Helmut Roskamm

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Helmut Roskamm (born June 29, 1933 in Collinghorst near Rhauderfehn , East Friesland; † May 16, 2018 in Au (Breisgau) ) was a German cardiologist .

Roskamm was a nationally successful pole vaulter in his youth . He studied medicine in Göttingen and from 1955 in Freiburg, where he received his doctorate from the internist, radiologist and sports medicine specialist Herbert Reindell in 1958 ( The regulation of breathing and circulation at maximum performance ). Further investigations into the physiology of the circulatory system and the hemodynamics of high-performance athletes followed . In 1964 he qualified as a professor ( The importance of physical activity in prophylaxis and therapy of cardiovascular diseases ). He was a senior physician in cardiology under Ludwig Heilmeyer and became a private lecturer.

He was the founder and medical director of the Benedict Cross Rehabilitation Center (RHZ) for cardiovascular patients , which was opened in 1972 and planned since 1965, and later the University Heart Center (UHZ) in Bad Krozingen , which was created in 2012 from the merger of the RHZ with the heart and circulatory system Circulatory center of the University Clinic Freiburg was created. In 1973, he turned down an appointment as head of the cardiology department at Heidelberg University Hospital. An associated heart center in Bad Krozingen opened in 1977. He was also an adjunct professor at the University of Freiburg.

He was editor of the volume coronary diseases of the manual of internal medicine (5th edition, volume 9, part 3, 1984) and edited with Herbert Reindell the standard work on heart diseases (Springer), which first appeared in 1976.

In 1977 he received the Arthur Weber Prize from the German Society for Cardiovascular Research (German Society for Cardiology) and was President of the Arthur Weber Foundation. He was an honorary member of the Polish Cardiological Society.

A house and hall of the Heart Center in Bad Krozingen is named after him. He was an honorary citizen of Bad Krozingen.

Roskamm was married with five children and lived in Au.

Fonts

  • with Herbert Reindell, Kurt König, GH Wittich: Physical activity and heart and circulatory diseases: prophylaxis, therapy and rehabilitation, Bart, Munich, 1965
  • with Herbert Reindell, Kurt König: Functional diagnostics of the healthy and sick heart: Relationships between heart size and performance, Stuttgart: Thieme 1967
  • The stress ECG, Boehringer 1968
  • with Herbert Reindell (editor): Heart diseases: Pathophysiology Diagnostic Therapy, Springer, 4th edition 1996, 5th edition (editor with F.-J. Neumann, D. Kalusche, H.-P. Bestehorn) 2004

As editor and co-editor:

  • Editor: Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Diseases, 1966
  • Editor: Myocardial infection at young age, International Symposium held at Bad Krozingen, January 1981, Springer 1981
  • Editor: The Chronically Sick Heart. Basics of functional diagnostics and therapy; International opening symposium on the occasion of the inauguration of the Benedikt Kreutz Rehabilitation Center for Cardiovascular Sufferers, Bad Krozingen 18. – 20. October 1972, Stuttgart, New York: Schattauer 1973
  • Editor with Ch. Hahn: Ventricular function at rest and during exercise, International Symposium Geneva 1975, Springer 1976
  • Editor with Martin Schmuziger: Coronary Heart Surgery: a rehabilitation measure, International Symposium, Bad Krozingen, March 1978, Springer 1979
  • Editor with Albrecht Fleckenstein : Calcium-Antagonism, Springer 980
  • Editor with Martin Kaltenbach : From exercise ECG to coronary angiography, Springer 1980
  • Editor: Disorders of Cardiac Function, Dekker 1982
  • Editor: The beta-receptor blockade from a pathophysiological point of view: 9th Rothenburg Talk, May 1982, Stuttgart: Schattauer 1982
  • Editor: Prognosis of Coronary Heart Disease. Progression of Coronary Arteriosclerosis, International Symposium held at Bad Krozingen 1982, Springer 1983
  • Editor: Coronary Diseases, Handbook of Internal Medicine, Volume 9, Part 3, Springer 1984,
    • therein by Roskamm: Chapter 9, stress ECG, with L. Samek, Chapter 16, coronary angiography, with L. Görnandt, Chapter 21, Transmural myocardial infarction in a chronic stage, Chapter 28, progression of coronary vascular sclerosis, with E. Steinmann, P. Stürzenhofecker , Chapter 31, Movement Therapy, with L. Samek, Chapter 37, Aorto-Coronary Bypass Surgery, with K. Huesmann, M. Schmuziger

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in Kürschner, Scholar's Calendar, 2009
  2. ↑ Professor Dr. Helmut Roskamm honored - Ceremonial reception for his 80th birthday in the University Heart Center , markgraefler, July 2, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Roskamm, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cardiologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Collinghorst
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 2018
Place of death Au (Breisgau)