Name: Dr. Elizabeta Srbinovska Kostovska
Educational Qualification: PhD, MD, FESC
Designation: Head of the Diagnostic Center at the University Clinic of Cardiology, Skopje, Macedonia
Department: Cardiology
University Clinic of Cardiology
Email: esrbinovska@yahoo.com
Research Interests: Echocardiography, Inflammatory diseases, Cardiovascular drugs, Psychotropic drugs
Biography: Dr. Elizabeta Srbinovska Kostovska is a Head of the Diagnostic Center at the University Clinic of Cardiology, Skopje, Macedonia. She was a Head of the echolaboratory at the University Clinic of Cardiology in 2009, Head of the Department for semi-intensive care for inflammatory diseases of the heart in 1996, Head of interventional echocardiography in 1995, Begins to work in echolabaratoria and since then participated in the education and introduction of new modalities in echocardiography in 1987, Employed at the Clinic of Cardiology, Department of Valvular Heart Diseases and Inflammatory Diseases of the Heart in 1985. She was a member of the Research Council of the Scientific Session: Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, President of Macedonian Society of Cardiology 2018-2022, Team Leader for the ECG at the Project of the Ministry of Health for education of primary doctors, 2014-2016, Coordinator for cardiology and implementation of education for the employees of the Emergency Medical Services, project of the Ministry of Health.
Teaching titles
1988 Junior assistant in the field of Internal Medicine and Propedefics for students of General Medicine and Internal Medicine of students of dentistry
1991 Elected as an Assistant in the Subject of Internal Medicine and Propedefics
1997 Elected as a Research Fellow for the Internal medicine
2003 Associate Professor
2015 Professor in the subject of Internal Medicine - Cardiology, Clinical examination, Emergency Medicine - Cardiology. He teaches students of dentistry, three-year studies of medical technicians, radiologists and physiotherapists
2015 Responsible teacher for the subject of Health care in radiology
2015 Featured for Cardiology Coordinator for Internal Medicine
Work experience
1985 Employed at the Clinic of Cardiology, Department of Valvular Heart Diseases and Inflammatory Diseases of the Heart
1987 Begins to work in echolabaratoria and since then participated in the education and introduction of new modalities in echocardiography
1995 Head of interventional echocardiography
1996 Head of the Department for semi-intensive care for inflammatory diseases of the heart
2009 Head of the echolaboratory at the University Clinic of Cardiology
2012 Head of the Diagnostic Center at the University Clinic of Cardiology
Other activities
- She was a member of the Research Council of the Scientific Session: Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
- Editor-in-chief of informative educational journal of the Medical Doctors' Association - monthly; Editor of the info box (news in medicine)
- Secretary General of the Macedonian Association of Cardiology 2008-2017
- President of Macedonian Society of Cardiology 2018-2022
- Chairman of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Imaging
- She was a member of the examination committees for the professional examination of the Medical Chamber of the Republic of Macedonia
- Member of the Commission for reviewing and updating clinical guidelines for practicing evidence-based medicine - Project of the Ministry of Health
- Member of the Commission for Expert Supervision for the Rational Use of Antibiotics, Cardiovascular Drugs and Psychotropic Drugs
- Member of the Committee for Rare Diseases organized by the Ministry of Health
- Team Leader for the ECG at the Project of the Ministry of Health for education of primary doctors, 2014-2016
- Coordinator for cardiology and implementation of education for the employees of the Emergency Medical Services, project of the Ministry of Health
- Responsible to the ECG education team for rural doctors
Participation in study tours / courses / schools /
- St. Lukas Hospital, Houston, América;
- Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands;
- “Rebro”, Zagreb, Croatia;
- numerous short stays in many echocardiographic laboratories in Europe.
- Observer and Echo laboratory of the Department of Cardiology at the University of Vienna, Austria, January, 2015
- EACVI Teaching Course, Sogia, Bulgaria, 2014
- The 3 rd Leaders Summit of Pulmonary Hypertension, Indiana, USA, 2014
- Courses for Expert Level for Echocardiography, Module 4, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2013.
- GE Workshop of 2D-3D Strain, Sofia, 2013
- EAE Teaching Course, Sofia, 2012
- Current clinical practice and future development of three-dimensional echocardiography, Padova, Italy, 2011
- Philips HD series ultrasound system, Skopje, 2011
- OMI Visiting Professorship in cardiology / cardiac imaging June 2,2010, Ohrid, Macedonia
- EAE teaching course -stress Echocardiograohia, October 22-23, 2010, Belgrade, Serbia
- EAE teaching course 5-7 April, 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Training Course for Cardiospec, Essen, Germany, 2007
- COMAC Medical Educational Seminar on Complete ICH-GCP, 2007
- Advanced Clinical Echocardiography with Live Demonstration, Sofia, 2006
- Education in the Echo laboratory of the Department of Cardiology at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, 2003
- Salzburg medical Seminar - within the Austrian Foundation Open Medical Institute (Echocardiography)
- Participant of many courses and schools organized by the European Cardiology Association (stress echocardiography, inflammatory diseases ...)
Achievement Award
Projects:
Has published more than 216 scientific papers in the field of internal medicine - cardiology, of which more than 50 were published as full text .
Co-author of a peer-reviewed textbook titled:
1. Internal Medicine, University "Cyril and Methodius", Skopje, Department of Internal Medicine, 2003
- E.Srbinovska: Congenital heart defects,
- E.Srbinovska: Cardiac tumors
2. Internal Propedefics, University "Cyril and Methodius", Skopje, Department of Internal Medicine, 2004
- E.Srbinovska - Parts: Clinical examination in clinical medicine - Auscultation and Phonocardiography,
- E.Srbinovska, B.Petrovski: Radiography and computerized tomography of the heart and large vessels.
- M.Zhanteva, E.Srbinovska: Cardiac defects
Co-author of the scientifically popular book, "Contemporary diagnostics and therapy in medicine 2000, manual for doctors" with the sections Infectious endocarditic and Cardiac tumors, Skopje 2000
Professional Paper - Practicum: "Mode of work of the teams in emergency medical help" - co-author, issued by the Ministry of Health, Skopje, 2012.
Monograph, E. Srbinovska, Valvular Replacement, 2003
Image and Video Contributor in Emergency Echocardiography, E.Srbinovska Kostovska. Second Edition. Aleksandar N. Neskovic, Frank A. Flachskampf, Michael H. Picar; 2nd Edition, Taylor & Francis, New York 2016
Review of the University textbook at the Goce Delcev University Shtip "DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE" (intended for Dentistry students and three-year vocational studies for nurses, midwives, laboratory technicians and physiotherapists)
Reviewer of the Monograph of Marijan Bosevski "Venous Thromboembolism", 2017
Reviewer of numerous papers / abstracts from domestic and international magazines
Introduction of new laboratory / clinical or public health method in the field of medical sciences and health
- Member of the team for the introduction of stress echocardiography
- Member of the TAVI team, interventional transseophageal management of the interventions and monitoring of the results - for the first time introduced method in the state -Transkateter implantation of the aortic prosthesis - TAVI
- Member of the selection team, intervening transoezophageal management of the intervention and monitoring the results but for the first time introduced method in the country - interventional closing of the ASD
- Introduction of echocardiographic parameters for selection of patients for resynchronization therapy, as well as optimization after implantation
- Introduction of new echocardiographic modes for cardiac mechanics - advanced echocardiographic modalities
- Three-dimensional echocardiography
Projects:
1. Head of Scientific Project through the Ministry of Science: "Valve Valvular Diseases: Evaluation, Forecast, Operational Treatment and Evaluation of Postoperative Results, Survival and Prevention" (2001)
2. External associate of the GTZ project "Promotion of Consumer Protection of the Republic of Macedonia", in the part of the patients' rights realized through the Verbraucherzetrale Bundesverband, (2001)
3. Participant in the Multicentre Scientific Project through the Ministry of Science (1997-2000, prolonged 2000-2004): Congenital heart defects, adult pathology in the patient with congenital heart defects
4. Multicentre project through the European Association of Cardiology: Adult Congenital Heart Diseases (2000)
5. National Project Coordinator of the European Heart Failure Association: Euro Heart Survay Study - Long Term Registry (2011)
