Us in numbers at the Department of Cardiology


We are


  • 5 professors in cardiovascular medicine
  • 25 consultants, specialised in cardiology
  • 2 consultants, specialised in respiratory medicine
  • 5 senior house officers, specialised in cardiovascular medicine
  • 22 residents
  • 23 research fellows (PhD students)
  • 1 head nurse (chiefnurse of department)
  • 4 ward nurses
  • 1 post doc nurse PhD, specialised in cardiological nursing
  • 2 PhD students in cardiological nursing
  • 6 clinical nurse specialists
  • 280 nurses
  • 10 lab technologists
  • 33 secretaries and administrative staff

We perform annually


  • 46,000 in-hospital admissions
  • 17,000 day-clinic consultations
  • 6,000 echocardiography examinations
  • 1,000 cardiac CT examinations
  • 2,500 coronary interventional procedures (PCI, IVUS, FFR)
  • 3,500 coronary angiograms (CAG)
  • 1000 primary PCI
  • 450 radio frequency ablations
  • 950 pacemaker and ICD implantations
  • 400 right heart catheterisations
  • 250 myocardial biopsies
  • 200 Transcatheter aortic, mitral and pulmonary valve interventions/implantations

We work in


  • 8 wards with 100 beds
  • 8 catheterisation suites
  • 1 dedicated echo and imaging division/laboratory
  • 3 out-patient clinic areas
  • 1 Holter monitoring and stress test unit.


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