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Development of noninvasive cardiology diagnosis at Bjelovar General Hospital 1975-2005.

The rising tendency of cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality has entailed an increased demand of procedures performed at Cardiology Laboratory, Bjelovar General Hospital, in order to emphasize the role of education of all personnel involved in the process of organisation, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, substaintiated by our own experience in the field. From May 15, 1975 till December 31, 2004, a total of 32, 026 diagnostic procedures were performed, with a predominance of exercise test (52%), followed by 24-h electrocardiography (26%), transthoracic echocardiography (18%), 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (3%) and lower extremity arterial and venous Doppler (<1%). During 1995-2004 period, 2074 procedures were performed per year on an average, yielding a 12-fold incerease relative to the first ten years of work. The use of an integrated software system enables efficient processsing of medical documentation thus produced, along with its professional, scientific and economic evaluation. The experience aquired should be communicated not only to medical professionals from the Hospital catchment area but also to the community at large, in the form of lectures and continuous publication of results in scientific and professional periodicals. Evaluation of the results and continuing education of all medical personnel, along with appropriate education of the general population are the basis of successful management and prevention of cardiovascular disease.

cardiovascular diseases - diagnosis; diagnostic techniques; cardiovascular

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