Centre for Advanced Cardiovascular Research

World class researchThe Centre for Advanced Cardiovascular Research supports the development of leading edge research in the field of medical devices, nanotechnology and bio-molecular science applied to critical cardiac care.

The centre facilitates research and the development of new technology platforms thus accommodating the evolution of optimal therapeutic and diagnostic devices and systems. The Co-Directors of the Centre for Advanced Cardiovascular Research are Professor Omar Escalona at the University of Ulster and Dr. Ganesh Manoharan at the Royal Victoria Hospital.
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Royal Victoria HospitalRoyal Victoria HospitalRVH LogoThe centre research is managed by the University of Ulster and the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.

Since the mid 1960s Northern Ireland has been at the centre of new methodologies and treatments for sudden cardiac death by combining the application of fundamental science and engineering into the clinical setting. 

The launch of the first mobile coronary care unit in Belfast in 1966 demonstrated how effective clinical practice could be achieved through the collaboration of best scientific practice into applied medicine.