We are the combination of four hospitals: the General Hospital, the Children’s Hospital, the Women’s Hospital and the Traumatology, Rehabilitation and Burns Hospital. We are part of the Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus: a world-leading health park where healthcare plays a crucial role.
Below we will list the departments and units that form part of Vall d’Hebron Hospital and the main diseases that we treat. We will also make recommendations based on advice backed up by scientific evidence that has been shown to be effective in guaranteeing well-being and quality of life.
We will guide you from your first visit to the centre, allowing you to find all the departments and make the most of our facilities. Whatever the reason for your visit, we will explain how to get about the hospital.
Complete atrioventricular septal defect is a congenital heart condition caused by a hole in the wall separating the left and right chambers of the heart.
This is a congenital heart defect caused by a hole in the wall separating the left and right chambers of the heart. This communication affects both the atria (the upper chambers) and the ventricles (lower chambers).
The cause of the defect is the formation of endocardial cushions, which are responsible for the creation and joining of the atrioventricular valves with the cardiac septum, the wall that separates the two chambers.
This heart defect is also characterised by having just one atrioventricular valve in place of two; the tricuspid and mitral valves.
Children with this heart defect show classic symptoms of heart insufficiency or failure. This includes frequent respiratory infections, difficulty feeding and gaining weight.
This makes up 4 % of all heart disease and around half of the heart defects that affect children with Down's syndrome.
Diagnosis is via 2D echocardiogram.
New-born babies tend to undergo surgery for this heart defect when they are six months old. The procedure consist of closing the interventricular or interatrial hole using a patch. The atrioventricular valve is also reconstructed to create a valve on the right side and another on the left.
In children under six months with severe symptoms, a prior palliative procedure called pulmonary cerclage is carried out. This procedure is carried out by narrowing the pulmonary artery using a band to decrease excessive pulmonary flow.
Pathological anatomy
General and Digestive Surgery
Gynaecological Oncology and Pathology of the Lower Genital Tract
Diagnostic and Interventional Haemodynamics
Foetal Medicine
Congenital Heart Disease in Adolescents and Adults
Radiodiagnosis (IDI)
Obstetrics Ultrasound Unit
Social Obstetrics Unit
Neonatology
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Transplants
Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
Paediatric Urology
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Paediatric Neurology
Clinical Pharmacology
Prenatal Diagnosis Unit
Perinatal Mental Health Unit
Anaesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Management
Paediatric Maxillofacial Surgery
Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergency Care
Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology
Paediatric Ophthalmology
Immunology
Diabetes and Pregnancy Unit
Transplant Coordination
Arrhythmia Unit
Neonatal and Foetal Surgery
Paediatric Digestive Surgery and Transplants
Sleep Unit
Microbiology
Paediatric Oncology and Haematology
Paediatric Hospitalisation and Hospital Paediatrics Unit
Gynaecological Endocrinology
Inherited Heart Disease
Biochemistry
Plastic Surgery and Burns
Endocrine, Metabolic, and Bariatric Surgery
Nutritional Support
Paediatric Nephrology
Paediatrics
Paediatric emergency care
Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology
Paediatric Cardiology
Pharmacy
Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgery
Clinical Laboratories
Neurosurgery
Clinical and molecular genetics
Paediatric Surgery
Prematurity Prevention Unit
Paediatric Intensive Care
Physics and Radiation Protection
Paediatric Endocrinology
Breast Pathology
Clinical Neurophysiology
Dermatology
Paediatric Oncological Surgery Unit
Foetal Medicine and Surgery Unit
Cardiac Surgery
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Support and Paediatric Hepatic Transplants
Gynaecology
Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit
Tobacco cessation (quitting smoking)
Pneumology, allergology and cystic fibrosis
Hereditary Angioedema Unit
Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine
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