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[The cardiology department]
J P Degaute1, G Berkenboom, M Renard
1jdegaute@ulb.ac.be
Revue Medicale De Bruxelles
|February 15, 2003
Insights
The Erasme hospital
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Research
- Exercise Physiology
Context:
- Established in 1979, the Erasme hospital's Cardiology Department has a long history.
- The department features a 54-bed hospitalization unit, a 12-bed coronary care unit, and extensive technical facilities.
Purpose:
- To detail the evolution and research scope of the Cardiology Department at Erasme hospital.
- Highlighting the department's contributions to cardiovascular science and patient care.
Summary:
- The Cardiology Department at Erasme hospital, founded in 1979, has expanded significantly.
- Its clinical activities have driven research in exercise adaptation post-cardiac transplant, epidemiology, pharmacology, and hypertension.
Impact:
- The department's research enhances understanding of cardiovascular adaptation and disease.
- It contributes to advancements in clinical cardiology, pharmacology, and hypertension management.
Abstract:
Cardiology was present since the very beginning of the Erasme hospital. The Department of Cardiology was created in 1979. This department is made of a hospitalization unit (54 beds), a coronary care unit (12 beds) and a large technical unit. Clinical activity has increased tremendously and this had led to an important research activity in the fields of cardio-respiratory and metabolic adaptation to exercise, particularly after cardiac transplantation, of cardiovascular epidemiology, of clinical pharmacology and in pulmonary as well as systemic hypertension.