The program includes:
- Initial presentation in the clinic
- clinical history taking
- physical examination
- cardiological examination
- laboratory tests:
- complete blood count
- biochemical analysis of blood
- TSH-basal, fT3, fT4
- inflammation indicators
- indicators blood coagulation
- measurement of arterial blood pressure
- electrocardiogram
- holter monitoring (24h)
- echocardiography or transesophageal echocardiography
- preoperative care
- cardiac catheterization
- replacement of pulmonary valve
- symptomatic treatment
- control examinations
- the cost of essential medicines and materials
- nursing services
- full hospital accommodation
- explanation of future recommendations
Required documents
- Medical records
- Echocardiography (if available)
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About the department
The Department of Cardiac Surgery offers the full range of surgical treatment for patients with heart diseases. The department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Hermann Reichenspurner.
The priority fields of the department's work include minimally invasive treatment of valvular heart diseases, modern therapy for pathological changes of the coronary arteries, coronary artery bypass grafting (including with the help of minimally invasive techniques without using a heart-lung machine), etc. The department's competent cardiac surgeons annually perform more than 2,000 surgeries using the heart-lung machine and about 400 transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedures. The innovative surgical equipment and effective treatment methods are the basis of the successful clinical practice.
The department's medical team has long experience in surgical interventions on the cardiovascular system. Despite the fact that cardiac surgery is a high-tech medical discipline, the department's doctors pay due attention to a friendly, sympathetic attitude towards the patient, as well to his individual needs and wishes.
The service range of the department includes:
- Coronary artery bypass grafting
- Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
- Total arterial myocardial revascularization
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Minimally invasive mitral valve repair surgery
- Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement
- Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting
- Hybrid coronary revascularization
- Catheter therapy in heart valve diseases
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- Catheter clipping of the mitral valve (MitraClip)
- Aortic valve reconstruction and treatment of bicuspid aortic valves, including aortic dilatation in bicuspid aortic valve
- Heart transplantation and surgical treatment of heart failure (ventricular assist device, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)
- Lung transplantation
- Aortic surgery
- Surgical ablation
- Electrophysiological surgery
- Implantation and replacement of pacemaker, defibrillator
- Minimally invasive (endoscopic) implantation and removal of the epicardial probe
- Monitoring of pacemakers and defibrillators
- Other surgical options
Curriculum vitae
- 1979 - 1985 School of Medicine, University of Munich.
- 1987 - 1989 Resident, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Groote Schuur and Red Cross Children’s Hospital, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
- 1991 - 1994 Fellow, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Grosshadern, Munich.
- 1994 Exam in Cardiothoracic Surgery and United States Medical Licensure Examination.
- 1995 Fellow, Heart/Lung Transplant, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA, USA.
- 1996 - 1997 Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Co-Director, Heart and Lung Transplantation, Cardiovascular Institute, University Hospital Dresden, Germany.
- 1997 - 2001 Associate Professor, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Grosshadern, Munich, Germany.
- Since 2001 Professor and Chief Physician of the Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Medical Director of the University Heart Center Hamburg.
Awards
- 1984 Philip Caves Award of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
- 1987 Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
- 1988 President Award of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
- 1999 Franz J. Köhler Prize of the German Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Memberships in Professional Societies
- German Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery.
- German Transplantation Society.
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (2011 - 2014 President).
- European Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
- European Society for Organ Transplantation.
- International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (2001 - 2002 President).
- European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Photo of the doctor: (c) Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
About hospital
According to the Focus magazine, the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is one of the top ten hospitals in Germany!
Since its foundation in 1889, the hospital has taken a leading position in the European medical arena, which it still holds today. A highly competent medical team of more than 15,300 employees takes care of the health of patients. Approximately 2,900 of them are physicians and researchers, and more than 3,400 work as nurses and therapists. The hospital has 1,738 beds for inpatient treatment, and many diagnostic and therapeutic services are provided on an outpatient basis. A solid foundation for successful clinical practice in the medical complex is formed by a combination of research achievements with state-of-the-art equipment and the highest professionalism of doctors. In addition, the hospital has a modern and extremely comfortable infrastructure. The most important value for every employee of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is the health and well-being of every patient.
The medical facility was the first university hospital in Europe to implement an electronic system for storing patient medical reports. As a result, all diagnostic and treatment protocols are stored electronically. In 2011, the hospital was certified as the first fully digital hospital in Europe.
The hospital represents all areas of modern medicine. The doctors of the healthcare facility have a wealth of theoretical knowledge and vast clinical experience, which allows them to easily cope with the treatment of both common and extremely rare, complex clinical cases. About 550,000 patients are treated here each year, over 450,000 of whom receive outpatient medical care.
An important part of the work of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf is research activities aimed at developing innovative diagnostic and treatment methods. The main areas of research of the hospital include neurobiology, oncology, cardiovascular research, and research on infectious and inflammatory diseases. Special attention is also given to research in molecular imaging and skeletal biology.
The hospital is distinguished by its first-class level of medical care, which is confirmed by numerous quality certificates of European and international standards: DIN EN IS0 9001 certificate, certificates of the German Cancer Society (DKG) in the treatment of breast cancer, colon cancer, gynecological cancer, prostate cancer, and other oncological diseases, certificate of the German Cardiac Society (DGK) in the treatment of acute coronary syndrome, certificate of the German Spine Society (DWG), and others.
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Accommodation in hospital
Patients rooms
The patients of the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf live in comfortable single and double rooms designed in bright colors. Each room is equipped with an ensuite bathroom with a toilet and a shower. The standard room includes an automatically adjustable bed, a bedside table, a wardrobe, a table and chairs for receiving visitors, a telephone, a radio and a TV. Also, there is Wi-Fi access.
Meals and Menus
The patient and his accompanying person have a daily choice of three menus. If for any reason you do not eat all the food, you will be offered an individual menu. Please inform the medical staff about your dietary preferences prior to 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 hotel of your choice.
Hospital accommodation
During the outpatient program, you may stay in a hotel at the hospital.
Hotel
During the outpatient program, you may stay in a hotel of your choice. Managers will help you 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.
- Coiling and clipping of aneurysms of different localizations
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting in patients with portal hypertension
- Minimally invasive surgeries (da Vinci)
- Removal and reconstruction of mammary glands
- Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)
These are arteriovenous malformations and angiomas, vascular aneurysms, pathologies of the mammary glands, pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, malignant tumors of various localizations (area of special attention is treatment of intestinal cancer), pathologies of liver and pancreas, cataracts and rare ophthalmic pathologies (aphakia, aniridia ), infertility and other diseases.
- Interventional neuroradiology
- Mammology
- Oncology
- Gastroenterology
- Surgery
Over 2,900 highly qualified physicians and researchers work at the hospital.