Section of Cardiology

Faculties Faculty of Medicine Departments I-st Department of Internal Diseases Section of Cardiology

Academic staff - section of Cardiology, MU - Plovdiv
Колектив на катедра по кардиология, МУ – Пловдив

Contacts

e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 032 / 602 377

Education

Instructions for the conduction of exams
Recommended Literature

Programs

The section of Cardiology is the successor to the Therapy Clinic, also known as the Third Internal Medicine Clinic. Since 2006, the Cardiology Clinic is based on the 12th floor of the Surgical Block of UMHAT “Sveti Georgi”. The head of the clinic from its founding to 1953 was Prof B. Yurukov, M.D. In the following period, until 1969, it was headed by Prof. P. Mironov, M.D.; between 1969 and 1971 – Assoc. prof. L. Apostolov, M.D., and after that – Prof. Ts. Simeonov, M.D. From 1976 to 1989, the head of the Clinic, which at that time included the departments of cardiology and hematology, was Prof. Kr. Atanasov, M.D. In 1990, the head of the newly created Cardiology Clinic became Prof. At. Dzurdzhev, M.D., and since 2007, it has been headed by Prof. F. Nikolov, M.D.

The clinic has been staffed by distinguished teachers and specialists such as:

  • Prof. Iv. Karastanev, M.D.
  • D. Panitsa, M.D.
  • D. Dimitrov, M.D.
  • Assoc. prof. T. Yovkova, M.D.
  • Gyulev, M.D.
  • Iv. Baltov, M.D.
  • Z. Galabov, M.D.
  • V. Vakrilov, M.D.
  • N. Kichukov, M.D.
  • B. Kirova, M.D.
  • K. Pencheva, M.D.
  • Kr. Kirilov, M.D.

An Interventional Unit was founded at the clinic in 1997, which in 2004 turned into a separate unit. Currently, the clinic has a total of 40 beds and includes a Functional Unit, a General Unit, and an Intensive Care Unit (10 beds).

Training of medical students, nurses, and midwives is held in the Clinic. The Clinic is a training base in Cardiology, where individual courses in the specialty are also held. Foreign language education of students is also held here, with annual participation in international exchanges of students and teachers.

Academic Staff

Prof. Mariya Tokmakova, MD, PhD – Head of Department

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Prof. Fedya Nikolov, MD, PhD

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Prof. Lyudmila Vladimirova-Kitova, MD, PhD

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Assoc. prof. Petar Nikolov, MD, PhD

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Dolina Gencheva, MD, PhD, chief assistant professor

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Georgi Goranov, MD, PhD, chief assistant professor

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Nikolay Atanasov, MD – admin. asst. prof

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Tihomir Boev, MD, asst. prof.

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Bistra Dobreva-Yatseva, MD, PhD, asst. prof.

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Krasimir Karastanev, MD, asst. prof.

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Ivan Manolov, MD, asst. prof

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Spas Kitov, MD, asst. prof

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Dimitar Vasilev, MD, hired asst. prof.

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Kalin Krastev, MD hired asst. prof.

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Dimo Vasilev, MD, hired asst. prof.

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Darina Yovanovska, MD, hired asst. prof.

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Daniel Mekenyan, MD, hired asst. prof.

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Research

Scientific activity:

The main scientific directions in the clinic are:

  • Ischemic heart disease
  • Arterial hypertension
  • Heart failure and rehabilitation
  • Dyslipidemias
  • Coagulation and fibrinolysis
  • Functional examination of the cardiovascular system.
  • Interventional revascularization of carotid stenosis
  • Гестационна хипертония и прееклампсия
  • Infective endocarditis

Textbooks

  • Internal Diseases 2024, edited by Prof. F. Nikolov, LAXBOOK
  • Textbook “Cardiology” 2015, edited by prof. Tokmakova, LAXBOOK

Publications

Monographs

  1. P. Mironov -“Atherosclerosis”
  2. P. Mironov “Atherosclerotic myocardiopathy”
  3. N. Boshev “Human Bioconstants”
  4. I. Karastanev, N. Mitrev, Kr. Yazov “Vibration Disease”
  5. Kr. Atanasov “Thrombolytic complications in hypertensive disease and atherosclerosis and their prevention”
  6. D. Panitsa, A. Apostolov, M. Minchev “Auscultation of the Heart”, 1964
  7. At. Dzurdzhev ” Pre-excitation syndrome” 1991.
  8. At. Dzurdzhev “Thrombolytic Therapy in acute myocardial infarction”, 1994.
  9. F. Nikolov “Congenital Heart Diseases in Adults”, 2000
  10. L. Vladimirova et al. “Carotid echogram – a window to coronary and cerebral atherosclerosis” 2009
  11. Sex differences in heart failure. M. Tokmakova. Koala press 2022
  12. Lipids, lipid modulation – current aspects. Lyudmila Vladimirova-Kitova. LB 2022

