{"id":53221,"date":"2025-08-25T08:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T08:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/?p=53221"},"modified":"2025-08-26T05:49:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:49:25","slug":"patients-from-all-over-the-country-choose-the-rheumatology-clinic-at-heart-and-brain-for-diagnosis-and-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/2025\/08\/25\/patients-from-all-over-the-country-choose-the-rheumatology-clinic-at-heart-and-brain-for-diagnosis-and-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Patients from all over the country choose the Rheumatology Clinic at \u201cHeart and Brain\u201d for diagnosis and treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Intensive training and qualification of young doctors<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rheumatology Clinic at ,Heart and Brain’ has established itself as a national center for diagnosis and treatment. In just the first seven months of 2025, 843 patients have been treated. Throughout 2024, their number was 1,338, while from the clinic\u2019s opening on September 2 until the end of 2023, 322 patients received care.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are increasingly admitting severe and complex cases of lupus, arthritis, and osteoporosis. This is the result of adhering to international standards in rheumatology \u2013 high-quality laboratory and diagnostic equipment, a professional treatment approach, and continuous patient follow-up by a highly qualified team,\u201d emphasized Prof. Nikolay Nikolov, Head of the Clinic.<\/p>\n

According to the clinic\u2019s analysis, the largest share of cases are inflammatory joint diseases \u2013 rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, reactive arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, scleroderma, Sj\u00f6gren\u2019s syndrome, and myositis. The second largest group includes degenerative diseases of the musculoskeletal system such as osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. \u201cHeart and Brain\u201d is equipped with the most advanced DEXA scanner for precise bone density measurement and osteoporosis diagnosis. In third place are connective tissue diseases, often related to autoimmune processes.<\/p>\n

Alongside its daily clinical work, the team is actively preparing for the National Rheumatology Congress in October in Plovdiv and the Varna Rheumatology Days in September. Young specialists are working on presentations and posters to showcase innovative approaches and clinical cases.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll our young doctors regularly participate in international congresses and trainings. Most recently, they attended the World Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona. They are all certified to work with the capillaroscope and in ultrasound diagnostics of the joints. We also organize frequent microsymposia at the hospital, which enhances motivation and improves the quality of specialized care provided with attention and dedication to our patients,\u201d added Prof. Nikolov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Intensive training and qualification of young doctors The Rheumatology Clinic at ,Heart and Brain’ has established itself as a national center for diagnosis and treatment. In just the first seven months of 2025, 843 patients have been treated. Throughout 2024, their number was 1,338, while from the clinic\u2019s opening on September 2 until the end […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=53221"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53222,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53221\/revisions\/53222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}