Repaired Hearts
Around 7000 children are born every year in Germany with a heart defect. Even during the 1970s only half of such patients would survive – today, it is over 90 percent. This has led
Always a Step Ahead
Bottlenecks in the Supply of Pharmaceuticals
Around 12,000 individually-packaged medications leave the hospital pharmacy every day to be delivered to various wards. Delays in
Tracking down hidden cancer cells
Detecting prostate cancer metastases and removing them with pinpoint accuracy –PSMA radioguided surgery has made this possible. This method, co-developed by Prof.
Interaction of the Senses
Neuroscience Research at the Forefront of New International Collaborative Research Projects
How do seeing, hearing and tasting interact in the brain to create an overall
Aortic Valve Reconstruction instead of Artificial Replacement
For the past two years, the University Heart Centre has had a program focusing on aortic valve reconstruction, headed by Prof. Dr.
Making the World Audible
If the ear is damaged, cochlear implants (CI) can help patients regain an auditory connection to their environment. For Prof. Dr. Christian Betz, Medical Director of the
From the Laboratory to the Hospital Bed
Finding new solutions to treat disease and improve medical care – that is the focus of intensive research at the UKE. The UKE subsidiary, MediGate, acts as a
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Reconstruction at the University Heart Centre Hamburg: 750th MitraClip Implantation
A team of specialists at the UKE University Heart Centre has successfully carried
High-Tech in the Radiology Clinic
State-of-the-art high-tech equipment at the Clinic for General and Interventional Radiology and Nuclear Medicine: A new generation PET/CT scanner has been put into
“Excuse me, how do I get to…?”
Anyone who works at the UKE is confronted with the above question several times a day, be it from patients, visitors or fellow employees. It’s not a surprise. The
