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Mauricio José Vanegas Jarquín
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Mauricio José Vanegas Jarquín

Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology
Patient Demographics: Adult, Elderly

"I focus on highly complex procedures in catheterization and complex angioplasties, structural heart disease procedures: Percutaneous aortic valve implant, Mitraclip devices, percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage, closure of interatrial defects, closure of paravalvular leaks, among others, all with a percutaneous approach."

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Procedures (23)

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Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM)
Arterial pressure Holter monitoring
Blood Pressure Monitoring
Cardiac Catheterization and Stents
Cardiac catheterization, angiocardiography, and coronariography
Cardiac event monitor
Coronary angiography by tomography
Coronary angioplasty
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) with interpretation
Endomyocardial biopsy
Exercise echocardiogram stress test
Patent foramen ovale closure
Percutaneous aortic valve replacement (minimally invasive) - TAVI
Percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage (Watchman)
Percutaneous mitral valve replacement (minimally invasive) - MitraClip
Pharmacologic stress echocardiography with dobutamine
Placement of percutaneous valves
Preoperative evaluation including electrocardiogram
Resting transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)
Stress electrocardiogram (ECG) test
Stress test
Transesophageal echocardiogram
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Medical conditions (23)

Abnormal blood lipid count (dyslipidemia)
Abnormal heartbeat
Acute kidney failure
Atherosclerosis
Blood clot
Coronary disease
Diabetes
Digestive tract disease
Dizzy
Heart failure
Heart murmur
High cholesterol
High triglycerides
Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)
Metabolic syndrome
Nephrotic syndrome
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)
Pneumonia
Stroke
Tachycardia
Urinary tract infection (UTI)
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General Info

About me

I chose to be a doctor because of my spirit of service to others, for finding passion and satisfaction in offering my help to preserve the lives of those who require it.

Languages

English, Español

Education

Degrees
  • Specialty in Internal Medicine. Universidad de Costa Rica.
  • Specialty in Cardiology. Universidad de Costa Rica.
  • Master of Medical Management. Tulane University School of Medicine.
  • Specialty in Interventional Cardiology. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
  • Specialty in Interventional Cardiology and Hemodynamics. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
  • General medicine. Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica.
Fellowships
  • Interventional Cardiology and Hemodynamics - Vall d `Hebron Hospital, Autonomous University of Barcelona

  • Interventional Cardiology and Hemodynamics - Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Trainings
  • Technician Degree

    Technician: Radial access catheterization, complex catheterization, complex angioplasty of total chronic occlusions, Peripheral Angioplasty and Percutaneous Valvular Interventions

  • Technician Degree

    Certified Operator Percutaneous Aortic Valves Edwards and Medtronic Evolut

  • Technician Degree

    Certified Operator Watchman Lug Closure Device

  • Technician Degree

    Certified Operator of Mitraclip device for Mitral Valve insufficiency

  • Technician Degree

    Certified Operator of Amplatzer Interatrial Septum Defect Closure Devices

Professional

Licenses
  • Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED3713Active

    Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica

Affiliations
  • Spanish Society of Cardiology
Positions
  • Head of service and Hemodynamics HCG, CCSS.
Publications
  • 80 Congreso médico Nacional 2018, Expositor Academico , De la anticuoagulación al cierre de percutáneo de la orejuela en la Fibrilación Auricular.
  • Congreso internacional de Cardiología Avanzada, basado en Medicina de Evidencia Co-organizador y expositor, Colegio de Médicos de Costa Rica , Agosto , 2018.
  • EURO PCR 2016 Paris, Francia, Oral clinical case presentation 855. Rescue PCI of 100% left main on STEMI by bilateral radial approach.
  • EURO PCR 2016 Paris Francia, Oral clinical case presentation 693. Percutaneous Closure of a Giant ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm leak.
  • EURO PCR 2014 Paris Francia, Oral case presentation, PCI of Giant Aneurysm lesions on STEMI by Radial Approach
  • TCT 2012 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Miami Beach Convention Center Miami Fl. Challenging case Video presentations Session III. CoronaryTCT-1171 PCI of Giant Aneurysm lesions on STEMI by Radial Approach.
  • Solaci 2011 Sociedad Latinoamericana de Cardiología Intervencionista, Chile Agosto 3-5 , 2011, Acceso Radial Bilateral en Oclusión crónica Total. Presentación oral de casos clínicos.
  • Lower levels of in-stent late loss are not associated with the risk of stent thrombosis inpatients receiving drug-eluting stents. Eurointerv.2008:4:124:132.Beneficio de los DES sobre TS-BMS Meta-análisis de 9 estudios aleatorizados.Presentación mini –oral Congreso SEC 2008. Bilbao, España.
  • Transmural crossover of myocardial fibers in the postero-lateral wall of the left atrium; implication for the fibrillatory process of atrial fibrillation. Abstract. (ESC) European Society of Cardiology Congress 2008, Munich, Germany.
  • Implications for endocardial ablation of atrial fibrillation. AbstractThe muscular connections between the left atrial appendage and pulmonary veinsESC)European Society of Cardiology Congress 2008, Munich, Germany.
  • How close are the atrial arteries to the pulmonary veins? A potential cooling effect with implications for catheter ablation of patients with atrial fibrillation.Abstract (ESC) European Society of Cardiology congress 2008. Munich, Germany.
  • Treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions with a novel dedicated stent procedure andclinical follow up. E- Poster TCT Congress 2007. , Washington, DC, USA.
  • Evaluación de trombosis tardía del stent farmacoactivo con CT scan , Abstract . Congreso de lasociedad catalana de cardiología. 2007.
  • Experiencia de cierre percútanea de fugas periprotésicas en el Hospital Vall d’Hebron Abstract .Congreso de la sociedad catalana de cardiología, 2007.
  • Revascularización coronaria en el paciente diabético, Revista Española de Cardiología.Sup. 2007; 7:43H.
  • Intolerancia a la Glucosa como factor de riesgo para Accidente Vascular Cerebral , 1994Revista Medica Nacional. 2000, 18 (2).( Impaired Tolerante of Glucosa as a risk factor for Stroke).
  • Casos de Feocromocitomas registró. Hospital México, Congreso Medico Nacional. 1992.(Revista Médica Costarricense.)