Cardio-thoraco-vascular department

General Information

• Address:

  Institute of Cardiology, Via Massarenti, 9

• City: Bologna
• Postal Code: 40138
• Country: Italy
• Phone: +39 05 1636 4475
• Email:francescosaia@hotmail.com
• Type of centre:University
• Number of Cath labs in your centre: 5
• Number of Cath operators working in your centre: 5
• Number of interventionists in your centre: 5
• Additional comments:

PCI Procedures

• Number of cath procedures performed each year in the centre: 5000
• Number of PCIs performed each year in the centre: 1000
• 24/7 Primary PCI service in the centre?: Yes
• Number of Primary PCIs performed per year in the centre: 300

Techniques and Quality

• Techniques available in the centre: Coronary, Non invasive imaging, Structural and heart failure interventions
• Subtechniques available in the centre: Rotational atherectomy, TAVI, Left ventricular assist devices, FFR/iFR, Volume of radial activity, Left atrial appendage closure, Paravalvular leak closure, OCT, Coronary angiography, Primary PCI, Atrial septal defect/Patent foramen ovale/Ventricular septal defect closure, IVUS, Single-photon emission computed tomograph, Cardiac magnetic resonance Imaging, Transcatheter mitral valve repair, Cardiac computed tomography, Other adult congenital heart disease procedures
• Centre affiliated to a quality insurance programme: No
• 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: 150
• Scientific fields of interests: Procedural Techniques

Fellowship programme

• Number of local fellows in interventional cardiology who attend the centre: 2
• Number of international fellows accepted by the centre (per year): 1
• 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?: No
• Language(s) used to perform clinical activity: Italian

Person in charge of the Fellowship programme:

• Please refer to General Information contact details