
Associated with: Heart Center Dresden University Hospital
Dresden, Germany
Type of Professional: Cardiologist
Specialty: Geriatrics, Diagnostics, Cardiology
<script type="application/ld+json"> {"@context":"https://schema.org/", "@type":"Physician", "name":"Axel Linke", "url":"https://myacare.com/doctor/prof-dr-med-axel-linke-germany", "description":"Prof. Dr. med. Axel Linke Doctor is the Head of the Internal Medicine and Cardiology Department at the Heart Center Dresden University. He gained his long-standing medical experience at the Heart Center Leipzig, where he acquired his specialist competence in internal medicine and cardiology as well as the additional title Interventional Cardiology. As a senior physician, he headed the cardiac catheterization laboratory, the sports center and the interdisciplinary department for structural heart diseases.", "medicalSpecialty":["Internal Medicine Specialist","Cardiologist","Specialist in Interventional Cardiology"], "memberOf":[{ "@type":"MedicalClinic","name":"Heart Center Dresden University Hospital", "url":"https://myacare.com/healthcare-provider/heart-center-dresden-university-hospital-germany" }] },] </script> <style type="text/css">body p { margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: Justify; } .about_the_doctor ul{ padding-left: 40px; margin-bottom: 10px; } </style> <p>Prof. Dr. med. Axel Linke Doctor is the Head of the Internal Medicine and Cardiology Department at the Heart Center Dresden University. He gained his long-standing medical experience at the Heart Center Leipzig, where he acquired his specialist competence in internal medicine and cardiology as well as the additional title "Interventional Cardiology". As a senior physician, he headed the cardiac catheterization laboratory, the sports center and the interdisciplinary department for structural heart diseases. </p> <p>At the Department for Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Heart Center Dresden University, Professor Axel Linke and his team treat patients with cardiovascular and vascular diseases of all degrees of severity. In addition to his medical work, Professor Linke also took over the Professorship for Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the TU Dresden, where he is intensively involved in research and teaching. Professor Linke's research focus on regenerative therapies also fits perfectly into the research profile of Dresden University Medicine and ensures healthcare based on the latest scientific findings.</p> <p><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Medical Focus</span></p> <ul> <li>Heart attacks including shock therapy and resuscitation</li> <li>Heart valve diseases</li> <li>Heart failure and myocardial insufficiency</li> <li>All forms of cardiomyopathies including HOCM (hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy)</li> <li>Complex cardiac arrhythmias</li> <li>Pacemaker and defibillator therapy </li> <li>Atrial septal defects and ventricular septal defects</li> <li>Inflammatory valvular and myocardial diseases</li> </ul> Read More

Associated with: Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Type of Professional: Cardiologist
Specialty: Cardiology
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Associated with: Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, United States
Type of Professional: Cardiologist
Specialty: Cardiology
<script type="application/ld+json"> {"@context":"https://schema.org/", "@type":"Physician", "name":"William W O'Neill", "url":"https://myacare.com/doctor/dr-william-w-oneill-united-states", "description":"Dr. O’Neill is an internationally recognized leader in Interventional Cardiology and Structural Heart Disease.", "medicalSpecialty":["Cardiologist","Specialist in Interventional Cardiology"], "memberOf":[{ "@type":"MedicalClinic","name":"Henry Ford Hospital", "url":"https://myacare.com/healthcare-provider/henry-ford-hospital-united-states" }] },] </script> <style type="text/css">body p { margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: Justify; } .about_the_doctor ul{ padding-left: 40px; margin-bottom: 10px; } </style> <p>Dr. O’Neill, is an internationally recognized leader in Interventional Cardiology and Structural Heart Disease, as well as a pioneer in research and new techniques to diagnose and treat heart disease.</p> <p>Dr. O’Neill is one of the few Master Fellows out of 4,500 world-wide members of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (MSCAI), the professional medical society for invasive and interventional cardiologists. He pioneered the use of angioplasty for the treatment of heart attacks, which is now the mainstay therapy throughout the world. He has been working on new catheter-based treatments of structural heart disease and performed the first transcaval aortic valve replacement (TAVR) through a catheter in the U.S. in 2005. Currently he is organizing new protocols to treat a deadly side-effect of massive heart attacks, known as the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative (NCSI). This initiative has proven to increase patient survival rates from 50% to 76%.</p> <p>A leader in academic and teaching hospitals for nearly 30 years, and to date, an author of more than 300 hundred peer-reviewed articles and abstracts published in medical literature, Dr. O’Neill has written multiple book chapters and edited one of the first textbooks in the field of interventional cardiologists. He was a founding member of the American Board of Internal Medicine interventional cardiology board, which certifies all interventional cardiologists.</p> Read More