CHU Liège

General Information

• Address:

  Siège social
  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège
  Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman
  Bâtiment B 35

• City: Liège
• Postal Code: B-4000
• Country: Belgium
• Phone:
• Type of centre:University
• Number of Cath labs in your centre: 4
• Number of Cath operators working in your centre: 9
• Number of interventionists in your centre: 9
• Additional comments: Heart Team center (Interdisciplinary Transcatheter Interventions)

PCI Procedures

• Number of cath procedures performed each year in the centre: 3750
• Number of PCIs performed each year in the centre: 1100
• 24/7 Primary PCI service in the centre?: Yes
• Number of Primary PCIs performed per year in the centre: 225

Techniques and Quality

• Techniques available in the centre:
• Subtechniques available in the centre: IVUS, Transcatheter mitral valve repair, NIRS, Carotid interventions, Transcatheter mitral valve replacement, Renal denervation, Lower limbs interventions, Aortic interventions, FFR/iFR, Rotational atherectomy, Primary PCI, Cardiac magnetic resonance Imaging, HOCM alcool ablation, Paravalvular leak closure, OCT, Cardiac computed tomography, Single-photon emission computed tomograph, Atrial septal defect/Patent foramen ovale/Ventricular septal defect closure, TAVI, Stress echocardiography, Other adult congenital heart disease procedures, Coronary angiography, Left ventricular assist devices, Volume of radial activity, Intracranial stroke interventions, Left atrial appendage closure
• Centre affiliated to a quality insurance programme: Yes
• Centre participate in scientific studies: Yes
• Centre participate in national/international registries: Yes, both national and international
• Centre participate in randomised clinical trials:

Publications

• Centre has Peer reviewed scientific publications?: Yes
• Number of articles related to interventional cardiology published by the centre in the last 5 years: 46
• Scientific fields of interests: Imaging, 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
• Number of international fellows accepted by the centre (per year): 1
• 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?: Yes
• Language(s) used to perform clinical activity: English, French

Person in charge of the Fellowship programme:

• First name: Victor
• Last name: Legrand
• Email address: vlegrand@chu.ulg.ac.be
• Phone number: +32 43667194