Non-Invasive Diagnostic Tests

  • Standard 12-lead electrocardiography
  • M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography with pulsed-wave, continuous-wave and colour Doppler; stress and transoesophageal echocardiography
  • Treadmill exercise stress testing
  • 24-hour ambulatory ECG monitoring (Holter)
  • 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
  • Tilt-table testing for the investigation of syncope

Invasive Diagnostic Tests

  • Diagnostic cardiac catheterisation, including intracavitary pressure measurement, angiography and coronary angiography

Specialist Therapeutic Procedures

  • Angioplasty and intracoronary stent implantation
  • Percutaneous dilation of valvular stenosis
  • Percutaneous closure of congenital defects using implantable devices
  • Retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies
  • Insertion of an intra-aortic balloon pump

Cardiology Functional Testing

The Cardiology Service carries out the following tests in the Functional Testing unit at Quirónsalud Marbella, located on the fourth floor of the hospital:

  • Stress echocardiography
  • Exercise testing (ergometry)
  • Tilt-table testing (head-up tilt test)