What does a cardiac surgeon do?

A cardiac surgeon is a specialist who operates on the heart, lungs and other thoracic (chest) organs and they also diagnose and treat diseases of these organs.

What are the typical symptoms of heart diseases?

The typicals symptoms include Chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure, chest discomfort Shortness of breath associated with Pain, numbness, weakness or coldness in the legs or arms.

Which tests/ investigations are generally required by Cardiac surgeons?

Investigations like blood reports, Chest x ray, Electrocardiogram, Pulmonary function test, Carotid Dopping, Vein mapping, Trans-esphogeal echocardiogram, Heart Catheterization, and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging would be required.

What is the difference between a Cardiac Surgeon and a Cardiologist?

Cardiologist perform procedures in cath lab like Balloon angioplasty, Coronary and left ventricular digital angiography, Right and left heart catheterization, Rotational artherectomy, Stent implantation etc whereas a Cardiac surgeon perform surgery of the heart and chest.

How long is the stay in hospital for a heart surgery?

Stay in the hospital is usually for 7 – 10 days

Dr. Laura Galian Gay, Cardiac Surgeon in Barcelona, Spain - Appointment

About Dr. Laura Galian Gay

Dr. Laura Galian Gay is a cardiologist with more than 10 years of expertise in this field.
Services provided by her includes activity in Cardiac Imaging unit, where she performs transthoracic, transesophageal echocardiography, three-dimensional echocardiography and monitoring of interventional procedures, and many more.
She is in charge of an external cardiology consultation in Sant Andreu as well as a monographic consultation on pregnancy and heart disease from a clinical standpoint.
She graduated from the Autonomous University of Barcelona with a degree in medicine.
Between 2008 and 2013, she worked as a cardiologist at the Vall d'Hebron hospital.
She later joined the cardiac imaging team, where she received advanced training in this field.
The European Society of Cardiology awarded her the Transthoracic Echocardiography Certification in 2015.
Aortic valvulopathy (aortic stenosis and bicuspid aortic valve) and three-dimensional echocardiography are her areas of interest and where she does clinical and imaging studies.
She has collaborated on three FIS projects and a multicenter clinical study involving the bicuspid aortic valve.

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