title: Cardiac centres of excellence. 'Royal Brompton': the specialist centre in London that specialist centres consult.
abstract: It may be diagnosing Thalassaemia with magnetic resonance, navigating catheters round tight corners with magnets, or treating Marfan's syndrome with the Brompton Sheath--but if it is state of the art and it works, the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, will almost certainly have pioneered it, reports Barry Shurlock MA, PhD.
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D003325:Coronary Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D005544:Forecasting; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography