Specialized Hospital for Active Treatment in Cardiology Cardiolife, Varna (Bulgaria)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graduated Varna Medical University 1979
1979-2018 Physician and specialist,University Hospital- Varna
1979-2019 University Staff, Associate Professor,Medical University Varna,Medical University Varna- 2015, Head, Dept. of Medicine, Medical University Varna, Professor of Medicine/Cardiology Medical University Varna-2018.
Trainings
1984-Echocardiography, National Heart Hospital, Sofia
1986-Invasive cardiology, National Heart Hospital, Sofia
1994, 2000, 2009-Interventional Cardiology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, USA
2000-TEE, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
2015-CT coronary angiography
2015-Postgraduate Course in Heart Failure Certificate
75 publications and 5 presentations in Poster Session ESC HF Congresses
Two monographs “Heart Failure – Survival and Prognosis 2012 and “Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction” 2017, Co-Editor “Heart Failure-Diagnosis and Treatment”-2017
Member of Editorial Board “Science Cardiology”
Reduction of NT-proBNP in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in short-term treatment with empagliflozin on top of existing therapy