Contilia Heart and Vascular Centre, Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Essen

Number of cath procedures performed each year in the centre: More than 5000 (5500)
Number of PCIs performed each year in the centre: 2700
24/7 Primary PCI service in the centre?: No
Number of Primary PCIs performed per year in the centre: 400

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

Centre has Peer reviewed scientific publications?: Yes
Number of articles related to interventional cardiology published by the centre in the last 5 years: 45
Scientific fields of interests: Imaging, Procedural Techniques

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