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Hospital Clínic Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain · Spain

Address & contact

https://www.clinicbarcelona.org/en/idibaps/core-facilities/magnetic-resonance-imaging

Specialties

nuclear medicine advanced imaging medical research cardiac diagnostics cardiovascular services heart transplantation mitral valve repair pulmonary hypertension inherited heart disease adult congenital heart disease cardiac surgery cardiovascular surgery oncology cancer treatment CAR-T cell therapy clinical trials research ophthalmology electroconvulsive therapy esketamine ketamine treatment robotic surgery cardiac intervention neurosurgery thoracic surgery orthopedic surgery pathological anatomy hematopathology thoracic pathology digestive pathology metabolic pathology dermatopathology neuropathology genitourinary pathology perinatal pathology maternal-fetal medicine obstetrics high-risk pregnancy management psychiatric care schizophrenia bipolar disorder addictive behavior radiation oncology radiotherapy hematology-oncology cell therapy kidney transplant liver transplant nephrology renal transplant

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Advanced Imaging Quality in Spain: IDIBAPS research facility hosts Siemens PRISMA 3T MRI for clinical research and 7T Bruker MRI scanner for experimental pre-clinical studies; operates hybrid PET-CT scanner, three hybrid dual-head gamma cameras providing SPECT-CT, portable gamma camera, dedicated radiopharmacy unit for radiopharmaceutical preparation and cell labelling
Cardiac Diagnostics in Spain: Six hybrid operating rooms for percutaneous cardiac intervention. Member of ERN GUARD-Heart, nationally recognised reference centre. Treats approximately 42,000 outpatients and performs over 2,300 cardiac interventions and 2,900 percutaneous interventions annually.
Cardiac Surgery Quality in Spain: Performs more than 950 major cardiac surgeries annually. Offers minimally invasive and robot-assisted surgery, valve repair, ECMO, ventricular assist devices, and heart transplantation. Holds five CSUR designations for cardiac services: aortic valve repair, complex mitral valve repair, familial heart disease (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy), congenital heart disease surgery in adults, and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension surgery. Reports complication rates 20-30% below European average. Performs 80+ minimally invasive/robotic procedures annually. ERN GUARD-Heart member.
Chemotherapy & Immunotherapy Quality in Spain: OECI-accredited Comprehensive Cancer Centre. Developed ARI-0001 (approved 2021 for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia) and ARI-0002h (approved July 2024 for multiple myeloma). Treated over 500 patients; 90% response rate in ALL, 60% in myeloma, 50% in NHL. ARI-0001 costs under €90,000 vs ~€400,000 for commercial alternatives. Affiliated with IDIBAPS. In development: ARI-0003 (dual-targeting for lymphoma) and HER2-directed CAR-T for breast cancer.
Clinical Trial Access in Spain: IDIBAPS research division; conducts trials across all therapeutic areas
ECT/TMS Availability in Spain: Approximately 1,200 ECT sessions per year, 93 patients treated in 2024 (1,008 sessions), weekly ECT Committee
Ketamine Therapy Availability in Spain: Led by Prof. Eduard Vieta, who heads the hospital's Psychiatry and Psychology Service. Investigator site for ESCAPE-TRD trial comparing esketamine to quetiapine XR; findings presented at ECNP 2023 in Barcelona.
Medical Technology in Spain: Operates 5 robotic systems (2 da Vinci Xi, ROSA knee/hip robot, Corin prosthetics robot, neuromate device); performed 1,060 robotic surgeries in 2024 (12% increase); 3T intraoperative MRI; Rob Surgical robot; international reference centre for catheter ablation
Neurosurgery Quality in Spain: Intraoperative MRI/CT hybrid operating theatre described as one of the most modern in the world. Annual activity: 1,130 surgeries and 2,166 first visits.
Ophthalmologic Surgery Quality in Spain
Orthopedic Surgery Quality in Spain: Operates ROSA, CORI, and HUGO robotic systems; performed 1,060 total robotic surgeries in 2024 with 12% year-on-year growth
Pathology Quality in Spain: 103 professionals, processes over 700,000 diagnostic tests annually, Biomedical Diagnostic Centre with most automated and modern pre-analytics in Europe, dedicated Molecular Biology Core
Prenatal Care Quality in Spain: Part of BCNatal alliance. Prof Francesc Figueras is Head of Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Psychiatric Care Quality in Spain: Spain's third-ranked public hospital (2024), European Reference Network (ERN) and CSUR accreditations, psychiatry service ranks first in Catalonia and second nationally, Schizophrenia Unit (1,200+ outpatients annually), Bipolar Disorder Unit (300+ first visits annually), Addictive Behavior Unit (~600 patients)
Radiation Therapy Quality in Spain: Radiation oncology service led by Dr. Meritxell Mollà; records approximately 1,712 first-visit patients per year
Stem Cell Therapy Quality in Spain: Only European hospital to develop and receive regulatory approval for two in-house CAR-T therapies (ARI-0001 and ARI-0002h); treated 500+ patients with 90% response rate in acute lymphoblastic leukemia and 60% in multiple myeloma; operates decentralized CAR-T programme involving 13 Spanish hospitals; affiliated with IDIBAPS research institute
Transplant Capabilities in Spain: Over 2,500 liver transplants and 4,000+ kidney transplants performed. Kidney patient survival 99% at one year, 90% at ten years. Liver one-year survival 99%, five-year 78%, ten-year 70%. Uses Da Vinci Xi robotic system for kidney extractions. One in four living-donor kidney extractions is robot-assisted.

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