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.
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 canal.
Small ventricular septal defects reduce in size over time and in many cases may close up by themselves, particularly during the first two years of a child’s life. The overall rate of spontaneous closure is 30-35% of cases.
In general, children with small VSD do not show any symptoms and So their eating habits, growth and development are all normal. This hole is detected via the presence of a murmur during the first weeks of life.
Children with a medium or large VSD develop symptoms in the first few weeks after being born. These may be:
VSD is one of the most common heart defects, if we do not include bicuspid aortic valve. It represents around 20% of all heart defects.
VSD is detected by an echocardiogram, which can confirm the number, size, location and functional repercussions.
Babies with small VSD do not need surgical treatment.
Those with medium to large VSD who develop cardiac insufficiency, on the other hand, must undergo medical treatment. If symptoms persist, early corrective surgery will be carried out, which consists of closing the hole with a patch, or a device implanted by cardiac catheterization.
If there are no other defects associated with the VSD, surgical mortality is 0%. After the operation, patients can lead a normal life the same as the rest of the population.
Anatomy of the heart
Strokes and Cerebral Haemodynamics
Cardiac Surgery
Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplants
Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Diagnostic and Interventional Haemodynamics
Heart failure
Foetal Medicine
Congenital Heart Disease in Adolescents and Adults
Intensive care medicine
Paediatric Surgery
Prenatal Diagnosis Unit
Social Obstetrics Unit
Allergology
Cardiology
Pharmacy
Paediatric Digestive Surgery and Transplants
Hepatology
Psychiatry
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Neurology
Digestive System
Corneal and Ocular Surface Section
Diabetes and Pregnancy Unit
Perinatal Mental Health Unit
Neonatology
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutritional Support and Paediatric Hepatic Transplants
Endocrine, Metabolic, and Bariatric Surgery
Urology and Paediatric Kidney Transplant
Infectious Diseases
Internal Medicine
Paediatric Neurology
Pneumology, allergology and cystic fibrosis
Glaucoma
Gynaecological Endocrinology
Inherited Heart Disease
Anaesthesia, Resuscitation and Pain Management
General and Digestive Surgery
Gynaecological Oncology and Pathology of the Lower Genital Tract
Gynaecological Endoscopic Surgery
Urology
Breast Pathology
Nephrology
Ophthalmology
Echocardiogram and cardiac imaging unit
Uveitis and Eye Inflammation
Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology
Angiology, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery
Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery and Transplants
Haematology and Haemotherapy
Oesophagogastric Surgery
Obstetric and Gynaecological Emergency Care
Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat)
Paediatric Nephrology
Paediatric Ophthalmology
Coronary care unit
Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery
Prematurity Prevention Unit
Arrhythmia Unit
Paediatric Maxillofacial Surgery
Abdominal wall surgery
Endocrinology and Nutrition
Sleep Unit
Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunodeficiencies Unit
Neurosurgery
Paediatric Oncology and Haematology
Paediatric Hospitalisation and Hospital Paediatrics Unit
Paediatric Oncological Surgery Unit
Foetal Medicine and Surgery Unit
Paediatric Cardiology
Neonatal and Foetal Surgery
Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
Paediatric Endocrinology
Nutritional Support
Radiation Oncology
Clinical Neurophysiology
Paediatrics
Paediatric emergency care
Hereditary Angioedema Unit
Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine
Paediatric Intensive Care
Plastic Surgery and Burns
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Gynaecology
Dialysis
Pneumology
Medical Oncology
General Emergencies
Aortic pathology and Marfan syndrome
Obstetrics Ultrasound Unit
Cardiovascular Critical Care Unit
Management, General Hospital
Healthcare Management, Children's Hospital and Woman's Hospital
Facilities and Technology Management, General Hospital
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