Illness	Number of cases
Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25.13)	325
Nonrheumatic mitral valve disorders - Nonrheumatic mitral valve insufficiency (I34.0)	79
Nonrheumatic aortic valve disorders - Nonrheumatic aortic valve stenosis (I35.0)	73
Nonrheumatic aortic valve disorders - Nonrheumatic aortic valve stenosis with insufficiency (I35.2)	42
Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25.12)	35
(I21.40)	27
Acute and subacute endocarditis - Acute and subacute infective endocarditis (I33.0)	21
Nonrheumatic aortic valve disorders - Nonrheumatic aortic valve insufficiency (I35.1)	13
(I21.41)	9
Other diseases of the pericardium - Other specified diseases of the pericardium - Pericardial tamponade (I31.80)	7

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Intensive care monitoring of respiration, the heart and the circulation with measurement of the pressure in the superior vena cava (central venous pressure) (8-931.0)	576
Intra-operative blood flow measurement in vessels (5-98e)	416
(5-93a.0)	411
Surgical bypass grafting for narrowed coronary arteries (5-361.03)	373
Transfusion of blood, red blood cells or platelets from a donor to a recipient (8-800.c0)	286
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	271
Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias with electric shocks - defibrillation (8-640.0)	224
Use of an imaging procedure during an operation (3-992)	190
Surgical bypass grafting for narrowed coronary arteries (5-361.17)	165
(8-713.0)	158

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Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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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 participation

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

Number	Group
10	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*
9	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
8	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	Herr Prof. Dr. med. Markus Kamler hält eine W2-Professur für Thorakale Organtranplantantation und hält regelhaft Vorlesungen und Seminare für Studenten.
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities	Es werden zahlreiche interdisziplinäre Forschungsprojekte in Zusammenarbeit mit der Universitätsmedizin Essen durchgeführt.
Doctoral supervision	Mehrere Doktoranden werden durch Herrn Prof. Dr. med. Markus Kamler betreut.