Clinical Education

Clinical Workshops

Deepen your knowledge and benefit from hands-on activities and interactions with clinical experts from other medical centers during our clinical workshops.

Profit from the knowledge of our clinical partners - experienced physicians will share their expertise and provide you with valuable tips and tricks during our clinical workshops.

Our clinical workshops form an excellent combination of lectures, (Live-) demonstrations and individual hands-on training. This assortment will broaden your knowledge rapidly. CME credits are available for most of them.

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Learn from medical experts in their fields about the latest developments in clinical innovations and applications. Our Visiting Fellowship Program enables you to see our devices in clinical operation, to discuss their usage with colleagues in the “guest hospital”, exchange experiences, and develop new contacts. Use this unique opportunity to spend a few days watching patient examinations to obtain a factual impression of potential system usage and clinical workflow. The visit takes place at a hospital with experienced physicians and technologists.

The Leopoldina-Hospital Schweinfurt, uses an AXIOM Artis dBC with AXIOM Sensis XP & Artis zee floor and offers patients state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac treatment. It is an academic teaching hospital associated with the University of Wuerzburg. The city of Schweinfurt is located close to Erlangen/Forchheim and can be reached by car or train in less then 1 hour.

Participants learn how AXIOM Artis dBC with AXIOM Sensis XP is used in interventional cardiology. Since both a single-plane Artis zee floor and a biplane system are available, there is a unique opportunity to explore clinical use and learn the differences between a single-plane vs. a biplane system configuration. 

Course Content

• Diagnostic left and right heart catheterization
• PCI including stenting and rotablation
• Percutaneous septum ablation for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Percutaneous closure of septum defects
• Mitral valvuloplasty
• Peripheral angiography
• Angioplasty of peripheral vessels
• Carotid stenting
• Angioplasty of renal arteries

Participants
Min. 1, max. 3 persons

Dates and Languages
Fellowships can be arranged by request and can be held in English or German.

Location
City Hospital of Schweinfurt GmbH
Institute for Diagnostics and Interventional Cardiology
Gustav-Adolf-Str. 8
97422 Schweinfurt, Germany

Target Group
Cardiologists, radiographers, and technicians

The Hospital Darmstadt is an academic hospital with 21 different institutes and more than 950 beds. Prof. Dr. Gerald Werner is head of the Cardiology Department. He and his enthusiastic team cover the full spectrum of care, including the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac illnesses using all currently standard non-invasive and invasive methods as well as innovative new treatments. The clinic is one of the dedicated centers in Germany for chronic total occlusion (CTO).

Participants are introduced to advanced procedures using an Artis zee floor and Artis zee biplane system.

Course Content

• Diagnostic left and right heart catheterization
• PCI including stenting and rotablation
• Treatment of chronic total occlusion (CTO)
• Aortic and mitral valvuloplasty
• Percutaneous closure of septum defects
• Implantation of pacemaker and cardioverter defibrillator

Participants
Min. 1, max. 3 persons

Dates and Languages
Fellowships can be arranged by request and can be held in English or German.

Location
Hospital Darmstadt
Institute for Interventional Cardiology
Grafenstrasse 9
64283 Darmstadt
Germany

Target Group
Cardiologists, radiographers, and cardiology nurses

The world-renowned University Heart Center in Leipzig is one of the largest heart centers in Europe. They perform more than 12,000 procedures per year. In interventional cardiology they use two Artis zee biplane systems for diagnostic cath, PCI and CTO. By having an Artis zeego in a hybrid room, they can perform hybrid procedures – mainly minimally invasive valve replacement. Hybrid procedures are done using a multidisciplinary approach, with the heart team working closely together.

Participants are introduced to interventional cardiology using Artis zee biplane systems and an Artis zeego for advanced applications like syngo Aortic Valve Guidance.

Course Content

• Diagnostic left and right heart catheterization
• PCI including stenting and rotablation
• Treatment of chronic total occlusion (CTO)
• Aortic and mitral valvuloplasty
• Minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
• Treatment of all different kind of arrhythmias
• Percutaneous closure of septum defects
• Implantation of pacemaker and cardioverter defibrillator

Participants
Min. 1, max. 3 persons

Dates and Languages
Fellowships can be arranged by request and can be held in English or German.

Location
University Heart Center Leipzig
Clinic of Interventional Cardiology
Strümpellstrasse 39
04289 Leipzig
Germany

Target Group
Cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, radiographers, and cardiology nurses

The University Hospital Erlangen is one of the main centers for children’s health in Germany. They offer the full range of pediatric cardiology diagnostic and therapy of congenital heart diseases as well as pre- and post-treatment for the complete spectrum of congenital heart surgery.
The pediatric cardiology team of Prof. Sven Dittrich performs more than 300 procedures per year in the lab. They have a lot of experience with 3D imaging.

Participants are introduced to the broad spectrum of pediatric cardiology and advanced applications using an Artis zee biplane system.

