Illness	Number of cases
Congenital malformations of cardiac septa - Atrial septal defect (Q21.1)	79
Congenital malformations of cardiac septa - Ventricular septal defect (Q21.0)	64
Congenital malformations of great arteries - Patent ductus arteriosus (Q25.0)	43
Congenital malformations of great arteries - Coarctation of aorta (Q25.1)	38
Congenital malformations of great arteries - Stenosis of pulmonary artery (Q25.6)	35
Congenital malformations of cardiac septa - Atrioventricular septal defect (Q21.2)	33
Congenital malformations of cardiac septa - Tetralogy of Fallot (Q21.3)	28
Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices implants and grafts (T82.0)	27
Paroxysmal tachycardia - Supraventricular tachycardia (I47.1)	20
Congenital malformations of cardiac chambers and connections - Double outlet right ventricle (Q20.1)	20

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the right side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via a vein (1-273.5)	374
Examination of the right side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via a vein (1-273.1)	373
Examination of the right side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via a vein (1-273.2)	372
Insertion of a tube into the trachea for ventilation - intubation (8-701)	329
Examination of the left side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery (1-275.6)	270
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation without measurement of the pressure in the pulmonary artery and in the right atrium of the heart (8-930)	245
Administration of medicines to sedate and eliminate pain (8-903)	234
Use of a face, nasal, or laryngeal mask for mechanical ventilation (8-706)	185
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	176
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	160

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Department key

Department key: 1100

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

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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0
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Teilnahme externe Qualitätssicherung	0

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

Beitritt am 02.12.2005, Abteilung Innere Medizin III (Kardiologie, Angiologie, Pneumologie)

Teilnahme an sonstigen Verfahren der externen vergleichenden Qualitätssicherung

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

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ03	Enge Kooperation mit Thoraxklinik Heidelberg
CQ02
CQ04
CQ05
CQ08
CQ24
CQ25
CQ29

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

Number	Group
815	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*
534	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
464	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
Lectureships / teaching posts at universities of applied sciences
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)	26 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Andreas Motzkus
HB10	Midwife (m/f)	Hebamme B. Sc.: Das UKHD hat 45 Studienplätze in Kooperation mit der Hochschule Ludwigshafen: Duales Studium Hebammenwissenschaft \| Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen (hwg-lu.de)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)	65 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Barbara Suppé
HB17	Auxiliary nurse (m/f)	Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelfer und Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegehelferin: 15 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Burkhard Götsch
HB09	Speech therapist (m/f)	30 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Susanne Janknecht
HB12	Medical technical laboratory assistant (MTLA) (m/f)	60 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Hildegard Hack
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)	75 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Stephanie Biedenstein
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)	75 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Andreas Motzkus
HB14	Orthoptist (m/f)	12 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiterin: Birgit Wahl
HB19	Nursing professionals	415 Ausbildungsplätze, Schulleiter: Burkhard Götsch
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.	Das UKHD hat 10 Studienplätze in Kooperation mit der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen: https://www.hwg-lu.de/studium/bachelor/pflege-studieren