Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in Asklepios St. Georg Hospital

• Cardiology Department
• Heart Surgery Department
• Spine Surgery Department

Asklepios St. Georg Hospital was founded in 1823. The Hospital includes 25 departments and 4 multi-specialty centers, own helipad.

Asklepios St. Georg Hospital is located in the center of Hamburg, near Lohmühlen-Grünzug Park. The distance between an international airport and the city is 10 km.

• The Research Center of Hamburg University. Specialists of the Center develop the innovative treatment methods that are available in the Hospital.
• World leading doctors. 20 world-renowned doctors worked at Asklepios St. Georg. Among them is Dr. Heinrich Pette, a German neurologist and the author of the methods for multiple sclerosis treatment. The award for neurologic disorders treatment was named in his honor. Today 10 doctors, that are included into the TOP list of the best specialists in Germany, work at Asklepios St. Georg.
• Quality of the treatment. Asklepios St. Georg has got 18 awards and certificates that prove high quality of medical services here.

 

TOP medical facility in Germany according to the Focus magazine

Since 2015, Asklepios St. Georg has been including in the TOP 100 medical centers in Germany. The ranking is based on the attestation results and patients’ surveys.

 

 

TAVI Center

TAVI is an aortic valve implantation with catheter without large incisions in the skin. Asklepios St. Georg has received the certificate of the German Cardiologists Society for the high quality and number of performed procedures.

 

 

Certified Spine Surgery Center

Asklepios St. George Hospital is one of the 1st to receive certificate of the German Spine Society (DWG). The Clinic has established interdisciplinary cooperation to receive this certificate. For the treatment of patients with the spine diseases, neurosurgeons, traumatologists, orthopedic surgeons, and physiotherapists are involved.

 

 

DIN EN ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Certificate

It is an obligatory certification for all clinics of Asklepios Network. DIN EN ISO confirms the quality of medical equipment, drugs, and medical materials.

The Cardiology Department of Asklepios St. Georg is the most significant one in the North Germany. Over 5,700 patients have undergone the treatment here.

Doctors specialize in the therapy of arrhythmia, ischemic heart disease, valvular defects, heart failure.

2 hybrid surgical theaters work on the premises of the Department. The theaters are equipped with the cutting-edge technologies for catheter, minimally invasive, and open surgeries.

TAVI (Transcatheter aortic valve implantation)

The TAVI procedure is performed to replace or correct the heart valves. Heart surgeons perform all the manipulations using a thin tube (catheter), which is injected through the femoral artery.

In comparison with the open surgery, TAVI has such advantages as:

• the intervention time is 2 times shorter;
• less pain after the procedure;
• general anesthesia is not required;
• hospitalization takes only 1-2 days.

1,100 TAVI procedures have been conducted in the Department.

 

Prof. Karl Heinz Kuck perform TAVI surgery

 

MitraClip for heart failure treatment

Heart surgeons perform the MitraClip procedure through the catheter. A special clamp is installed at the end of the catheter. Applying the clamp, doctors fasten of the mitral valves. The surgery is painless. A patient is under general anesthesia. The MitraClip lasts about 1,5 hours.

Over 600 patients have undergone the procedure at Asklepios St. Georg.

The Heart Surgery Department of Asklepios St. Georg has been included into the TOP list since 2014 according to the Focus magazine.

Doctors of the Department specialize in the heart bypass, heart valves correction and replacement, aortic surgeries.

Minimally invasive heart surgeries

Heart surgeons perform most of the operations through 6-10 cm incisions made between the ribs.

Advantages of the method — lower traumatism of the tissues in comparison with the sternum opening during the open surgery. Little scars remain after the surgery. The recovery period is quicker than after the open surgery.

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with and without heart-lung apparatus

In the most cases, doctors use the artery of the chest. It is sewed to the heart in circumvention in the affected vessel, and due to this, normal blood circulation is restored. Cardiologists have proven that the arteries of the chest are not clogged for over 30 years.

Doctors conduct CABG of 2 types — with and without an artificial circulation apparatus. During the operation, the device does the function of the heart and lungs. Operation without an apparatus is technically difficult, but after it a patient has no risk of developing atrial fibrillation.

 

A catheterization laboratory

A medical team of the Center consists of neurosurgeons, traumatologists, orthopedists, and physiotherapists. Doctors treat spine traumas, deformations, and tumors.

Doctors specialize in performing such operations as:

• Microsurgery. Specialists remove tumors through 1-8 cm incisions. The recovery period after microsurgeries is rapid. The scars are barely noticeable.
• Laser therapy. Doctors apply the laser when the tumor cannot be removed completely. The method help to avoid the resurgence of the disease.
• Ultrasound therapy. Ultrasound reduces the tumor size. Then the doctors remove the fluid through a thin catheter. For this procedure, extensive incisions are not required. Physicians perform manipulations through 1-2 punctures.

• medical interpreter for additional fee
• transfer from/to an airport for additional fee
• accommodation in a single or double room
• meals according to a menu.

 

Single ward