Course Content

• Diagnostic left and right heart catheterization
• Interventions in univentricular heart
• Treatment of coarctation
• Closure of atrial and ventricular septal defects
• Transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation
• Coil closure of ductus arteriosus

Participants
Min. 1, max. 3 persons

Dates and Languages
Fellowships can be arranged by request and can be held in English or German.

Location
University Hospital Erlangen
Department for Pediatric Cardiology
Loschgestrasse 15
91054 Erlangen
Germany

Target Group
Pediatric cardiologists, pediatric cardiac surgeons, radiographers, and pediatric nurses

The Vivantes Hospital in Berlin Neukölln is a very modern facility with 1,050 beds, 20 medical specialty departments, 398 doctors and 875 nurses. The institution is equipped with an Artis zee ceiling-mounted system.
 

Participants learn who the system can be used to perform interventional radiology covering abdominal and peripheral interventions, chemoembolizations and certain hybrid procedures.  

Course Content

• Interventional radiology, abdominal & peripheral procedures
• Chemoembolizations
• Mechanical vascular recanalization intra-arterial lysis therapy
• Aspirational thrombectomy
• Interventional therapy for abdominal aortic aneurysms
• Radiofrequency ablation for liver and kidney tumors
• Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPPS)
• Chemoembolization of liver tumors
• Embolizations of hemorrhages and tumors

Participants
Min. 1, max. 3 persons

Dates and Languages
Fellowships can be arranged by request and can be held in English or German.

Location
Vivantes Hospital Berlin - Neukölln
Institute for Radiology and Interventional Therapy
Rudower Straße 48
12351 Berlin, Germany

Target Group
Radiologists, radiographers, and technicians

The Central Institute for Imaging Diagnostics at the City Hospital of Karlsruhe covers the complete radio­logical spectrum from diagnostics to interventional radiology, including pediatrics and neuroradiology. In the area of interventional radiology, the institution specializes in vessel dilatation and interventional techniques using balloon catheters and stents as well as the treatment of liver and lung tumors.
 

Participants are provided with key insights in the use of the Artis zee biplane system to support interventional radiology procedures.

Course content:
• Peripheral angiography
• Carotid artery stenting
• Port implantation and explantation
• Chemoembolization
• Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT)
• Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS)

Participants
Min. 1, max. 3 persons

Dates and Languages
Fellowships can be arranged by request and can be held in English or German.

Location
City Hospital of Karlsruhe
Central Institute for Imaging Diagnostics
Moltkestraße 90
76133 Karlsruhe, Germany

Target Group
Radiologists and radiographers

The University Hospital Munich is one of Europe‘s largest and most progressive public healthcare facilities with over 2,300 beds and numerous specialty institutes and departments. Dilatation and stenting procedures using catheter balloons and stents as well as the treatment of liver and lung tumors form the primary focus of its Institute for clinical radiology in the area of interventional radiology.

Participants are exposed to various interventional radiology techniques using an Artis zeego system with syngo DynaCT.  

Course content: 

• Peripheral angiography
• Port implantation and explantation
• Chemoembolizations
• Selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT)
• Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPSS)

Target audience:

Radiologists, radiographers, and technicians

Participants
Min. 1, max. 3 persons

Dates and Languages
Fellowships can be arranged by request and can be held in English or German.

Location
LMU University Hospital Munich
Institute for Clinical Radiology
Marchioninistraße 15
81377 München, Germany

The Hannover Medical School (MHH) was founded in 1965 to increase the number of students of medicine in Germany. Over 3200 students are enrolled at the MHH. Beyond teaching, the MHH has become one of the world’s leading university medical centers with three research focuses; infection, immunity and inflammation research, transplantation and stem cell research, as well as biomedical engineering. A characteristic feature of these research focuses is, in addition to the recognized expertise of the MHH in basic research, the high degree of interdisciplinary cooperation with the clinical departments.

Participants can broaden their knowledge and gain in-depth experience in general, vascular and body radiology procedures, including interventional oncologic treatment. All diagnostic angiograms and vascular interventions are performed with the visionary Artis Q ceiling, which is installed as a hybrid IR that complies with a hygienic room classification class II surgery room standard for sterility.

Course Content

• Peripheral vascular interventions (arterial and venous)
• Recanalization of CTO in patients with PAD
• Renal artery stenosis
• Chemoembolization of liver tumors
• Therapeutic interventions in patients with liver transplantation
• Transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic stent system (TIPS)
• Systematic diagnosis and treatment of patients with vascular malformations (AVM)
• Minimally invasive treatment of aortic aneurysms, aortic dissections and endoleaks
• Central venous access (ports, PICC lines)
• Pulmonary angiograms

Participants
Min. 1, max. 3 persons

Dates and Languages
Fellowships can be arranged by request and can be held in English or German.

