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Aortic Valve Stenosis — Balloon Valvuloplasty: treatment in the Best Hospitals of Germany

St. Vincentius Hospital Karlsruhe-Academic Hospital of the University of Freiburg

9.8/10
location_onGermany, Karlsruhe

Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine

The Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine provides modern diagnostics and treatment of all forms of acquired and congenital heart diseases. Here, more than 3,500 coronary angiography procedures, over 1,400 coronary dilatation procedures, 750 electrophysiological examinations and 300 implantations of a pacemaker and defibrillator are performed annually.

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University Hospital Ulm

8.7/10
location_onGermany, Ulm

Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care

The Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care offers counseling, diagnostics and treatment in cardiovascular diseases. The department specializes in heart valve diseases, congenital and acquired arrhythmias, coronary heart disease, congenital heart defects, heart failure, etc. The department also includes a Stroke Unit with the Emergency Care Unit.

Charite University Hospital Berlin

9/10
location_onGermany, Berlin

Department of Cardiology and Angiology

According to the Focus magazine, the Department of Cardiology and Angiology ranks among the top German medical facilities specializing in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases! The department offers the full range of medical services for the diagnostics and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The department conducts all diagnostic and therapeutic procedures within the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, functional diagnostics of the heart, diagnostics and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. The department's angiologists carry out complex diagnostics using ultrasound examination and angiography, as well as the treatment of stenoses and vascular obstructions by means of balloon dilatation, stent implantation and lysis.

University Hospital Heidelberg

9.8/10
location_onGermany, Heidelberg

Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmonology

According to the Focus magazine, the Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmonology is included in the ranking of the best German departments specializing in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases! The department offers the accurate diagnostics and effective treatment of diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung and respiratory tract. The department has 132 beds. A large team of more than 500 employees takes care of the patients’ health. All of them have excellent qualifications and make every effort to provide first-class treatment to each patient.

University Hospital Frankfurt am Main

10/10
location_onGermany, Frankfurt am Main

Department of Cardiology and Angiology

According to the prestigious Focus magazine, the Department of Cardiology and Angiology ranks among the top German medical facilities specializing in the treatment of heart diseases! The department offers the full range of modern diagnostic and conservative therapeutic techniques for patients with cardiovascular diseases. The department houses a General Cardiology Outpatient Clinic, high-tech Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Emergency Cardiac Care Unit. The medical facility is also certified as an Interdisciplinary Center for Heart Failure and a Center for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. All this creates excellent conditions for the provision of highly professional and effective medical care.

University Hospital RWTH Aachen

8.7/10
location_onGermany, Aachen

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Angiology

According to the Focus magazine, the Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Angiology ranks among the top German medical facilities specializing in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases! The department offers all the modern medical options for the diagnostics and treatment of diseases of the cardiovascular system and lungs. The department's doctors have extensive experience and expert knowledge for the provision of competent medical care to patients with coronary heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, heart valve defects, cardiomyopathies, as well as hypertension. All the advanced diagnostic methods are available in the department. Special attention is paid to interventional therapy of various cardiovascular pathologies.

University Hospital Jena

8.9/10
location_onGermany, Jena

Department of Cardiology, Angiology, Pulmonology and Intensive Care

According to the Focus magazine, the Department of Cardiology, Angiology, Pulmonology and Intensive Care ranks among the top German medical facilities of this kind! The department offers the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services in these fields. The main areas of specialization include interventional cardiac catheterization, including stent implantation, treatment of myocardial infarction, structural heart diseases, interventional therapy of heart valve (for example, TAVI and MitraClip techniques), electrophysiological examinations, ablation procedures, implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators, as well as diagnostic and interventional angiology, highly specialized treatment of lung diseases. The emergency cardiac care is provided in the department around the clock. The department operates in accordance with the very latest medical standards and has DIN EN ISO 9001 certification.

University Hospital Duesseldorf

9.5/10
location_onGermany, Duesseldorf

Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Angiology

According to the Focus magazine, the Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Angiology ranks among the top German departments specializing in cardiovascular diseases! It provides an accurate diagnostics and effective treatment of all diseases of the cardiovascular system, lungs, and respiratory tract. The highly qualified world-class specialists work with patients. Various functional and imaging examination techniques are available for the accurate diagnostics. Also, the department has state-of-the-art Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.

