Minimally invasive procedures for patients with heart valve insufficiency
Prof. Dr. Ilka Ott, Chief Physician of Cardiology, is one of only a few specialists in minimally invasive heart valve repair. Since 2018, she has been offering these particularly gentle procedures for…
Leipzig: The professor received two awards for scientific achievements
University Professor Dr. med. Holger Thiele, Deputy Medical Director and Director of the University Hospital for Cardiology – Helios Endowed Professorship at the Heart Center Leipzig, will be honored…
Pforzheim: Certification as a unit for the treatment of heart failure
Following its initial certification in 2023, the cardiology department of Helios Hospital Pforzheim has been recertified by the German Cardiac Society as a specialized heart failure treatment center (…
Doctor from Helios Hamburg joined the board of the German Heart Foundation
The German Heart Foundation has appointed Dr. Ryszard Wesolowski to its Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Wesolowski is the Chief Physician of Cardiology / Internal Intensive Care Medicine at the Helios…
Helios Dachau: Stabilizing the heart rhythm changes lives
For many years, Mrs. Zimmer lived with symptoms that increasingly shaped her daily life: recurrent dizziness, sudden heart palpitations, and a vague feeling of weakness that severely limited her quali…
Leipzig: Thoracoscopic treatment of chronic cardiac arrhythmias
The Leipzig Heart Center is among the few clinics that are able to offer specialized treatment to patients with persistent atrial fibrillation. Thoracoscopic ablation serves as an alternative or adjun…
Helios Schwerin: New method used for resistant hypertension
What sounds unusual at first is actually a new therapy method in cardiology. The Helios Hospital in Schwerin has used it for the first time in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to treat high blood pressur…
Helios Berlin-Buch: Treatment of severe cardiac arrhythmias using smartwatches
After contracting Covid-19, 37-year-old pediatrician Ewelina Niewiadomska complains of palpitations. After months of complaints, the patient was referred to the Heart Rhythm Center at Helios Hospital…
Helios München West: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kufner expands cardiology expertise
At the beginning of the year, Prof. Dr. med. Sebastian Kufner joined the management team of the Clinic for Cardiology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine at Helios Hospital München West. With his exp…
Helios Leipzig: Multidisciplinary center for adults with congenital heart defects
As a specialist clinic for cardiovascular diseases and the only certified, supra-regional EMAH center in Central Germany, Heart Center Leipzig has been treating children and adults with congenital hea…
Heart Center Leipzig: New therapy method for cardiac arrhythmias
Heart Center Leipzig and Leipzig University Hospital have successfully applied a new treatment method to a patient with a potentially life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia. In what is known as "stereota…
Helios Hospital Siegburg: Interview with Prof. Dr. med. Marc Vorpahl
Prof. Dr. Marc Vorpahl has been the new Head of Cardiology, Rhythmology and Angiology at Helios Hospital Siegburg since October 1. In this interview, he explains what particularly fascinates him about…
