Dr. Rafael Alonso-Gonzalez

Where did you complete most of your training?
Hospital Universitario de Badajoz, Spain; Royal Brompton Hospital, London

What is your special area of interest?
Advanced heart failure in congenital heart disease. Failing Fontan circulation

What is the best thing about working in CHD?
The complexity of the patients and the fact that each patient is different

What things do you think that all patients with CHD should know?
They are not cured and it is important to be followed up in a centre with expertise in congenital heart disease

If you weren’t a doctor, what would you be?
Economist.

Do you have any interesting hobbies or talents or pets?
I love running and reading.