Cardiology

The Department of Cardiology is a department of internal medicine/cardiology which receives adults with cardio-vascular diseases for admission as well as for outpatient examination and treatment. The main areas of specific interest at the Department of Cardiology are ischaemia, arrhythmia, heart failure and heart valve disorders. The Department of Cardiology is also involved in research and education.

The Department of Cardiology also takes care of highly specialised treatment of patients undergoing coronary angioplasty (PCI), patients with need for TAVI-treatment because of heart valve diseases and patients with a need for an radiofrequency ablation as well as an Implantable Converter Defibrillator- or pacemakerimplantation.

The Department of Cardiology has 48 beds in two wards, and a unit with daytime beds for outpatients who are examined and treated at The Cardiology Laboratory. The Cardiology Laboratory has seven operating theatres for invasive treatment. The outpatient clinic is responsible for all non-invasive examinations and treatments.

The outpatient clinic is organized with the following specific clinics:

• Congenital Heart Disease Clinic
• Heart Failure Clinic
• Atrial Fibrillation Clinic
• Anticoagulation Clinic
• Ischaemic Clinic
• Telemonitorering and control of patients with pacemakers and Implantable Converter Defibrillators.
   

The number of employees is 245 physicians, nurses, social and health care assistants, laboratory technicians and medical secretaries. Department B3 is located on the 4th floor (entrance 20). Department B4 is located on 3rd floor (entrance 20). 
The outpatient clinics are located on 2nd floor west entrance 44/46, in the basement entrance 44/46 and on the 3rd floor on the opposite site of the ward B4.

• Heart failure
• Cardiovascular pharmacology
• Electrophysiology and radiofrequency ablation
• Pacemaker- and ICD treatment (Danish Pacemaker and ICD register)
• Preventive cardiology especially dyslipidimia and hypertension
• Prehospital treatment including acute coronar syndrome (diagnosis and treatment)
• Intravascular ultrasound study and revascularisation procedure
• Chronic ischaemic heart disease (myocardio- and vessel walls biomarkers, coronary chalk-score, heart-CT)
• Establishment of a biobank under OPEN (Patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome; healthy middle
• Nursing research

The Department has six professors, apx twenty research traniees and Ph.D.-students and five associate professors.