Outpatient clinics and consultation hours

We offer care and counselling for patients before and, if necessary, after heart surgery.

Important: Please have all the documents requested in advance ready for registration at the outpatient clinic!

The following are included in a routine visit to clarify an indication for heart surgery:

• Nursing admission
• Admission by the physician assistance
• Completion of the necessary diagnostics:
  • Echocardiography (if necessary, supported by the administration of contrast agents)
  • If necessary, transoesophageal examination
  • If necessary, stress echocardiography
  • If necessary, ECG, blood pressure measurement
  • If necessary, blood sample
  • Spiroergometry
  • If necessary, body plethysmography, BGA
  • Initial enquiry about a desire for rehabilitation and corresponding forwarding to the social services
• Doctor's consultation on:
  • Indication for the planned surgery
  • Detailed discussion of the surgical procedure
  • Information on the operation, including the handover of the information documents
  • Consultation regarding the specific operation planning

or

• doctor's consultation for
  • advice in the sense of a second opinion
  • Consultation in the sense of a preoperative assessment to evaluate the correct/best time for the operation
• If, after the operation, wound care is necessary that extends beyond the inpatient stay, this will be provided in the outpatient clinic's wound clinic.

Contact details for patients and doctors: 
T: +49 30 4593 2250
F: +49 30 4593 2252
herzchirugie-ambulanz@dhzc-charite.de
Additional doctor-to-doctor contact: by email

The aortic and vascular outpatient clinic is aimed at patients with aortic and vascular diseases and offers the possibility of consultation, diagnostics, therapy and aftercare for the entire spectrum of aortic diseases.

Every year, 1500 patients are treated in the aortic clinic. The clinic is known nationwide, offers high-quality and innovative services and is used by both general practitioners and vascular surgery clinics. It is an important pillar of the university's outpatient health care.

In the university outpatient clinic for aortic diseases, the indication for surgery and therapy concepts are determined and patients are given postoperative care after the diagnostic process has been completed. The university outpatient clinic for aortic diseases is run continuously by a surgical specialist on three weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Head: Dr. med.

Contact details for patients and doctors:
T: +49 30 4593 2250
herzchirugie-ambulanz@dhzc-charite.de

The focus of the interdisciplinary Structural Heart Interventions Program (SHIP) at the DHZC is on catheter-based interventions for patients with heart valve defects. With more than 1,500 catheter-based heart valve interventions per year (including more than 1,300 TAVI procedures), the DHZC is one of the largest valve centres in the world.

The SHIP unit includes the W3 normal ward and the W2i intermediate care (IMC) ward at Mittelallee 2, Campus Virchow-Klinikum. The procedures themselves take place in the three hybrid operating theatres of the DHZC at Campus Virchow-Klinikum.

Under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Henryk Dreger (Director of the DHZC Clinic for Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine at Campus Virchow-Klinikum) and PD Dr. med. Axel Unbeh aun (Senior physician in cardiac surgery at the DHZC Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery), a permanent team from various specialist areas looks after the patients – from admission to discharge and aftercare.

Further information and contact details:

SHIP

At the VAD outpatient clinic, we focus on three main areas: firstly, the aftercare of patients with a ventricular assist device (VAD), and secondly, the aftercare and monitoring of patients in whom the VAD has been removed (explanted). In addition, the evaluation of, information for, and preliminary examinations of patients who may need a VAD implant.

Note:
Please plan your stay at the DHZC as part of an outpatient visit for several hours (bring spare batteries for the VAD, enough to drink, and something to eat if necessary), as the examination capacities and examination rooms are limited and the doctor's consultation can only take place in parallel in exceptional cases.

Head: Prof. Dr. med. Evgenij Potapov

Information for patients:

VAD secretariat for appointments
Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri from 12:00 p.m.)
T: +49 30-4593-2222

VAD team/technical support
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
T: +49 30-4593-2255

VAD doctor
Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
T.: +49 30-4593-2288

Email:
General contact: vad-team@dhzc-charite.de
Questions about changing dressings: vad-verbaende@dhzc-charite.de

We offer care for patients before and after a heart transplant as well as for patients before and after a lung transplant.

Important: Please have all the documents requested in advance ready for registration at the outpatient clinic!

Heart

Before a transplant:

A routine examination to determine the need for a heart transplant includes:

• Nursing admission
• Diagnostics:
  • Recording of vital signs: blood pressure, pulse, height, weight
  • Determination of specific blood values regarding heart failure, if necessary including genetic examination (only with written consent from the patient)
  • ECG
  • Echocardiography (if necessary supported by contrast agent administration)
  • If necessary, stress echocardiography
  • Spirometry
  • If necessary, body plethysmography with blood gas analysis
• Psychosomatic consultation
• Doctor's consultation

After a heart transplant:

A routine follow-up examination after a heart transplant includes:

• Admission to a nursing home
• Diagnostics:
  • Recording of vital signs: blood pressure, pulse, height, weight
  • Determination of specific blood values regarding the transplanted organ, the immunosuppressive therapy and possible effects on other organs in the body such as liver and kidney
  • ECG
  • Echocardiography (if necessary with the help of a contrast agent)
  • If necessary, stress echocardiography
  • Chest X-ray once a year
  • If necessary, body plethysmography with blood gas analysis
• If necessary, psychosomatic counselling
• Consultation with a physician
   

Lungs

Before a lung transplant:

• Admission to nursing care
• Diagnostics:
  • Recording of vital signs: blood pressure, pulse, height, weight
  • Determination of current blood values
  • Body plethysmography, blood gas analysis

DLCO measurement if necessary, as well as measurement of respiratory strength

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  • Six-minute walk test
  • ECG if necessary
  • Echocardiography if necessary (supported by contrast agent if necessary)
• Psychosomatic consultation
• Doctor's consultation

AFTER a lung transplant:

A routine follow-up examination after a lung transplant includes:

• Admission to a nursing home
• Diagnostics:
  • Recording of vital signs: blood pressure, pulse, height, weight
  • Determination of specific blood values regarding the transplanted organ, the immunosuppressive therapy and possible effects on other organs in the body such as liver and kidney
  • Chest X-ray once a year
  • Reading of the asthma monitor
  • Body plethysmography, blood gas analysis
  • ECG if necessary
  • Echocardiography if necessary (if necessary, supported by the administration of a contrast agent)
• Psychosomatic counselling if needed
• Doctor's consultation
   

Contact details for patients and doctors: 
T: 030-4593-2141, 030-4593-2140
F: 030-4593-2143
tx-ambulanz@dhzc-charite.de
Additional doctor-to-doctor contact: by email

The outpatient clinic at the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at the DHZC offers special consultations for patients with pulmonary hypertension. All the necessary diagnostic examination methods and therapy options are available. All patients receive care in close interdisciplinary cooperation and professional exchange with various specialist disciplines and specialised centres to ensure the best possible holistic treatment.

What can you expect when you visit us?

Please have all the documents requested in advance ready for registration at the outpatient clinic. A routine examination as part of the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension includes:

• Nursing admission
• Diagnostics:
  • Recording of vital signs: blood pressure, pulse, height, weight
  • ECG
  • Determination of current blood values
  • Body plethysmography with blood gas analysis
  • Six-minute walk test
  • Transthoracic echocardiography (if necessary, supported by contrast agent administration)
• Doctor's consultation

Availability for patients and doctors: 
T: 030-4593-2141, 030-4593-2140
F: 030-4593-2143
transplantations-ambulanz@dhzc-charite.de
Additional doctor-doctor contact: by email