Cardiology
Interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, structural heart procedures, advanced heart failure programmes.
Belgian cardiology is built around academic centres with high case volumes and an unhurried clinical culture. The country was an early adopter of transcatheter valve therapies and complex electrophysiological ablations. Heart-failure programmes are integrated with transplantation centres, allowing seamless escalation when needed.
Patients arriving from abroad are typically reviewed by a multi-disciplinary team before any procedure — cardiology, cardiac surgery, anaesthesia and rehabilitation in the same room.
International patients we work with may be treated through institutions such as UZ Leuven, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, UZ Brussel and CHU Liège. We are not formal partners of any of these centres — we coordinate care into them, with appropriate humility about their independence.
Pre-arrival, your file is reviewed by the receiving cardiologist and a treatment plan is proposed. On arrival, you are seen for a consultation and any final imaging within the first forty-eight hours. The procedure follows within days, not weeks. Recovery is monitored in a coronary care unit and then in cardiac rehabilitation before return travel is authorised.
Long-haul flight risk after major cardiac procedures is taken seriously. Return travel is normally seven to fourteen days after intervention, with a medical escort available when indicated.
Frequently asked
Where your file is prepared in advance, yes. Same-day catheterisation is unusual in our coordination but not impossible if clinical urgency justifies it.
Yes. Belgian heart teams convene weekly. International cases reviewed in advance are typically scheduled within two to four weeks of confirmation.
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