University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht is a major healthcare provider in the Netherlands. With its newly renovated state of the art operating rooms and intensive care, the UMC Utrecht is a referral center for patients from all over the Netherlands. Of wich about 800 open heart surgery procedures require the use of Cardio Pulmonary Bypass (CPB). […]
Haga Teaching Hospital was created in 2004 as a result of the merger between 3 hospitals in The Hague: Juliana Children’s Hospital, Red Cross Hospital and Leyenburg Hospital. The hospital is part of the Reinier Haga group with locations in Zoetermeer, Delft and The Hague. The Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit (CSU) As part of the Heart […]
The Catharina Hospital is a top clinical training hospital. The hospital is known nationally for its highly specialized care for cancer and heart disease. Regionally, Catharina Hospital has a leading position in the treatment of overweight and renal failure.The Catharina Heart and Vascular Center is the largest heart and vascular center in the Netherlands and […]
Center for Congenital Heart Disease Utrecht, part of the University Medical Center Utrecht examines and treats patients with congenital heart disease. Within this center the so called Kinderhartcentrum (Child Heart Center) of the WKZ focuses on children where the GUCH center (Grown Ups with Congenital Heartdisease) focuses on (young) adults. The pediatric cardiothoracic surgical department […]
Marco Stehouwer received his degree on March 21 2019 St Antonius hospital The Amsterdam Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (AVL) Hannover
Center for Congenital Heart Disease Utrecht, part of the University Medical Center Utrecht examines and treats patients with congenital heart disease. Within this center the so called Kinderhartcentrum (Child Heart Center) of the WKZ focuses on children where the GUCH-center (Grown Ups with Congenital Heartdisease) focuses on (young) adults. The pediatric cardiothoracic surgical department We […]
Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) is a common technique by which the circulation of blood (ExtraCorporeale Circulation, ECC) by the heart and the functions of the lungs are replaced temporarily by passing the blood through an extracorporeal device that both oxygenates and returns the blood to the arterial system of the patient. We perform these techniques on […]
In the case of severe heartfailure and other treatments no longer seem to work, patients may qualify for a left ventricular assist device or better known as an LVAD. An LVAD is a mechanical pump that supports or completely replaces the function of the left ventricle. The HeartMate3 (HM3) made by Abbott The HeartWare (HVAD) […]
St Antonius hospital The Amsterdam Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (AVL) Hannover
We can offer training sessions on different devices that can be used in a bloodmanagement program for intra operative bloodsalvage, plasmasequestration or plateletpheresis, production of autologous fibrinsealants and autologous platelet harvesting. Extensive knowledge about the physiological background, the various devices and their products is necessary to understand the differences between the devices, how their products […]
