iCor: A benchmark in cardiovascular care and innovation
The iCor is a leading entity in the care of patients with cardiovascular disease where innovation, research and teaching are a priority. The Institute encompasses the areas of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery of the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, and the ICREC (Heart Failure and Cardiac Regeneration) research group, located at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP).
Its mission is to provide excellent care to patients with cardiovascular pathology in the Northern Metropolitan region and its vision is to be a modern service, with highly specialized medicine, while providing integrative care to patients in the reference area.
Healthcare, teaching and research areas
iCor research
The team includes cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, residents, nurses, assistants, administatives, researchers from multidisciplinary backgrounds and other specialties
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iCor objectives
- Achieve a competitive, open and dynamic organizational model, focused on the patient and accessible to the population.
- Coordinate and provide specialized care to cardiovascular patients in the assigned area both in the hospital setting and in primary care.
- To be a reference center for comprehensive care for patients with complex cardiovascular health problems (tertiary level).
- Carry out research projects in new cardiovascular diagnosis and treatment technologies.
- Obtain external resources to finance cardiovascular research, both in the clinical and basic research fields.
- Integrate healthcare activity with undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, and with clinical-epidemiological and basic research in cardiovascular matters.
