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Bern University Hospital

General Information

  • Address: Freiburgstrasse 4
  • City: Bern
  • Postal Code: 3011
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Phone:
  • Type of centre:University
  • Number of Cath labs in your centre: 3
  • Number of Cath operators working in your centre: 10
  • Number of interventionists in your centre: 10
  • Additional comments:

PCI Procedures

  • Number of cath procedures performed each year in the centre: More than 5000 (5000)
  • Number of PCIs performed each year in the centre: 600
  • 24/7 Primary PCI service in the centre?: No
  • Number of Primary PCIs performed per year in the centre: 600

Techniques and Quality

  • Techniques available in the centre: Cardiac magnetic resonance Imaging, Structural and heart failure interventions, Coronary, Coronary, Coronary, Coronary
  • Subtechniques available in the centre: Cardiac magnetic resonance Imaging, TAVI, FFR/iFR, OCT, IVUS, Left ventricular assist devices
  • Centre affiliated to a quality insurance programme: No
  • Centre participate in scientific studies: No
  • Centre participate in national/international registries:
  • Centre participate in randomised clinical trials: Yes, both investigator and sponsor driven

Publications

  • Centre has Peer reviewed scientific publications?: No
  • Number of articles related to interventional cardiology published by the centre in the last 5 years: 150
  • Scientific fields of interests: Management of Percutaneous Intervention Complications, Indication for Treatment and Patient Selection

Fellowship programme

  • Number of local fellows in interventional cardiology who attend the centre: 1 per year
  • Number of international fellows accepted by the centre (per year): 1 or 2 per year
  • Type of fellowship offered by the centre: Clinical
  • Possibility to develop a thesis during the stay: No
  • Does the centre have a specific fellowship program with defined objectives?: No
  • Language(s) used to perform clinical activity: German

Person in charge of the Fellowship programme:

  • Please refer to General Information contact details