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Viollier AG
Spalenring 147
4055 Basel

Herz-Lungen-Praxis, Cardio-pulmonal-vasculary outpatients clinic

47.554849, 7.57638

Contact
T
+41 61 486 12 92

Arrival

Public transport

Bus no. 50, Tram no. 1, 6 Brausebad

Opening hours
Outpatients clinic
Monday – Friday

07:30 – 18:00 h

Saturday

closed

Sunday and public holidays

closed

Information by phone
Monday – Friday

07:30 – 18:00 h

Saturday

closed

Sunday and public holidays

closed

Services

Cardiology

Blood pressure

  • 24h blood pressure measurement

ECG

  • Resting ECG
  • 24h ECG
  • 7-day ECG
  • Reveal LINQ: implantation and monitoring

Exercise test

  • Bicycle ergometry
  • Stress echocardiography dynamic (heart ultrasound combined with bicycle ergometry)
  • Stress echocardiography pharmacological (heart ultrasound with drug-induced cardiac load)

Echocardiography

  • Transthoracic
  • Transesophageal (ultrasound exam by swallowing)
  • Stress echocardiography dynamic or pharmacological

Recorders checkup

  • Checkups of pace makers
  • ICD-checks (checks of implanted defibrillators)
  • CRT-checks (checks of implanted resynchronization defibrillators)
  • Loop-recorder checks (checks of implanted heart monitors)

Iron infusions

Pneumology

Lung function

  • Body plethysmography
  • Full spirometry
  • Analysis of home spirometry
  • CO diffusion capacity

Provocations

  • Methacholin provocation
  • Skin testing

Resp. allergy

  • Allergy skin test
  • Detection of specific IgE

Exercise test

  • 6-minute walk test
  • Ergometry with blood gas analysis

Gas analyses

  • Blood gas analysis
  • FeNO measurement
  • CO content in exhaled air

Sleep investigations

  • Nocturnal pulse oximetry
  • Respiratory polygraphy
  • Driving suitability clarification

CPAP therapy

  • Primary instruction and follow-up

O₂ titration

  • Primary instruction and follow-up of O₂ home therapy

Pleural diagnostics

  • Pleural sonography
  • Pleural punction
  • Chemical and cytological analyses

Investigations, Therapy, Instructions

  • Advice for smokers, asthma, COPD, pleurisy, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, O₂ home therapy, pneumonia, chronic cough, interstitial lung disease, inhalation therapy

Further

Blood sampling

  • full range of laboratory tests
  • special investigations such as function tests (stimulation and suppression tests)

Respiratory function test

  • Helicobacter pylori
  • Lactose intolerance
  • Fructose intolerance