The Acute Cardiac Care Unit (UCAC) of the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, in operation since 1989, is the area of the hospital equipped with the technical means and human resources necessary for the care and continuous monitoring of patients with severe acute heart disease. With more than 1,900 admissions per year, it is the reference unit for cardiac emergencies that require diagnostic techniques or specialized treatments in the healthcare sector of Barcelonès Nord and Maresme, which has more than 800,000 inhabitants.
The UCAC, which includes the Coronary Unit (UCO) and the Post-Acute Heart Unit (UPAC), works with the Infarction Code of the Department of Health of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Every year, more than 1900 patients with acute myocardial infarction, severe heart failure, cardiorespiratory arrest, serious arrhythmias, acute aortic pathology, and other patients undergoing cardiac surgery and other interventional procedures are admitted.
In terms of its infrastructure, UCAC has 8 critical and 12 semi-critical beds with all the necessary equipment to perform the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that acute heart patients may require, meeting the requirements of the European Society of Cardiology regulations. These include invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation, transthoracic and transesophageal Doppler echocardiography, ultrafiltration and continuous hemodiafiltration, therapeutic hypothermia, and short-term care systems such as Impella CP® and venoarterial ECMO.
In the Unit we also have a room with fluoroscopy equipment that allows the practice of procedures that require radiological control (pericardiocentesis, percutaneous transvenous pacemaker implantation, cardiac catheterization, etc.).
In addition to healthcare activities, UCAC provides teaching to specialist doctors in training (MIR), who are a fundamental part of patient care, especially during continuous care hours, and to students of the Degree in Medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
On the other hand, clinical research is carried out that has resulted in the publication of numerous scientific articles, the presentation of multiple communications at conferences and the supervision of doctoral theses.
Residence 2020-2025
• Dr. Andrea Carrete Barca
• Dr. Cristina Ferrero Molina
• Dr. Eugeniu Grama
Residence 2019-2024
• Dr. Helena Lopez Martinez
• Dr. Elena de Oliveira Cañedo
Residence 2018-2023
• Dr. Claudia Escabia Riera
• Dr. Daniel Casquete Sánchez
• Dr. Cristina Pérez Montoliu
Residence 2017-2022
• Dr. Joan Francesc Andrés Cordón
• Dr. Andrea Borrellas Martin
• Dr. Helena Resta Saurí
Residency 2016-2021
• Dr. Marta González Lopera
• Dr. Borja Ruiz Martinez
• Dr. Elena Seder Colomina
Residency 2015-2020
• Dr. Julia Aranyó Llach
• Dr. Edgar Fadeuilhe Grau
• Dr. Mª José Martínez Membrive
Residency 2014-2019
• Dr. Raquel Adeliño Recasens
• Dr. Enric Cascos Garcia
• Dr. Nina Soto Flores
Residence 2013-2018:
• Dr. Marc Abulí Lluch
• Dr. Nabil El Ouaddi
• Dr. Victoria Vilalta del Olmo
Residence 2012-2017:
• Dr. Oriol De Diego Soler
• Dr. Beatriz Toledano León
• Dr. Xavi Armario Bel
Residence 2011-2016:
• Dr. Elena Georgieva Elchinova
• Dr. Carles Díez López
• Dr. Marc Ferrer Massot
Residence 2010-2015:
• Dr. Teresa Giralt Borrell
• Dr. Josep Mª Viguer Ribó
Residence 2009-2014:
• Dr. Raquel Pla Rovira
• Dr. Irene Santos Pardo
• Dr. Gladys Juncà Puig
Residence 2008-2013:
• Dr. Elena Gómez Denia
• Dr. Carlos Labata Salvador
• Dr. Teresa Oliveras Vila
Residence 2007-2012:
• Dr. Miquel Espriu Simon
• Dr. Carlos Garcia Alonso
• Dr. Ángel Caballero Parrilla
Residence 2006-2011:
• Dr. Meritxell Lloreda Surribas
• Dr. Ángeles González Guardia
• Dr. Xavier Aparicio Ortiz
Residence 2005-2010:
• Dr. Silvia Masmitjà Comajuan
• Dr. Núria Ribas Barquet
• Dr. Mireia Andrés Villareal
Residence 2004-2009:
• Dr. Carolina Bosch Carabante
• Dr. Xavier Carrillo Suarez
Residence 2003-2008:
• Dr. Silvia Montserrat Ortego
• Dr. Albert Teis Soley
Residence 2002-2007:
• Dr. Neus Salvatella Giralt
• Dr. Elisabet Zamora Serrallonga
Residence 2001-2006
• Dr. Antoni Carol Ruiz
• Dr. Elena Tizón Marcos
Residence 2000-2005
• Dr. Eva Bernal Labrador
• Dr. Eduard Claver Garrido
Residence 1999-2004
• Dr. Roger Villuendas Sabaté
• Dr. Cosme Garcia Garcia
Residence 1998-2003
• Dr. Oriol Rodríguez Leor
• Dr. Miquel Gómez Pérez
Residence 1997-2001
• Dr. Xavier Fosch Mur
Residence 1996-2000
• Dr. Silvia Serrano García
• Dr. Jose Manuel Forcada Sainz
Residence 1995-1998
• Dr. Roman Freixa Pamias
Residence 1994-1998
• Dr. Mohammad Ali Dbouk
• Dr. Laura Guillamon Torán
Residence 2020-2025
• Dr. Danela Figuereo Beltre
Residency 2016-2021
• Dr. Anna Llorens Ferrer
Residence 2010-2015
• Dr. Juan Flores Siguenza
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The Germans Trias Heart Institute (iCor) presented this Wednesday, November 19, the preliminary results achieved in the ATHENAS project ,
The training program of the Heart Institute (iCor) of the Germans Trias held a workshop on percutaneous mechanical circulatory support
