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Prevention of cronary heart disease and heart failure

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Code Science Field Subfield
3.06.00  Medical sciences  Cardiovascular system   

Code Science Field
B530  Biomedical sciences  Cardiovascular system 
Keywords
coronary heart disease, heart failure, risk factors, prevention, treatment, diagnosis
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Researchers (28)
no. Code Name and surname Research area Role Period No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.  18392  Meaz Agič    Researcher  2003 - 2004 
2.  21331  Simona Auman    Researcher  2004 
3.  18823  Barbara Ažbe    Researcher  2003 - 2004 
4.  19698  Štefka Ažman    Researcher  2003 - 2004 
5.  02929  Igor Bardorfer  Cardiovascular system  Researcher  2002 - 2004  18 
6.  08799  Matija Cevc  Cardiovascular system  Researcher  2002 - 2004  137 
7.  04756  Alenka Čeč-Laban  Cardiovascular system  Researcher  2002 - 2004 
8.  18393  Marjanca Čuk    Researcher  2003 - 2004  12 
9.  11685  PhD Zlatko Fras  Cardiovascular system  Researcher  2002 - 2004  788 
10.  14041  PhD Barbara Gužič-Salobir  Cardiovascular system  Researcher  2002 - 2004  162 
11.  18395  Katja Janša-Trontelj    Researcher  2003 - 2004 
12.  21360  PhD Majda Joras  Cardiovascular system  Researcher  2002 - 2004  11 
13.  00365  PhD Irena Keber  Cardiovascular system  Head  2002 - 2004  386 
14.  13754  PhD Maja Klančnik  Textile and leather  Researcher  2002 - 2004  126 
15.  17734  Jelka Kos    Researcher  2003 - 2004 
16.  05965  PhD Matija Kozak  Cardiovascular system  Researcher  2002 - 2004  333 
17.  18394  Mihela Lenarčič    Researcher  2003 - 2004 
18.  18397  Anica Mencinger    Researcher  2003 - 2004 
19.  24283  Mojca Perovšek    Researcher  2004 
20.  04548  PhD Pavel Poredoš  Cardiovascular system  Researcher  2002 - 2004  986 
21.  19699  Marjetica Premelč    Researcher  2003 - 2004 
22.  24231  Marija Pšeničnik    Researcher  2004 
23.  08094  PhD Mirza Šabovič  Cardiovascular system  Researcher  2002 - 2004  423 
24.  19345  PhD Miran Šebeštjen  Cardiovascular system  Researcher  2002 - 2004  270 
25.  17726  Brigita Valenčič    Researcher  2003 - 2004 
26.  05888  PhD Nina Vene-Klun  Cardiovascular system  Researcher  2002 - 2004  168 
27.  03392  MSc Viktor Videčnik  Cardiovascular system  Researcher  2002 - 2004  103 
28.  21885  Renata Žučko    Researcher  2003 - 2004 
Organisations (1)
no. Code Research organisation City Registration number No. of publicationsNo. of publications
1.  0312  University Medical Centre Ljubljana  Ljubljana  5057272000  77,458 
Abstract
The coronary artery disease and heart failure as the and-stage of advanced coronary disease and most other cardiac diseases has become the most important health problem in Slovenia. They are not only the main cause of mortality but also represent an extremely high economical problem because of high mortality and associated expensive diagnostic and treatment procedures. With application of preventive measures in healthy people (primary prevention) and in already diseased subjects (secondary prevention) the consequences of both diseases can be effectively diminished. A lot of modifiable risk factors for coronary disease have been identified and it is possible to decrease the incidence of coronary events through their modification. However, numerous new risk factors have been discovered in recent years, among them are lipoprotein(a), homocistein and C-reactive protein. The morbidity of heart failure patients can be diminished with early diagnosis and modern treatment. The gold standard for diagnosis of heart failure is still echocardiography. However, it is not very widely available and the new diagnostic methods are developping. One of them is the detection of increased blood levels of natriuretic peptides. The various new treatment modalities in heart failure and currently evaluating, one among them is the imunomodulating therapy. In Slovenia there is a certain lag behind the developped countries in prevention of coronary heart disease and in the optimal managment of heart failure. The data on prevalence of various coronary risk factors and on their managment are still lacking. There are also no data on epidemiology and management of heart failure. With proposed research project we will investigate the prevalence of classical and new cardiovascular risk factors among adult slovenian population, the application of primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease, the hospital managment of heart failure patients, the role of natriuretic peptide in diagnosis and selection of therapy in heart failure and the effects of immunomodulating therapy in heart failure.
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