University Hospital of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

10/10
location_onGermany, Munich

Department of Cardiology

The Department of Cardiology offers the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services for patients with cardiovascular diseases. The department specializes in drug therapy and modern interventional cardiac catheter-based procedures. Patients with heart failure, myocardial infarction, heart valve pathologies, and arrhythmias are regularly admitted to the medical facility. The department's medical team has more than 300 employees, for whom it is important that each patient receives the most effective treatment in comfortable conditions. The department has 144 beds. Cardiologists admit about 7,500 inpatients annually. More than 20,000 patients receive medical care on an outpatient basis. The department is rightly proud of the numerous certificates of the German Cardiac Society (DGK) in treating acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation, as well as transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and the MitraClip procedure.

University Hospital Würzburg

9.2/10
location_onGermany, Würzburg

Department of Cardiology, Endocrinology, Nephrology and Pulmonology

The Department of Cardiology, Endocrinology, Nephrology and Pulmonology offers the full range of diagnostics and treatment of all diseases of the heart and blood vessels, pathologies of the endocrine organs, including diabetes mellitus, as well as diseases of the kidneys, lungs and respiratory tract. The department has in its arsenal an advanced medical infrastructure, which allows to provide the high-precision diagnostics and the most effective treatment of even the most complex clinical cases. At the center of all efforts of the department’s medical team is the patient, his health and a positive emotional mood for a favorable therapy outcome.

University Hospital Erlangen

9.1/10
location_onGermany, Erlangen

Department of Cardiology and Angiology

According to the Focus magazine, the Department of Cardiology and Angiology ranks among the top German medical facilities specializing in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases! The department offers the full range of modern diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients suffering from heart disease, as well as lesions of the peripheral arteries and veins. The department's doctors have at their disposal excellent technical resources and many innovative techniques for the treatment of arrhythmias, heart failure and catheter-based treatment of coronary stenosis, heart valve defects, congenital heart defects in adults and other heart pathologies. The department's specialists can also boast of their exceptional experience in cardiac imaging tests. The department's unique offer is sports cardiology. The experts in this medical field carry out a set of tests to determine the maximum possible physical activity in patients with cardiovascular diseases. In addition, doctors specializing in sports cardiology carry out preventive examinations in healthy people. In this case, the purpose of the examination is to assess the risks of developing cardiovascular pathology with a particular physical activity.

University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich

9.8/10
location_onGermany, Munich

Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmonology

The Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmonology offers the full range of modern diagnostics and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, pathological lesions of the arteries, veins and lymphatic vessels, as well as various respiratory diseases. It is worth noting that the department's cardiologists carry out not only drug therapy for heart diseases, but also many interventional procedures, including TAVI, MitraClip, left atrial appendage closure in case of atrial fibrillation, balloon valvuloplasty and many others. The interventional therapeutic procedures for diseases of the heart, arteries, veins and lymphatic vessels are performed in specially equipped catheterization laboratories. Of particular interest in the field of pulmonology are bronchoscopy, endoscopic lung volume reduction and lung cancer treatment in collaboration with thoracic surgeons, oncologists, radiation therapists and other physicians. The department's specialists give preference to an individual approach to each patient. They use only modern and reliable treatment methods that guarantee an optimal result.

University Hospital Bonn

9.2/10
location_onGermany, Bonn

Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmonology

The Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pulmonology offers the full range of diagnostics and treatment of all diseases of the cardiovascular system, lungs and bronchi, as well as veins and arteries, both on an outpatient and inpatient basis. The department specializes in the treatment of coronary heart disease, heart valve diseases, heart arrhythmias, congenital and acquired heart defects, as well as of inflammatory cardiovascular diseases.

University Hospital Halle (Saale)

9.6/10
location_onGermany, Halle

Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care

The Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care offers the full range of diagnostic examinations and innovative treatment methods in the field of interventional cardiology, cardiological electrophysiology, angiology and internal intensive care. The treatment is provided in close cooperation with the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, whereas particularly complex clinical cases are discussed at weekly interdisciplinary consultations, after which an individual treatment regimen is developed. An experienced and motivated team of doctors, nurses and technical staff of the department makes every effort to provide the best possible medical care.

