Hospital Universitario Quironsalud Madrid

The Quironsalud Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department specializes in diagnosing and treating a wide range of cardiovascular conditions, including arrhythmias, congenital heart defects, valve damage, heart attacks, and other heart disorders.

Subunits of the department include:

Diagnostics

To accurately assess a patient's cardiovascular health and develop a personalized treatment plan, the department offers comprehensive diagnostic services. These include:

• Hemodynamics studies
• Holter monitoring
• ECG
• Stress tests
• Imaging techniques such as cardiac Doppler, multislice CT, and cardiac MRI

These tests assist doctors in determining the patient's health and developing a treatment plan in response.

Cardiac Rehab

The Cardiac Rehab Unit comprises a multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, rehabilitators, psychologists, physiotherapists along with other specialists from departments like nutrition, psychiatry, etc.

This team provides a multidisciplinary approach to helping patients recover from heart-related events and improve their overall quality of life.

The Rehab Unit also has a gym with telematic ECG, treadmills, and other equipment where patients can exercise as per the instructions of the specialists.

Patients with the following indications are referred to this unit:

• Heart attack
• People at high risk of developing CVDs
• Post-surgery/ procedure (valve replacement/ arrhythmia ablation)

Treatment Procedures

The department's experienced cardiologists and cardiac surgeons offer a variety of treatment options, including:

• Catheter ablations for arrhythmias
• Non-fluoroscopic navigation systems for reduced radiation exposure during tachycardia and fibrillation treatments
• Pacemaker implantation
• Resynchronization therapy for heart failure patients

A highlight achievement of the department is a separate Valvular Pathology Unit. This is one of its kind unit in the region due to the following two reasons:

1. A multidisciplinary team of cardiovascular surgeons, cardiologists, anesthesiologists, and perfusionists perform the surgery and monitor the patient carefully. This helps to get maximum results after the surgery.
2. Hybrid operating rooms are equipped with imaging techniques along with minimally invasive procedures. These help the surgeon to analyze the patient’s test results even during the surgery. Also, these operation rooms have 3D image reconstruction systems that assist the surgeon in visualizing the path of the catheter while operating.

The HUQ Madrid Orthopedics & Traumatology Department has been recognized by Health Reputation Monitor as one of Spain's top traumatology service providers, ranking it in the top 15 in the country.

The department further has the following units which offer treatment for their respective specialties.

The department further has the following units which offer treatment for their respective specialties.

Hip Unit & Knee Unit

Musculoskeletal disorders of the hip joint and knee joint are diagnosed and treated at the Hip Unit & Knee Unit. The unit also provides specialist care for sports-related injuries.

Many sports federations have collaborated with the unit in this respect. In addition, the HUQ Madrid Hip Unit is a member of national and international hip injury associations.

The unit is recognized by the Spanish Arthroscopy Association to train experts. At the hip unit, the following disorders are treated using the latest surgery techniques:

Foot & Ankle Unit

At the foot and ankle unit, musculoskeletal issues of the ankle and foot joint are treated. The treatment for the patient is designed under the guidance of a multidisciplinary team.

The Spanish Society of Ankle and Foot Medicine & Surgery has certified the Unit for rotations. Services offered at the unit include:

Other Specialized Units include:

• Shoulder & Elbow Unit
• Hand & Wrist Unit

The Pediatric Orthopedic Department offers treatment for a wide range of conditions, such as:

• Prenatal diseases (limb deficiency, club foot)
• Neonatal diseases (hip dysplasia, joint contractures, bone deficiencies)

First the doctors perform different screening and diagnostic tests to accurately diagnose the condition. Then they plan a personalized treatment plan for the children.

Procedures offered at the department include:

Quiron Hospital is a renowned reproductive medicine center in Madrid, offering a wide range of fertility treatments. With a proven track record of success, the hospital has helped numerous couples achieve their dream of parenthood.

This includes 60% of patients aged 34, 35% of women under 39, and less than 30% of women over 40. All of these women have undergone personalized treatment plans tailored to their unique needs.

