Close ties to the Bristol Heart Institute for clinicians and
patients
The opening of the Bristol Heart Institute (BHI), right, as part
of the Trust in 2009 has made Bristol a regional and national
centre of excellence for the research and treatment of heart
disease.
As the Paediatric Cardiac Unit is part of the Bristol Congenital
Heart Centre, we are part of this wider family, alongside
colleagues in the Grown Up Congenital Heart Unit (GUCH). The BHI
building itself is around the corner from our base in the Bristol
Royal Hospital for Children.
Many of our clinicians conduct research on behalf of the BHI,
and all of them benefit from the ground-breaking work being carried
out in cardiac surgery, cardiology and anaesthesia.
Several of our surgeons and consultant cardiologists also treat
adult patients with congenital heart disease there, creating a
strong personal and professional link. Consultant paediatric
cardiac surgeon Dr Massimo Caputo is a principal investigator in
the BHI's programme of research into paediatric cardiac
surgery.
Many of the children we treat will go on to receive care as
adults at the BHI. Few congenital heart disease centres in the
country can offer an equivalent level of continuity and familiarity
between paediatric and adult treatment.
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