Description
Professional profile
Dr. Anna Vachulová is a renowned cardiologist, heart failure specialist, arrhythmologist, internist and president of the Slovak Society of Hypertension. The doctor completed her undergraduate and doctoral studies at the Faculty of Medicine of the Comenius University in Bratislava. She completed her professional beginnings at the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at NÚSCH a.s. Bratislava, later on II. Internal Clinic of LFÚK and UNB Bratislava, Department of Arrhythmias and Cardiostimulation NÚSCH a.s.
He currently works at the Department of Heart Failure and Transplantation at NÚSCH a.s. She specialized in internal medicine and cardiology at the Slovak Medical University in Bratislava. In the years 2014-2015, she completed a specialization course, which culminated in the Certificate of Advanced Studies at the University of Zurich in Heart Failure, in cooperation with the European Society of Cardiology and the Heart Failure Association.
In his field, he focuses primarily on the issue of heart failure, not only pharmacological treatment, but also electroimpulse therapy, arrhythmias, especially atrial fibrillation, anticoagulant treatment, intensive care medicine and arterial hypertension. The doctor is a member of several European cardiology societies.
Work experience
Department of Arrhythmias and Cardiostimulation, NÚSCH a.s., Bratislava
Department of Heart Failure and Transplantation, NÚSCH a.s., Bratislava,
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine, NÚSCH a.s., Bratislava
Cardiology Clinic LFUK and UNB, Bratislava
II. Internal clinic of LFUK and UNB, Bratislava
Education
2002 – Specialization – Internal medicine
2010 – Specialization – Cardiology
2015 – Certification – Heart Failure
2005 – Certification – Clinical testing of medicines
1997 – “MUDr” General Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava
1991 – Jura Hronac High School, Bratislava
2006 – Scientific title “PhD” – Topic: 24-hour blood pressure monitoring, blood pressure variability and antihypertensive treatment
Internship stays
1995 – Universita degli studi di Napoli, School of Medicine, Naples, Italy
1996 – Dpt. of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2006 – European Society of Hypertension Summer School
2007 – Salzburg Columbia Seminar in Internal Medicine
Membership in professional societies and councils
Slovak Cardiology Society (SKS), (2018-2021, 2021-2023 – committee member, 2015-2018 member of the control committee)
Slovak Association of Cardiac Arrhythmias (SASA), (2019-2023 – member of the review committee)
Slovak Hypertensive Society (SHS), (2020-2024 committee president, 2016-2020 committee member, 2015-
2016 member of the Supervisory Board)
Slovak Medical Society (SLS)
European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
Heart failure association (HFA)
European Heart Rate Association (EHRA)
Membership in editorial boards of magazines
No
Scientific research activity
Hirsh index: 5
International publications:
(Pubmed Library USA: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=vachulova+a)
Number of citations: 51
(Scopus database: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=8360432600)
Pedagogical activity
2020 – ongoing Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, UK and UNB, Bratislava (professional assistant)
Language
Active: Slovak, English, Italian
Passive: German, Russian
