Cardiovascular diseases are the ones that kill the most in the world. And Portugal is no exception: in our country, they continue to be the cause of almost half of deaths from illness every year. That's why it never hurts to remember that the heart must be cherished, well treated and, above all, very well watched by those who know it like no one else: the specialist in cardiology . On World Heart Day, which is marked annually on September 29, Hospital da Luz Lisboa launches a special appeal: Today – and every day of the year! – take care of your heart, choosing your specialist from the best cardiac medicine team. Today, Hospital da Luz Lisboa has a complete Cardiovascular Department, looking to the future and structured according to all aspects of this area of medicine. It has highly specialized and multidisciplinary centers , which work under the coordination of the cardiology service, and with thematic consultations focused on diseases that require greater differentiation. It is present in Urgent Care, responding in real time to all urgent and cardiac emergencies, with a prevention team at any time, every day of the year. And it has an intense training, research, and innovation activity , participating in national and multicenter clinical trials and always looking for the best answers to the challenges of heart disease and health in the 20th century. XXI. In each area, Hospital da Luz Lisboa places its patients in the hands of the best specialists in Portugal, as their hearts must always be in the hands of the best. Under the direction of Pedro Adragão, cardiologist, professor, specialist in clinical and interventional arrhythmology and in various diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in electrophysiology, the HLL Cardiology Service includes : Clinical Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging, with an Outpatient Center for Non-invasive Examinations and a Heart Failure Unit, coordinated by Nuno Cardim ; Intervention Cardiology Center, with a Hemodynamics Laboratory, coordinated by Pedro Gonçalves; Heart Rhythm Center, with external arrhythmology consultation and an electrophysiology laboratory, coordinated by Pedro Adragão ; and also, Pediatric Cardiology, under the responsibility of Rui Anjos , from the Department of Pediatrics. Valvular diseases and structural heart diseases, heart failure, hereditary cardiovascular diseases and cardiomyopathies are diagnosed and treated in specialized centers of the Cardiology Service, which also has ultra-specialized consultations for cardiovascular risk prevention, adult congenital cardiology and cardiovascular genetic risk, cardio-oncology, hereditary dysplidemias, heart disease in pregnancy and sports cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation, among others. In addition, the HLL Cardiology Service also has a complete offer in terms of diagnostic tests , such as echocardiography, cardiac CT and MRI, and cardiac nuclear cardiology techniques. The Intervention Cardiology Center and the Heart Rhythm Center , with their specialty consultations and specialized treatment units, are also cutting-edge areas at Hospital da Luz Lisboa, always associated with the most current and innovative practices in diagnosis and treatment coronary heart disease, structural disease, atrial fibrillation, prevention of sudden death, syncope, or hereditary electrical heart disease, among many others. On World Heart Day, Hospital da Luz Lisboa provides all its clients with the best in heart medicine, in Portugal and in the world. Take care of your heart. Treat yourself to the best specialists at Hospital da Luz Lisboa, choosing those who know how to take care of you better than anyone else.