The department offers preimplantation genetic diagnosis and screening, which is a procedure that studies the embryo before its implantation in the uterus. This plays an important role in preventing diseases in the baby

Advanced methods of IVF available at the department include:

The Oncohematology Department at HUQ Madrid has a team of specialists who have more than two decades of work experience. The department is considered one of the pioneers in Spain for the introduction of bone marrow transplant procedures.

Moreover, the HUQ Madrid is certified to carry out Allogeneic BMTs on patients. Patients with the following complaints are treated at the department:

• Anemia
• Thrombopenia
• Leukemias
• Lymphomas
• Anemia
• Myelomas etc

Before proceeding to the treatment plan, onco-hematologists perform diagnostics to confirm the disease. The following diagnostics are utilized in the department:

• Cytology
• Cytometry
• Genetic & Molecular testing

The Specialities of the Department include:

BMT Unit

There are around eight laminar flow rooms to ensure a contamination-free environment. These rooms are used for all transplant procedures, including autologous and allogeneic BMT. The BMT Unit also offers services like apheresis and cryopreservation of stem cells.

CAR-T Unit

The CAR-T Unit at the Oncohematology Department is certified to perform the CAR-T procedure. This innovative treatment uses the patient's immune system to fight oncohematology diseases.

The treatment has shown remarkable results in 54% of the patients who went into complete remission after it. It is approved for use in ALL pediatric and adult patients.

The specialists at the Neurology & Neurosurgery Department team up with specialists from the Oncology and Radiology Department to offer a comprehensive treatment plan to patients with CNS and PNS diseases.

The prominent techniques used at the HUQ Madrid are:

• EEG lab, EMG lab, Video EEG studies etc.
• Neuronavigation: This technology helps in precisely locating the brain tumors, increasing the success rate of surgery due to minimal errors
• Simulation technique: Intracerebral electrodes are used for simulation and are extremely useful in treating abnormal movements and patients with Parkinson’s Disease
• Surgery for epilepsy: Neurosurgeons treat complicated cases of epilepsy through the removal of the focal point from where the seizures originate. This procedure has a high success rate for most patients.
• Endoscopic surgery for brain and spinal cord
• Herniated disc treatment using nucleoplasty, rhizolysis, etc

Pediatric Neurosurgery

This is a separate sub-unit of the Neurosurgery Department that mainly focuses on treating patients under 16 years old. Since pediatric diseases and their origins are different from those of adults, a specialized treatment plan is important to ensure the well-being of pediatric patients.

Pediatric patients are treated for spina bifida, craniofacial malformations, childhood brain tumors, epilepsy, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy, etc.

Cancer patients at the HUQ Madrid are initially referred to the Medical Oncology Department. Here, they undergo extensive diagnostics, and after the diagnostic test results are analyzed, they are treated at a specialized unit.

Diagnosis

The department offers various diagnostic procedures, including MRI, CT Scans, and Biopsy. It also offers an innovative procedure known as liquid biopsy. In this latest method, a small amount of fluid containing cancer cells or their DNA is removed from the patient's body. The procedure is performed from blood, urine, or other body fluids.

This biopsy has several advantages over a traditional biopsy, which is performed by removing tumor tissue.

• It is a less invasive procedure that does not require surgery.
• It allows early detection of cancer and its relapse.
• In addition, it can be performed repeatedly, which allows for monitoring of the tumor’s condition over time.

Treatment

After making an accurate diagnosis, the oncologists of the department offer a wide range of treatment methods. These include:

Medication

This includes chemotherapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapies in which drugs are used to distinguish malignant cells from healthy ones and kill them. Some patients are also prescribed a course of special drugs that stimulate the patient's immune system (immunostimulants).

Radiation Therapy

Radiotherapies are an important part of the treatment plan for cancer patients. Keeping in view the importance of this treatment strategy, radiation oncologists at HUQ Madrid focus on developing a personalized treatment plan for each patient. The following treatment methods are available at the department:

Surgical Intervention

Oncologists remove tumors from the breast, intestines, stomach, etc. Da Vinci robotics is used to work with complex cases. Thus, the specialist can work with tumors through punctures as small as 1 cm.

The Oncology Department further has the following sub-units