Dissertations

  1. [On the issue of coagulability in atherosclerosis and hypertensive disease] Dissertation for awarding the scientific degree “Candidate of Medical Sciences” / Krum Kostadinov Atanasov. Plovdiv. Higher Institute of Medicine – Plovdiv, 1960. – 210 p.
  2. [Towards the etiopathogenesis, clinical presentation and treatment of Wolff – Parkinson – White syndrome] Dissertation for awarding the scientific degree “Candidate of Medical Sciences”] / Lyubomir Iliev Apostolov. – Plovdiv : Higher Institute of Medicine -Plovdiv, 1961. – 148 p.
  3. [Changes in the contractile function of the left ventricular myocardium in some cardiovascular diseases by the phase analysis of mechanical systole] Dissertation on the award of the scientific degree “Candidate of Medical Sciences” / Zguro Anastasov Batalov. – Plovdiv: Higher Institute of Medicine -Plovdiv, 1970. – 214 p.
  4. [Disorders in blood clotting and fibrinolysis in some kidney diseases] Dissertation for awarding the scientific degree “Candidate of Medical Sciences” / Ivan Ivanov Karastanev. – Plovdiv: Higher Institute of Medicine -Plovdiv, 1976. – 180 p.
  5. [Studies on serum lipids and lipoproteins in first-degree relatives of patients who have survived myocardial infarction] Dissertation for awarding the degree “Candidate of Medical Sciences” / Tota Mineva Yovkova. – Plovdiv: Higher Institute of Medicine -Plovdiv, 1978. – 174 p.
  6. [Observations on the early and late results of fibrinolytic therapy applied to patients with acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris] Dissertation for awarding the scientific degree “Doctor of Medical Sciences” / Atanas B. Djurdjev. – Plovdiv: Higher Institute of Medicine -Plovdiv, 1991. – 249 p.
  7. [Early and late results in the treatment with ACE inhibitors of acute myocardial infarction] Dissertation / Fedya Petrov Nikolov. – Plovdiv: Higher Institute of Medicine -Plovdiv, 1999. – 114 p.
  8. [Diagnostic value of the indicators of cardiopulmonary working sample in patients with chronic heart failure] Dissertation for awarding educational and scientific degree “Doctor” / Maria Petkova Tokmakova. – Plovdiv: MU-Plovdiv, 1999. – 132 p.
  9. [Study of the impact of combined oral hormone replacement therapy on the modification of cardiovascular risk in menopausal women] Dissertation for awarding educational and scientific degree “Doctor” / Kostadin Nikolaev Kichukov. – Plovdiv: MU-Plovdiv, 2003. – 120 p.
  10. [Clinical and functional characteristics of coronary stenosis with complex angiographic morphology] Dissertation for awarding the scientific and educational degree “Doctor” / Ivan Hristev Manukov. – Plovdiv: MU-Plovdiv, 2006. – 161 p.
  11. [Improvement of the approach in patients with pronounced hypercholesterolemia] Dissertation for awarding the educational and scientific degree “Doctor” / Lyudmila Georgieva Vladimirova-Kitova. -Plovdiv : MU-Plovdiv, 2007. – 267 p.
  12. [Application of the 6-minute walking test in the diagnosis and rehabilitation of patients with chronic heart failure] Dissertation for the award of the educational and scientific degree “Doctor” / Okan Ismet Aliman. – Plovdiv: MU-Plovdiv, 2007. – 120 p.
  13. [Prehypertension. Prevalence, functional and laboratory changes. Therapeutic approach] Dissertation for awarding educational and scientific degree “Doctor” / Petar Fedev Nikolov. – Plovdiv : MU-Plovdiv, 2013. – 128 s
  14. Assessment of changes in cardiac structure and function in pregnant women with preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Dissertation for awarding the educational and scientific degree “Doctor” / Dolina Gencheva Gencheva. – Plovdiv: MU-Plovdiv, 2021. – 197 p.
  15. Interventional Revascularization in Patients with Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis and Concomitant Coronary Artery Disease. Dissertation for awarding educational and scientific degree “Doctor” / Georgi Stefanov Goranov. – Plovdiv : MU-Plovdiv, 2022. – 168 p.
  16. Contemporary profile of patients with infectious endocarditis and prognostic indicators of in-hospital death. Dissertation for acquiring educational and scientific degree “Doctor” / Bistra Vladimirova Yatseva. – Plovdiv: Medical University – Plovdiv, 2023. – 168 p.
      The Doctor of Science educational degree has been defended by Prof. K. Atanasov, M.D. and Prof. At. Jurdzhev, M.D.