German Heart Center Berlin
| German Heart Center Berlin | |
|---|---|
| place | Berlin |
| state | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 32 '32 " N , 13 ° 20' 49" E |
| medical director | Volkmar Falk |
| beds | 196 |
| Employee | 1300 |
| including doctors | 180 |
| areas of expertise | Cardiac , thoracic , vascular and pediatric cardiac surgery , cardiology , pediatric cardiology , anesthesia , Psychosomatics |
| founding | 1986 |
| Website | DHZB website |
The German Heart Center Berlin (DHZB) is a supraregional special clinic for diagnostics and therapy for cardiovascular diseases in the Berlin district of Mitte (district Wedding ). It has five clinics / institutes and around 200 beds, 69 of which are for intensive care. Operations began in early 1986.
Around 1300 employees work for the DHZB and its subsidiaries as doctors, nursing staff, administrative employees, technical and other staff. In 2019, a total of over 8,000 inpatient treatments and over 23,500 outpatient treatments were carried out. More than 3,700 heart operations (operations on the heart or the vessels near the heart) were performed in 2019, a total of over 119,000 operations. The DHZB has 8 operating theaters, including 2 ultra-modern hybrid operating rooms for the simultaneous implementation of cardiological and surgical interventions. Two further operating theaters are operated by the DHZB in the Paulinenkrankenhaus . The legal form of the German Heart Center Berlin is a foundation under civil law that pursues exclusively charitable purposes. The Board of Trustees consists of 14 elected personalities and as "born members" - through their office - the members of the Senate of Berlin responsible for health and science , the presidents of the Free University of Berlin and the Humboldt University of Berlin, and the chairman of the Charité University Medical Center Berlin .
The clinic directors together with the nursing director and the commercial director form the executive board of the DHZB. The chairman of the board is the medical director. The medical director is Volkmar Falk .
The German Heart Center Berlin has been certified as a supraregional heart failure center by the German Society for Cardiology and the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery together with the cardiac medical facilities of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin on the Virchow-Klinikum campus .
Departments
Cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery
In 2018, more than 4,100 inpatients and around 8,000 outpatients were treated in the surgical clinic. The entire operative treatment spectrum of cardiac , thoracic and vascular surgery is used .
The clinic's new focal points include endoscopic procedures for the surgical treatment of heart valve diseases and minimally invasive bypass operations .
According to the number of cases, the German Heart Center Berlin operates the world's largest program for the implantation of artificial circulatory support systems (so-called artificial hearts ), especially developed by the Berlin Heart company founded by the DHZB . In the Clinic for Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, around 130 cardiac support systems were implanted in 2018 , a total of over 3,100. With over 2,500 transplants to date, the DHZB is also one of the largest centers for heart and lung transplants in Germany. Another focus of the clinic is on operations on the main artery (aorta) . There are also special surgical treatment concepts for patients with Marfan's syndrome . There are two so-called hybrid operating rooms equipped with appropriate imaging methods for simultaneous surgical and cardiological interventions. The clinic includes a cardiac surgery outpatient department with special consultation hours and the like. a. for catheter-supported valve implantations, for artificial heart patients and patients with diseases of the main artery (aorta) as well as an outpatient transplant clinic.
The director of the clinic has been the heart surgeon and university professor Volkmar Falk since October 1, 2014 .
Clinic for Internal Medicine / Cardiology
More than 12,000 outpatient and around 2,800 inpatient treatments were carried out in the Clinic for Internal Medicine / Cardiology at the DHZB in 2018. This includes around 2900 cardiac catheter examinations , including more than 400 electrophysiological examinations .
The clinic's focus is on interventional cardiology (catheter-supported therapy procedures, especially electrophysiology) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The Clinic for Internal Medicine - Cardiology was certified by the German Society for Cardiology as a training center for cardiac MRI examinations in July 2015 .
The director of the clinic has been the cardiologist and university professor Burkert Pieske since November 1, 2014.
