Muharrem Akin (left) and Andreas Schäfer in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Source: Karin Kaiser / MHH.
Muharrem Akin ( left ) and Andreas Schäfer in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Source: Karin Kaiser / MHH. For the first time in Europe: Cardiologists use "SuperSaturated Oxygen" procedure to reduce heart muscle damage In Germany, more than 200,000 people suffer a heart attack every year. Despite good medical care, many are left with reduced cardiac output. This is particularly true for patients with severe heart attacks: more than 30 percent of those affected develop heart failure, and almost half of them die within the next five years. Experts at the Department of Cardiology and Angiology at Hannover Medical School (MHH) are now using a new treatment procedure for severe heart attacks. The team led by Andreas Schäfer, Head of Cardiovascular Intensive Care Medicine, is using - for the first time in Europe - the new SuperSaturated Oxygen (SSO2) therapy to reduce the extent of heart attacks.
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