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

after Professor Dr. Hans Georg Borst, the former director of the MHH Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery. "Eleven years after my parting from the university, this denomination is a joy and [...] and my activity as a director of the THG surgery." Professor Borst is an MHH pioneer; he was appointed to the university as the first full professor for surgery in 1968, and therefore was responsible for [...] is Professor Dr. Axel Haverich, present director of the MHH department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery. "For the REBIRTH research, the center is of significant importance because

Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery Prof. Dr. Johann Bauersachs Department of Cardiology and Angiology Project 2 Cardiac and skeletal muscle iron deficiency in acute heart failure [...] without ID. In a new mouse model of cardiogenic shock we will investigate how cardiac iron deficiency affects the cardiac response to acute stress and if iron therapy is effective in the acute situation [...] Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery Project 9 Impact of a long non-coding RNA on unloading and repair during cardiac remodeling The aim in the second funding period is to translate

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

coordinated by Professor Dr. Ina Gruh, scientists from the MHH Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery (HTTG) and the Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial [...] are hereditarily missing a heart chamber. Cardiac prosthesis to compensate for reduced pumping capacity A healthy heart has two chambers separated by the cardiac septum. The left ventricle pumps oxygen-rich [...] and the artery to the lungs. "These patients have mixed blood in the heart and require multiple surgeries in childhood to separate the circuits," says HTTG Clinic Director Professor Axel Haverich, MD. The

Professor Ulrich Martin. The LEBAO as a basic research area of the Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery of the MHH is considered one of the central institutions of REBIRTH . After [...] retirement on March 31, 2023, the clinical leadership of the Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery was taken over by Prof. Dr. Arjang Ruhparwar on April 01, 2023. The close

Adolescent Surgery Center surgery Center surgery Clinic for general, visceral and transplant surgery Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplant and Vascular Surgery (HTTG) Paediatric and Adolescent Surgery Clinic [...] Plastic, Aesthetic, Hand & Reconstructive Surgery (PHW) Clinic for trauma surgery Department of Urology and Urological Oncology Reconstructive facial surgery clinic Center for Neurological Medicine Department [...] dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine Orthodontic clinic Clinic for oral, maxillofacial and facial surgery Clinic for Dental Prosthetics and Biomedical Materials Science Clinic for tooth preservation, pe

Tessmer Center Coordination Teaching Surgery Martina Hanke Module Surgery 4th year of study Module Surgery 4th year of study In the fourth year of study, the module Surgery, Urology, Orthopedics is completed [...] and pancreatic surgery, lower gastrointestinal tract, endocrine surgery, transplantation surgery). Individual requests will be considered in team assignments. Participation in surgeries of other teams [...] visceral surgery are permanently assigned to one of our teams (upper gastrointestinal tract, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, lower gastrointestinal tract, endocrine surgery, transplant surgery). Par