ICARe-HF Accredited centres
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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

CountryArmenia
Centre nameUniversity Hospital N1, General and Invasive Cardiology Clinic, YSMU
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date3 April 2024
CountryArmenia
Centre nameErebouni Cardiology Center
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date2 April 2024
CountryBelgium
Centre nameJessa Hospital
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

x
Pre-accreditation date19 November 2024
CountryBelgium
Centre nameAZ groeninge
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date23 October 2024
CountryBelgium
Centre nameInstitut Cardiovasculaire, Cliniques universitaires Saint Luc
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

x

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date7 May 2024
CountryBelgium
Centre nameZiekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL)
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

x
Pre-accreditation date30 April 2024
CountryBelgium
Centre nameCardiovascular Center OLV Hospital
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

x

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date10 March 2024
CountryCroatia
Centre nameUniversity Hospital Dubrava
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

x

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date1 February 2025
CountryCroatia
Centre nameUniversity Hospital Center Zagreb
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

X

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date9 November 2024
CountryCroatia
Centre nameCardiovascular Diseases Department - University Hospital of Split
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

x
Pre-accreditation date26 February 2024
CountryCyprus
Centre namePanayiotidescardio Clinic
Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date7 May 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre name

Heart Failure Center at Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine - IKEM

Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

x

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date18 November 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameDepartment of Cardiology
2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University & University Hospital Motol
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date22 May 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameEDUMED, Kardiologická ambulance Jaroměř
Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date30 April 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameEDUMED, Kardiologická ambulance Náchod
Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date30 April 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameVšeobecná fakultní nemocnice(General University Hospital), Centrum srdečního selhání, II. interní klinika kardiologie a angiologie
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

x
Pre-accreditation date24 April 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameEDUMED, Kardiologická ambulance Hradec Králové
Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date3 April 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameEDUMED, Kardiologická ambulance Broumov
Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date3 April 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameUniversity Hospital Ostrava, Heart Failure Center
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date3 April 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameNa Homolce Hospital, Cardiovascular Center, Heart Failure Clinic
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date2 April 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameKardiologické oddělení Interní kliniky, Pardubická nemocnice
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date27 March 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameSt. Anne's University Hospital Brno
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

x

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date26 February 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameCardiology Department, Complex Cardiovascular Centre, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Pilsen, Charles University, Czech Republic
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date26 February 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameDpt. of cardiology, University hospital Královské Vinohrady and Third faculty of Medicine, Charles University
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date26 February 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameČeské Budějovice Hospital - Centre for Heart Failure Management
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date14 February 2024
CountryCzech Republic
Centre nameKardiologie v sadech
Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date14 February 2024
CountryFrance
Centre nameHôpital Bicêtre
Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date12 March 2025
CountryFrance
Centre nameUnité Thérapeutique d'Insuffisance Cardiaque - Hôpital privé Le Bois
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

x
Pre-accreditation date3 March 2025
CountryFrance
Centre nameHeart Failure and Cardiomyopathies Unit, Polyclinique Saint Laurent
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date10 May 2024
CountryGermany
Centre namePraxis Oedeme
Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date7 May 2024
CountryGreece
Centre name

Heart Failure Unit - Hippocratio General Hospital

Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date9 February 2025
CountryGreece
Centre nameHeart Failure Unit - General Hospital Georgios Papanikolaou
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date18 April 2024
CountryIsrael
Centre nameHeart Failure Unit - Hadassah Medical Center
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

x

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date9 March 2025
CountryItaly
Centre nameValduce Hospital
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date20 November 2024
CountryItaly
Centre name

Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio

Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

x
Pre-accreditation date18 November 2024
CountryItaly
Centre nameCentro Cardiologico Angiocard
Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date4 November 2024
CountryKosovo (Republic Of)
Centre nameClinic of cardiology, University Clinical Centre of Kosova
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date5 July 2024
CountryMalta
Centre nameMater Dei Hospital
Department of Cardiology
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date15 March 2024
CountryPortugal
Centre nameHeart Failure Unit, Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca Hospital
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date5 February 2025
CountryPortugal
Centre nameHeart failure Clinic, S. Francisco Xavier Hospital
Unidade Local da Saúde Lisboa Ocidental (ULSLO)
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date21 May 2024
CountryPortugal
Centre nameSão João Heart Failure and Transplant Clinic
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

x

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date2 April 2024
CountryRomania
Centre name

Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases and Transplant

Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

x

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date5 March 2025
CountryRomania
Centre nameUniversity Clinic of Cardiology II - Timisoara
Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date24 October 2024
CountryRomania
Centre name2nd Internal Medicine Clinic, “Sfântul Spiridon” Clinical County Emergency Hospital
Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date16 August 2024
CountryRomania
Centre nameEmergency County Hospital "Dr. Constantin Opris"
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date29 July 2024
CountryRomania
Centre nameCentrul pentru terapii avansate ale insuficientei cardiace
Institutul de Urgenta pentru Boli Cardiovasculare 'C.C.Iliescu'
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

x
Pre-accreditation date23 July 2024
CountrySpain
Centre nameHospital de Palamos - Unidad de Insuficiencia cardiaca
Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date19 March 2024
CountrySweden
Centre nameHeart Failure Centre Enköping (HFCE)
Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date16 April 2024
CountrySwitzerland
Centre nameIstituto Cardiocentro Ticino
Community 
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

x
Pre-accreditation date1 July 2024
CountryTunisia
Centre nameAbderrahmen Mami Hospital, Cardiology Department
Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date18 April 2024
CountryVietnam
Centre name

Quang Tri General Hospital

Community 
Specialisedx

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date7 March 2025
CountryVietnam
Centre name

Dong Do Hospital

Communityx
Specialised 

Advanced Type A

 

Advanced Type B

 
Pre-accreditation date28 February 2025
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 Jessa Hospital       x 19 November 2024
Belgium AZ groeninge   x     23 October 2024
Belgium Institut Cardiovasculaire, Cliniques universitaires Saint Luc     x   7 May 2024
Belgium Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (ZOL)       x 30 April 2024
Belgium Cardiovascular Center OLV Hospital     x   10 March 2024
Croatia University Hospital Dubrava     x   1 February 2025
Croatia University Hospital Center Zagreb     X   9 November 2024
Croatia Cardiovascular Diseases Department - University Hospital of Split       x 26 February 2024
Cyprus Panayiotidescardio Clinic x       7 May 2024
Czech Republic

Heart Failure Center at Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine - IKEM

    x   18 November 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 Hôpital Bicêtre x       12 March 2025
France Unité Thérapeutique d'Insuffisance Cardiaque - Hôpital privé Le Bois       x 3 March 2025
France Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies Unit, Polyclinique Saint Laurent   x     10 May 2024
Germany Praxis Oedeme x       7 May 2024
Greece

Heart Failure Unit - Hippocratio General Hospital

  x     9 February 2025
Greece Heart Failure Unit - General Hospital Georgios Papanikolaou   x     18 April 2024
Israel Heart Failure Unit - Hadassah Medical Center     x   9 March 2025
Italy Valduce Hospital   x     20 November 2024
Italy

Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio

      x 18 November 2024
Italy Centro Cardiologico Angiocard x       4 November 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 Unit, Prof. Dr. Fernando Fonseca Hospital   x     5 February 2025
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

Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases and Transplant

    x   5 March 2025
Romania University Clinic of Cardiology II - Timisoara x       24 October 2024
Romania 2nd Internal Medicine Clinic, “Sfântul Spiridon” Clinical County Emergency Hospital x       16 August 2024
Romania Emergency County Hospital "Dr. Constantin Opris"   x     29 July 2024
Romania Centrul pentru terapii avansate ale insuficientei cardiace
Institutul de Urgenta pentru Boli Cardiovasculare 'C.C.Iliescu'
      x 23 July 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
Vietnam

Quang Tri General Hospital

  x     7 March 2025
Vietnam

Dong Do Hospital

x       28 February 2025