NIKSA DRINKOVIC

Prof. dr. sc. prim. Nikša Drinković spec.internist kardiolog

Prof. dr. sc. prim. NIKŠA DRINKOVIĆ
spec. Cardiologist

born on October 26, 1947 in Zagreb.

PERSONAL DATA, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

I was born on October 26, 1947. in Zagreb. I finished high school in Varaždin, and graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb in 1972. I took a specialist exam of Internal Medicine and ECFMG in 1978, and in the same year I got the position as an attending at the Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases KBC Rebro, where I was the head of the Department of Valve and Congenital Heart Diseases until 2014. in the title of an associate professor in cumulative employment in the Department of Internal Medicine for the subject of Internal Medicine.

ACADEMIC DEGREES, PROMOTION AND DUTIES IN THE SERVICE

In 1985. I was selected as an assistant in cumulative employment in the Department of Internal Medicine, in 1987. for a full-time assistant professor, and in 1993. gained the title of associate professor. In 1994. I was appointed head of the II Cardiology Department of the Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases. In 1996. I was awarded with the status of a subspecialist cardiologist. In 1997, I was awarded the title of chief of medicine. From 1996 to 1998 I was a member of the Main Committee for Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy at the University of Zagreb and a member of the Main Committee for Biomedical Sciences at the Ministry of Science and
Technology and was also a member of the Committee for Cardiovascular Diseases of the Medical Class of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. I am a member of the Commission for the selection of applicants for DAAD scholarships at the Ministry of Science and Embassies of Germany, I was also a member of the board of the Croatian Society of Cardiology and president of the Working Group for Echocardiography. In 1979. I received a Charter and Recognition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the publication of “Liječnički viješnik”, and in 1988. a Charter and a silver medal from the Association of Cardiologists of Yugoslavia. In
1988 I was elected a member of Fellow American College of Cardiology and in 1990. a regular member of the New York Academy of Sciences, and also in 1994. a member of the Fellow American College of Angiology. I am a member of the Croatian and European Cardiac Society. I was a member of the Committee for the evaluation and defense of master’s theses, doctoral dissertations and a member of the Commission for taking specialist exams in Internal Medicine and subspecialist exams in Cardiology. In March 2016, I was elected a member of the Committee for Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences in the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

FURTHER SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

In 1975 I spent a month in professional training at the internal department of West Middlesex Hospital in London, and in 1979 I attended a cardiology course also in London organized by the British Council. In 1980 I completed my postgraduate studies in cardiology. In 1981 I defended my master’s thesis, and in 1983 my doctoral dissertation, “Subcostal echocardiographic examination for the introduction of electrodes in intracranial echocardiography and for the detection of heart arrhythmias.” From 1984 until 1986 I resided in the USA at the University of Kentucky Cardiology Clinic (Medical Center University of Kentucky, Lexington) as part of the
John E. Fogarty International Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award. In 1989 I spent time in Germany (Medizinishe Klinik – Kardiologie – Krankenhaus Seiburg) as part of a one-year scientific scholarship from the A. von Humboldt Foundation. My sub-specialty in cardiology is echocardiography and Doppler echocardiography, which I have been practicing since 1979. I underwent training in conventional and color Doppler echocardiography during my stay in the USA on the basis of a license (License No. FT 09) for a cardiovascular subspecialty training, and during my stay in Germany I was educated to perform transesophageal echocardiography and introduced this method to Croatia. As a lecturer, I participated in numerous national and international cardiology congresses and professional meetings in Croatia and abroad, and I organized two international congresses in echocardiography. I have published 108 professional and scientific papers cited according to SCI 3770 times, and I have been cited as an author in three of the world’s leading echocardiography textbooks.

