Diabetes Centre, Heart and Diabetes Centre NRW
From metabolic to hemodynamic failure
Heart failure is a common comorbidity in the western world. The patient with diabetes is at risk for developing heart failure, and the patient with heart failure frequently develops metabolic disease.
The HDZ NRW is specialized in treating patients of all ages from the very beginning to end stage heart failure. The specialized clinics interactively treat patients in an individualized fashion to regain quality of life and physical fitness using state of the art techniques, life style, and medical support.
Not only treatment of patients is in focus at HDZ NRW, but also research activities yield in understanding common disease pathways resulting in heart failure and drivers like metabolism as well as development of new treatment routines to prevent development of (end stage) cardiomyopathy.