Heart failure area

In Switzerland, up to 200,000 patients currently suffer from heart failure, and thousands of new cases are added every year. Our specialists are on duty for these patients around the clock.

Despite all the advances in pharmacotherapy and drug therapy, 10,000 patients in Switzerland die every year as a result of heart failure. This means that heart failure accounts for 5% of all hospital admissions in Switzerland, more hospitalizations than all forms of malignant disease combined, and is also one of the most common referral diagnoses at the University Heart Center Zurich. This is demonstrated by the more than 3,000 outpatient consultations and over 7,000 clinical visits by inpatients with heart failure every year.

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University Hospital Zurich
University Heart Center Zurich
Raemistrasse 100
8091 Zurich

Tel. +41 44 255 15 15
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Heart failure team

Andreas Flammer, Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Cardiology

Tel. +41 43 253 83 08
Specialties: Head of heart failure and heart transplantation, Head of Assist-Devices Consultation, Co-Head of the Amyloidosis Network Zurich

Michelle Frank, Dr. med.

Attending Physician with extended responsibilites, Department of Cardiology

Tel. +41 43 253 79 36
Specialties: Heart transplantation, Endocarditis, Echocardiography

Fran Mikulicic, Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Cardiology

Tel. +41 43 253 94 47
Specialties: Valve consultation for heart failure, Echocardiography

Matthias Philip Nägele, Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Cardiology

Tel. +41 43 253 50 97
Specialties: Heart failure, Heart transplantation, Endomyocardial biopsy

Danaë Parianos, Dr. med.

Attending Physician, Department of Cardiology

Tel. +41 43 253 05 06

Cardio-oncology

Christian Matter, Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Cardiology

Tel. +41 44 255 38 71
Specialties: Echocardiography, Cardio-oncology, Translational research

Risk factor consultation

Isabella Sudano, Prof. Dr. med.

Senior Attending Physician, Department of Cardiology

Tel. +41 44 255 58 41
Specialties: Arterial hypertension, Dyslipidemia, Tobacco/nicotine cessation