LIST OF THE MOST CITED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

Total number of citations: 3931

  • 1981. – Drinković N. Subcostal echocardiography to determine right ventricular pacing catheter position and control advancement of electrode catheters in intracardiac electrophysiologic studies. Am. J. Cardiol. 47:1260-1265. Broj citata 27.
  • 1982. – Drinković N. Subcostal M-mode echocardiography of the right atrial wall in the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias. Am. J. Cardiol. 50:1104-1108. Broj citata 9
  • 1982. – Drinković N, Grgas J, Šmalcelj A. Echocardiographic evaluation of patients on chronic hemodialysis: M-mode and two-dimensional study. J. Cardiovasc. Ultrason. 1:139-142. Broj citata 1. Excerpta Medica.
  • 1982. – Drinković N, Goldner V, Batinić Z. Subcostal two-dimensional echocardiography for determining pacing catheter position and advancing electrode catheters for intracardiac electrography. Proceedings of Second European Symposium on Cardiac Florence, May 1981. In: Cardiac Pacing, Feruglio GA, ed. Padova, Piccin Medical Books 829-831. Proceedings received British Library, London. Broj citata 1.
  • 1983. – Drinković N. Subcostal 2D echocardiography in cardiac pacing and intracardiac electrophysiologic studies. Proceedings of Fifth World Congress of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Brighton, July 1982. In: Ultrasound 1982. Lerski, RA, Morley R, eds. Oxford: Pergamon Press 293-297. Proceedings received British Library, London. Broj citata 3.
  • 1983. – Drinković N. Subcostal two-dimensional echocardiography in cardiac pacing and in intracardiac electrophysiologic studies. Acta Med. Iug. 37:351-362. Broj citata 2. Index Medicus.
  • 1983. – Drinković N, Šmalcelj A, Rakuljić I. Right atrial myxoma simulating some features of constrictive pericarditis. J. Cardiovasc. Ultrason. 2:363-366. Broj citata 1. Excerpta Medica.
  • 1984. – Drinković N. Subcostal M-mode echocardiography on the right atrial wall for differentiation of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias with aberration from ventricular tachycardia. Am. Heart J. 107:326-331. Broj citata 12.
  • 1985. – Drinković N. The role of subcostal echocardiography of right atrial wall in the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias. PACE 8:110-122. Broj citata 4.
  • 1985. – Drinković N. Use of echocardiography in the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias. Practical Cardiology 11:124-136. Excerpta Medica.
  • 1986. – Friedman BJ, Drinković N, Miles H, Shih WJ, Mazzoleni A, DeMaria AN. Assessment of left ventricular diastolic function: comparison of Doppler echocardiography and gated blood pool scintigraphy. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 8:1348-54. Broj citata 193.
  • 1987. – Ferek B, Drinković N, Ižgum V, Juršić M, Pustišek S, Ugljen R. Sensing shift of sensitivity programmable pacemakers. Proceedings of the VIIth World Symposium on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Jerusalem, June 1987. In: Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology. Belhassen, B. Feldman, S. Copperman eds. R & L Creative Communications Ltd 209-216. Proceedings received British Library, London.
  • 1987. – Drinković N, Kwan OL, Banks C, Branco M, Smith M, Nissen S, DeMaria AN. Value and limitations of Doppler velocity recordings in the detection of directional changes in cardiac output. Proceedings of the Sixth Congress of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Helsinki, June 1987. In: EUROSON 1987 Bondstam S, Alanen A, Jouppila, Page 285. Proceedings received British Library, London.
  • 1992. – Smith MD, Drinković N, Harrison MR, Wisenbaugh T, Berk MR, DeMaria AN. Doppler evaluation of left ventricular compliance and ventricular filling abnormalities. In: Echocardiography, A. Journal of CV Ultrasound & Allied Tech. 9:407-420. Broj citata 4.
