CARDIOLOGIA

What CARDIOLOGIA does

CARDIOLOGIA, operating under the CARDIOLAB brand and legally constituted as UDM Lda, is a single-location outpatient cardiology practice headquartered in Porto, Portugal, with 21 employees. The practice delivers a comprehensive suite of cardiac diagnostic services including general cardiology consultations, electrocardiography (ECG), echocardiography with Doppler, exercise stress testing, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (MAPA), and 24-hour Holter monitoring. A differentiating capability is the use of portable diagnostic equipment that enables on-site cardiac evaluations at sports clubs, federations, and other external client locations in addition to in-clinic service delivery.

The business model is fee-for-service, with publicly disclosed unit pricing (cardiology consultation at 50 EUR, ECG at 10 EUR, echocardiogram with Doppler at 60 EUR, MAPA at 30 EUR, Holter at 40 EUR, exercise stress test at 70 EUR) and tiered sports medical examination packages (30/60/100 EUR) available at preferential rates for web bookings. The customer base is hybrid: individual walk-in patients comprise the long-tail volume business, while enterprise contracts with professional football clubs (S.C. Braga, F.C. Paços de Ferreira, F.C. Famalicão during the 2023/2024 Primeira Liga season) and the Portuguese Cycling Federation form a smaller but strategically important B2B sports cardiology segment.

The clinical director, Dr. Vasco Alves Dias, holds European accreditation in transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, completed an advanced echocardiography fellowship at King's College Hospital in 2010, and has received two first-prize awards at the Portuguese National Echocardiography Meeting (2009, 2010). The practice is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity, operating as a founder-controlled medical practice anchored to Dr. Dias's clinical credentials and recurring enterprise relationships in elite sports cardiology.

Name

CARDIOLOGIA

Legal name

UDM Lda

Website

https://cardiolab.pt

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CARDIOLOGIA (CARDIOLAB) is a single-location outpatient cardiology practice in Porto, Portugal, offering ECG, echocardiography, stress testing, MAPA, and Holter monitoring on a fee-for-service basis, plus on-site cardiac evaluations for professional sports organizations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cardiology Diagnostic Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro industry

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General Cardiology (Consultative)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Specialist Medical Practice/Cardiology & Vascular Medicine

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Cardiac Diagnostic Centers (Echo/Stress Testing/Holter)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Diagnostic & Imaging Centers

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Ambulatory Cardiology Diagnostic & Procedure Centers (Non-hospital-based)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Ambulatory & Outpatient Care Centers

Keywords

• Cardiology diagnostics
• Cardiac screening
• Echocardiography services
• Sports cardiology
• Cardiac monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Porto

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consultation and Diagnostic Services: Fee-for-service model offering individual cardiology consultations and diagnostic examinations at fixed prices. Services include general cardiology consultations, ECG, echocardiogram, exercise stress tests, 24-hour MAPA and Holter monitoring, and sports medical examinations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CARDIOLOGIA is an outpatient cardiology clinic in Porto, Portugal that provides diagnostic cardiac examinations (ECG, echocardiogram with Doppler, stress tests, MAPA, and 24-hour Holter monitoring), cardiology consultations, pre-operative cardiac evaluations, and specialized sports cardiology services including cardiac screening for athletes. The clinic serves individual patients at its physical location and also provides on-site cardiac assessments for professional sports organizations through partnership agreements.

