Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli - Università  Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

General Information

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• Type of centre:University
• Number of Cath labs in your centre: 3
• Number of Cath operators working in your centre: 9
• Number of interventionists in your centre: 7
• Additional comments: 2 cath labs and 1 hybrid room shared with vascular surgeons and cardiac surgeons

PCI Procedures

• Number of cath procedures performed each year in the centre: 3300
• Number of PCIs performed each year in the centre: 1120
• 24/7 Primary PCI service in the centre?: Yes
• Number of Primary PCIs performed per year in the centre: 200

Techniques and Quality

• Techniques available in the centre: Non invasive imaging, Structural and heart failure interventions, Coronary, Peripheral
• Subtechniques available in the centre: Left atrial appendage closure, Aortic interventions, Left ventricular assist devices, FFR/iFR, Rotational atherectomy, CTO PCI, Coronary angiography, Atrial septal defect/Patent foramen ovale/Ventricular septal defect closure, Cardiac magnetic resonance Imaging, Carotid interventions, Other adult congenital heart disease procedures, Cardiac computed tomography, Single-photon emission computed tomograph, Lower limbs interventions, Paravalvular leak closure, Stress echocardiography, Laser, TAVI, Transcatheter mitral valve repair, OCT, IVUS, Volume of radial activity, Primary PCI
• 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: 120
• Scientific fields of interests: Imaging, Management of Percutaneous Intervention Complications, Procedural Techniques

Fellowship programme

• Number of local fellows in interventional cardiology who attend the centre: 3
• 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: Yes
• Does the centre have a specific fellowship program with defined objectives?: Yes
• Language(s) used to perform clinical activity: Italian

Person in charge of the Fellowship programme:

• First name: Carlo
• Last name: Trani
• Email address: carlo.trani@policlinicogemelli.it
• Phone number: +390630156622