The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yet-sen University of Medical Sciences Department of Cardiology There are a large number of excellent cardiologists in the department of cardiology, including 3 tutors for doctor degree, 22 tutors for master degree, 9 professors and 15 associate professors. The department of cardiology includes the division of cardiology, cardiac care unit, the division of cardiovascular intervention, cardiac catheterization laboratory, external counterpulsation center, electrophysiology laboratory, non-invasive examination laboratory and cardiovascular laboratory. Besides assuming the daily medical responsibilities, the department takes charge of many national and provincial scientific research programs, including the ninth and the tenth five-year program of national essential scientific-technological research. It also assumes the teaching work for postgraduate (doctor and master degree), undergraduate, interns and fellows, and conducts periodically training program of cardiovascular emergency and national continuing education course. The department possesses a variety of the top level equipment, including ambulatory ECG (Holter), stress electrocardiogram, radionuclide cardiovascular imaging system, advanced two-dimension digital cardiovascular imaging system, and EnSite 3000, the first non-contact intracardiac mapping system in south China. In the area of interventional cardiology, our department has carried out coronary angiography, coronary angioplasty, coronary stenting, coronary rotational atherectomy, percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty, percutaneous closing of PDA, ASD and VSD, and renal artery angioplasty and stenting. In the area of electrophysiology, our department has carried out intracardiac electrophysiologic study, radiofrequency ablation for supraventricular tachyarrhythmia, atrial flutter, ventricular tachyarrhythmia and atrial fibrillation. In the area of pacemaker implantation, our department has carried out VVI, VDD, AAI、DDD, DDDR ,anti-atrial fibrillation pacemaker implantation, and implanted cardiac defibrilator (ICD) and Bi-Ventricular pacing device implantation. The Enhanced External CounterPulsation(EECP) is developed by our department, and we own the intellectual property. EECP is now globally accepted as a treatment protocol for coronary artery disease. The colleagues have abundant experience of clinical practice. Our department closely follows the international frontier in the diagnose and treatment of coronary artery disease, hypertensive disease, hyperlipidemia, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, pericarditis, endocarditis, arrhythmia and heart failure. In addition, the department has got striking achievement in clinical and basic study. Our every colleague will serve patients with all our heart and with outstanding medical skills.