Department of Cardiothoracic and Thoracic Vascular Surgery at the Frankfurt University Hospital offers medicine at the highest level with excellent quality care of all diseases of the heart and thorax and the consistent use of minimally invasive techniques. In principle, the latest scientific findings are taken into account at the department in order to be able to offer patients modern, safe and gentle therapy. The department specializes in coronary artery bypass surgery, advanced valve repair procedures, interventional procedures for valve reconstruction and replacement, treatment of thoracic aortic disease, and heart failure. The department works in cooperation with the expert staff of cardiology, anesthesiology, intensive care as well as the radiological department to offer patients the most advanced treatment plan possible for their particular medical condition. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Thomas Walther, the department treats over 1,300 patients annually. According to the Focus magazine, the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University Hospital Frankfurt am Main ranks among the top German medical institutions specializing in the surgical treatment of heart diseases. 

The Department of Cardiothoracic and Thoracic Vascular Surgery at the Frankfurt University Hospital is specialized in:

• Coronary heart disease
• Coronary artery bypass grafting (classical method and minimally invasive surgery)
• Valvular heart disease
• Congenital heart valve diseases
• Degenerative diseases of the heart valves
• Calcification of the heart valves
• Inflammatory processes in the heart valves (endocarditis)
• Rheumatic heart valve lesions
• Diagnostics and surgical treatment of aortic diseases
• Hybrid interventions
• Interventional procedures
• Diagnostics and surgical treatment of heart diseases in patients from high-risk groups
• Diagnostics and surgical treatment of heart failure
• Artificial heart implantation
• Diagnostics and surgical treatment of heart arrhythmias
• Implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators
• Cardiac resynchronization therapy
• Revision surgery after the implantation of pacemaker or defibrillator, including using an excimer laser
• Implantation of epicardial pacemakers
• Thoracic surgery
• Lung cancer
• Lung metastases
• Benign lung tumors
• Mediastinal tumors (for example, thymus tumors, swollen lymph nodes)
• Emphysema
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Pneumothorax (lung collapse)
• Pleural tumors and inflammatory processes (pleural effusion, empyema, pleural mesothelioma, pleural carcinomatosis)
• Benign and malignant chest wall tumors
• Congenital malformations (for example, funnel chest)
• Minimally invasive surgery (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery)
• Lung resection
• Surgical interventions with lung tissue preservation
• Surgical removal of lung metastases
• Lung volume reduction in pulmonary emphysema
• Surgical interventions for infectious diseases
• Minimally invasive correction of funnel chest deformity
• Diagnostics and surgical treatment of other diseases of the heart and thoracic organs