University Hospital Muenster

9.8/10
location_onGermany, Muenster

Department of Cardiology

The Department of Cardiology is part of the Center for Heart and Vascular Medicine at the University Hospital Muenster (UHM). The patients with all diseases of the heart, circulatory and vascular system are treated here. The range of treatments covers diagnostic and therapeutic methods of cardiology and angiology, including interventional catheter treatment options for heart and vessels.

University Hospital Essen

9.6/10
location_onGermany, Essen

Department of Cardiology and Angiology

According to the Focus magazine, the Department of Cardiology and Angiology ranks among the top German medical facilities specializing in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases! The department offers the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services for the comprehensive treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The department's doctors have in their arsenal tremendous options for the treatment of coronary heart disease, arrhythmias, heart valve pathologies, heart failure, aortic diseases, congenital heart defects. Also, the specialists are highly competent in the emergency medical care and intensive care. The purpose of all department's employees is the provision of customized medical care based on the current guidelines of the international societies.

A balloon valvuloplasty is a minimally invasive treatment for aortic valve stenosis. The procedure is performed from inside the blood vessels. It is used mainly in children with congenital heart disease. In adults, aortic valve stenosis treatment in Germany is mainly carried out using heart valve replacement surgery. Balloon valvuloplasty in Germany can sometimes be used as a palliative procedure, as it can provide short-term improvement, preparing a patient for more efficient surgery in the future.

Content

  1. The essence of balloon valvuloplasty
  2. When can balloon valvuloplasty be used?

Balloon valvuloplasty is a minimally invasive procedure performed under X-ray guidance. The chest is not opened, as a small incision in the leg or, less frequently, in the arm is sufficient to catheterize the blood vessels.

You can seek medical attention at the University Hospital Essen, the University Hospital Ulm, or the University Hospital Oldenburg.

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The essence of balloon valvuloplasty

 

A balloon valvuloplasty is an endovascular procedure. It is performed through a small incision on the leg, less often on the arm.

A doctor delivers a balloon catheter into the aorta through the blood vessels under X-ray guidance. It is placed in the position of the aortic valve. Under conditions of high-frequency stimulation of the heart, which is provided by an electrode inserted into it through the femoral artery, doctors inject a saline solution with a contrast agent into the balloon. When inflating, the balloon increases the lumen of the aortic valve.

When can balloon valvuloplasty be used?

 

As the main treatment for aortic stenosis, a balloon valvuloplasty can only be used in children in cardiosurgery departments in Germany. In the case of a congenital malformation, the procedure provides patients with stable results and eliminates the need for anticoagulants.

However, aortic valve stenosis is an acquired defect in most patients. It develops in the elderly due to degenerative changes in the aorta caused by atherosclerosis and arterial hypertension.

The treatment method can rarely be used for acquired aortic valve stenosis. Balloon valvuloplasty is less effective than valve replacement because it:

  • slightly increases the area and reduces the severity of the defect but does not eliminate it completely;
  • provides short-term results because a few months after the procedure, the heart valve opening narrows again.

Because of these shortcomings, hospitals with cardiosurgery departments use balloon valvuloplasty in debilitated patients who are currently unable to undergo heart valve replacement surgery due to the high risk of complications and death. Balloon valvuloplasty is a sparing and minimally traumatic procedure with a short recovery time. It allows doctors to stabilize the patient's condition so that in a few weeks or months, they can undergo aortic valve replacement surgery.

You can undergo your aortic stenosis treatment with balloon valvuloplasty in Germany. Doctors in this country treat the disease with high success rates and a minimal risk of complications. Cardiosurgery doctors successfully perform the procedure even for debilitated and seriously ill patients.

You can make your appointment for treatment in Germany through the Booking Health website. Our portal presents the cost of operations at different clinics. When you make your appointment through our service, the prices will be lower for you than when contacting the hospital directly, due to the lack of high taxes for foreign patients.

 

Authors: 

The article was edited by medical experts, board-certified doctors Dr. Nadezhda Ivanisova and Dr. Vadim Zhiliuk. For the treatment of the conditions referred to in the article, you must consult a doctor; the information in the article is not intended for self-medication!

 

Sources:

ECR - European Cardiology Review

American College of Cardiology

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