Heart Failure and Device Therapy
Our team offers comprehensive and highly specialized care of seriously ill heart failure patients with the aim of achieving a good quality of life at home and at work.
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Your benefits range from receiving a cardiac device such as a pacemaker or defibrillator to receiving cardiac resynchronization treatment (CRT) or implantation of an artificial heart (LVAD – left ventricular assist device). In 2018, the Albertinen Heart and Vascular Center located at the Albertinen Hospital was certified as Hamburg's first "National Heart Failure Unit Center".
Diseases
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Heart failure
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Arrhythmia
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Aftercare
Diagnosis
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Spiroergometry
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Sleep apnea measurements
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Long-term ECG / Long-term blood pressure
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Echocardiography
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Myocardial biopsy
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Cardiac MRI
Surgical methods
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Pacemaker implantation: 1-chamber, 2-chamber, 3-chamber (CRT), wireless pacemaker ("leadless" pacer)
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Defibrillator implantation: 1-chamber, 2-chamber, 3-chamber (CRT), subcutaneous defibrillator (S-ICD)
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Electrode extraction (excimer laser)
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Event recorder implantation
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Breathing pacemaker
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Baroreceptor stimulation
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Cardiac contraction modulation (CCM)
