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Heart and Diabetes Center NRW press review 2005.
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22. November 2005
 NRW Forum in Japan a huge success – HDC delegation returns
To mark the NRW Forum, taking place in Tokyo as part of 'Germany in Japan Year', a delegation from the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW traveled to Japan. It included Prof. Reiner Körfer MD Dr h.c., Medical Director, Prof. Otto Foit PhD, CEO, Heinrich Körtke MD, Senior Physician in the Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Anja Brandt, Project Manager, and Susanne Traut, PA to the Medical Director. [more details] |
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18. November 2005
HDC delegation returns from Japan
The delegation from the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW representing NorthRhine–Westphalia in Tokyo has returned, tired but well. [more details] |
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10. November 2005
New stem cell production technique by University Blood Transfusion Service OWL receives science prize
So-called adult stem cells have been at the center of public discussion for some time now. Hopes are running high that these "multi-talents" might mean therapies for numerous different diseases. A closed production technique, in which stem cells can be gained from patients for use in those patients, has been developed successfully for the first time worldwide by the University Blood Transfusion Service OWL within the Institute for Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine at the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Director: Prof. Knut Kleesiek, MD. [more details] |
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25. Oktober 2005
Heart and Diabetes Center NRW present telemedicine and artificial heart research at Germany Year in Japan
North Rhine-Westphalia will have its own representation at the Germany Year in Japan (GinJPN). In so doing, NRW would like to pay tribute to the importance of its economic and scientific connections to Japan, which have always been excellent. Within this framework, the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW will provide information about the potential of telemedicine, the field of artificial heart research and about state-of-the-art hospital management. [more details] |
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19. September 2005
After experiencing work here: Indonesian nurses and physicians fly home to Jakarta
Three nurses and two physicians from Indonesia now have six months of new professional and cultural experience under their belts. In April they left their home town of Jakarta and began working at the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW in Bad Oeynhausen. Now it is time for them to return to their hospital back home. [more details] |
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29. August 2005
Science prize awarded by the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry to Doris Hendig
The American National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry (NACB) has given biologist Doris Hendig from the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW their "Distinguished Abstract Award" for her research. [more details] |
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9. Dezember 2005
1st international congress on heart surgery in the 3rd millennium: biological perspectives
Salzburg. Under the patronage of the European Academy for Science and the Arts, the first international congress to be organized jointly by Salzburg University Hospital for Heart Surgery and the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, University Hospital of the Ruhr-University of Bochum, took place in Salzburg from 30th November to 2nd December 2005. [more details] |
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25. November 2005
Heart Center NRW organizes congress with the University Hospital of Salzburg
From 30th November to 2nd December 2005 a congress on biological solutions in cardiosurgery will be taking place in Salzburg, organized jointly by the Heart Center NRW and the University Hospital of Salzburg. [more details] |
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14. November 2005
Academy for Cardiotechnicians
Hermann-Josef Knobl is a professional lifesaver. Even if he prefers not to hear it. He and his colleagues are called upon several times a day. Nearly 70 000 times in total so far. Knobl is a perfusionist and cryotechnician. He operates, maintains and develops heart-lung machines – those high-tech boxes used to pump blood in patients undergoing heart surgery. [more details] |
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25. September 2005
The CardioWest artificial heart: HDC medical technicians take on maintenance for the whole of Europe
The medical technical department of the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW has taken on the service work for the CardioWest artificial heart drive mechanism throughout Europe. From now on the medical technicians will be responsible for all maintenance and repairs to the artificial heart system made by the American firm Syncardia. [more details] |
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13. März 2005
Past and future mechanical circulatory support
The Heart and Diabetes Center NRW hosted this year's conference of the Working Group of the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery in Bad Oeynhausen. The annual conference was aimed at exchanging experiences, innovations and problems with heart-lung machines and ventricular assist devices (VADs), as well as at finding new solutions. [more details] |
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21. Februar 2005
New "CorAide" mini artificial heart system successfully implanted
Implantation of "CorAide", a new miniaturized cardiac support system, at the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW. The benefit: this new artificial heart adjusts its pumping action to the physical exertion of the patient. [more details] |
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