The program includes:
- Interview with doctor, medical history taking
- general clinical examination
- vascular system assessment
- extended blood test:
- thyroid function test (TSH, fT3, fT4)
- mineral metabolism analysis (Na, K, Ca, Mg)
- lipid metabolism (HDL/LDL, cholesterol,
triglycerides Lip(a), homocysteine) - indicators of blood coagulation (aPTT, PT, INR)
- metabolic status (uric acid, glucose)
- iron content (ferritin, iron)
- inflammatory parameters (CRP, ESR)
- immune status (protein electrophoresis)
- lung function test (spirometry)
- resting and exercise ECG
- color doppler echocardiography
- color doppler sonography of cerebral vessels
- CT angiography of coronary vessels (if clinically indicated, additional cost is 1000 €)
- fundus examination (in hypertension)
- interview and recommendations after examination
- written statement
Required documents
- Medical records (if availale)
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About the department
According to the Focus magazine, the Department of Cardiology and Angiology at the Charite University Hospital Berlin 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. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Karl Stangl.
The department has a modern Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, which serves for all procedures of invasive diagnostics and interventional therapy for cardiovascular diseases. The priority focuses include the diagnostics and treatment of coronary artery disease, catheter therapy for valvular heart disease (for example, TAVI and MitraClip), interventional therapy for atrial septal defects and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Also, the department has an Emergency Cardiac Care Unit for the provision of emergency medical care for patients with acute thoracic pains, which in many cases are precursors to myocardial infarction.
All the department's specialists have expert knowledge and regularly undergo advanced training courses in order to keep abreast of innovations in cardiology and angiology. The patients are treated both on an inpatient and outpatient basis. The department has all the technical and professional resources in order to achieve the most favorable treatment outcome.
The service range of the department includes:
Cardiology
- Invasive catheter diagnostics and interventional therapy
- Diagnostics and treatment of coronary artery disease
- Fractional flow reserve measurement
- Optical coherence tomography
- Intravascular ultrasound examination
- Balloon dilatation
- Stent implantation (pure metal stents, drug-coated stents and bioabsorbable stents)
- Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for sparing treatment of aortic valve diseases
- Minimally invasive catheter procedures for mitral valve replacement in patients who have previously undergone replacement surgery or plastic reconstruction of the mitral valve
- Percutaneous (minimally invasive) pulmonary valve replacement
- Percutaneous (minimally invasive) mitral valve reconstruction using MitraClip and Cardioband techniques in mitral regurgitation
- Minimally invasive therapy in tricuspid regurgitation (Cardioband technique)
- Interventional closure of atrial appendage defect (for patients with atrial fibrillation and high risk of thromboembolism)
- Interventional treatment of septal defects (ventricular septal defect, open foramen ovale) using special probes
- Renal denervation for the treatment of resistant hypertension
- Treatment of patients with medically uncontrolled heart or pulmonary insufficiency using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, Impella circulatory system
- Transcoronary ablation of septal hypertrophy
- Diagnostics and treatment of coronary artery disease
- Functional diagnostics
- Functional diagnostics of the heart
- Echocardiography (cardiac ultrasound examination)
- Stress echocardiography
- Electrocardiography
- Ergometry and spiroergometry
- Long-term ECG
- 24-hour blood pressure monitoring
- 12-channel daily ECG monitoring
- Pulmonary function testing
- Spirometry
- Body plethysmography
- Lung diffusion test
- Functional diagnostics of the heart
- Electrophysiology
- Electrophysiological examination (EPU) for the registration of tachycardia and bradycardia, as well as for the identification of the causes of syncope
- Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation
- Catheter ablation in arrhythmogenic foci in the atria or heart ventricles
- Therapy of cardiac arrhythmias
- Implantation of pacemakers (in most cases – for the treatment of bradycardia)
- Implantation of defibrillators (in most cases – for the treatment of tachycardia)
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy (for example, in patients with impaired cardiac conduction, heart failure)
Angiology
- Diagnostics of vascular diseases
- Vascular ultrasound examination/Doppler ultrasonography
- 24-hour blood pressure monitoring
- Microcirculation assessment
- Ankle-brachial pressure index
- Angiography (with contrast enhancement)
- Vascular disease therapy
- Balloon dilatation
- Stent implantation
- Lysis therapy
- Other diagnostic and therapeutic options for the patients with cardiovascular diseases
Photo of the doctor: (c) Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
About hospital
According to the authoritative Focus magazine, the Charite University Hospital Berlin occupies the first place in the rating of the top German medical facilities!
The hospital in Germany provides modern diagnostics and treatment of patients, as well as the training of practicing physicians and scientists. More than half of all German Nobel Prize winners in the field of medicine and physiology, such as Emil von Behring, Robert Koch and Paul Ehrlich, trained and worked in the hospital. The structure of the medical complex includes over 100 specialized departments and institutes, which allows the doctors to guarantee their patients' services in all the existing medical fields. The hospital in Germany has outstanding experience in treating particularly complex clinical cases.
The hospital annually diagnoses and treats more than 152,693 inpatients and about 692,920 outpatients. It also has a huge medical team consisting of 4,225 scientists and doctors and and more than 4,500 nursing staff members who provide top-class medical treatment in Germany. The key task for all specialists of the medical facility is restoring the patient's health or preserving in critical cases. At the same time, the hospital offers a friendly atmosphere, and each patient feels care, respect and sympathy.
The excellent technical medical equipment, highly skilled personnel, availability of innovative diagnostic and treatment techniques, and high ethical standards form a solid foundation for successful clinical and scientific activities. Thus, the hospital is a leading provider of high-quality treatment in Germany.
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Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the Charite University Hospital Berlin live in comfortable rooms made of modern design. Each room is equipped with an ensuite bathroom with a toilet and a shower. The standard room furnishing includes an automatically adjustable bed, a bedside table, a wardrobe for storing clothes, a table and chairs for receiving visitors, and a TV. If desired, Wi-Fi access can be provided. The hospital also offers enhanced-comfort rooms.
Meals and Menus
The patient and his accompanying person have a daily choice of three menus. If for any reason, you do not like the food, you will be offered an individual menu. Please inform the medical staff about your dietary preferences before the treatment.
Further details
Standard rooms include:
Religion
Religious services are available upon request.
Accompanying person
During the inpatient program, an accompanying person may stay with you in a patient room or at the hotel of your choice.
Hotel
During the outpatient program, you can live at a hotel of your choice. Managers will help you to choose the most suitable options.
The hospital offers a full range of laboratory tests (general, hormonal, tests for infections, antibodies, tumor markers, etc.), genetic tests, various modifications of ultrasound scans, CT scans, MRI and PET / CT, angiography, myelography, biopsy and other examinations. Treatment with medications, endoscopic and robotic operations, stereotaxic interventions is carried out here, modern types of radiation therapy are also used. The hospital offers patients all the necessary therapeutic techniques.
- Proton therapy
- CyberKnife treatment
- Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)
- PSMA therapy with Lutetium-177
- Joint replacement in adults and children
These are oncological diseases, benign neoplasms of the brain and spinal cord, heart valve defects, diabetes mellitus and its complications, joint diseases and other pathologies.
- Neurosurgery
- Oncology
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery
- Interventional radiology
- Proton therapy (Proton Therapy Center BerlinProtonen)
The medical team includes more than 4,225 highly qualified scientists and doctors.