{"id":16441,"date":"2021-12-02T07:48:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T07:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/?page_id=16441"},"modified":"2025-02-04T09:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T09:40:15","slug":"gastroenterology-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/hospitals-and-centers\/heart-and-brain-center-of-excellence-burgas\/clinics-and-departments\/gastroenterology-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Gastroenterology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[mk_page_section bg_color=&#8221;#1e73be&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;40&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;40&#8243; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=&#8221;h4&#8243; color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; size=&#8221;48&#8243; force_font_size=&#8221;true&#8221; size_tablet=&#8221;40&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;400&#8243; txt_transform=&#8221;uppercase&#8221; margin_top=&#8221;15&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; font_family=&#8221;Open+Sans&#8221; font_type=&#8221;google&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; animation=&#8221;top-to-bottom&#8221;]Gastroenterology[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1686062250988{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<strong>About the clinic:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe clinic provides prophylaxis, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the entire range of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and the hepatobiliary system: liver diseases, diseases of the pancreas and biliary system; diagnosis of staging of all tumor diseases of the gastrointestinal tract; inflammatory bowel diseases &#8211; Crohn&#8217;s disease and Ulcerative colitis; diseases of the small intestine; metabolic diseases.<br \/>\nWith the help of high-tech equipment in sync with the most up-to-date European standards and recommendations, doctors apply gentle and innovative approaches and modern therapeutic solutions. The clinic has top-class ultrasonography devices: the Philips EPQ 7, Hitachi Arietta 750, Hitachi Aloka, as well as the Fibroscan device, which allows quick and easy non-invasive assessment of the degree of steatosis and fibrosis in the liver, and endoscopic HD-apparatus Olympus Evis X1 &#8211; here is one of the few places in the country where capsule endoscopy is performed for the diagnosis of diseases of the small intestine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Services:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe following diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are performed in the Gastroenterology clinic:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>conventional and Doppler ultrasonography;<\/li>\n<li>contrast-enhanced ultrasonography;<\/li>\n<li>non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis &#8211; Fibroscan and elastography;<\/li>\n<li>performing percutaneous biopsies under ultrasound control;<\/li>\n<li>performing percutaneous drains under sonographic control;<\/li>\n<li>diagnostic gastroscopy;<\/li>\n<li>ligation of esophageal varices;<\/li>\n<li>placement of percutaneous single-scope gastrostomy (PEG)<\/li>\n<li>diagnostic colonoscopy;<\/li>\n<li>polypectomy;<\/li>\n<li>capsule endoscopy;<\/li>\n<li>balloon dilatation under endoscopic control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;120&#8243;][mk_employees column=&#8221;4&#8243; rounded_image=&#8221;false&#8221; grayscale_image=&#8221;false&#8221; count=&#8221;-1&#8243; order=&#8221;ASC&#8221; orderby=&#8221;menu_order&#8221; categories=&#8221;hb-burgas-gastroenterology-en&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[mk_page_section bg_color=&#8221;#1e73be&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;40&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;40&#8243; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=&#8221;h4&#8243; color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; size=&#8221;48&#8243; force_font_size=&#8221;true&#8221; size_tablet=&#8221;40&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;400&#8243; txt_transform=&#8221;uppercase&#8221; margin_top=&#8221;15&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; font_family=&#8221;Open+Sans&#8221; font_type=&#8221;google&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; animation=&#8221;top-to-bottom&#8221;]Gastroenterology[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1686062250988{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]About the clinic: The clinic provides prophylaxis, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the entire range of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and the hepatobiliary system: liver diseases, diseases of the pancreas and biliary system; diagnosis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11911,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16441","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16441"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49998,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16441\/revisions\/49998"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}