title: Cardiac Centre of Excellence.   The West German Heart Centre in Essen.
abstract: Raimund Erbel MD discusses the short history of the West German Heart Centre of the Cardiology Department at the University of Duisburg-Essen, and its rapid advance to a centre of excellence.
authors.forename: Raimund
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Erbel
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D002300:Cardiac Care Facilities; D003325:Coronary Care Units; D005858:Germany; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D065467:Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement