Cardiology

The Department of Cardiology of Renji Hospital has a profound historical heritage. It is a National Key Clinical Discipline of the Ministry of Health, a 211 Key Discipline of the Ministry of Education, one of the first sites in China authorized to confer master’s and doctoral degrees, one of the first American College of Cardiology continuing education colleges, one of the first National Cardiovascular Specialist Physician Training Bases, and a National Hypertension Science Popularization and Education Training Base. It is a National Chest Pain Center, National Heart Failure Center, National Atrial Fibrillation Center, and National Rehabilitation Center. It is currently distributed across five campuses: East, West, South, Hangzhou Bay, and Baoshan. It has a Coronary Heart Disease Center, Electrophysiology and Pacing Center, Heart Failure Center, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center, Structural Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Hypertension Center, Cardiac Rehabilitation Center, and Clinical Research and Pharmacology Center, among others. It handles 250,000 outpatient and emergency visits annually, nearly 10,000 discharges per year, and more than 11,000 surgeries. Its medical diagnosis and treatment capabilities, discipline talent development, and scientific research and academic standards are at the forefront in China.

Cardiology is currently one of the fastest-developing disciplines in the world, featuring both exquisite minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures and vigorous advances in cardiac theory and practice. The three major cardiovascular journals, Circulation, JACC, and EHJ, have consistently ranked among the world’s top journals, demonstrating the depth and development of cardiology. The discipline has a group of outstanding young talents, including Ministry of Science and Technology leading talents among young and middle-aged professionals, chief scientists of National Key Research and Development Program projects, New-Century Excellent Talents of the Ministry of Education, national-level high-level talents, National Postdoctoral Innovative Talents, Outstanding Academic Leaders of Shanghai, Oriental Talent Plan top talents, Shanghai “Dawn” Scholars, recipients of the Shanghai Silver Snake Award, Shanghai Science and Technology Rising Stars, Shanghai Pujiang Talents, Shanghai “Double Hundred” Talents, outstanding talents of Shanghai “Medical Garden Rising Stars,” recipients of the Wu Mengchao Medical Youth Award, recipients of the Shulan Medical Youth Award, and Yangfan talents among young scientific and technological elites.

The Department of Cardiology undertakes more than 60 national-level projects, including key research and development programs of the Ministry of Science and Technology, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars projects, key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, general projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and youth projects, with total research funding exceeding 50 million; in recent years, it has published more than 150 papers in the three major authoritative cardiovascular journals, Circulation, JACC, and EHJ, among others, with a total impact factor exceeding 1000 points; there are 27 papers with an impact factor ＞10. Its research findings have been incorporated into international authoritative textbooks, Cardiovascular Medicine Textbook: Braunwald’s Heart Disease, and cardiovascular clinical guidelines and medical standards, including the European Cardiovascular Imaging Guidelines.