strokes Strokes are a medical condition caused by an alteration in blood circulation to the brain. This alteration is due to an artery becoming blocked (ischemic stroke) or the rupture of a blood vessel (haemorrhagic stroke), preventing blood from reaching the brain and therefore temporarily or permanent Pathologies Chagas disease Chagas disease is an infection caused by the “Trypanosoma cruzi” parasite which is transmitted through the bites of an insect (the “kissing bug”). The disease can also be spread from mother to child (vertical transmission), through blood transfusion, organ donation from people infected with the d Pathologies Atrial septal defect It is a hole in the partition that separates the two atria and that causes the right side of the heart to be overloaded. Children with ASD do not show symptoms, even though the right side of the body has to work with a much larger volume of blood. Pathologies Irritable bowel syndrome This syndrome is one of the most frequently treated gastrointestinal disorders in gastroenterology. It is characterized by chronic abdominal pain accompanied by changes in bowel movements in the form of diarrhoea or constipation. It is common in young women and can have a significant impact on th Pathologies Ventricular septal defect (VSD) It is a hole that may be found in any part of the partition dividing the ventricles, and may be one hole or multiple, and of varying sizes and shapes. VSD may be associated with more complex heart defects such as tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries or atrioventricular ca Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 249 Next page ››