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Cardiology and cardiac surgery clinics in Germany
German clinics are among the most popular in the world for diagnosing heart diseases and cardiac surgery. The treatment methods and equipment are at the highest level compared to America and other European countries — this makes Germany one of the best countries for medical tourism.
Benefits of cardiac surgery in Germany
Patients choose German hospitals for the following reasons:
- Operating rooms of a hybrid type with the use of intraoperative imaging systems;
- Doctors have extensive experience in using robotic surgery (Da Vinci robot) for minimally invasive treatment of heart disease;
- German cardiac surgeons perform heart surgeries in children and adults;
- Operations can be performed both on a temporarily stopped and on a continuously beating heart;
- Multidisciplinary approach: the collaboration of specialists from different directions allows you to determine the exact diagnosis and choose the right treatment.
On the MedTour platform, you will find experienced specialists and TOP clinics in the field of cardiac surgery in Germany.
MedTour patients recommend clinics for the treatment of cardiological and cardiosurgical in Germany:
Frequently Asked Questions
You get a planned medical trip with a guide and translator, including:
- A detailed plan for diagnosis and treatment;
- Meeting at the airport, transfer to the medical center or hotel;
- A clear amount of payment without additional payments;
- Accommodation at the hotel, with the conditions necessary for the patient;
- Consulting the patient even after his arrival back to his home country.
Most often, patients with the following pathologies choose clinics in Germany:
- Heart disease is a pathology that is associated with an anomaly in the structure of an organ and leads to impaired blood circulation;
- Heart block — a violation of the electrical conductivity of the heart, which is associated with the incorrect sending or conduction of impulses in the structures of the heart muscle;
- Heart failure is a violation of blood circulation, which, if untimely and improperly treated, leads to death;
- Myocarditis — inflammation of the heart wall;
- Aortic aneurysm is an enlargement in the aortic tissue that can rupture and be instantly fatal.
Most often, German surgeons perform such interventions on the heart:
- Coronary artery bypass grafting;
- Heart valve replacement;
- Radiofrequency ablation;
- Coronary stenting.
- Leave a request on the MedTour website, then the coordinating doctor will contact you and select a German clinic for you free of charge.
- The MedTour team will find an interpreter for you, arrange transfer and accommodation in a five-star hotel.
- Upon arrival in Germany, an employee of the medical center will meet you, accompany you to the clinic and will stay in touch throughout your treatment in Germany.
- After completing the treatment, you will be taken by taxi to the airport.
- ECG — from $115;
- Holter monitoring — from $150;
- Ultrasound of the heart — from $240;
- Echocardiography — from $340;
- Consultation with a cardiologist — from $400;
- Consultation with a cardiac surgeon — from $450;
- Consultation with an interventional radiologist — from $450;
- Coronary angiography — from $900;
- Preoperative heart diagnostics — from $1 500.
- Coronary artery bypass grafting — from $23 000;
- Aortic valve replacement — from $29 000;
- Heart valve replacement — from $24 000;
- Coronary stenting — from $6 900;
- Radiofrequency ablation — from $13 500;
- Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) — from $38 500.
Can’t find the procedure you need? Leave a request and the coordinating doctor will contact you and inform you about the cost of the operation in Germany!
The cost of surgery depends on:
- Clinic pricing policy;
- Surgeon;
- Type of operation;
- Cost of materials;
- The dates of the planned trip (if it is an urgent operation, the doctor gives priority to such patients and accepts them out of turn).
The best clinics in Germany for cardiac surgery
Helios Krefeld. This multidisciplinary German clinic has been ranked first in the TOP-German hospitals ranking for the last 5 years according to the Focus magazine.
One of the main specializations of the hospital is cardiac surgery. The number of deaths from aortic valve replacement over the past 4 years was 0%!
The clinic’s cardiac surgeons specialize in the following operations:
- TAVI — aortic valve implantation using catheter technology;
- Mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation;
- Plastic tricuspid valve using catheter technology for tricuspid regurgitation;
- Reopening of chronically blocked coronary arteries.
Asklepios Clinic. This clinic is ISO accredited and certified by the Medical Tourism Quality Alliance (MTQA). Cardiac surgeons at Asklepios Medical Center perform gentle heart surgery through a thin incision (up to 10 mm) between the ribs.
Doctors use German and Swiss materials during surgery, so the stitches heal quickly and postoperative rehabilitation takes no more than 10 days. Every year the cardiac surgeons of the Asklepios Clinic perform over 1,300 heart surgeries, of which more than a third — for children.
Nord Clinic Alliance. The cardiology department at Nord Alliance is the largest in northern Germany. The center’s cardiac surgeons most often perform coronary artery bypass grafting, heart valve correction and operations using the «artificial heart» system.
Every year in the cardiac surgery department, doctors perform more than 2,600 surgical interventions, half of which are mitral valve repair.
The most famous German cardiologists and cardiac surgeons
Max Tsegelman is an interventional cardiologist with over 35 years of experience. He is the Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Helios Krefeld Clinic and the author of over 100 scientific papers.
The main specialization of the doctor:
- Operation Ross;
- Heart valve repair;
- Aortic surgery.
Christopher Reitmann is a cardiologist and cardiac surgeon with a doctorate in medicine. He is the head of the Helios Clinic Munich and is a member of the German Association of Cardiac Surgeons.
The doctor performs the following procedures:
- Cardiac bypass surgery;
- Installing a defibrillator;
- Electrophysiological research;
- Plastic and valve replacement.
Heinrich Klus is an interventional cardiologist with 38 years of experience. He has performed over 150 operations to install a pacemaker. The doctor is a member of the Association of Cardiologists of America, Germany and Europe.
The doctor deals with the treatment of the following pathologies:
- Heart failure;
- Cardiomyopathy;
- Arrhythmia;
- Inflammatory heart disease;
- Congenital or acquired heart valve defects;
- High blood pressure.
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