In 2014, the Department of Cardiology, in collaboration with the Heart Failure Association and the European Heart Academy of the European Society of Cardiology, launched the PCHF-Zurich, the premier course in Heart Failure offering an in-depth two-year specialisation programme.

PCHF-Zurich features 160 hours of interactive learning: keynote lectures on latest in heart failure, case seminars, clinical rounds, live transmissions, as well as hands-on training and virtual reality training session, in addition to 140 hours of self-studying.

PCHF-Zurich culminates in a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Heart Failure from the University of Zurich — CAS UZH in Heart Failure.


Frank Ruschitzka, Director, Department of Cardiology University Heart Center, Zurich, Switzerland. Past-President, ESC-HFA