Product overview

CARDIOLOGIA (Laboratório de Cardiologia do Porto) operates as a single-location outpatient cardiology clinic offering a comprehensive suite of cardiac diagnostic services. The core offering centers on five diagnostic examinations: Eletrocardiograma (ECG), Ecocardiograma com Doppler, Prova de Esforço, MAPA, and Holter, which are complemented by clinical consultations covering general cardiology, pre-operative assessment, and sports cardiology. The clinic specializes in athlete cardiac evaluation, offering tiered sports medical examination packages (ECG-only, ECG with echocardiogram, and complete package with stress test) that can be performed at the clinic or on-site at sports facilities using portable equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cardiology Consultation Outpatient cardiology consultation service for patients seeking cardiac evaluation and clinical assessment by a cardiology specialist.
• Electrocardiogram (ECG) Resting electrocardiogram examination that records the electrical activity of the heart for diagnostic purposes.
• Echocardiogram with Doppler Cardiac ultrasound examination with Doppler imaging used to assess cardiac structure and function.
• Stress Test (Prova de Esforço) Exercise stress test used to evaluate cardiac function under physical exertion.
• MAPA (24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring)
• 24-hour Holter Monitoring
• Pre-operative Cardiac Evaluation
• Sports Cardiology Screening
• Sports Medical Examination

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• S.C. BragacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional football club partnership for cardiac evaluation of athletes. CARDIOLAB conducted cardiac assessments for S.C. Braga's A and B football teams during 2014/2015 and 2023/2024 seasons.
• F.C. Paços de FerreiracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional football club partnership for cardiac evaluation of athletes. Partnership established for athlete cardiac screening services.
• F.C. FamalicãocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional football club partnership for cardiac evaluation during 2023/2024 Primeira Liga season.
• Federação Portuguesa de CiclismocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortuguese Cycling Federation partnership for cardiac evaluation of cycling athletes.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Medicover: Central and Eastern European outpatient healthcare and diagnostic group including cardiology services. Comparable clinic-network model delivering outpatient specialty consultations and diagnostics, though primarily serving different geographies.

Emerging players

• Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital: Qatar-based specialist sports medicine hospital offering comprehensive athlete cardiac screening and sports cardiology programs. Comparable to CARDIOLAB's sports cardiology niche as a focused provider of pre-competition cardiac evaluation for elite athletes.

Others

• iRhythm Technologies: US-based digital cardiac monitoring company (Zio patch) providing ambulatory ECG services. Adjacent technology competitor in the ambulatory cardiac monitoring space where CARDIOLAB delivers 24-hour Holter monitoring.
• AliveCor: Consumer and clinician cardiac monitoring company (KardiaMobile ECG) used in ambulatory arrhythmia screening. Thematically adjacent to CARDIOLAB's Holter/mobile ECG offering as a technology competitor for portable cardiac rhythm assessment.

Broad incumbents

• Hospital da Luz: Major Portuguese private hospital group operating Hospital da Luz Porto with comprehensive cardiology units. Comparable as a regional cardiology provider but bundled into a multi-specialty inpatient/outpatient network rather than a focused single-site cardiology practice.
• Lusíadas Saúde: Portuguese private healthcare network (formerly Espírito Santo Saúde) with cardiology services in Porto. Competes for the same private-pay and insured patients seeking outpatient cardiology and cardiac diagnostics.
• CUF (José de Mello Saúde): One of Portugal's largest private healthcare networks with full hospital cardiology departments and outpatient consults across major cities including Porto. Overlaps with CARDIOLAB on consultative cardiology and cardiac diagnostics but as part of a much wider hospital portfolio.

Direct peers

• Synlab Portugal: Pan-European diagnostic laboratory and imaging group with operations in Portugal providing cardiac biomarkers and ECG/Holter services. Comparable as an outsourced cardiac diagnostics partner competing for the same referral-driven volume.
• Affidea Portugal: Operates outpatient diagnostic imaging and cardiology services across Portugal, including cardiac imaging modalities. Closely comparable to CARDIOLAB as an ambulatory diagnostic-led provider competing for similar GP and self-pay referrals in the Portuguese market.
• Unilabs Portugal: European diagnostic services provider with substantial Portuguese footprint offering cardiac and laboratory diagnostics to physician referrals. Comparable model of outpatient diagnostic delivery that competes for referral flow away from independent cardiology practices.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cardiologia

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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