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.
This disease consists of a hole in the partition that separates the right and left chambers of the heart, and a malformation of the mitral valve.
Patients with an atrioventricular septal defect have a hole in the wall between the left and right sides of the heart and a malformation of the mitral valve, which is the valve that regulates blood flow from the left side of the heart.
In the case of a partial atrioventricular septal defect, the upper part (atrial) or lower part (ventricular) part of the partition may be affected. In the case of a complete atrioventricular septal defect, the hole affects both the atrial and the ventricular chambers of the partition.
This heart condition may or may not present symptoms, depending on the size of the interatrial hole and the insufficiency of the mitral valve.
Where there are symptoms, the most common are those related to heart failure:
This is carried out through an echocardiogram to identify the presence of a defect and the degree of mitral insufficiency.
This heart disorder is corrected through surgery, during which a patch is used to close the atrial septal defect and the mitral valve is repaired by closing the hole. The ideal age to repair a partial AV defect is from 1 to 4 years old.
The vast majority of patients with a repaired defect of this type have a similar life expectancy and quality of life to the general population. If it is not corrected, patients may develop pulmonary hypertension, a disease with drastically reduced survival rates from around thirty or forty years old.
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
Cardiology
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
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
Urology and Paediatric Kidney Transplant
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
Management, General Hospital
Facilities and Technology Management, General Hospital
Communications Management, Corporate Strategy and Citizens Advice, General Hospital
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