Blood pressure reduction in difficult-to-control patients and the effect of a nurse-led program in Bulgaria.

Unlabelled: Hypertension is a major contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Although there has been significant improvement in blood pressure (BP) control during the last decades, it is still far from optimal. Several strategies for hypertension management have been proposed, and among all - nurse-led programs seem encouraging.

Determinants of functional significance of coronary bifurcation lesions and clinical outcomes after physiology-guided treatment.

Objectives: To determine the rate of functionally significant (fractional flow reserve, FFR ≤ 0.80) coronary bifurcation stenoses that are considered anatomically significant based on angiographic estimation and to define predictors of functional significance of stenoses in main vessel and side branch.

Background: To date, the rate of functionally significant stenoses in angiographic significant coronary bifurcation stenoses has not been specifically determined.

Interventional procedures in cardiovascular diseases-Training of nurses to work in a catheterization laboratory.

Cardiovascular diseases remain the most frequent reason for deaths in the Republic of Bulgaria and also in Europe for 2016. A large number of deaths in Bulgaria could be prevented via an effective health-care system and quality health services. The fast rate at which catheterization laboratories expand throughout the Republic of Bulgaria imposes the necessity of trained nurses in the field of interventional cardiovascular diagnostics and therapy.