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 Physicians

interventionelle Kardiologie

  • Left and right heart catheterisation

  • PTCA – percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, including

    • Use of drug eluting balloon, Implantation of bare metal and drug eluting stents

    • Intracoronary lysis therapy

    • Cutting balloon = special dilatation balloon with blades for very hart vessel calcification

    • PTCA under extracorporal and intracorporal circulatory support 

    • Vessel closure systems to reduce bed rest after catheter intervention

    • Balloon valvuloplasty: aortic valve, mitral valve, tricuspid valve, pulmonal valve, subvalvular and supravalvular stenoses

  • Catheter based therapy of congenital heart diseases

    • closure of PFO

    • closure of VSD

    • closure of Botalli Duct

    • closure of AV malformations and shunts (for instance the lungs or the heart) (also in cooperation with another medical centre

    • catheter based pharmacomechanical thrombolytic therapy of pulmonary embolism

  • Dilatation of stenoses of the aorta or the pulmonary artery  

  • Percutaneous heart valve replacement = valve replacement by micro invasive catheter technique without major operation (aortic valve, mitral valve) in collaboration with another centre

  • Implantation of all kinds of pacemakers, ICD, CRT (D) (cardiac resynchronisation therapy)

  • TASH: alcohol ablation of the ventricular septum in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

  • Heart muscle biopsies

  • Catheter based occlusion of the left atrial appendage to prevent cardioembolic events

  • Other special procedures

interventionell Angiologie

  • Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and intra-arterial angiography

  • Dilatation ofiliac, femoral and lower limb arteries

    • Recanalisation of acute and chronic total occluded arteries (CTO)

    • Stent implantation, also drug eluting stents

    • Catheter based implantation of vessel endoprostheses (covered stents)

    • Rotational atherectomy

    • Selective Drug thrombolysis

    • Dilatation/stent implantation/recanalisation of below-the knee (BTK) arteries, especially in critical limb ischemia with ulceration

    • Aspiration embolectomy

  • Dilatation/stent implantation of stenoses of the aorta

  • Recanalisation/PTA/stenting in Leriché`s Syndrome (total occlusion of the aorta and the pelvic/iliac arteries)

  • Dilatation/stenting of renal and other abdominal arteries (mesenteric arteries in“angina abdominalis”)

  • Dilatation/stenting of supraaortic with embolic protection devices

    • carotid and vertebral arteries

    • subclavian artery stenoses

  • PTA of venous stenoses, i.e. obstructed pelvic veins in cancer disease

  • May – Thurner-Syndrome

  • Recanalisation of thrombotic occluded pelvic veins

  • Implantation of temporary or permanent vena cava filters

  • catheter based pharmacomechanical thrombolytic therapy of pulmonary embolism

  • Catheter based thrombolysis of venous occlusions

  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm (in collaboration with another center)

  • Percutaneous implantation of endoprostheses

  • Arterio-venous fistulae (short circuits between arteries and veins): Implantations of endoprostheses, embolisation

  • Aneurysms of distal arteries àimplantation of endoprostheses (covered stents)

  • Selective thrombin injection in aneurysma spurium

Nicht invasive und semiinvasive Leistungen

  • Resting and exercise ECG, 24-hrs-Holter-ECG

  • 24-hrs-Blood pressure monitoring

  • Pacemaker, CRT- and defibrillator clinic

  • Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography

  • Dobutamine-stress-echocardiography

  • Cardiac MRT and Adenosine-stress-MRT (in collaboration with another centre)

  • Colour Duplex-Ultrasound of arteries and veins

  • Lung function test and body plethysmography, bronchospasmolysis test and carbachol test

  • Diagnostic bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy and bronchoalveolar lavage

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