Heart Center Leipzig, Germany

During its 25 years of existence, the Heart Center Leipzig has reached the highest international level. Today, the Heart Center Leipzig employs more than 1,450 employees under the supervision of internationally experienced doctors and renowned scientists.

The Heart Center Leipzig provides a wide range of services and covers the diagnostics and treatment of all diseases of the cardiovascular system.

The prehospital, inpatient and outpatient care is provided to approximately 44,000 patients annually.

The Heart Center Leipzig provides a wide range of services and covers the diagnostics and treatment for all types of the cardiovascular diseases. Under an interdisciplinary model, the Heart Center Leipzig brings together the expertise of multiple medical professionals called "Heart Team" in order to provide the best treatment for patients. Heart Team consists of the cardiologist, cardiac surgeon, arrhythmologist, anesthesiologist and internist. Multidisciplinary teams of specialists in close collaboration with the specialized departments ensure the best personalized medical service for adults and children, paying particular attention tosafety and quality.

The Heart Center Leipzig Team has participated and is still participating in the development of many innovative therapies for cardiovascular diseases that are now became standard treatments worldwide, for example: minimally invasive heart valve surgery, TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation), MitraClip ( transcatheter mitral valve reconstruction), TriClip (transcatheter tricuspid valve reconstruction), modern ablation methods and modern methods of correcting congenital heart defects.

The Heart Center Leipzig Figures (2017)
18.374
(partly) inpatients
3.589
prehospital patients
23.505
outpatients
5.351
surgical interventions
8.650
catheter examinations
2.126
ablations
1.415
insertions of pacemakers or defibrillators
2.489
Cardiac MRI
1.450
employees
440
beds