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The Oxford Heart Centre

The £29m Oxford Heart Centre is housed in a five-storey building, along with some re-configuration of existing three-storey space within the John Radcliffe Hospital. As a regional referral centre of excellence a wide range of surgical and medical services is available including:

• coronary intervention
• heart surgery
• arrhythmia treatment
• state-of-the-art imaging
• basic science research into understanding heart disease and genetics research into causes and cures
• a '24/7' heart attack centre
• innovative treatments such as transcutaneous aortic valves and drug eluting stents
• teaching (medical and non-medical).

Facilities in the include the following.

• Five catheter labs, for diagnosing and treating heart problems, and for monitoring patients undergoing cardiology treatment.
• A recovery unit with five beds, including a paediatric recovery area for child heart patients.
• 50 single rooms for patients over two wards.
• 19 intensive care and high dependency beds for cardiac patients
• 16 day patient beds
• 10 CCU beds total
• New facilities for staff
• Dedicated space for medical teaching, and for research into new treatments for heart disease.