Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at the German Heart Center Munich provides surgical care for children and adolescents with congenital and acquired cardiovascular diseases. The department is considered to be one of the leading medical facilities of pediatric cardiac surgery as it has an impressive history of achievements for the last 45 years. The department is in close cooperation with the Departments of Pediatric Cardiology, Anesthesiology, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine. The department performs over 600 surgical interventions every year. The department is fully equipped with the cutting-edge technology and surgical standards and it is one of the few centers in Germany to operate on the basis of its own chair at the university. 
Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Med. Jürgen Hörer, the department takes pride in its use of minimally invasive surgical techniques such as in the surgery of correction of atrial septal defect and venous sinus defect. The department works closely with the Mother and Child Center at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar Munich and the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of the Red Cross Hospital in Munich. The department is certified as a supra-regional Center for Congenital Heart Defect for Adults as well by the German Society of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research, the German Society of Pediatric Cardiology and the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

The Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at the German Heart Center Munich is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:

•    Coronary artery anomalies
•    Aortic insufficiency
•    Aortic stenosis
•    Aortic coarctation
•    Ventricular septal defect
•    Ebstein anomaly
•    Interrupted aortic arch
•    Atrial septal defect