Clinic for Congenital Heart Defects / Pediatric Cardiology
In the Clinic for Congenital Heart Defects at the DHZB, over 1100 inpatient and more than 3500 outpatient treatments were carried out in 2018. This includes over 600 cardiac catheter examinations. The range of treatments includes the entire range of therapies and diagnoses for acquired heart diseases and for congenital heart defects of any complexity.
The focus is on imaging diagnostics using cardiac catheter examinations, ultrasound (3-D, tissue Doppler), cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRT), and cardiac computed tomography (CT). The clinic has highly specialized, minimally invasive imaging facilities that enable the treatment of heart defects in cardiac catheters under ultrasound guidance without the use of x-rays. The clinic's main research areas are computer-based cardiovascular models, neuroprotection (avoidance of brain damage in the surgical treatment of congenital heart defects), minimally invasive pacemaker therapy and the manufacture of biological heart valves using so-called tissue engineering .
With over 200 implantations of ventricular circulatory support systems in children and adolescents, the DHZB is one of the largest centers for this form of therapy worldwide. The Clinic for Congenital Heart Defects / Pediatric Cardiology includes outpatient departments for pediatric cardiology, for adults with congenital heart defects, for patients with pulmonary hypertension , for patients with heart failure, for patients with Marfan syndrome and a transplant clinic. The clinic also has an outpatient clinic for patients with a so-called Fontan cycle .
The clinic has its own intensive care unit, which was newly opened at the end of 2013, with 12 beds and specialized staff.
Since July 2011, the Clinic for Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology at the German Heart Center Berlin has been certified as a supra-regional center for the care of adults with congenital heart defects (GUCH).
The director of the clinic is the pediatric cardiologist and university professor Felix Berger.
Clinic for Congenital Heart Defects / Pediatric Heart Surgery
The Clinic for Congenital Heart Defects / Pediatric Heart Surgery at the DHZB was founded in 2012 as one of the first independent and comprehensive specialist clinics of this type in Germany. Two of the DHZB's operating theaters are used by the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Clinic. The clinic has u. a. via specialized anesthetists, cardio technicians and surgical nurses. Over 650 heart operations were performed in 2018. The range of treatments includes surgical therapy for all, including highly complex, congenital and acquired heart defects.
A special focus of the clinic's work is the implementation of complex operations on infants or newborns without the use of foreign blood when using the heart-lung machine .
The director of the clinic is the pediatric cardiac surgeon and university professor Joachim Photiadis.
Institute of Anesthesia
The Institute for Anesthesia at the DHZB performs anesthesia for all surgical procedures at the DHZB. 22 anesthesiologists are available for this purpose. The focus is on anesthesia in the field of pediatric cardiac surgery, especially for newborns, as well as performing intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography .
The Institute for Anesthesia at DHZB has been certified as a training center for this examination method by the German Society for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI) since 1999 . In addition, several anesthetists at the DHZB are certified for transesophageal echocardiography by the European Cardiology Society (ESC) and the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anesthetists (EACTA).
Together with the Institute for Physiology of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the DHZB Institute for Anesthesia has been running the Organ Perfusion Research Association since 1996 . The research network deals with experimental research into clinical problems of vascular regulation and organ perfusion as well as the development of corresponding therapeutic concepts.
The director of the institute is the anesthetist and university professor Hermann Kuppe.
Functional area of psychosomatic medicine
In September 1990, a "psychosomatic department for artificial heart and transplant patients" was opened at the DHZB, which Wolfgang Albert had taken over as head of the medical care center there . In addition, in November 2010, in cooperation between the Steinbeis University in Berlin and the DHZB, a master's degree in "Medical Psychology" was set up at the Academy for Cardiovascular Technology there, also under the direction of Albert.
history
The DHZB was put into operation on January 1, 1986 and officially inaugurated on April 29, 1986 in the presence of Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker . It essentially emerges from the cardiac surgery research department of the Free University of Berlin established by Emil Bücherl in 1974 at the Westend Clinic in Berlin-Westend. The medical director is the heart surgeon Roland Hetzer , who heads the German Heart Center Berlin until 2014.
