Cardiology

Clinical cardiology remains the central pillar of the specialty. The major progress made in diagnostic techniques highlights its importance. The cardiologist’s final decision must be based on the integration of all the information received through both clinical activity and diagnostic techniques.

Cardiovascular diseases are the number-one cause of death in the developed world, surpassing other diseases like cancer, road accidents and infectious diseases. This is essentially because of the very high prevalence of so-called cardiovascular risk factors, primarily smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol.

A cardiologist’s work must therefore focus not only on treating the disease once it has appeared, but also on trying to prevent it from appearing, by addressing and monitoring risk factors.

In this regard, we offer all our patients the most cutting-edge technology for early detection of cardiovascular disease, seeking to change its natural course and acting primarily on the patient’s baseline risk burden, all in an entirely personalized way.

Doctors

Dr Jesus Almendral Garrote

Head of cardiac electrophysiology service at HM Hospitales.

Dr. Leticia Fernández Friera

Director of HM CIEC and is the coordinator of scientific activity, the Directorate of the Advanced Cardiac Imaging Unit and the Women’s Unit of the HM Hospitales Group.

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