  • 1993. – Malčić I, Hećimović Z, Shala H, Jelić I, Drinković N. Odnos veličine lijevo-desnog shunta i plućne vaskularne rezistencije pri prirođenim greškama srca. Liječnički vjesnik 115:215-220. Index Medicus. Broj citata 1.
  • 1993. – Đukanović S, Drinković N, Popović Grle S, Puntarec I, Milas A. The value of Doppler echocardiography in cardiac output detection. Acta Medica Croatica 47(1):11-4.
  • 1993. – Strozzi M, Sutlić Z, Drinković N, Sesto M, Sokolić J. The patent ductus arteriosus as a source of recurrent peripheral embolisations. Acta Med Croatica. 1993;47(2):101-2. Broj citata: 1
  • 1995. – Šmalcelj A, Drinković N, Mohaček I, Kosi D. Echocardiographic approach to cor triatriatum sinistrum. Croatian Medical Journal 36:243-248. Excerpta Medica.
  • 1998. – Lovrić Benčić M, Kosi D, Juršić M, Drinković N. Atrioventrikulski blok prvog stupnja prouzročen kalcificiranom tumorskom tvorbom atrioventrikulskog septuma. Liječnički vjesnik 120:17-19. Index Medicus.
  • 2005. – Smalcelj A, Brida V, Samarzija M, Matana A, Margetic E, Drinkovic N. Giant, Dissecting, High-Pressure Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm. Tex. Heart Inst. J 2005;32:589-94. Broj citata 21.
  • 2005. – Šeparović-Hanževački J, Čikeš M, Lovrić-Benčić M, Sonicki Z, Ceković S, Ernst A, Drinković N,Čikeš I. Early Detection of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Hypertensive Heart Disease by Color Doppler Myocardial Imaging. Croat. Med. J. 2005;46(6):913-921
  • 2007. – Drinković N, Margetić E, Šmalcelj A, Brida V. Echocardiographic diagnosis of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Eur. J. Echocardiogr. 2007 Jan 18; Epub ahead of print
  • 2008. – Drinkovic, Niksa; Margetic, Eduard; Smalcelj, Anton; Brida, Vojtjeh: Echocardiographic diagnosis of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. Broj citata: 4
  • 2009. – Petrunić M,Drinković N,Padovan-Štern R,Meštrović T,Lovrić D.Thoracoabdominal and coronary arterial aneurysms in a young man with a history of Kawasaki disease.J Vasc Surg 2009,50:1173-6. Broj citata:7
  • 2012. – Drinković N Jr,Lukšić Rešković V,Bešić Marić K,Drinković N.Pitfalls in evaluation of mitral regurgitation severity.Cardiol Croat 2012;/11-12:361-321.
  • 2012. – Author(s): Vahanian, Alec; Alfieri, Ottavio; Andreotti, Felicita; Antunes, Manuel J; Baron-Esquivias, Gonzalo; Baumgartner, Helmut; Borger, Michael Andrew; Carrel, Thierry P; De Bonis, Michele; Evangelista, Arturo; Falk, Volkmar; Iung, Bernard; Lancellotti, Patrizio; Pierard, Luc; Price, Susanna; Schafers, Hans-Joachim; Schuler, Gerhard; Stepinska, Janina; Swedberg, Karl; Takkenberg, Johanna; Von Oppell, Ulrich Otto; Windecker, Stephan; Zamorano, Jose Luis; Zembala, Marian Group Author(s): Joint Task Force on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC); European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Title: Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease (version 2012). Source: European heart journal Volume: 33 Issue: 19 Pages: 2451-96 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs109 Published: 2012-Oct Times Cited in Web of Science: 0 Times Cited in BIOSIS Citation Index: 0 Times Cited in Chinese Science Citation Database: 0 Times Cited in Other: 0 Total Times Cited: 1 Accession Number: MEDLINE:22922415 Broj citata:1
