Helios Hospital Munich West
Munich, Germany 
Head of the Department
Prof. Dr. Christopher Reithmann
Department of Cardiology
Department of Cardiology at Helios Hospital Munich West provides complete care for patients with congenital and acquired diseases of the cardiovascular system, both acute and chronic. The department a specialized Chest Pain Unit where the care of patients with suspected circulatory disorders of the heart, such as a heart attack is offered. The department also mainly focuses on the treatment of diseases of the coronary vessels and heart valves, cardiac arrhythmias as well as myocardial infarctions, both acute and chronic. The department works closely with the Department of Emergency Medicine. Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. med. Christopher Reithmann, the department treats around 3,200 inpatients every year, over 500 of which suffer from some type of arrhythmia and require implantations. Dr. Reithmann is among the excellent doctors featured in PRIMO MEDICO, the network for medical specialists in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The department provides electrophysiological examinations for the analysis of cardiac arrhythmias and it also offers both ablation and the implantation of the pacemakers and defibrillators to treat them.
The department is specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of:
- Arrhythmia
- Coronary heart disease
- Heart defects
- Thrombosis
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Pulmonary circulatory diseases
- Angina
- Myocardial infarction
- 1979 – 1986 — Studied medicine at LMU Munich
- June 12, 1986 — Received license to practice medicine
- 1983 – 1986 — Research-based doctorate under the supervision of Prof. K. Werdan at the Clinic for Internal Medicine I, LMU; Munich, Großhadern Campus. Dissertation: «Development of Tolerance to Cardiac Drugs»
- December 17, 1987 — Conferral of a research-based doctorate
- July 1986 – December 1987 — Obligatory military service as a medical officer at the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, German Military Medical Academy, Munich-Hochbrück
- January 1988 – December 1989 — Training fellowship funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) under the supervision of Prof. K.H. Jakobs at the Institute of Pharmacology, Heidelberg University
- January 1990 — Research assistant, Clinic for Internal Medicine I, LMU Munich
- January 2001 — Großhadern Campus
- 1990 — Fritz Külz Prize from the German Society for Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT) for the paper «Investigations into the Heterologous Desensitization of the Adenylate Cyclase System in Myocardial Cells»
- February 26, 1997 — Certification in internal medicine
- June 24, 1998 — Subspecialist certification in cardiology
- January 2001 — Habilitation. Thesis: «Implementation of New Three-Dimensional Post-Catheterization Mapping Procedures and Follow-Up Protocols in Patients with Atrial Flutters and Atrial Tachycardia»
- February 2001 — Acting Senior Practitioner
- September 2001 – June 2009 — Attending Physician, Clinic for Internal Medicine I, LMU Munich, Großhadern Campus
- October 2003 – June 2009 — Head of the research group «Interventional Electrophysiology» at the Clinic for Internal Medicine I, LMU Munich, Großhadern Campus
- January 2009 — Supernumerary professorship, LMU Munich
- Since July 1, 2009 — Head of the Clinic for Internal Medicine I (cardiology, internal intensive care medicine), Helios Hospital, Munich West
Certification
- Professor Christopher Reitmann, head of the department, is endorsed by Primo Medico.
Academic activities
- Since 2009 — assistant professor at the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich.
Department of Cardiology
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