The Scientific Excellence Top Ten (SET-10) celebrates the world’s leading academic medical institutions whose groundbreaking research is shaping the future of interventional cardiovascular medicine. Now in its fourth year, this global benchmark recognizes the institutions driving the field forward based on the quality and volume of their contributions to TCT 2026.
Six Categories of Excellence
A Global Benchmark for Scientific Leadership
The SET-10 represents more than a ranking — it’s the benchmark for academic excellence in cardiovascular innovation. The list highlights institutions whose work drives real progress in patient care.
How Institutions Are Ranked
Rankings are determined by the total number and scoring of scientific abstracts and late-breaking research accepted to TCT from your institution. Every accepted submission counts toward your institution's standing. Institutions are defined by first and last authors.
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GLOBAL RANKING: CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2025 | |||
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Rank | Institution | City | Country |
1 | Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine | New York, New York | USA |
2 | Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College | Beijing | China |
3 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, Texas | USA |
4 | Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, Ohio | USA |
5 | Mayo Clinic | Rochester, Minnesota | USA |
6 | Humanitas Research Hospital | Milan | Italy |
7 | Cardiovascular Center Aalst, OLV Hospital, AZORG Hospital | Aalst | Belgium |
8 | Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital | Minneapolis, Minnesota | USA |
9 | Endeavor Health (NorthShore University Health System) | Evanston, Illinois | USA |
10 | Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital — Dallas | Dallas, Texas | USA |
UNITED STATES RANKING: CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2025 | |||
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Rank | Institution | City | Country |
1 | Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine | New York, New York | USA |
2 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, Texas | USA |
3 | Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, Ohio | USA |
4 | Mayo Clinic | Rochester, Minnesota | USA |
5 | Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital | Minneapolis, Minnesota | USA |
6 | Endeavor Health (NorthShore University Health System) | Evanston, Illinois | USA |
7 | Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital — Dallas | Dallas, Texas | USA |
8 | Mount Auburn / Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School | Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts | USA |
9 | Detroit Medical Center / Wayne State University | Detroit, Michigan | USA |
10 | Tampa Heart | Tampa, Florida | USA |
NON-U.S. RANKING: CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2025 | |||
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Rank | Institution | City | Country |
1 | Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College | Beijing | China |
2 | Humanitas Research Hospital | Milan | Italy |
3 | Cardiovascular Center Aalst, OLV Hospital, AZORG Hospital | Aalst | Belgium |
4 | Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University | Xi’an | China |
5 | Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College Of Medicine | Seoul | South Korea |
6 | National University of Ireland Galway | Galway | Ireland |
7 | Alexandria Main University Hospital | Alexandria | Egypt |
8 | Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University | Shanghai | China |
9 | Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University | Nanjing | China |
10 | University of Milan, Centro Cardiologico Monzino | Milan | Italy |
CORONARY RANKING: CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2025 | |||
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Rank | Institution | City | Country |
1 | Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine | New York, New York | USA |
2 | Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College | Beijing | China |
3 | Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital | Minneapolis, Minnesota | USA |
4 | Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University | Xi’an | China |
5 | UTHealth Houston (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) | Houston, Texas | USA |
6 | Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University | Nanjing | China |
7 | Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, Ohio | USA |
8 | Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine | Seoul | South Korea |
9 | Endeavor Health (NorthShore University Health System) | Evanston, Illinois | USA |
10 | Mount Auburn / Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School | Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts | USA |
STRUCTURAL RANKING: CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2025 | |||
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Rank | Institution | City | Country |
1 | Mayo Clinic | Rochester, Minnesota | USA |
2 | Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland, Ohio | USA |
3 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | Houston, Texas | USA |
4 | University of Toledo | Toledo, Ohio | USA |
5 | Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University | Atlanta, Georgia | USA |
6 | Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, Massachusetts | USA |
7 | Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, Oregon | USA |
8 | Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center | Houston, Texas | USA |
9 | Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine | New York, New York | USA |
10 | Detroit Medical Center / Wayne State University | Detroit, Michigan | USA |
LATE-BREAKING CLINICAL RESEARCH RANKING: CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2025 | |||
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Rank | Institution | City | Country |
1 | NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center | New York, New York | USA |
2 | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center / Smidt Heart Institute | Los Angeles, California | USA |
3 | Allina Health Minneapolis Heart Institute | Minneapolis, Minnesota | USA |
4 | Radboud University Medical Center | Nijmegen | Netherlands |
5 | Mayo Clinic | Rochester, Minnesota | USA |
6 | Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby | Aarhus | Denmark |
7 | Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College | Beijing | China |
8 | Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University | Xi’an | China |
9 | New York University School of Medicine | New York, New York | USA |
10 | European Hospital Georges Pompidou | Paris | France |
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GLOBAL RANKING: CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2024 |
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Rank |
Institution |
City |
Country |
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1 |
Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine Seoul |
Seoul |
South Korea |
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2 |
Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine |
New York, New York |
USA |
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3 |
Mayo Clinic, Rochester |
Rochester, Minnesota |
USA |
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4 |
Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University |
Nanjing |
China |
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5 |
Henry Ford Health System |
Detroit, Michigan |
USA |
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6 |
Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai |
Shanghai |
China |
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7 |
Seoul National University Hospital |
Seoul |
South Korea |
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8 |
Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital |
New Haven, Connecticut |
USA |
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9 |
New York-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