6. European Association of Echocardiography Project Wikiecho (2012) http://v2.wikiecho.org/wiki/Main page /
7. Principal Echocardiography Invastigator of the multicenter ID ISHEMIA trial (2013).
8. E.Srbinovska Kostovska - reviewer 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J. 2014 Oct 14; 35 (39): 2733-79. doi: 10.1093 / eurheartj / ehu284.
9. E.Srbinovska Kostovska - reviewer 2016 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: The Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC. Eur Heart J. 2016 July 14; 37 (27): 2129-200. doi: 10.1093 / eurheartj / ehw128. No abstract available. Erratum in: Eur Heart J. 2016 Dec 30 ;
10. E.Srbinovska Kostovska – reviewer 2017 ESC Guideline for diagnosis and treatment of Valvular heart diseases; National coordinator for the Registry of Valvular heart disease from European Society of Cardiology
Invited lecturer at a scientifically professional gathering with international participation in the last 5 years:
- The Second International Congress of Cardiovascular Imaging, Belgrade, Serbia, 2017
- Croatian Echocardiography Meeting (CROECHO) with international participation, Dubrovnik, Porec, 2017
- The First International Congress of Cardiovascular Imaging, Belgrade, Serbia, Febryary, 2015
- Croatian Echocardiography Meeting (CROECHO) with international participation, Dubrovnik, Opatija, 2015
- V-th International Medical Congress (SEEMF) of the South European Medical Forum, Ohrid, Macedonia, 2014
- The 3 rd Leaders Summit of Pulmonary Hypertension, Indiana, USA, 2014
- XIX World Congress of Echocardiography and Allied Techniques, Romania, 2014
- 17th World Congress on Clinical Nutrition and 7th International Congress on Cardiovascular Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2013
- Macedonian-Bulgarian Joint Session "Anticoagulant treatment in atrial fibrillation - medication and proof sources of thromboembolism, Dojran, Macedonia, 2013
- Forth International Medical Congress of the South European Medical Forum (SEEMF), 2013
- VI Congress of Cardiologist and Angiologist of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuzla, 2013.
- Course from the Academy of Medical Sciences of the Serbian Medical Association "From hypertension to heart disease and possible stroke - diagnostic and therapeutic processes", Ohrid, 2013
- "Summer Medical University" for doctor-practitioners - News in the treatment of high-risk patients, Bansko, Bulgaria 2013
- Macedonian respiratory association "Management of pulmonary thromboembolism", Dojran, Macedonia 2013
- 7th Croatian Echocardiography Meeting (CROECHO) with international participation, Dubrovnik, 2013
- Third International Medical Congress of the South European Medical Forum (SEEMF), 2012
- 13-th National Cardiology Congress of Bulgarian Society of Cardiology, Sofia, 2012
Participant in scientific committee of scientific committee (scientific committiee)
- The Second International Congress of Cardiovascular Imaging, Belgrade, Serbia, 2017
- Croatian Echocardiography Meeting (CROECHO) with international participation, Dubrovnik, Porec, 2017
- 1st International Congress of Cardiovascular Imaging, Belgrade, 2015
- XIX World Congress of Echocardiography and Allied Techniques, Sibiu, Romania, 2014
- V-th International Medical Congress (SEEMF) of the South European Medical Forum, Ohrid, Macedonia, 2014
- 7th Croatian Echocardiography Meeting with international participation, 2013, Croatia
- Forth International Medical Congress of the South European Medical Forum (SEEMF), 2013
- VI Congress of Cardiologist and Angiologist of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuzla, 2013.
