Illness	Number of cases
Atrial fibrillation and flutter (I48.1)	181
Atrial fibrillation and flutter - Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (I48.0)	141
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.13)	133
Syncope and collapse (R55)	111
Left ventricular failure unspecified (I50.14)	100
Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25.13)	91
Acute myocardial infarction - Non-ST elevation NSTEMI myocardial infarction (I21.4)	87
Essential primary hypertension (I10.91)	85
Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25.12)	85
Other forms of angina pectoris (I20.8)	81

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Examination of the left side of the heart with a tube (catheter) inserted into the heart via an artery (1-275.0)	822
Ultrasound of the heart (echocardiography) through the oesophagus - TEE (3-052)	371
Treatment of the heart and/or the coronary arteries with access through a tube (catheter) along the blood vessels (8-837.00)	342
Additional information on materials used (8-83b.0c)	317
Use of a system to guide the instruments (navigation system) (8-990)	301
Electrical measurement of the heart in looking for the cause of a cardiac arrhythmia - cardiac mapping (1-268.0)	294
Patient education (9-500.0)	283
Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias with electric shocks - defibrillation (8-640.0)	277
Destruction of the heart tissue because of a cardiac arrhythmia (8-835.8)	275
(9-984.7)	252

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Department key: 0300

Type of specialist department

Main Department

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Quality

External comparative quality assurance

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External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Chronische obstruktive Lungenerkrankung (COPD)

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
89	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*
78	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
76	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	Priv.-Doz. Dr. F. Kutscha-Lissberg, Universität Bochum Priv.-Doz. Dr. J. Stattaus, Universität Essen Priv.-Doz. Dr. C. Brenke, Universität Bochum Prof. Dr. M. Altintas, med. Hochschule Hannover Priv.-Doz. Dr. M. Utech, Uniklinik Münster

Training