  • 2012. – Vahanian A, Alfieri O, Andreotti F, Antunes MJ, Barón-Esquivias G, Baumgartner H, Borger MA, Carrel TP, De Bonis M, Evangelista A, Falk V, Lung B, Lancellotti P, Pierard L, Price S, Schäfers HJ, Schuler G, Stepinska J, Swedberg K, Takkenberg J, Von Oppell UO, Windecker S, Zamorano JL, Zembala M; ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines (CPG); Joint Task Force on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC); European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS): Bax JJ, Baumgartner H, Ceconi C, Dean V, Deaton C, Fagard R, Funck-Bretano C, Hasdai D, Hoes A, Kirchhof P, Knuuti J, Kolh P, McDonagh T, Moulin C, Popescu BA, Reiner Ž, Sechtem U, Anton Sirnes P, Tendera M, Torbicki A, Vahanian A, Windecker S, Popescu BA, Von Segesser L, Badano LP, Bunc M, Claeys MJ, Drinkovic N, Filippatos G, Habib G, Kappetein AP, Kassab R, Lip GY, Moat N, Nickenig G, Otto CM, Pepper J, Piazza N, Pieper PG, Rosenhek R, Shuka N, Schwammenthal E, Schwitter J, Tornos Mas P, Trindade PT, Walther T. Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease (version 2012): the Joint Task Force on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2012 Oct;42(4):S1-44. Broj citata: 545
  • 2012. – Joint Task Force on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)1; European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), Vahanian A, Alfieri O, Andreotti F, Antunes MJ, Barón-Esquivias G, Baumgartner H, Borger MA, Carrel TP, De Bonis M, Evangelista A, Falk V, Iung B, Lancellotti P, Pierard L, Price S, Schäfers HJ, Schuler G, Stepinska J, Swedberg K, Takkenberg J, Von Oppell UO, Windecker S, Zamorano JL, Zembala M. Bax JJ, Baumgartner H, Ceconi C, Dean V, Deaton C, Fagard R, Funck-Brentano C, Hasdai D, Hoes A, Kirchhof P, Knuuti J, Kolh P, McDonagh T, Moulin C, Popescu BA, Reiner Ž, Sechtem U, Sirnes PA, Tendera M, Torbicki A, Vahanian A, Windecker S, Von Segesser L, Badano LP, Bunc M, Claeys MJ, Drinkovic N, Filippatos G, Habib G, Kappetein AP, Kassab R, Lip GY, Moat N, Nickenig G, Otto CM, Pepper J, Piazza N, Pieper PG, Rosenhek R, Shuka N, Schwammenthal E, Schwitter J, Tornos Mas P, Trindade PT, Walther T. Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease (version 2012). Eur Heart J. 2012 Oct;33(19):2451-96. Broj citata: 1899
  • 2013. – Drinkovć N Jr,Drinković N,Hanževački Šeparović J,Ceković S,Lukšić Rešković V,Bešić Marić K.Right heart echo case selection-possible pitfalls.Cardiol Croat 2013,8(5-6):210-211.
  • 2013. – Vahanian, Alec; Alfieri, Ottavio; Andreotti, Felicita; Antunes, Manuel J.; Baron-Esquivias, Gonzalo; Baumgartner, Helmut; Borger, Michael Andrew; Carrel, Thierry P.; De Bonis, Michele; Evangelista, Arturo; Falk, Volkmar; Iung, Bernard; Lancellotti, Patrizio; Pierard, Luc; Price, Susanna; Schaefers, Hans-Joachim; Schuler, Gerhard; Stepinska, Janina; Swedberg, Karl; Takkenberg, Johanna; Von Oppell, Ulrich Otto; Windecker, Stephan; Zamorano, Jose Luis; Zembala, Marian; Bax, Jeroen J.; Baumgartner, Helmut; Ceconi, Claudio; Dean, Veronica; Deaton, Christi; Fagard, Robert; Funck-Brentano, Christian; Hasdai, David; Hoes, Arno; Kirchhof, Paulus; Knuuti, Juhani; Kolh, Philippe; McDonagh, Theresa; Moulin, Cyril; Popescu, Bogdan A.; Reiner, Zeljko; Sechtem, Udo; Sirnes, Per Anton; Tendera, Michal; Torbicki, Adam; Vahanian, Alec; Windecker, Stephan; Popescu, Bogdan A.; Von Segesser, Ludwig; Badano, Luigi P.; Bunc, Matjaz; Claeys, Marc J.; Drinkovic, Niksa; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Habib, Gilbert; Kappetein, A. Pieter; Kassab, Roland; Lip, Gregory Y. H.; Moat, Neil; Nickenig, Georg; Otto, Catherine M.; Pepper, John; Piazza, Nicolo; Pieper, Petronella G.; Rosenhek, Raphael; Shuka, Naltin; Schwammenthal, Ehud; Schwitter, Juerg; Mas, Pilar Tornos; Trindade, Pedro T.; Walther, Thomas – Guidelines for the treatment of valvulopathies (2012 version). Joint Task Force for the Treatment of Valvulopathies of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS). Broj citata: 60
  • 2014. – Jurin H, Drinković N Jr, Marić K, Rešković Lukšić V, Drinković N. A rare case of angina in a patient with coronary artery microfistulas – role of echocardiographic examination.Cardiol Croat. 2014;9(5-6):201-202.
  • 2015. – Drinkovic N, Drinkovic N Jr. Handheld ultrasoun: stetosccope retiremnent? Croat. 2015;10(3-4):85.

