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 Single ventricle The term “univentricular heart” encompasses a wide range of cardiac alterations characterized by the fact that just one ventricle supports systemic and pulmonary circulation. Pathologies Valvular heart disease: congenital anomalies of the mitral valve Congenital mitral valve anomalies include a wide range of irregularities in the valves and subvalvular systems. This can cause problems from obstruction to mitral valve insufficiency. Two specific problems can occur: stenosis, which affects children; and congenital mitral insufficiency. Pathologies Heart valve disorders: pulmonary stenosis Pulmonary stenosis is a disorder of the heart valve that affects the pulmonary valve, the valve which separates the right ventricle from the pulmonary artery, which is the artery that transports blood to the lungs. Pulmonary stenosis occurs when the valve is unable to open sufficiently and as a r Pathologies Valve defects: Ebstein’s anomaly It is a congenital heart defect characterised by the tricuspid valve sitting lower than normal over the ventricular myocardium, caused by the corresponding atrioventricular ring. In this case, the right atrium greatly increases its volume and the right ventricle greatly reduces in size and l Pathologies Lupus Lupus is a chronic immunological disease characterised by the production of antibodies. It mainly affects women of child bearing age, evolves into flare-ups and can affect any organ. It is characterised by the production of immune complexes found on any organ and that cause inflammation Pathologies Complex ocular surface reconstruction Patients have very serious damage to the ocular surface (the cornea, conjunctiva and eyelids) generally caused by chemical burns or an inflammatory disease of the ocular surface such as cicatricial pemphigoid or Lyell’s syndrome. Pathologies Neuromuscular and rare diseases Neuromuscular disease is a chronic illness that results in serious disability, loss of independence, and with significant psychosocial consequences. Respiratory alterations are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with neuromuscular diseases. They are significantly affe Pathologies Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease is a dysfunction of the basal ganglia caused by degeneration of the cells that produce dopamine in the substantia nigra. Pathologies Complex paediatric neurosurgery Complex paediatric neurosurgery encompasses a series of pathologies that, due to their complexity, have to be treated in a centre with the necessary technology, professionals and expertise. Pathologies Haemophilia Haemophilia is a very rare congenital disorder resulting from a lack of clotting factor VIII (haemophilia A) or IX (haemophilia B). Type A affects 1 in 5,000 children and type B affects 1 in 30,000. The gene whose code carries instructions for building the proteins for these factors is located on Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 74 Next page ››