Heart Failure and Hypertension Department

The Department of Heart Failure and Hypertension was established in 2001. Its scale has continued to expand, while its academic standing and standard of medical care have continued to improve. It currently has 30 beds and 2 professors and 3 associate professors, all of whom hold doctoral degrees. Among them are 1 doctoral student supervisor and 2 master’s student supervisors, and 1 has received a State Council Special Allowance.

The department focuses on the etiological diagnosis of hypertension, the treatment of resistant hypertension, and the emergency rescue of patients with hypertensive emergencies and critical conditions. It also undertakes the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension-related diseases, such as hypertensive heart disease, early renal impairment, and atherosclerotic diseases. The department is committed to the prevention and treatment of hypertension. A hypertension outpatient clinic was established in 2008, and a smoking cessation clinic was established in 2009, creating an integrated platform for the prevention, control, and treatment of hypertension. The department has established a comprehensive screening system for secondary hypertension. It was the first in Northeast China to carry out adrenal venous sampling with lateralization for the localization and diagnosis of primary aldosteronism. Screening for monogenic hypertension is also performed. The department carries out the evaluation of early monitoring indicators for hypertensive target-organ damage, treatment of hypertensive target-organ damage, early and intensive intervention for hypertension and atherosclerosis, and interventional treatment for refractory hypertension. It also admits patients with heart failure caused by various etiologies, as well as patients with cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, and other conditions.

More than 10 research projects have been completed, including 2 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 8 provincial-level projects, and 1 municipal-level project. More than 100 articles have been published, including over 40 SCI-indexed articles. The department has received 2 Second Prizes and 2 Third Prizes of the Liaoning Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.