Dr Dolores Taboada graduated with honours at Universidad Nacional del Nordeste in Corrientes, Argentina in 1999 and completed her Internal Medicine specialty training in Buenos Aires in 2002. She qualified as a Cardiologist in 2009 after completing her cardiology specialty training in Madrid, Spain. She undertook a fellowship in Pulmonary Vascular Diseases at Papworth Hospital in September 2010 and has been working as a Consultant since July 2012.
Dr Taboada is experienced in the management of patients with all types of pulmonary hypertension and performs right heart catheterisation in complex pulmonary hypertension patients. Her research interests include chronic thromboembolic disease and the role of platelets in pulmonary arterial hypertension. With her work on platelet phenotype in pulmonary arterial hypertension, she has obtained an MPhil in Medical Science degree from the University of Cambridge in 2016.
Dr Taboada is a member of the Royal College of Physicians in England, British Cardiovascular Society, European Society of Cardiology, ESC Heart Failure Association and International CTEPH Association.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Heart failure
Pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic disease
1999 Medical Degree, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina
2002 CCST Internal Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009 CCST Cardiology, Madrid, Spain
2010 Research proficiency, Universidad de Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Associate member of Royal College of Physicians
Member of the General Medical Council (registration number: 7026260).
European Society of Cardiology
Heart Failure Association at the ESC
International CTEPH association
British Cardiovascular Society
Pilkington SA, Taboada D, Martinez G. Pulmonary hypertension and its management in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Anaesthesia 2014 Sep 29. doi: 10.1111/anae.12831. [Epub ahead of print]
Taboada D, Pepke-Zaba J, Jenkins DP, Berman M, Treacy CM, Cannon JE, Toshner M, Dunning JJ, Ng C, Tsui SS, Sheares KK. Outcome of pulmonary endarterectomy in symptomatic chronic thromboembolic disease. Eur Respir J. 2014 Sep 18. pii: erj00501-2014. [Epub ahead of print]
Deboeck G, Taboada D, Hagan G, Treacy C, Page K, Sheares K, Naeije R, Pepke-Zaba J. Maximal cardiac output determines 6 minutes walking distance in pulmonary hypertension. PLoS One. 2014 Mar 19;9(3):e92324.
McCabe C, White PA, Hoole SP, Axell RG, Priest AN, Gopalan D, Taboada D, MacKenzie Ross R, Morrell NW, Shapiro LM, Pepke-Zaba J. Right ventricular dysfunction in chronic thromboembolic obstruction of the pulmonary artery: a pressure-volume study using the conductance catheter. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2014 Feb 15;116(4):355-63.
Moya-Mur JL, García-Martín A, García-Lledó A, Ruiz-Leria S, Jiménez-Nacher JJ, Megias-Sanz A, Taboada D, Muriel A. Indexed left atrial volume is a more sensitive indicator of filling pressures and left heart function than is anteroposterior left atrial diameter. Echocardiography. 2010 Oct;27(9):1049-55.
Jiménez D, Escobar C, Martí D, Díaz G, Vidal R, Taboada D, Ortega J, Moya JL, Barrios V, Sueiro A. Prognostic value of transthoracic echocardiography in hemodynamically stable patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism. Arch Bronconeumol. 2007 Sep;43(9):490-4.
Jiménez Castro D, Sueiro A, Díaz G, Escobar C, García-Rull S, Picher J, Taboada D, Yusen RD. Prognostic significance of delays in diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Thromb Res. 2007;121(2):153-8.
Moya JL, Darriba-Pollán J, García-Lledó A, Taboada D, Catalán-Sanz P, Megías-Saez A, Guzmán-Martínez G, Campuzano-Ruiz R, Asín-Cardiel E. Evaluation of mitral regurgitation severity using a simplified method based on proximal flow convergence. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2006 Oct;59(10):1019-25.
