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Carlos Brenes Umaña
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Carlos Brenes Umaña

Cardiology
Patient Demographics: Children, Adult, Elderly

"Surgeon and Specialist in Cardiology of the U.C.R. Master's Degree in Echocardiography at the U.F. of Vitoria, Madrid and endorsed by the Spanish Society of Cardiology. Master's Degree in Clinical Research, U.de Barcelona. Master in Cardiac Imaging, U Aut. Of Barcelona. Member of the European Societies of Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging and Cardiac Fai"

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Procedures (34)

General Inquiry
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM)
Arterial pressure Holter monitoring
Blood Pressure Monitoring
Cardiac catheterization, angiocardiography, and coronariography
Cardiac event monitor
Closing of Atrial Appendage
Coronary angiography by tomography
Coronary angioplasty
Coronary Stent Implantation
Defribrillator implant
Electrocardiogram
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) with interpretation
Endomyocardial biopsy
Exercise echocardiogram stress test
House visit
Mitral Clip Implantation
Online Medicine
Pacemaker generator change
Pacemaker implantation
Patent foramen ovale closure
Percutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation
Percutaneous closure of congenital heart defects in adults
Percutaneous closure of intraatrial communication
Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation
Pericardiocentesis
Pharmacologic stress echocardiography with dobutamine
Placement of percutaneous valves
Preoperative evaluation including electrocardiogram
Resting transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)
Resynchronizer implant
Stress electrocardiogram (ECG) test
Stress test
Transesophageal echocardiogram
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Medical conditions (35)

Abnormal heartbeat
Aneurysm
Arrhythmia
Atherosclerosis
Atrial fibrillation
Blood circulation problems
Blood clot
Cardiac attack
Chest pain
Chest pain
Congenital heart disease
Coronary disease
Down Syndrome
Fainting
Heart attack
Heart chamber or valve inflammation (endocarditis)
Heart disease
Heart failure
Heart murmur
High blood pressure
High cholesterol
High triglycerides
Ischemic heart disease (IHD)
Low blood pressure
Marfan syndrome (weak connective tissue)
Metabolic syndrome
Palpitations
Pericarditis (heart sac covering inflammation)
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD)
Pulmonary hypertension
Stroke
Syncope
Tachycardia
Vascular disease
Ventricular fibrillation (V Fib)
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General Info

Languages

Català, English, Español

Education

Degrees
  • Academic Master's Degree in Clinical Research. Universidad de Barcelona. September 2016 - September 2018
  • Master of Advanced Techniques of Diagnostic Imaging in Cardiology. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. 2018
  • Master's Degree in Transesophageal Echocardiography. Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid. 2016
  • Specialty in Cardiology. Universidad de Costa Rica. February 2013
  • Doctor and Surgery. Universidad de Costa Rica. February 2004
Fellowships

  • Clinical research

  • Master in Cardiac Imaging

Courses

  • Scientific Session - American Heart Association (AHA)

    November 2013

  • European Society of Cardiology Congress (ESH)

    August 2013

  • Training Period - Echocardiography Laboratory, Hospital Vall d'Hebron. Barcelona, Spain

    October 2012 - November 2012

  • 61st Annual Scientific Session - American College of Cardiology (ACC)

    March 2012

  • XXXI Echocardiography and Cardiac Doppler Course - ACORVH, Hospital Vall d'Hebron. Barcelona, Spain

    November 2011

  • XXIII Seminar in Cardiac Imaging Update - ACORVH. Hospital Vall d'Hebron. Barcelona, Spain.

    November 2011

  • Central American and Caribbean Congress of Cardiology and Echocardiography Symposium - Asociación Guatemalteca de Cardiología y ECOSIAC. Guatemala City, Guatemala

    May 2011

  • International Course of Clinical Echocardiography - Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica

    May 2011

  • Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Congress - Asociación Costarricense de Medicina Física y Rehabilitación. San José, Costa Rica

    February 2010

  • LXXII National Medical Congress - Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica. San Jose, Costa Rica

    November 2009

  • I Congress of the Costa Rican Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Asociación Costarricense de Cirugía de Tórax y Cardiovascular, Federación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Neumología y Cirugía de Tórax. San José, Costa Rica

    July 2009

  • XXIII Central American and Caribbean Congress of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery

    July 2009

  • IX American College of Chest Physicians Congress - American College of Chest Physicians

    March 2009

Professional

Licenses

  • Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED7786Active

    Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica

Affiliations
  • European Society of Cardiology
Positions
  • General Medicine's Medical Assistant, First Level of Care, Social Service - Clínica Carlos Durán Cartín. 2004 - 2005
  • Medical Assistant General Medicine - ER, Hospital San Rafael de Alajuela. 2005 - 2006
  • Company's Doctor and Medical Service Coordinator - Schneider Electric Costa Rica. San José, Costa Rica
  • Resident of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Services and Surgical Intensive Care - Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital México. San José, Costa Rica. 2006 - 2010
  • CardioCentro's Attending Specialist - Hospital La California. San José, Costa Rica. 2013 - 2014
  • CardioCentro - Clinical Echocardiography Laboratory and Cardiology Studies, Hospital La California, San José.
  • Physician Assistant Cardiology Specialist - Hospital Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia. 2013
  • Ad honorem Professor - Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Costa Rica. 2013 - 2014
Publications
  • Prevalencia del Síndrome Metabólico en la población hipertensa de un Área de Salud Urbana de San José.
  • Prevalencia de la microproteinuria y la disfunción renal en una población hipertensa con Síndrome Metabólico.
  • Prevalencia de la anormalidades metabólicas en las madres de niños macrosómicos nacidos en el Hospital México entre 2005 y 2009.
  • Prevalencia del Síndrome Metabólico en los pacientes con Enfermedad Arterial Coronaria Manifiesta.