Department of Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery "on a greenfield site" and headed it for almost 30 years. The up-and-coming MHH provided an ideal setting for cardiac surgery to flourish. Initially [...] divided the Centre for Surgery into independent specialist clinics linked in partnership and equipped with equal facilities - a novelty in the German hospital landscape. Cardiac surgery at the MHH becomes [...] Professor Dr Hans Borst. The "father" of surgery at MHH died on 8 September 2022 at the age of 94. "Professor Borst and his team laid the foundations for MHH surgery to achieve international standing," says

mitral valve prosthesis via the apex of the heart involves specialists from cardiac surgery, cardiology and anaesthesia, cardiac catheterisation laboratory and operating theatre nurses as well as a cardio [...] procedure is implemented by an interdisciplinary team from the Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, the Clinic for Cardiology and Angiology and the Clinic for Anaesthesiology [...] the long term," reports private lecturer Dr Fabio Ius from the Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery. This is where the innovative procedure comes in - the implantation of a

the surgical team also included a cardiac surgeon. Privatdozentin (PD) Dr. Jasmin Hanke from the Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery was present as a backup during the first [...] In Germany, around 65,000 people die of sudden cardiac death every year. A common cause is ventricular fibrillation. This life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia can be stopped by a defibrillator. Hannover [...] malignant cardiac arrhythmia occurs, the defibrillator emits either several weak stimulation pulses or an electric shock and restores the heartbeat to the correct rhythm. This prevents sudden cardiac death

new system that offers a gentler way of providing mechanical cardiac support for patients have been temporarily implanted in the cardiac surgery clinics of #Hannover Medical School (MHH) and the Freeman Hospital [...] is a kind of gentle, permanent cardiac massage," explains Professor Dr. Arjang Ruhparwar, Director of the Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery , who, together with his team [...] implanted for the first time world-wide in five patients suffering from advanced heart failure. The cardiac support technology, called reBEAT , is a new development by the Munich-based start-up company AdjuCor

and especially with Professor Dr Axel Haverich, Director of the Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery. "When he asked us if we could support him in this big task, I immediately [...] Michael Manns. The surgeon Professor Frimpong-Boateng is considered a pioneer of cardiothoracic surgery in his home country and has established the National Cardiothoracic Centre and the Ghana Red Cross

Unified Biobank, and Professor Dr Axel Haverich, Director of the Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery. According to the evaluation, Harvard University in Boston (USA) is the

MHH. In the research project "3D-Heart-2B", scientists from the Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery (HTTG) and the Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial [...] for hereditary reasons. A healthy heart has two chambers that are separated from each other by the cardiac septum. The left ventricle pumps oxygen-rich blood into the aorta, the right ventricle pumps oxygen-poor [...] reduced pumping capacity. A healthy heart has two chambers that are separated from each other by the cardiac septum. The left ventricle pumps oxygen-rich blood into the aorta, the right ventricle pumps oxygen-poor

Robert Zweigerdt, co-spokesperson for the programme from the MHH Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery. The networking of young, excellent scientists with clinical questions and

s for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs (LEBAO) at the MHH Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery. His laboratory is also part of the REBIRTH Research Centre for Translational

life-threatening. Deposits in the heart muscle, for example, can lead to heart failure, but also to cardiac arrhythmias. Accumulations in the peripheral nervous system can result in polyneuropathies with paralysis [...] from haematology, nephrology, gastroenterology, immunology, nuclear medicine, pathology, plastic surgery, paediatrics, human genetics and radiology. All those involved work in close cooperation. "The diagnosis