New York, New York |
USA |
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10 |
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School |
Boston, Massachusetts |
USA |
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United States Ranking CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2024 |
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Rank |
Institution |
City |
Country |
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1 |
Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine |
New York, New York |
USA |
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2 |
Mayo Clinic, Rochester |
Rochester, Minnesota |
USA |
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3 |
Henry Ford Health System |
Detroit, Michigan |
USA |
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4 |
Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital |
New Haven, Connecticut |
USA |
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5 |
New York-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
New York, New York |
USA |
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6 |
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School |
Boston, Massachusetts |
USA |
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7 |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Los Angeles, California |
USA |
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8 |
Minneapolis Heart Institute |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
USA |
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9 |
Tufts Medical Center |
Boston, Massachusetts |
USA |
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10 |
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center |
Houston, Texas |
USA |
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Non-U.S. Ranking CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2024 |
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Rank |
Institution |
City |
Country |
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1 |
Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul |
Seoul |
South Korea |
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2 |
Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University |
Nanjing |
China |
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3 |
Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai |
Shanghai |
China |
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4 |
Seoul National University Hospital |
Seoul |
South Korea |
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5 |
Odense University Hospital |
Odense |
Denmark |
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6 |
Amsterdam University Medical Center / VUMC / AMC |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
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7 |
Cardiovascular Center OLV-Aalst |
Aalst |
Belgium |
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8 |
National University of Ireland Galway |
Galway |
Ireland |
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9 |
Korea University Guro Hospital |
Seoul |
South Korea |
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10 |
University Hospital Rigshospitalet |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
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Coronary Ranking CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2024 |
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Rank |
Institution |
City |
Country |
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1 |
Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine |
New York, New York |
USA |
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2 |
Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University |
Nanjing |
Nanjing |
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3 |
Odense University Hospital |
Odense |
Denmark |
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4 |
Tufts Medical Center |
Boston, Massachusetts |
USA |
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5 |
New York-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
New York, New York |
USA |
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6 |
Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai |
Shanghai |
China |
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7 |
Henry Ford Health System |
Detroit, Michigan |
USA |
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8 |
Amsterdam University Medical Center / VUMC / AMC |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
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9 |
University Hospital Leuven |
Leuven |
Belgium |
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10 |
University Hospital Rigshospitalet |
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
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Structural Ranking CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2024 |
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Rank |
Institution |
City |
Country |
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1 |
Henry Ford Health System |
Detroit, Michigan |
USA |
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2 |
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center |
Houston, Texas |
USA |
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3 |
Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University |
Atlanta, Georgia |
USA |
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4 |
Mayo Clinic, Rochester |
Rochester, Minnesota |
USA |
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5 |
Yale University School of Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital |
New Haven, Connecticut |
USA |
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6 |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Los Angeles, California |
USA |
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7 |
Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai |
Shanghai |
China |
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8 |
St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver |
Vancouver, British Columbia |
Canada |
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9 |
Minneapolis Heart Institute |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
USA |
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10 |
Georgetown University, Medstar Washington Hospital Center |
Washington, District of Columbia |
USA |
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Late-Breaking Clinical Research Ranking CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2024 |
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Rank |
Institution |
City |
Country |
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1 |
New York-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
New York, New York |
USA |
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2 |
Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine |
New York, New York |
USA |
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3 |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Los Angeles, California |
USA |
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4 |
Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul |
Seoul |
South Korea |
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5 |
Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute, Morristown Medical Center |
Morristown, New Jersey |
USA |
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6 |
Piedmont Heart Institute |
Atlanta, Georgia |
USA |
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7 |
Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam |
Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
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8 |
Bern University Hospital |
Bern |
Switzerland |
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9 |
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School |
Boston, Massachusetts |
USA |
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10 |
Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences |
Hamilton, Ontario |
Canada |
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GLOBAL RANKING: CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2023 |
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Rank |
