Kardiologische Praxis Bremen (Bremen Heart Centre)

Bremen Heart Centre

Kardiologische Praxis Bremen (Bremen Heart Centre) is the first establishment in Germany to provide comprehensive cardiology services ranging from outpatient examination through invasive treatment right up to heart surgery, followed by rehabilitation.

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Kardiologische Praxis Bremen, Germany

Services provided by the Cardiology Practice include

■	ECG
■	Exercise stress test
■	Holter monitoring (long term ECG)
■	Event recorder
■	Colour Doppler Echocardiography
■	Transoesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
■	Stress Echocardiography

The Partners

Enquiries for treatment or for a second opinion

Dr Klaus Thomas Kallmayer

Dr Hans-Eberhard Scherer

Dr Helmut W Lange

Dr Caspar A Börner

Dr Reinhold Hachmöller

Dr Athanasios Gkanatsas

Dr Christian Hegeler-Molkewehrum

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In cooperation with the Links der Weser Hospital, the Bremen Heart Centre carries out more than 7,500 cardiac catheter examinations in their three catheter laboratories. More than 2,000 of these involve balloon dilatations (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty - PTCA).

All services provided from a single source and each year more than 14,000 patients are examined using non-invasive techniques.

■	Colour duplex examination of the arteries
■	Cardiac pacemaker
■	Lung funtion
■	Nuclear Cardiac Imaging
■	Checkups
■	Cardio MRI
■	Cardio CT (64 slice CT scanning)

Services provided by the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory include

■	Cardiac catheterisation
■	Treatment of acute cardiac infarcts
■	PTCA (dilation of coronary vessels)
■	Stent implantation
■	Rotablation (high-velocity diamond drill for highly calcified coronary arteries)
■	Balloon valvuloplasty of heart valve defects

■	Brachytherapy (irradiation of recurrent stenoses)
■	PFO occluder (see Cardiology page for details)
■	Electrocardioversion
■	Day clinic
■	Carotid angioplasty (stenting)

Occluder closure

In general, all examinations and treatment procedures are perfromed by the same physician, who took the patient's medical history, carried out the non-invasive tests and discussed with the patient, the indication and potential complications of the procedure.

Personal attention

Immediately after the procedure, the results and further procedures are discussed with the patient.

Aviation Medicine

Since 1996 the Bremen Heart Centre has been operating an Aviation Examination Centre, currently carrying out some 200 to 250 examinations per year.

These include medical fitness examinations to professional and private pilots, airline captains, cabin crew, parachutists, etc.

The Centre also provides consultation on health issues relating to medical fitness examinations and will help you to return to the cockpit should you be temporarily deemed unfit.

The physician in charge of the Examination Centre is certified by the LBA and possesses a professional pilot's license with instrument flight authorization and two-engine rating (CPL/IFR, No. 11603-LBA)