Founded in 1979, the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University has developed into a national key clinical specialty integrating medical treatment, teaching and scientific research, and is in a leading position among the top three hospitals in Chongqing through the joint efforts of several generations of professors such as Lin Qi, Ma Caili, Chen Yunzhen, Rao Bangfu and Wu Qingling, who are famous cardiovascular experts in China.

The Department of Cardiovascular Medicine has 3 campuses, including the main hospital, the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of Jinshan Hospital, the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine of the First Branch Hospital (including the new campus of Yuzhong and the old campus of the Great Hall) and the special ICU. The Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Jinshan Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, is a comprehensive department integrating medical treatment, teaching and scientific research.

The Department of Cardiology of Jinshan Hospital of the First Hospital of Intensive Medicine has first-class medical instruments and equipment such as color Doppler echocardiography, electrocardiogram, ambulatory ECG, electrocardiogram, extracorporeal counterpulsation therapy instrument, etc., and has carried out interventional surgeries such as coronary angiography and stent implantation, cardiac electrophysiological examination and radiofrequency ablation, pacemaker implantation, etc., and has established a smooth examination and treatment process with the headquarters of the hospital.