Cardiology A-Z

Prof. Dr. Steffen Glökler übernimmt per 1. Juni 2024 die DTH AG

New Guest Service at the Hirslanden Klinik im Park to help you get home safely after an inpatient stay.

How common is mitral valve insufficiency? What exactly is meant by inability to close or leakage of the mitral valve of the heart?

We now offer our patients the possibility to book appointments online.

Encrypted emails, forms, information sheets and consent forms understandably try the patience of our patients time and again. But why does the Heart Centre take data protection, information and patients' rights so seriously?

At what point does weight become a health risk? Which measurement method is the best to estimate cardiac risks? Try our risk calculator.

There are two types of cardiac catheterisation: The left heart catheter and the right heart catheter....

90% of the clots that can lead to a stroke are in the atrial ear. Anticoagulant drugs, however, are not always tolerated. How can patients still be helped?

How can blood clots, heart valve defects or the condition of the aorta be diagnosed with minimal complications without opening the chest?

Heart catheter or open heart surgery? What are the risks and outcomes? What choice do patients have?

Dr Olaf Franzen has been carrying out catheter treatments of heart valve defects as a pioneer in this field for more than 10 years...

It is silent, unnoticed, insidious and yet it hits vessels and organs throughout the body and increases the risk of heart attack and stroke up to ten times.

With our two experienced cardiologists, the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Heart Centre offers the entire spectrum of modern cardiology. From diagnostics to therapy to aftercare.

Since Monday 3.1.2022 we welcome you at Kappelistrasse 35, 8002 Zurich.