St Thomas' Hospital, London

General Information

• Address: Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7EH
• City: London
• Postal Code: SE1 7EH
• Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Phone: 0044-207-188-7188
• Type of centre:University
• Number of Cath labs in your centre: 5
• Number of Cath operators working in your centre: 10
• Number of interventionists in your centre: 6
• Additional comments:

PCI Procedures

• Number of cath procedures performed each year in the centre: 3500
• 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: 180

Techniques and Quality

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

Fellowship programme

• 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: Yes
• Does the centre have a specific fellowship program with defined objectives?: Yes
• Language(s) used to perform clinical activity: English

Person in charge of the Fellowship programme:

• First name: Bernard
• Last name: Prendergast
• Email address: bernard.prendergast@gstt.nhs.uk
• Phone number: 0044-207-188-7188