Illness	Number of cases
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	399
Nonrheumatic aortic valve disorders - Nonrheumatic aortic valve stenosis (I35.0)	313
Atrial fibrillation and flutter (I48.1)	216
Acute myocardial infarction - Non-ST elevation NSTEMI myocardial infarction (I21.4)	191
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13)	174
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	126
Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25.13)	103
Paroxysmal tachycardia - Supraventricular tachycardia (I47.1)	87
Syncope and collapse (R55)	82
Paroxysmal tachycardia - Ventricular tachycardia (I47.2)	78

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	1.555
Examination of the left side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery (1-275.0)	1.531
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the heart with contrast medium (3-824.0)	711
(1-274.30)	489
Measurement of the electrical activity of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery - electrophysiological investigation (1-265.4)	479
Measurement of the electrical activity of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery - electrophysiological investigation (1-265.e)	433
Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias with electric shocks - defibrillation (8-640.0)	402
X-ray examination of the heart and the major blood vessels with contrast medium (1-276.1)	302
Temporary stimulation of the heart rhythm by an implanted cardiac pacemaker (8-642)	295
(5-35a.05)	274

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In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 0300 , 0103 , 0108 , 0114 , 0152 , 1400 , 3603 , 0100

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

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

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

No.	Explanation
CQ03
CQ01
CQ02
CQ05
CQ08

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

Number	Group
657	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*
45	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
26	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	134 Universitätsprofessuren (W1, W2, W3) 187 apl-Professoren 215 Privatdozenten 61 Lehrbeauftragte
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)	Humanmedizin: 2112 Studierende Übrige Studiengänge: 778 Studierende
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Es existiert eine Vielzahl von Kooperationen zwischen den verschiedenen Lehrstühlen der Fakultät und in- und ausländischen Hochschulen und Universitäten. Die Forschungsberichte der einzelnen Kliniken und Institute sind auf unserer Homepage unter www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute zu finden.
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies	Details unter: www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies	Details unter: www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies	Dazu wird auf die Forschungsberichte der einzelnen Kliniken und Institute verwiesen, die unter www.ukaachen.de - Kliniken & Institute zu finden sind.
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks	Professoren der Medizinischen Fakultät fungierten bei rund 60 wissenschaftlichen Journalen als Herausgeber bzw. Mitherausgeber (z. B. Nervenarzt, Nephrology etc.).
Doctoral supervision	Verpflichtende Betreuungsvereinbarung seit 2010, die mindestens ein Jahr vor Abgabe der Promotion vorliegen muss und in der die Rechte und Pflichten von Betreuer und Doktorand klar geregelt sind.

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	Schule für Physiotherapie Tel: +49 241 80 88039 Fax:+49 241 80 82503 E-Mail: physiotherapie-schule@ukaachen.de
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	Schule für Logopädie Tel.:+49 241 80 89967 Fax.:+49 241 80 82503 E-Mail: logopaedie@ukaachen.de
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	Schule für Medizinisch Technische Laboratoriums- und Radiologieassistenten/innen Tel.:+49 241 80 88094 E-Mail: eschoenen@ukaachen.de
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	Schule für Medizinisch Technische Laboratoriums- und Radiologieassistenten/innen Tel.:+49 241 80 85988 E-Mail: mwiertz@ukaachen.de Tel.:+49 241 80 35955 E-Mail: ioffenhaeusser@ukaachen.de
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	Bewerbungsmanagement – Personalmanagement Pflegedirektion Telefon:+49 241 80-85834 E-Mail: csack@ukaachen.de
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	Bewerbungsmanagement – Personalmanagement Pflegedirektion Telefon:+49 241 80-85834 E-Mail: csack@ukaachen.de
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Ausbildungsakademie für Pflegeberufe Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 Fax:+49 241 80 82534 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de
HB19	Nursing professionals	Ausbildungsakademie für Pflegeberufe Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 Fax:+49 241 80 82534 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Institut für Hebammenwissenschaft an der Medizinischen Fakultät der RWTH Aachen University und der Uniklinik RWTH Aachen Tel.: 0241 80-85211 hebammenstudiengang@ukaachen.de
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)	Ausbildungsakademie für Pflegeberufe Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 Fax:+49 241 80 82534 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de
HB02	Health and paediatric nurse (m/f)	Ausbildungsakademie für Pflegeberufe Telefon:+49 241 80 89484 E-Mail: pflegeschule@ukaachen.de