Arrhythmia Department

The arrhythmia subspecialty is our hospital’s Cardiology Ward II, with 37 beds, 4 professors, 2 associate professors, and 2 attending physicians; 7 of them hold doctoral degrees, and 5 have more than 1 year of overseas study and advanced training at renowned electrophysiology centers. It is currently an international training site for pacing and electrophysiology of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, a Cardiovascular Interventional Treatment Training Center of the Chinese Medical Association, an Arrhythmia Treatment Training Base of the Ministry of Health, the Liaoning Provincial Arrhythmia Diagnosis and Treatment Center, and the Dalian Arrhythmia Diagnosis and Treatment Base.

It mainly admits patients with various complex arrhythmias. Since the 1970s, it has cumulatively completed more than 4,500 cases of various electrophysiological examinations and catheter radiofrequency ablation treatment for tachyarrhythmias, including more than 700 cases of atrial fibrillation ablation treatment, with a success rate of 84%; more than 1,500 pacemaker and CRT/ICD treatments; and definitive surgeries for arrhythmias accounting for more than 95% of all such procedures in the Dalian area. It has completed and is currently leading 6 national-level research projects; it participated in 1 project each of the National 973 Program, the science and technology support program of the 11th Five-Year Plan, and the key research cooperation project of the 10th Five-Year Plan; it has undertaken 3 provincial- and ministerial-level projects; it has received nearly 20 awards at various levels, including 2 second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 first prize of the Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Award, and 2 first prizes of the Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award; it has published nearly 300 articles, including 23 SCI articles (highest impact factor: 13 points). It has trained more than 80 master’s students specializing in electrophysiology and 8 doctoral students.