- Third International Medical Congress of the South European Medical Forum (SEEMF), 2012
Organized schools under its leadership
- EAE Teaching Course for Advanced Echocardiography, "Three-dimensional echocardiography, Myocardial Velocity and Deformation Imaging" Skopje, 2012 - Course director
- Symposium on Basic Echocardiography, Skopje, 2012
- Basic echocardiotypha, organized by the Association of Internists of the Republic of Macedonia in cooperation with the Echocardiography Working Group of the Macedonian Association of Cardiology, Skopje, 2014
- Symposium on Basic Echocardiography, Skopje, 2016
Membership
- European Society of Cardiology,
- European Society of Cardiovascular Imaging
- Working grope of Heart failure,
- World Heart Association of Cardiology,
Part of the published works in whole in the last 5 years
1. Irena Peovska Mitevska, Natalija Baneva, Elizabeta Srbinovska Kostovska, Marijan Bosevski: Prevalence of risk factors and asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis in diabetic patients screened for silent myocardial ischemia by SPECT myocardial imaging; Jan 2017 • Nuclear medicine review. Central and Eastern Europe: journal of Bulgarian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Yugoslav societies of nuclear medicine and Ukrainian Society of Radiology.
2. Bosevski M, Srbinovska-Kostovska E .: Venous Thromboembolism - Current Diagnostic and Treatment Modalities; Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2016 Sep 15; 4 (3): 523-525. Review.
3. Kataoka A, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Senior R, Garceau P, Valbuena S, ?elutkien? J, Hastings JL, Cheema AN, Lara A, Srbinovska-Kostovska E, Hessian R, Poggio D, Goldweit R, Saric M, Dajani KA , Kohn JA, Shaw LJ, Reynolds HR, Picard MH: Transient Ischemic Dilatation during Stress Echocardiography: An Additional Marker of Significant Myocardial Ischemia. Echocardiography. 2016 Aug; 33 (8): 1202-8. doi: 10.1111 / echo.13222.
4. V. Velkoska Nakova, B. Krstevska, E.Srbinovska Kostovska, O.Vaskova: Assessment of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in subclinical hypothyreoidism; International Journal of Recent Scientific Research (2015) Vol.7 (11); ISNN: 0976-3031
5. Valentina Velkoska Nakova1, Brankica Krstevska, Elizabeta Srbinovska Kostovska, Olivija Vaskova and Silvana Jovanova: Influence of the subclinical hypothyroidism on the left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function (pilot study); Thyroid Disorders Ther 4: 177, March,2015
6. H.Pejkov, S.Kedev, S.Panov, E.Srbinovska Kostovska, I.Lang: Trombectomy in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction; Medicus, ISSN 1409-6366 UDC 61 Vol 19(1),2014,181-187
7. Peovska Mitevska I, Srbinovska E, Bosevski M: Ishemia driven optimal therapeutic approach in asymptopatic pts with high cardiovascular risk. Prilozi 2014(35):141-8
8. E. Srbinovska Kostovska E. Role of echocardiography in diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension. Cardiologia Croatia. 2013;8(7-8):258-263.
9.H.Pejkov; S. Kedev., S.Panov, E.Srbinovska, I.Lang: Variations of levels of IL-6 and HS CRP in coronary and systemic circulation in patients with acute myocardial infarction; Journal of the Macedonian Med. Ass. 2013;67(2):93-99.
10. H.Pejkov; S.Kedev; I.Panov, E.Srbinovska; I.Lang: Atherosclerosis of coronary blood vesels – local or elocity inflammation. Contributions.Sec. Biol. Med Sci 2013.
11. E.Srbinovska: Pericardial effusion; Wikiecho, 2012; http://v2.wikiecho.org/wiki/Main page/
12. E.Srbinovska: Pericardial tamponade; Wikiecho, 2012, http://v2.wikiecho.org/wiki/Main page/
13. E. Srbinovska Kostovska: Role of echocardiography in selection of patients for resynchronization. Journal of the Macedonian Med. Ass. 2012;66(2):65-70.
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