National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Karachi

General Information

• Address:

  National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Rafiqui (H.J.), Shaheed Road

• City: Karachi
• Postal Code: 75510
• Country: Pakistan
• Phone: 02199201271-5
• Type of centre:Non university
• Number of Cath labs in your centre: 7
• Number of Cath operators working in your centre: >15
• Number of interventionists in your centre: >15
• Additional comments:

PCI Procedures

• Number of cath procedures performed each year in the centre: around 5000
• Number of PCIs performed each year in the centre: around 2000
• 24/7 Primary PCI service in the centre?: Yes
• Number of Primary PCIs performed per year in the centre: around 1500

Techniques and Quality

• Techniques available in the centre: Coronary
• Subtechniques available in the centre: IVUS, FFR/iFR
• Centre affiliated to a quality insurance programme: Yes
• Centre participate in scientific studies: Yes
• Centre participate in national/international registries: Yes, national
• Centre participate in randomised clinical trials: No

Publications

• Centre has Peer reviewed scientific publications?: Yes
• Number of articles related to interventional cardiology published by the centre in the last 5 years: >15
• Scientific fields of interests: Procedural Techniques

Fellowship programme

• Number of local fellows in interventional cardiology who attend the centre: 12
• Number of international fellows accepted by the centre (per year):
• 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, Urdu

Person in charge of the Fellowship programme:

• Please refer to General Information contact details