Specialist · Cardiac Surgery

Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Payam Akhyari

Specialist for Cardiac Surgery in Essen

Universitätsklinikum Essen - Westdeutsches Herz- und Gefäßzentrum· Hufelandstraße 55, 45147 Essen

The West German Heart Center Essen is very familiar with all areas of our heart - whether it is transplants, artificial hearts or the development of ultra-modern heart muscle cells: The renowned specialists combine heart surgery and cardiology at the highest international level, as few other specialists do.

Areas of focus

Surgery of the thoracic aorta
Complex coronary surgery
Complex heart vale surgery
Center for endoscopic assisted, minimally invasive heart surgery
Differentiated rhythm surgery
Transplantation of heart and lung incl. heart and lung support systems

About Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Payam Akhyari

The West German Heart Center Essen is one of the leading and most modern heart centers in Germany for the treatment of heart and circulatory diseases. It is constructed according to the latest know-how and current requirements and equipped with cutting edge and the best medical facilities.

Cardiac surgeons and cardiologists work together under one roof in unparalleled close partnership. The Department for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is renowned internationally and is leading in the area of acquired cardiovascular diseases such as coronary bypass surgery, minimally invasive heart valve surgery, aortic surgery and heart and lung transplantion.

Our patients can expect not only an excellent and holistic medical treatment, but also a comfortable atmosphere with friendly human care. Therefore, it is of great importance for us to have a pleasant environment on the wards and in the patients' rooms. Safe cardiac surgery based on the latest scientific knowledge and close interdisciplinary collaboration with our fellow cardiologists is crucial to us.
This interdisciplinary structure guarantees independent decision making concerning the best possible patient treatment.

A highly qualified and highly motivated team of doctors, nurses and medical technical staff will take care of you continuously, with the aim of restoring your health and comfort as soon as possible.

Special offers / services / rooms

State of the art equipment in single and double bed rooms
Each bed has its own LCD color television with 16 programs and eight radio programs and a telephone with its own call number
Internet via WLAN
Cash machine at the main entrance
Patient library with 10,000 books
Accommodation service for relatives
Rooming-in (if requested)
Evangelical and catholic pastoral care
Ecumenical chapel
Social services to complement the care of doctors and nurses
Ecumenical hospital assistants

Therapeutic services

Every year, we carry out approximatly 2,000 operations, 1,250 using the heart-lungmachine. Our four operation theaters are equipped with state of the art technical facilities, which enable us to carry out all current major operative procedures in the area of cardiac and thoracic surgery, under optimal conditions, with maximum safety for the patient.
In addition, we have a so-called "hybrid room" which merges operating theater and cardiac catheter laboratory in one place - diagnostic and therapeutic methods at one table. In this way, simultaneous treatment of the patient by the surgeon and the cardiologist is made possible for the first time.
We are thus able to carry out just one intervention where two would have been needed elsewhere, thereby saving time and keeping trauma for the patient to a minimum.

Coronary bypass operation also minimally invasive without heart-lung machine (off-pump)
Total arterial bypass grafting
Heart valve operation (reconstruction of the aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves or replacement of them by means of a prosthetic implant)
Minimally invasive endoscopic heart surgery (heart valves, harvesting of veins and arteries, heart tumors, disorders of the atrium)
Transcatheter-assisted aortic valve implants (TAVI, transapical, transfemoral)
Surgery of the thoracic aorta (aneurysm and dissection)
Minimally invasive "stenting" operations in the aorta (TEVAR- thoracic aortic endovascular repair)
Operations to treat arrhythmias, maze operations, mini-maze operations, pacemakers, defibrillation, CRT systems
Complex heart surgery "maximum surgery" (aortic arch surgery, endocarditis, acute and chronic embolism of the pulmonary artery, redo´s, lung surgery)
Heart, lung and heart-lung transplants
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
Hybrid operations, complex combination surgery
Tumor surgery of heart and vessels, mediastinum and lungs
Essen model: care
Physiotherapy

Additional services

Thoracic aortic aneurysms, aortic dissections
coronary heart disease, as well in advanced stages of the disease
Valvular heart diseases, as well multiple heart valve insufficiencies, congenital heart defects in adults
Cardiac arrhythmias that cannot be controlled by conservative means
Heart and respiratory insufficiency

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