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Cardiac and Vascular Surgery (Department)

Emphases in Patient Care

  • Coronary surgery:

    • Complete Arterial Revascularization
    • Minimally invasive bypass surgery
  • Heart Valve surgery:

    • Complicated Heart Valve reconstruction
    • Minimally invasive Heart Valve Surgery
  • Aortic surgery:

    • Complex surgery for Aneurysms and Dissections
    • Aortic Base reconstruction
  • Arrhythmia surgery:

    • MAZE procedures for Atrial Fibrillation
    • Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators
  • Transplant surgery:

    • Heart, Lung, and Heart-Lung Transplants
  • Congenital Heart Defect surgery:

    • Operation of complex malformations of the heart and the proximal cardiac
    • Blood vessels from the neonatal period
  • Vascular surgery:

    • Complex Arterial Surgery
    • Endoluminal Aortic Implants
  • Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

  • Ambulance for Terminal Heart Failure, and Thoracic Organ Transplantation

  • Ambulance for vascular surgery

  • Ambulance for cardiac surgery

Emphases in Research

  • Endovascular Cardiac Valve replacement

  • Minimally invasive Coronary Surgery

  • Acute Myocardial Infarction

  • Atrial fibrillation

  • Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care

  • Terminal Heart Failure

  • Endovascular treatment of Aortic Aneurysms

  • Neoangiogenesis using stem cells

  • Biological Bypass using tissue engineering

Emphases in Education

  • Lectures

  • Bedside teaching

  • Supervision of interns

  • Practical training year

  • Preclinical and clinical skills lab

Additional Information/Services

  • Only medical center in Schleswig-Holstein which performs thoracic transplant and pediatric cardiac surgery

Dept. of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery

Director


Contact

UKSH International
Phone
Kiel: +49 431 500-10730
e-mail international@uksh.de