Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust is one of world’s foremost cardiothoracic centres with 350 dedicated cardiology beds, 3000 operations and 100,000 cardiology out-patients per year with prominent clinical interests in heart failure, cardiac surgery and transplantation, congenital heart disease, preventive and invasive cardiology, and imaging. It is closely allied to the National Heart and Lung Institute of Imperial College for cardiology post-graduate teaching and research for which it has a worldwide reputation.

The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit was established in 1984 making it one of the very first to specialise in cardiovascular imaging and research. The CMR Unit has pioneered contributions in the field over 15 years in the assessment of flow, rapid imaging, atheroma, coronaries, myocardial perfusion, volume/mass assessment and valvular disease. The CMR Unit is an international referral centre, performing about 4000 cardiovascular CMR studies per year. We also have a substantial number of research projects. The dedicated staff of cardiologists, physicists, computer scientists and support staff numbering 30 in total, have extensive experience in these fields allowing excellence in clinical practice, teaching and research. The course offered therefore has all the advantages of breadth of experience from the faculty, as well as a multidisciplinary approach.

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