Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2019.323
The Institute for Intensive Cardiac Care, Arrhythmia, and Transplantation Cardiology of the University Hospital Centre Zagreb
Ana Marinić
; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Vjera Pisačić
; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Valentina Jezl
; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Danijela Grgurević
; University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
At the University Hospital Centre Zagreb cardiology already began to stand out as a subspecialization
when the Internal Medicine Clinic was opened, and the Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases itself was
founded in 1974 and headed by Academician Vladimir Goldner. Forty-four years later, after many successes and
the foundation of the first Laboratory for Heart Catheterization in Croatia, the institute became a referral center
for heart failure and transplantation cardiology headed by Academician Davor Miličić. The Clinic for Cardiovascular
Diseases is in many ways the leading cardiological institution in Croatia that performs the most
complex treatment procedures for cardiological patients. The Institute for Intensive Cardiac Care, Arrhythmia,
and Transplantation Cardiology continuously provides basic care as well as highly sophisticated medical procedures
for patients from the Republic of Croatia and abroad. Ensuring high-quality care is certainly facilitated
by the technological solutions and devices available at the institute, but it is made possible by highly specialized
and educated healthcare professionals, especially 43 nurses headed by Danijela Grgurević, BN, who has
headed the nursing service since 2010. Nurses participate in all the diagnostic and treatment procedures as
equal members of the multidisciplinary team involved in the care for cardiological patients, including care after
percutaneous coronary intervention, pre-transplantation processing and post-transplantation care, managing
the patient before and after implantation of long-term mechanical circulation support, caring for patients on
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, temporary electrode and pacemaker implantation, and performing
percutaneous tracheotomy, pericardiocentesis, and many other such procedures that cardiological patients require.
Nurses also actively participate in the work of the Croatian Association of Cardiac Nurses, and the president
and founder of that organization Ana Ljubas, MSN, also spends part of her working hours at the coronary
unit. As part of the leading institution in the Republic of Croatia, our nurses have a duty to continuously adapt to
innovations and new guidelines in the field in order to provide the best possible evidence-based care.
Keywords
intensive coronary care; Croatia
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230303
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Publication date:
10.12.2019.
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