The department of cardiology primarily treats patients with all kinds of heart diseases and is responsible for intensive care medicine and general internal diseases. Diseases of these organ systems account for more than 50% of all diseases and deaths in Germany. The most common types are myocardial infarction, cardiac arrhythmias, pulmonary diseases and strokes.
These diseases are often acutely life-threatening and require a large amount of technological equipment for diagnostic work-up and treatment. For this reason, the department has a team of very experienced consultants in cardiology, pneumology and intensive medicine working around the clock. It cooperates very closely with the Department for Heart Surgery at the University Hospital Frankfurt / Main and all the other local institutions at the Sana Klinikum Offenbach.
Department of Cardiology
Very experienced in cardiology, pneumology and intensive medicine
Services available in Department of cardiology
- Noninvasive and invasive diagnostic workup of coronary artery disease
- Two biplane coronary angiography units are available for percutaneous interventions including bare metal and drug eluting stents and balloons, myocardial biopsy, aortic counterpulsation therapy, Impella therapy, investigations prior to cardiac transplantation
- 24-hour emergency team for treating acute myocardial infarction and other emergencies in the cardiac catheter laboratory
- Noninvasive and invasive diagnostic workup of arrhythmias including ablation therapy of atrial fibrillation, accessory pathways and ventricular arrhythmias by highly experienced operators with most modern equipment
- Pacemaker-, ICD and CRT treatment (implantation of cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators and resynchronisation devices) and loop recorder implantation
- stress echo and stress MRI examination
- Noninvasive and invasive diagnostic workup of valvular heart disease including LAA occlusion
- Noninvasive and invasive diagnostic workup of cardiomopathies
- Noninvasive and invasive diagnostic workup of congestive heart failure
- ultrasound and color duplex diagnostic work-up for complete examination of the blood vessels
Having two coronary angiography units and a specialized team of investigators on call 24 hours a day we provide all emergency procedures for acute cardiac diseases. Our cardiac care unit (CCU) guarantees that patients cardiac immediate appropriate treatment after intervention.