Center |
City |
Country |
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1 |
Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center |
Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
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2 |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Los Angeles |
USA |
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3 |
Samsung Medical Center |
Seoul |
South Korea |
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4 |
National University of Ireland Galway |
Galway |
Ireland |
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5 |
Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine |
New York |
USA |
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6 |
Heart Center Leipzig, University Hospital |
Leipzig |
Germany |
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7 |
Mayo Clinic, Rochester |
Rochester, MN |
USA |
|
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8 |
Amsterdam University Medical Center |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
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9 |
King's College London |
London |
UK |
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10 |
Baylor Scott & White, The Heart Hospital |
Plano, TX |
USA |
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UNITED STATES RANKING: CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2023 |
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Rank |
Center |
City |
Country |
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1 |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Los Angeles |
USA |
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2 |
Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine |
New York |
USA |
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3 |
Mayo Clinic, Rochester |
Rochester, MN |
USA |
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4 |
Baylor Scott & White, The Heart Hospital |
Plano, TX |
USA |
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5 |
Minneapolis Heart Institute |
Minneapolis |
USA |
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6 |
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
New York |
USA |
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7 |
Duke University |
Durham, NC |
USA |
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8 |
Henry Ford Health System |
Detroit |
USA |
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9 |
Detroit Medical Center/ Wayne State University |
Detroit |
USA |
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10 |
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular |
Houston |
USA |
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NON-U.S. RANKING: CRF® SET-10 for TCT® 2023 |
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Rank |
Center |
City |
Country |
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1 |
Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center |
Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
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2 |
Samsung Medical Center |
Seoul |
South Korea |
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3 |
National University of Ireland Galway |
Galway |
Ireland |
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4 |
Heart Center Leipzig, University Hospital |
Leipzig |
Germany |
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5 |
Amsterdam University Medical Center |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
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6 |
King's College London |
London |
UK |
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7 |
Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy And Peking Union Medical College |
Beijing |
China |
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8 |
Asan Medical Center |
Seoul |
South Korea |
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9 |
Klinikum Der Universitat München |
Munich |
Germany |
|
10 |
National Taiwan University Hospital |
Taipei City |
Taiwan |
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CRF® SET-10: Coronary Ranking |
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Rank |
Center |
City |
Country |
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1 |
Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center |
Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
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2 |
Samsung Medical Center |
Seoul |
South Korea |
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3 |
Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine |
New York |
USA |
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4 |
Minneapolis Heart Institute |
Minneapolis |
USA |
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5 |
Asan Medical Center |
Seoul |
South Korea |
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6 |
Henry Ford Health System |
Detroit |
USA |
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7 |
Tufts Medical Center |
Boston |
USA |
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8 |
Amsterdam University Medical Center |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
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9 |
Baylor Scott & White, The Heart Hospital |
Plano, TX |
USA |
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10 |
Vancouver General Hospital |
Vancouver |
Canada |
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CRF® SET-10: Structural Ranking |
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Rank |
Center |
City |
Country |
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1 |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Los Angeles |
USA |
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2 |
Amsterdam University Medical Center |
Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
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3 |
Mount Auburn / Brigham And Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School |
Boston |
USA |
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4 |
Heart Center Leipzig, University Hospital |
Leipzig |
Germany |
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5 |
Mayo Clinic, Rochester |
Rochester, MN |
USA |
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6 |
Klinikum Der Universitat München |
Munich |
Germany |
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7 |
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
New York |
USA |
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8 |
Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center |
Houston |
USA |
|
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9 |
Emory University Hospital |
Atlanta |
USA |
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10 |
National University of Ireland Galway |
Galway |
Ireland |
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CRF® SET-10: Late-Breaking Clinical Research Ranking |
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Rank |
Center |
City |
Country |
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1 |
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
New York |
USA |
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2 |
Piedmont Heart Institute |
Atlanta |
USA |
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3 |
Minneapolis Heart Institute |
Minneapolis |
USA |
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4 |
Quebec Heart and Lung Institute |
Quebec |
Canada |
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5 |
Yale University School of Medicine |
New Haven, CT |
USA |
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6 |
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School |
Boston |
USA |
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7 |
St. Francis Hospital |
Roslyn, NY |
USA |
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8 |
Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute |
Kansas City, MO |
USA |
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9 |
Bern University Hospital |
Bern |
Switzerland |
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10 |
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
New York |
USA |
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