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Dr. Alberto Forteza

Dr. Alberto Forteza
Cardiovascular Disease
Madrid


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Dr. Alberto Forteza Cardiovascular surgeon in
Madrid


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Dr. Alberto Forteza areas of expertise:

Professional statement

Dr. Alberto Forteza is a reputed premier Cardiac Surgeon and is currently Head of Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital Chiron Madrid.

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Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

Aortic root surgery

  The surgery of the aortic root is the operation performed to correct aneurysms produced in that area of ​​the aorta, which also affect the aortic ...

Heart Valve Surgery

Restorative cardiac valve replacement surgery is a surgical technique that replaces a valve of the heart on the other, which can be artificial. It is ...

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

  Minimally invasive cardiac surgery is to reach the heart from small incisions are made intercostal level. The advantages of this type of surgery ...

Aortic Surgery

Aorta surgery is surgery that removes aortic aneurysm, a widening out of the ordinary portion of an artery. Aortic aneurysm is in the higher part of t ...

Atrial fibrillation

AF is the most frequent arrhythmia in daily clinical practice with a high incidence of health in terms of social cost to the point of being considered a health epidemic, representing a very high volume of hospital admissions and increasing up to five times the potential risk of To suffer a stroke in the people who suffer it, therefore requiring in a very high percentage of oral anticoagulation cases. AF is a rapid flutter of the atria, generating a high number of electrical impulses that pass to the ventricles irregularly, producing the perception of a rapid and arrhythmic pulse. As a consequence of this arrhythmia, two other types of phenomena of enormous transcendence in the individual and potentially in society and in their surroundings occur in addition to the rapid and irregular pulse. On the one hand, the loss of normal and synchronous atrial contraction with the ventricles implies a significant reduction in the mechanical efficiency of the heart as a pump, contributing to a greater degree of fatigue and fatigue, and on the other hand, this atrial flutter allows the backflow of the heart. Blood in its interior, facilitating the blood coagulation and therefore the formation of thrombi in its interior that if they move to the circulatory torrent, can produce a stroke. However, although the atria is the one that suffers the problem, the initial origin of the onset of this heart rhythm disorder originates predominantly in the pulmonary veins. Patients with this cardiac rhythm disorder are usually born with muscle fibers that abnormally connect the pulmonary veins to the left atrium and are potentially activatable in response to a series of point stimuli or specific clinical conditions, modulated very importantly by the influence Of the autonomic nervous system, which is the visceral nervous system, that of the emotions, (which we can not control), playing this, a role modulator frequently in the abnormal electrical activity of the pulmonary veins that can at a specific moment activate electrically Anomalously and generate between 300 and 600 electric pulses per minute that literally "bombard" the left atrium, causing it to lose normal heart rate and initiating this flutter. ...

Coronary Surgery

  Coronary artery bypass surgery or coronary artery bypass graft surgery is the treatment of coronary artery blockages aimed at creating a step to allow the arrival of oxygen and blood to the heart. To restore circulation connects a blood vessel or from the graft and aorta joins area around the blocked coronary artery. In many cases, surgeons may choose to create such graft arteries or veins from elsewhere in the body, usually the leg or arm. Furthermore, in coronary surgery can be used or not extracorporeal circulation. In the first case, cardiac arrest is caused while a machine does the work of the heart to maintain circulation and oxygenation of the patient. But you can also perform the same operation without cardiopulmonary bypass when there is the potential for the patient. ...

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

  Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a disease caused by the inability of relaxation of the heart, altering pumping blood into the bloodstream. The cause of this disease is hypertrophy (enlargement) of the walls of the ventricles. In general, patients show dyspnea (breathlessness) in response to heart failure but in many cases may be asymptomatic, and is considered one of the most common causes of sudden death in young people. Among other complications of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy include arrhythmias, angina pectoris or myocardial infarction. Your treatment is based on the use of drugs that enhance arrhythmias and heart contractility although the use of the ICD (defibrillator autoimplantable) in cases where the risk of sudden death is important may also be necessary. In addition, cardiomyopathy is an inherited disease, so it is highly advisable to visit a cardiologist when there is a family history of this disease. ...

Myocarditis

Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle. It is a rare disease and can be caused by several factors: infections, allergic reactions, diseases with an immunological basis, etc. In some patients, there are no symptoms, but in most the disease is manifested by chest pain, fatigue, fever, joint pain, or shortness of breath, among other symptoms. For diagnosis, it is necessary to perform a series of tests (general analytic, an ultrasound of the heart and an electrocardiogram), and treatment aims to eradicate what caused the inflammation of the heart muscle by prescribing antibiotics or anti-inflammatory and recommendation salt diet or decreased physical activity. In many cases, recovery with proper treatment may involve the complete cure of the patient, preventing further complications such as heart failure. ...

Pacemaker surgery

  A pacemaker is a small electronic device that is inserted subcutaneously within the body whose function is to maintain the proper heart rate when a problem is detected in the electrical system of the heart. It comprises a generator to send electrical signals when necessary, so corrects the electrical signal sending heart when required. Several types of pacemaker function arrhythmias by a patient, and placing a simple and involves little risk of surgical technique. It involves making an incision in the skin below the collarbone to create a small space as a pocket, which the cable is inserted pacemaker and leads up into a vein in the upper chest. Since that area is guided to the heart chambers and the pacemaker generator is connected to the cable. Finally, in order to regulate the heart rate most suitable for each patient, the pacemaker controls are programmed. ...

Pericarditis

Pericarditis is inflammation of the serous membrane, ie, the outer coat that surrounds the heart sac. It may be due to an infectious origin, or appear without apparent cause or after a general infection like pneumonia, tuberculosis ... All symptoms are cardiocirculatory from dyspnea heart failure, through oppression or symptoms of decompensation; and clinically manifested with choking and intense stabbing chest pain level. In many cases, it is generally a benign condition that refers to own treatment of the symptoms presented by the patient, but in exceptional cases, surgical treatment may be necessary. Pericarditis can give a very similar clinical cardiomyopathy but it is important to differentiate since the treatment is completely different. ...

Placing Port-a-Cath (Cath)

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