Meet July's Feature Institutions

Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital is a Level III A general hospital that integrates medical care, physician training and clinical research and has been serving patients in Beijing and other areas across China since February 1958. Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital is the third teaching hospital affiliated with Capital Medical University in China. The clinical staff at Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital provide more than 3.8 million-man hours of outpatient treatment and more than 78,000-man hours of inpatient treatment per year and manage approximately 29,000 surgical cases annually. The medical center includes divisions dedicated to 7 key therapeutic areas, namely respiratory medicine, cardiovascular medicine, emergency medicine, anesthesia, critical care, and occupational medicine, all of which are known nationwide for providing cutting edge services.

The Heart Center at Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital opened its doors in 1993, under the direction of its founder, Professor Da-Yi Hu. This modern center dedicated to the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease integrates clinical teams that specialize in cardiovascular medicine, cardiovascular surgery, and cardiovascular imaging. The cardiac arrhythmias section at the Beijing Chao-Yang Heart Center includes leading experts in the field of electrophysiology in China. In 2019, the cardiac electrophysiology team at Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, which includes 12 faculty members, performed more than 1000 procedures, including over 700 catheter ablation procedures and nearly 300 pacemaker implantations. The electrophysiology team at Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital is renowned for their integrated approach to individualized interventional treatment of patients with persistent atrial fibrillation. Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital is one of the few general hospitals in China that offer patients with persistent atrial fibrillation a wide range of treatment options, including catheter ablation, one-stop or staged hybrid ablation, left atrial appendage closure, and atrioventricular node ablation combined with left bundle branch pacing.