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Mitral valve surgery is a method, which is used to treat a leaking or narrowed mitral valve leakage (regurgitation) or narrowing (stenosis).

Our surgeons can restore the function of narrowed or leaking aortic valves and thus treat aortic valve narrowing (stenosis) and leakage (regurgitation).

Bypass surgery is used to treat narrowing of the coronary arteries when medication or stents and lifestyle changes are no longer sufficient.

A new minimally invasive cardiac surgery technique in which our specialists replace or restore the affected heart valves through a catheter.

Prof. Dr. Sergey Leontyev, MD and operating surgeon at the Leipzig Heart Center, one of the most recognized cardiac surgery hospitals in Germany, talks about the nuts and bolts of minimally invasive heart surgery techniques that eliminate the need for open-heart surgery, clarifies crucial criteria for choosing a hospital for cardiovascular disease treatment, and explains what drives down the risks of recurrence in cardiac patients.

Today we are here together with Prof. Dr. Ingo Dähnert, Director of the University Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology at the Heart Center in Leipzig, talking about congenital heart defects and the most common types of surgical treatment in pediatric heart surgery including the Norwood, Glenn and Fontan procedures.

For a quarter of a century, doctors, nurses and other medical staff at the Heart Center Leipzig have been caring for the well-being of cardiac patients. This place has long been one of the most popular addresses for medical professionals in Europe and is also known worldwide. It is not least due to the excellent staff working here. One of the staff members is Dr. Peter Kinzel, Senior Physician at the University Hospital of Paediatric Cardiology.

Today we are talking to Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Jaroslav Benedik, senior consultant at the Clinic for Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Vascular Surgery at Helios Hospital Krefeld, about heart valve diseases and the innovative Ozaki method

Important Information for Ukrainian refugees upon arrival in Germany.

The Heart Center at Helios Hospital Siegburg is one of only a few specialized heart centers in Germany. For more than 20 years, heart specialists at the Heart Center Siegburg have been working to provide cardiological patients with the most up-to-date and highest-quality medical care.

Markus T. has been standing firm in life for 58 years. He never expected that he would require the use of an artificial heart (LVAD). Even less did he think that his heart would be so strong that it would eventually make the use of the LVAD unnecessary.

Dr. med. Alexey Dashkevich is Senior Physician and Division Director of the Heart Transplantation and Artificial Heart Program at Helios Heart Center Leipzig. Around 30 hearts and 50 artificial hearts are transplanted here every year. On the occasion of Organ Donation Day on June 3, he provides an insight into his daily work, the social circumstances and special challenges of transplantation medicine.

Prof. Diyar Saeed, Chief Physician of the Clinic for Cardiac and Cardiac-Related Vascular Surgery at Helios Heart Center Niederrhein, has been appointed a member of the prestigious American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS).

Around six million people in Germany suffer from coronary heart disease. Their heart is not supplied with enough oxygen because the blood flow to the heart is disturbed. Bypass surgery, which is traditionally performed on the open heart, can help. The situation is different at Heart Center Leipzig. Here, the operation is minimally invasive - gentler and safer for patients. Roland Grunert benefited from this surgical procedure and was quickly back on his feet.

The colleagues in the Cardiac Surgery department led by Head Physician Prof. Dr. Mirko Doss have implanted 500 special bioprostheses in recent months and have now received an award from the manufacturer.

A new type of completely artificial heart, a so-called 'total artificial heart' (TAH), has been implanted in a patient for the first time at Herzzentrum Leipzig. The special features of this type of artificial heart are that it completely imitates the heart's functions thanks to its integrated sensors and is not recognized as a foreign body due to its biocompatible surfaces. The operation was free of complications and the patient was able to leave the intensive care unit.

Leipzig University Hospital (UKL) and Leipzig Heart Centre have resumed their joint lung transplant program. After a five-year interruption, several patients have already been successfully transplanted by the newly formed joint team of experts from the Heart Center and the UKL since the restart in September 2023. The first patients have already left the hospital.

At Heart Center Leipzig, everything revolves around the heart all year round. Dieter Pietsch (91) and Alexander Scholz (53) were also treated at the specialist clinic for heart disease. Both received a new heart in Leipzig. Looking back, they talk about their personal transplant story and life with a donor heart.

The tricuspid valve is one of four heart valves. It ensures that blood flows in the right direction with every heartbeat. If this heart valve no longer closes properly, it may have to be repaired by surgery. The team at the Heart Center at Helios Hospital Siegburg offers various treatment options, including interventional valve replacement. In this interview, Prof. Dr. Marc Vorpahl, Head of Cardiology, Rhythmology and Angiology, explains who is eligible for this procedure and how it works.

An innovative aortic stent with an integrated side arm (Gore TAG TBE) was successfully implanted for the first time in Thuringia at the Helios Hospital in Erfurt. This procedure was used to treat a complex aortic dissection in the chest of a 65-year-old patient in a minimally invasive way - without an open bypass and with a short recovery time.

Vascular and cardiac surgeons at Helios University Hospital Wuppertal (HUKW) have inserted an aortic arch prosthesis in an interdisciplinary operation. It was the first operation of its kind at HUKW and in Wuppertal.