RANGE OF OPERATIONS
A team of highly specialised medical professionals covers this broad spectrum of surgical procedures at the Schüchtermann-Klinik.
Herzklappenchirurgie
- Heart valve reconstruction
- Heart valve replacement with mechanical or biological valve prostheses
- Multiple valve replacements
- Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement
- Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
Koronarchirurgie
- Bypass operation
- Minimally invasive vein removal
- Arterial revascularisation (use of the internal mammary artery and/or other arteries in the body)
Kombinierte Koronar- und Herzklappenchirurgie
- Simultaneous bypass and heart valve surgery in one procedure
Rhythmuschirurgie
- Implantation of all types of pacemakers
- Implantations of defibrillators, both uni- and biventricular
- Revision surgery for pacemakers and defibrillators
- Implantation and removal of loop recorders
- Atrial ablation for chronic atrial fibrillation as a concomitant procedure
- Minimally invasive atrial ablation for isolated atrial fibrillation
- Atrial cuff resection for enlarged left atrium
Herzvitienchirurgie
- Closure of defects of the cardiac septum
Aortenchirurgie
- Surgical treatment of aortic aneurysms and dissections
- Bridging by means of a vascular support (stent)
Herzinsuffizienzchirurgie
- Implantation of artificial hearts (left ventricular assist devices) in terminal left heart failure
- Bridging acute emergency situations using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), minimally invasive left heart pump (Impella®) or intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)
Ross-OP
- Replacement of the diseased aortic valve with the patient’s own pulmonary valve (pulmonary artery valve) as an autograft. You can find out more about the alternative to aortic valve replacement using an artificial or bioprosthesis HERE.
Operation bei Herztumoren
- Removal of tumour tissue from the heart
