Dr. med. Olaf Walter Franzen
- Specialist in
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General Internal Medicine
Cardiology - Languages
- German, English, Danish
Contact
Diagnostisches und therapeutisches Herzzentrum
Core competencies
- Catheter treatment of heart disorders
- Mitraclipping (first doctor in Europe)
- Percutaneous valve Implantation in native mitral valve (CardiQ-Klappe) (first doctor worldwide)
- Diagnostics and therapy of structural and congenital heart disorders in adults
- Interventional therapy of aortic valve diseases (TAV)
- Interventional therapy of mitral valve diseases (Mitraclip, percutaneous mitral valve replacement TAVI, Carillon) (being one of the most experienced experts wordlwide)
- Closure of paravalvular leak
- Left atrial appendage occlusion
- Mitral balloon valvotomy
- Occlusion of fistulae in the heart (ASD, PFO, VSD, Ductus arterisous botallo)
- Interventional therapy of coronary heart disorders
- Echocardiography
Professional career
- 2010 - 2013
- Locum Consultant Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital London
- 2010 - 2014
- Consultant "Overlaege" Rigshospitalet Kopenhagen, Danmark
- 1996 - 2010
- Aip 17.5.1996 - 31.12.1998
Registrar, University Hospital Eppendorf
Full licensing as a physician 01.01.1998
Specialist for internal medicine and cardiology 24.02.2010
- 2010
- Consultant, University Heart Centre Hamburg
- 2002
- Doctorate in medicine
- 1989 - 1996
- Medical studies, University of Hamburg
Practices at
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Hirslanden Klinik Im Park
Affiliated doctor -
Klinik Hirslanden
Affiliated doctor -
Hirslanden Klinik Aarau
Portal doctor
Events & lectures
Secondary activities
- Jan 2018 - to date
- Neovasc (Shareholder)