Illness	Number of cases
Unstable angina (I20.0)	326
Other forms of angina pectoris (I20.8)	298
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	276
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13)	255
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	254
Acute myocardial infarction - Non-ST elevation NSTEMI myocardial infarction (I21.4)	177
Essential primary hypertension (I10.01)	133
Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25.13)	75
Syncope and collapse (R55)	56
Acute myocardial infarction (I21.0)	45

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Radio-controlled cardiological telemetry (8-933)	741
Examination of the left side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery (1-275.0)	580
Examination of the left side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery (1-275.4)	535
Additional information on materials used (8-83b.0c)	484
Treatment of the heart and/or the coronary arteries with access through a tube (catheter) along the blood vessels (8-837.00)	475
(9-984.7)	458
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	403
(9-984.8)	327
Treatment of the heart and/or the coronary arteries with access through a tube (catheter) along the blood vessels (8-837.m0)	290
Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias with electric shocks - defibrillation (8-640.0)	238

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0300

Type of specialist department

Main Department

Hospital information and services for all specialist departments

Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

Quality of participation in the Disease Management Programme (DMP)
No participation

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ01

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
9	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
7	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
7	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Klinik für Hämatologie / Internist. Onkologie und Palliativmedizin: allogene Stammzelltransplantation Kooperation Uni Essen Klinik für Kardiologie, Prof. Osswald: Projektbezogene Zusammenarbeiten mit dem UKE Hamburg und der Universitätsklinik Düsseldorf
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Famulaturen werden angenommen, PJ nicht
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Prof. Osswald (u.a. „Kardiale Rhythmusimplantate“, „Chirurgische Fallstricke kardialer Rhythmusimplantate: Beispiele aus der täglichen Praxis der Revisionschirurgie und Rechtsmedizin“ "Kommödikation: Kommunikation während medizinischer Eingriffe unter Lokalanästhesie" jeweils De Gruyter Verlag)
Doctoral supervision	Prof. Plehn und Prof. Osswald: Betreuung Doktoranden
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences	Prof. Osswald Uni -Düsseldorf, Prof. Plehn Ruhr-Uni-Bochum Prof. Osswald: Wahlfachangebote über die Herzschrittmacher-, ICD- und CRT-Therapie mit bis zu 10 Studenten
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	PHASE IV Studien Hämatologie/Onkologie

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	„neue“ Berufsbezeichnung Pflegefachassistent/in
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Außerdem werden Chirurgisch technische Assistenten (CTA) und Physician Assistenten ausgebildet
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)