The first heart operation took place on March 26, 1986, the first heart transplant took place on April 18, 1986. The first artificial heart was implanted on July 20, 1987. On September 27, 1987, the 100th heart transplant was performed at the DHZB . For the first time in the world, a child's waiting time for a donor heart was successfully bridged with an artificial heart. After 160 days through an artificial heart, the natural, hitherto seriously ill heart of a 38-year-old Thuringian has recovered so well that the artificial heart can be explanted on April 10, 1995 and the patient is spared a transplant. This was the first case in the world. The pediatric cardiologist Felix Berger became the new director of the Clinic for Congenital Heart Defects / Pediatric Cardiology on December 1, 2004.
On March 1, 2008 the first Berlin hybrid operating room for simultaneous surgical and cardiological interventions was opened. It contains u. a. a state-of-the-art HD video system, a radiolucent special operating table and a complete angiography unit. On November 8, 2010, the DHZB became a cooperation partner for the new German Center for Cardiovascular Research advertised by the BMBF . The independent clinic for the surgery of congenital heart defects went into operation on August 1st, 2012. The director is the pediatric cardiac surgeon Joachim Photiadis. On October 1, 2014, the cardiac surgeon Volkmar Falk became the new director of the DHZB clinic for cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery and medical director of the German Heart Center Berlin. At the same time, Falk was appointed professor of cardiac surgery at the Charité. Falk succeeded Roland Hetzer .
On November 1, 2014, cardiologist Burkert Pieske became the new director of the DHZB Clinic for Internal Medicine - Cardiology as the successor to Eckart Fleck. At the same time, Pieske was appointed professor of cardiology at the Charité, Virchow-Klinikum campus. The DHZB Board of Trustees and the Charité Supervisory Board agree to an agreement in principle for the creation of the "University Heart Center Berlin". The plan provides that the Charité will concentrate on the cardiological performance profile in the future as part of a complementary service provision and will no longer keep beds for cardiac surgery. In return, the DHZB is expanding its focus on cardiac surgery and will not continue its inpatient cardiology program, with the exception of pediatric cardiology. This focus, combined with close cooperation, is intended to further improve patient medical care and research. After working for the German Heart Center Berlin for over 25 years, Administrative Director Thomas Michael Höhn retired on January 1, 2016. His successor was Marcus Polle.
On January 10, 2018, the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the German Heart Center Berlin (DHZB) announced that they would merge their cardiovascular facilities into a scientific, clinical, legal and economic unit.
According to the joint communication of both organizations, a concept was finalized and the feasibility study commissioned by the Berlin Senate was thus concluded. With the implementation of the concept in legally binding contracts, the Charité and the DHZB meet all the necessary requirements for the establishment of the UHZB.
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Individual evidence
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- ↑ a b DHZB: German Heart Center Berlin. Facts and figures. In: www.dhzb.de. DHZB, April 7, 2020, accessed on April 7, 2020 .
- ^ German Heart Center Berlin. DHZB data & facts. DHZB, accessed on June 14, 2019 .
- ^ German Heart Center Berlin. Board of Trustees. (No longer available online.) DHZB, October 14, 2013, archived from the original on August 31, 2015 ; Retrieved October 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- ^ German Heart Center Berlin. Good life with "half heart". (No longer available online.) DHZB, formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 18, 2015 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ German Heart Center Berlin. Clinic for Congenital Heart Defects and Pediatric Cardiology. (No longer available online.) DHZB, archived from the original on September 9, 2015 ; Retrieved October 18, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ History: The development of the German Heart Center Berlin. Long-standing success story. Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
- ^ German Heart Center Berlin. Future German Heart Center Berlin - Heart Medicine Berlin. (No longer available online.) DHZB, formerly in the original on July 10, 2015 ; Retrieved October 18, 2015 (press release). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Joint press release from DHZB and Charité
