Dr. Erik Rafflenbeul
Interventional Cardiologist
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Dr. Erik Raffenbeul is an interventional cardiologist practicing at Schön Klinik in Hamburg, Germany.
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Episode # 17 • 16 Dec 2025
Update in Intravascular Imaging for Optimal PCI
Intravascular imaging can provide invaluable intel on the coronaries, with OCT supplying bright ideas and IVUS giving sound judgement. Light-based and soundwave-based, respectively, mastery of these two imaging modalities can help you streamline routine PCI cases and overcome challenging ones. In this episode of BackTable Cardiology, the esteemed Dr. Erik Rafflenbeul from Schön Klinik in Hamburg, Germany joins host Dr. Hady Lichaa from Tennessee’s Ascension St. Thomas Heart to discuss intravascular imaging techniques for percutaneous coronary interventions.
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About
Dr. Erik Rafflenbeul is a Senior Physician specializing in Cardiology and Angiology and a board-certified Specialist in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. He has been part of the Specialist Center for Cardiology and Angiology since 2020 and currently serves as Senior Physician at Schön Clinic Hamburg Eilbek. Previously, he worked at Asklepios Clinic Hamburg Barmbek as a Specialist in Cardiology and at Asklepios Clinic Hamburg Altona as an Assistant Physician in Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Internal Intensive Care Medicine. He studied human medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE).
Dr. Rafflenbeul is a member of leading national and international cardiology societies, including the German Society for Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology, and the German Society for Internal Medicine, with additional focus in interventional cardiology and electrophysiology. His treatment spectrum includes high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, heart attacks, heart failure, heart valve diseases, congenital shunt defects, and cardiogenic shock.
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