Vom Konzept Gefäßzentrum zur interdisziplinären Organklinik für Gefäßmedizin

Demographic developments have led to an exponential increase of cardiovascular illness. Additionally, the technical development of conservative and invasive treatment modalities has added to an increase of differentiated therapy. The development of vascular centres led to optimised processes in diagnostic and therapy according to their essential requirements. A further development is an increased specialisation and new orientation of vascular specialties through a combination of vascular surgery, endovascular therapy and angiology. The concept of the Hamburg model implements this development by introduction of an organ-orientated clinic for vascular medicine, located within the heart centre of the University of Hamburg's Eppendorf Hospital.