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ICARe-HF Accredited centres

ICARe-HF – Recognising excellence in heart failure care An international accreditation programme for heart failure centres.

The Heart Failure Association (HFA) is pleased to recognise these ICARe-HF Quality of Care Centres and congratulates them on their accomplishment.

A distinction will be made for advanced centres:

  • Type A advanced centres have the ability to perform cardiac surgeries such as heart transplants and/or mechanical circulatory implantations. These centres also have the ability to identify patients eligible for this type of surgery and provide them with the necessary care.
  • Type B advanced centres have the capacity to identify patients eligible for cardiac surgery such as heart transplants and/or mechanical circulatory implantations, refer them to a Type A advanced centre and provide them with the necessary care. However, these centres do not have the ability to perform these cardiac surgeries on their own.

ICARe-HF pre-accredited Quality of Care Centres (QCC)

We are pleased to share the list of pre-accredited QCC

Country Centre name Community Specialised

Advanced Type A

Advanced Type B

Pre-accreditation date
Armenia  University Hospital N1, General and Invasive Cardiology Clinic, YSMU   x     3 April 2024
Armenia Erebouni Cardiology Center   x     2 April 2024
Belgium AZ groeninge   x     23 October 2024
Belgium Institut Cardiovasculaire, Cliniques universitaires Saint Luc     x   7 May 2024
Belgium Cardiovascular Center OLV Hospital     x   10 March 2024
Belgium Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL)       x 30 April 2024
Croatia Cardiovascular Diseases Department - University Hospital of Split       x 26 February 2024
Cyprus Panayiotidescardio Clinic x       7 May 2024
Czech Republic Department of Cardiology
2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University & University Hospital Motol
  x     22 May 2024
Czech Republic EDUMED, Kardiologická ambulance Jaroměř x       30 April 2024
Czech Republic EDUMED, Kardiologická ambulance Náchod x       30 April 2024
Czech Republic Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice(General University Hospital), Centrum srdečního selhání, II. interní klinika kardiologie a angiologie       x 24 April 2024
Czech Republic EDUMED, Kardiologická ambulance Hradec Králové x       3 April 2024
Czech Republic EDUMED, Kardiologická ambulance Broumov x       3 April 2024
Czech Republic University Hospital Ostrava, Heart Failure Center   x     3 April 2024
Czech Republic Na Homolce Hospital, Cardiovascular Center, Heart Failure Clinic   x     2 April 2024
Czech Republic Kardiologické oddělení Interní kliniky, Pardubická nemocnice   x     27 March 2024
Czech Republic St. Anne's University Hospital Brno     x   26 February 2024
Czech Republic Cardiology Department, Complex Cardiovascular Centre, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Pilsen, Charles University, Czech Republic   x     26 February 2024
Czech Republic Dpt. of cardiology, University hospital Královské Vinohrady and Third faculty of Medicine, Charles University   x     26 February 2024
Czech Republic České Budějovice Hospital - Centre for Heart Failure Management   x     14 February 2024
Czech Republic Kardiologie v sadech x       14 February 2024
France Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies Unit, Polyclinique Saint Laurent   x     10 May 2024
Germany Praxis Oedeme x       7 May 2024
Greece Heart Failure Unit - General Hospital Georgios Papanikolaou   x     18 April 2024
Kosovo (Republic Of) Clinic of cardiology, University Clinical Centre of Kosova   x     5 July 2024
Malta Mater Dei Hospital
Department of Cardiology
  x     15 March 2024
Portugal Heart failure Clinic, S. Francisco Xavier Hospital
Unidade Local da Saúde Lisboa Ocidental (ULSLO)
  x     21 May 2024
Portugal São João Heart Failure and Transplant Clinic     x   2 April 2024
Romania Centrul pentru terapii avansate ale insuficientei cardiace
Institutul de Urgenta pentru Boli Cardiovasculare 'C.C.Iliescu'
      x 23 July 2024
Romania Emergency County Hospital "Dr. Constantin Opris"   x     29 July 2024
Romania 2nd Internal Medicine Clinic, “Sfântul Spiridon” Clinical County Emergency Hospital x       16 August 2024
Romania University Clinic of Cardiology II - Timisoara x       24 October 2024
Spain Hospital de Palamos - Unidad de Insuficiencia cardiaca x       19 March 2024
Sweden Heart Failure Centre Enköping (HFCE) x       16 April 2024
Switzerland Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino       x 1 July 2024
Tunisia Abderrahmen Mami Hospital, Cardiology Department   x     18 April 2024