Location
Hannover Medical School
Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1
30625 Hannover
Germany

Target Group
Interventional radiologists

“When a system is installed for the first time worldwide¹, you always expect some hiccups or downtime. But we did not experience any of this. That was really amazing!”
Prof. Frank Wacker, MD
Head of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology,
Hannover Medical School, Germany

The University Hospital of Regensburg is the only tertiary health care provider in Eastern Bavaria, a region with about 2 million inhabitants. With a case mix index of approx. 1.9, Regensburg is the leading German university hospital and thus the most efficient tertiary health care provider in Germany. The Department for Interventional Radiology of the University Hospital of Regensburg covers the whole radiological spectrum, from diagnostic to interventional radiology, including pediatric radiology and neuroradiology.

The participants will learn how the Artis zee biplane is used in interventional radiology, neuroradiology and interventional pediatric.

Course Content

• Percutaneous angioplasty
• Transarterial chemoembolisation (TACE)
• Selective internal radiotherapy (SIRT)
• Treatment of malformations (especially in children)
• Embolizations (e.g. uterine myoma embolization)
• Biliary drainage, TIPS
• Neurological interventions

Participants
Min. 1, max. 3 persons

Dates and Languages
Fellowships can be arranged by request and can be held in English or German.

Location
University Hospital of Regensburg
Department of Interventional Radiology
Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11
93053 Regensburg
Germany

Target Group
Interventional radiologists, neuroradiologists, and radiographers

The Vivantes Hospital in Berlin Neukölln is a modern 1,051-bed institution with 20 specialty departments, 398 doctors and 875 nurses. The Institute for Clinical and Interventional Neuroradiology covers the com­plete spectrum of diagnostic and interventional procedures. It also offers its services via a tele-neuroradiology network.
 

Participants are familiarized with various neuroradiological techniques and procedures using the facility's Artis zee biplane system.  

Course content:

• Interventional neuroradiology procedures
• Embolizations with different materials to treat cerebral aneurysms, cerebro-spinal vascular malformations and arteriovenous tumors of the CNS, spine and head/neck regions
• Revascularization in acute stroke therapy
• Stenting of carotid and intracranial stenosis

Participants
Min. 1, max. 3 persons

Dates and Languages
Fellowships can be arranged by request and can be held in English or German.

Location
Vivantes Hospital Berlin – Neukölln
Institute for Clinical and Interventional Neuroradiology
Rudower Straße 48
12351 Berlin, Germany

Target Group
Radiologists, neuroradiologists, and radiographers

Comprising 11 departments, 6 institutes, 1,400 beds and 6,000 staff members, the University Hospital Erlangen is driving advancement in several modern medical fields. The Department of Neuroradiology specializes in diagnostic examinations and minimally invasive therapies.

Participants are introduced to methods for diagnosing disorders of the central nervous system using an Artis zee biplane or Artis zeego system with syngo DynaCT. The course also covers various therapeutic neuroradiological procedures. 

Course content:
• Diagnostic angiography, including temporal bone imaging (e.g. cochlear implants)
• Treatment of stroke, aneurysms, AVM/AVF, spine, hemorrhages, etc. with latest technology and devices
• Follow-up angiography with intra-venous DynaCT
• Carotid artery stenting (rotational angiography and DynaCT)
• Usage of DynaPBV Neuro

Participants
Max. 1-2 persons

Dates and Languages
Fellowships can be arranged by request and can be held in English or German.

Location
University Hospital Erlangen
Department of Neuroradiology
Schwabachanlage 6
91054 Erlangen, Germany

Target Group
Radiologists, neuroradiologists, and radiographers

The Center for Cardiovascular Diseases was set up in 1974 for the diagnosis, therapy and rehabilitation of cardiovascular diseases.
In 1989 the Center for Cardiac and Vascular Surgery was added and a hybrid OR was set up in 2010. It is equipped with the Artis zeego system with the Artis OR table, syngo DynaCT, syngo Aortic ValveGuide, Sensis, two Large Displays and a Cockpit.

In the hybrid OR, close to 100 TAVIs are performed per year by both cardiac surgeons and cardiologists. In addition, mitral valve replacement and vascular surgery is also being done in the room.

Participants are introduced to cardiac and vascular surgery using an Artis zeego.

Course Content

Observe several procedures in the hybrid room where the angiography systems are used for imaging

• Transcatheter valve implantation (transapical or transfemoral)
• Discussion of diagnosis and results
• TEVAR / EVAR*
• CRT

^{* on request}

Participants
min. 1, max. 3 persons

Dates and Languages
Fellowships can be arranged by request and can be held in English or German.

Location
Center for Cardiovascular Diseases Rotenburg a.d. Fulda
Department for Heart & Vascular Surgery
Heinz-Meise-Strasse 100
36199 Rotenburg a.d. Fulda
Germany

Target Group
Cardiac and vascular surgeons, radiologists, and cardiologists