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Cardiology
The clinics of the Hirslanden Group of Private Hospitals offer all of the methods available today for a precise and comprehensive diagnosis. The patients with cardiovascular diseases are treated in an integral and comprehensive manner. In the process the following therapies are practiced:
- Balloon angioplasty and implantation of vascular supports (stents) in narrowed or blocked coronary blood vessels; carotid arteries; renal arteries; arm, pelvic and leg blood vessels
- Atherectomy
- Valvuloplasty
- Chemical septal ablation
- Catheter-technical treatment of cardiac arrhythmias (radiofrequency ablation) and treatment of atrial fibrillation and flutters
- Implantation of cardiac pacemakers
- Cardiac resynchronisation therapy with special pacemakers for cardiac insufficiency
- Implantation of automatic cardioverter/defibrillators (ICD) for life-threatening arrhythmias
- Cardioversion of atrial fibrillation
The cardiological spectrum of services has experienced a steady expansion of therapeutic possibilities such as the latest drug-eluting stent technology combined with treatment with an antithrombotic medication.
Hirslanden disposes of cardiac catherisation laboratories equipped with modern technology.
Cardiac centres
Lists of cardiologists
Rhythmology
Rhythmology is a sub-speciality of cardiology and deals with cardiac arrhythmia. This is a condition in which the activity of the heart is irregular and is manifested by palpitations, racing or stuttering. People suffering from this condition feel threatened by or suffer from shortness of breath and sweating.
The Hirslanden Klinik Z�rich uses the very latest robotic technology in its cardiac arrhythmia therapy, in particular for atrial flutters. During treatment, the patient lies in a magnetic field while the doctor navigates the intercardiac catheter through the heart using a joystick and remote controls. The magnetic field pulls the catheter in every direction making it possible to work with millimetric precision.
Treatment involves isolating and eliminating the diseased heart muscle fibres responsible for creating and maintaining the arrhythmia by means of heat. "Niobe" robotic technology allows other areas to be isolated which escape the conventional procedure, so that the atrial flutter can be eliminated for good.