Illness	Number of cases
Atrial fibrillation and flutter (I48.1)	164
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13)	143
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	104
Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25.13)	95
Syncope and collapse (R55)	90
Acute myocardial infarction - Non-ST elevation NSTEMI myocardial infarction (I21.4)	82
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	81
Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25.12)	69
Other forms of angina pectoris (I20.8)	63
Paroxysmal tachycardia - Supraventricular tachycardia (I47.1)	62

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the left side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery (1-275.0)	707
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	334
Treatment of the heart and/or the coronary arteries with access through a tube (catheter) along the blood vessels (8-837.00)	311
(9-984.7)	310
Additional information on materials used (8-83b.0c)	298
Use of a system to guide the instruments (navigation system) (8-990)	242
Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias with electric shocks - defibrillation (8-640.0)	234
Electrical measurement of the heart in looking for the cause of a cardiac arrhythmia - cardiac mapping (1-268.0)	231
Destruction of the heart tissue because of a cardiac arrhythmia (8-835.8)	231
Treatment of the heart and/or the coronary arteries with access through a tube (catheter) along the blood vessels (8-837.m0)	193

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Department key: 0300

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung (COPD)

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)
No participation

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

Number	Group
96	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*
78	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
74	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”

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Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities	Priv.-Doz. Dr. F. Kutscha-Lissberg, Universität Bochum Priv.-Doz. Dr. J. Stattaus, Universität Essen Priv.-Doz. Dr. C. Brenke, Universität Bochum Prof. Dr. M. Altintas, med. Hochschule Hannover Priv.-Doz. Dr. M. Utech, Uniklinik Münster

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