What does a Interventional Cardiologist do?

A interventional cardiologist deals with the catheter based treatment of heart diseases which includes the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease, vascular disease and acquired structural heart disease.

What are the typical symptoms of Cardiovascular diseases?

The patient may experience extreme fatigue, Constant dizziness, fast heart rate, irregular heartbeat, Chest pain or difficulty in breathing during regular activities.

Which tests/ investigations are generally required by Interventional Cardiologists?

Investigations like Electrocardiogram, Chest X-rays, Echocardiogram, Cardiac Catheterization, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), CT (Computerized Tomography), and Transesophageal Echocardiogram

What is the difference between interventional and non interventional cardiology?

An interventional cardiologists perform procedures in cath lab like Balloon angioplasty, Coronary and left ventricular digital angiography, Right and left heart catheterization, Rotational artherectomy etc and evaluate arterial blockages whereas the non-interventional cardiologists do not perform the same procedures.

Can Interventional Cardiologist perform surgery?

Interventional cardiology treats cardiovascular disease using multiple non-surgical procedures, mostly are done in the cardiovascular (veins, heart and arteries) system.

Prof. Dr. Christoph Bode, Interventional Cardiologist in Freiburg, Germany - Appointment

About Prof. Dr. Christoph Bode

Prof. Dr. Christoph Bode is an Interventional Cardiologist with 34+ years of experience in the field.
He is a chairman of the Society for Thrombosis and Haemostasis Research, a board member of the German Society for Cardiology, and European publisher of the journal "Circulation".
He studied medicine at the University of Cologne in 1974, post-graduation from the Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Cologne (Prof. Stoffel) in 1982, training at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (Prof. Haber), Boston, MA, the USA in 1984.
He completed his advanced training from the Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg (Prof. Kübler) in 1986.
He has extensive experience in all adjunctive Coronary Interventional techniques including pressure wire evaluation, rotational atherectomy, IVUS, optical coherence tomography, and distal protection device use.
Dr. Bode has published several scientific papers and articles in peer-reviewed national and international journals.

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