Hu Dayi
胡大一
Chief Physician, Professor, Doctoral Supervisor
Preventive cardiology, cardiac rehabilitation advocacy, electrophysiology, pacemaker implantation, interventional treatment of coronary artery disease, and heart failure management(心血管疾病预防、心脏康复推广、心电生理、起搏器植入、冠心病介入治疗及心力衰竭治疗)
Pioneering Contributions
Among the first in China to successfully carry out radio-frequency ablation for curative treatment of tachyarrhythmia and promote it nationally.
Leadership & Positions
- Director, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking University People's Hospital
- Director, Interventional Center, Peking University People's Hospital
- Director, Department of Cardiology, Peking University Health Science Center
- Director, Clinical Epidemiology Research Center, School of Public Health, Fudan University
Medical School
Beijing Medical College (now Peking University Health Science Center) (1970)
Fellowships & Training
State University of New York medical school / SUNY Downstate Medical Center — Cardiology training (United States)
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine — Cardiology training (United States)
Languages
Notable Publications
Comparable Improvements in Heart Rate Recovery Following Short-Term High-Intensity and Moderate-Intensity Interval Training in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease.
Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare (2025) — co-author
PubMed/DOIDevelopment and validation of a risk score for predicting 30-day mortality in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction.
Scientific Reports (2025) — co-author
PubMed/DOIAge shock index and age-modified shock index are valuable bedside prognostic tools for postdischarge mortality in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients.
Annals of Medicine (2024) — co-author
PubMed/DOIPioneering Contributions
- Among the first in China to successfully carry out radio-frequency ablation for curative treatment of tachyarrhythmia and promote it nationally.
- Early national promoter of primary PCI for acute myocardial infarction and the emergency 'green channel' concept for STEMI care in China.
- Long-time national advocate for preventive cardiology, smoking control, and structured cardiac rehabilitation in China.
Sources — Hu Dayi
- https://www.pkuph.cn/Article/Index/teamList/id/1875.html—Official current hospital profile, title, department, institutional positions, research focus, academic output, and pioneering contributions(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://english.pkuph.cn/index.html—Official English hospital name confirmation(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://english.pkuph.cn/care/departments.html—Official English department label confirmation, including Cardiology listing(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://beijing.ufh.com.cn/medical_staff/9019/lang=zh—Official secondary affiliation, training history, expertise, and Chinese-language biography(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://beijing.ufh.com.cn/medical_staff/9019/lang=en?qtpl=doctor&qid=9019&lang=...—Official English-language biography, English-language profile presence, and international-hospital consultation context(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://beijing.ufh.com.cn/patient-visitor-info/patient-services?lang=en—International patient-services context for Beijing United Family Hospital(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://m.haodf.com/doctor/5275/xinxi-jieshao.html—Secondary confirmation of practicing location, specialty direction, and biography(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://www.sohu.com/a/345103070_186367—Interview/history source confirming 1987 return to China, long-term promotion of RF ablation and coronary intervention, and lack of attributable personal case-volume disclosure(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://news.tongji.edu.cn/info/1006/14035.htm—Biographical feature confirming early-1990s electrophysiology milestone, training-center role, and no explicit personal case-volume figures(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://www.lifetimes.cn/article/9CaKrnKr8LR—Interview confirming self-taught English, U.S. study period, and subspecialty training in cardiac electrophysiology and interventional cardiology(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41466971/—Publication verification(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40087520/—Publication verification(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38325361/—Publication verification(accessed Apr 16, 2026)
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