A distinction will be made for advanced centres:

  • Type A advanced centres have the ability to perform cardiac surgeries such as heart transplants and/or mechanical circulatory implantations. These centres also have the ability to identify patients eligible for this type of surgery and provide them with the necessary care.
  • Type B advanced centres have the capacity to identify patients eligible for cardiac surgery such as heart transplants and/or mechanical circulatory implantations, refer them to a Type A advanced centre and provide them with the necessary care. However, these centres do not have the ability to perform these cardiac surgeries on their own.

ICARe-HF pre-accredited and accredited Quality of Care Centres (QCC)

We are pleased to share the list of pre-accredited and accredited QCC

Country Centre name Community Specialised

Advanced Type A

Advanced Type B

Pre-accreditation date Accreditation date
Armenia University Hospital N1, General and Invasive Cardiology Clinic, YSMU   x       7 May 2025
Armenia Erebouni Cardiology Center   x     2 April 2024  
Austria

Division of Cardiology, University Heart Center Graz

    x   29 July 2025  
Belgium

Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles - Hôpital Erasme

    x   9 June 2025  
Belgium AZ Sint Blasius x       1 April 2025  
Belgium Jessa Hospital       x   7 May 2025
Belgium AZ groeninge   x       7 May 2025
Belgium Institut Cardiovasculaire, Cliniques universitaires Saint Luc     x     7 May 2025
Belgium Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL)       x   7 May 2025
Belgium Cardiovascular Center OLV Hospital     x     22 July 2025
Brazil Procardiaco Hospital     x   6 September 2025  
Bulgaria Multi-profile Hospital for Active Treatment "Heart and Brain" EAD Pleven   x     8 August 2025  
Croatia University Hospital Dubrava     x     7 May 2025
Croatia University Hospital Center Zagreb     x     7 May 2025
Croatia Cardiovascular Diseases Department - University Hospital of Split       x 26 February 2024 7 May 2025
Cyprus CardioHealth Center x       11 August 2025  
Cyprus Panayiotidescardio Clinic x         7 May 2025
Czech Republic

Heart Failure Center at Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine - IKEM

    x     7 May 2025
Czech Republic Department of Cardiology
2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University & University Hospital Motol
  x       7 May 2025
Czech Republic EDUMED, Kardiologická ambulance Jaroměř x         7 May 2025
Czech Republic EDUMED, Kardiologická ambulance Náchod x       30 April 2024  
Czech Republic Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice(General University Hospital), Centrum srdečního selhání, II. interní klinika kardiologie a angiologie       x   7 May 2025
Czech Republic EDUMED, Kardiologická ambulance Hradec Králové x         7 May 2025
Czech Republic EDUMED, Kardiologická ambulance Broumov x       3 April 2024  
Czech Republic University Hospital Ostrava, Heart Failure Center   x       7 May 2025
Czech Republic Na Homolce Hospital, Cardiovascular Center, Heart Failure Clinic   x       7 May 2025
Czech Republic Kardiologické oddělení Interní kliniky, Pardubická nemocnice   x       7 May 2025
Czech Republic St. Anne's University Hospital Brno     x     7 May 2025
Czech Republic Cardiology Department, Complex Cardiovascular Centre, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Pilsen, Charles University, Czech Republic   x       7 May 2025
Czech Republic Dpt. of cardiology, University hospital Královské Vinohrady and Third faculty of Medicine, Charles University   x       7 May 2025
Czech Republic České Budějovice Hospital - Centre for Heart Failure Management   x       7 May 2025
Czech Republic Kardiologie v sadech x         7 May 2025
Egypt

Kasr Alainy Hospital, Cairo University

  x     5 May 2025  
France

Hôpital Sainte Musse

  x     26 August 2025  
France

Heart Failure Unit - University Hospital François Mitterrand

    x   9 July 2025  
France

CHU Grenoble Alpes

    x     7 May 2025
France

L'Institut du Thorax - CHU Nantes, Nantes Université

    x     2 July 2025
France Hôpital Bicêtre x         13 June 2025
France Unité Thérapeutique d'Insuffisance Cardiaque - Hôpital privé Le Bois       x   22 July 2025
France Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies Unit, Polyclinique Saint Laurent   x       7 May 2025
Germany Praxis Oedeme x         13 June 2025
Greece

Heart Failure Unit - Hippocratio General Hospital

  x       7 May 2025
Greece Heart Failure Unit - General Hospital Georgios Papanikolaou   x       7 May 2025
Hungary

University of Debrecen Clinical Centre, Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

      x   7 May 2025
Indonesia Sebelas Maret Heart Failure Clinic   x     28 September 2025  
Israel Heart Failure Unit - Hadassah Medical Center     x     7 May 2025
Italy

HF laboratory of "I. Veris delli Ponti Hospital", ASL Lecce

  x     9 August 2025  
Italy

ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia

      x 24 June 2025  
Italy

Department of Internal Medicine, Ramazzini Hospital

x       27 April 2025  
Italy

IRCCS San Raffaele

x         7 May 2025
Italy Valduce Hospital   x     20 November 2024 7 May 2025
Italy

Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio

      x 18 November 2024  
Italy Centro Cardiologico Angiocard x       4 November 2024  
Kosovo (Republic Of)

OutPatient Clinic, University Clinical Centre of Kosova

x         7 May 2025
Kosovo (Republic Of) Clinic of cardiology, University Clinical Centre of Kosova   x       7 May 2025
Malta Mater Dei Hospital
Department of Cardiology
  x       22 July 2025
Poland

Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki

x       4 October 2025  
Poland

Institute of Heart Diseases, Jan Mikulicz Radecki University Hospital in Wrocław & Institute of Heart Diseases, Wroclaw Medical University

    x   15 July 2025  
Poland 1st Military Clinical Hospital   x       7 May 2025
Portugal

Clínica de Insuficiência Cardíaca da Unidade Local de Saúde de Entre Douro e Vouga

x       11 August 2025  
Portugal Serviço de Cardiologia - Unidade Local de Saúde Santa Maria       x 29 March 2025  
Portugal Heart Failure Unit, Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca Hospital   x       7 May 2025
Portugal Heart failure Clinic, S. Francisco Xavier Hospital
Unidade Local da Saúde Lisboa Ocidental (ULSLO)
  x       7 May 2025
Portugal São João Heart Failure and Transplant Clinic     x     7 May 2025
Romania

Heart Failure Center "Prof. Dr. Th. Burghele” University Hospital

x       10 July 2025