MOST CITED ABSTRACTS OF CONGRESS PRESS RELEASES:

  • 1981. – Drinković N, Goldner V, Batinić Z. Subcostal two-dimensional echocardiography for determining pacing catheters position and advancing electrode catheters for His bundle recording. Second European Symposium on Cardiac Pacing, Florence, May 1981, PACE 4A:42.
  • 1982. – Drinković N, Čustović F, Goldner V. Subcostal M-mode echocardiogram of the right atrial wall in the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias. Fifth World Congress of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Brington. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 8:47; Broj citata 2.
  • 1982. – Drinković N. Subcostal 2D-echocardiography in cardiac pacing and intracardiac electrophysiologic studies. Fifth World Congress of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Brington. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 8:48.
  • 1983. – Drinković N. Subcostal M-mode echocardiogram of the right atrial wall in the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias. The VIIth World Symposium on Cardiac Pacing, Vienna, May 1983. PACE 6:A-155; Broj citata 1.
  • 1984. – Drinković N. Subcostal 2D-echocardiography in cardiac pacing and intracardiac electrophysiologic studies. 5th Congress of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Strasbourg, May 1984, Abstract Book 082.
  • 1984. – Drinković N. Subcostal M-mode echocardiography of the right atrial wall in the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias. 5th Congress of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Strasbourg, May 1984, Abstract Book 081. Broj citata 3.
  • 1984. – Drinković N. Subcostal M-mode echocardiography of the right atrial wall in the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias. IXth European Congress of Cardiology, Dusseldorf, June 1984, Eur. Heart J. 5:1637.
  • 1985. – Friedman B, Drinković N, Miles H, Stipp V, Mazzoleni A, DeMaria AN. Assessment of left ventricular function: Comparisom of Doppler and blood pool scintigraphy. 58th Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, Washington D.C., November 1985. Circulation Part II 72 (4):III-429.
  • 1986. – Drinković N, Wisenbaugh T, Kwan OL, Elion J, Smith M, DeMaria AN. Assesment of diastolic left ventricular function by Doppler: Comparison with catheterisation measurements. 35th Annual Scientific Session. American College of Cardiology, Atlanta, March 1986, J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Abstracts: 227A. Broj citata 11.
  • 1986. – Drinković N, Wisenbaugh T, Nissen SE, Elion JL, Smith MD, Kwan OL, DeMaria AN. Sensitivity and speciticity of tranmitral flow velicity measurements in detecting impaired left ventricular compliance. 59th Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, Dallas, November 1986. Circulation 74 (Supp II):II46. Broj citata 13.
  • 1986. – Spain M, Smith MD, Drinković N, Kwan OL, DeMaria AN. Effects of vasodilatation and isometrics upon valvular regurgitation: assessment by color Doppler flow imaging. 59th Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, Dallas, November 1986. Circulation 74 (Supp II):II386.
  • 1987. – Drinković N, Smith MD, Wisenbaugh T, Friedman B, Kwan OL, DeMaria AN. Influence of sampling site upon the ratio of atrial to early diastolic transmitral flow velocities by Doppler. 36th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology, New Orleans, Lousiana, March 1987. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 9 (Suppl A):16A. Broj citata 3.
  • 1987. – Ferek B, Drinković N, Ižgum V, Juršić M, Pustišek S, Ugljen R. Sensing shift of sensitivity programmable pacemakers. VIIIth World Symposium on Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Jerusalem, June 1987. PACE 10:178 A.
  • 1989. – Gerckens U, Cattelaens N, Drinković N, Spalke J, Grube E. Detection of proximal coronary artery stenosis by transesophageal echocardiography. Eur. Heart J. 10 (Abstract Book.) 121.
  • 1989. – Gerckens U, Cattelaens N, Spalke J, Drinković N, Grube E. Erwarmung der mechanischen transosophagealen sonde: Eine potentialle gefaht? Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie 78:(suppl. 4) 65.
  • 1989. – Gerckens U, Cattesaens N, Spalke J, Drinković N, Grube E. Quantifizierumg der koronarflusses durch transosophageale echocardiographie. Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie 78: (suppl. 4) 53.
  • 1989. – Gerckens U, Cattelaens N, Spalke J, Drinković N, Grube E. Quantifications of coronary flow pattern by transesophageal echocardiography. Circulation 80 (Supp I):II68.
  • 1994. – Brida V, Rakuljić I, Miličić D, Ernst A, Drinković N, Čikeš I. Echocardiography in the diagnosis and menagement of patients with penetrating shrapnel war injuries of the heart and great vessels. Joint XIIth World Congress of Cardiology and XVIth Congres of the European Society of Cardiology, Berlin, September 10-14, 1994, Supplement to European Heart Journal, September 1994.
  • 2019. – N Drinkovic, N Drinkovic Jr: Subcostal M-mode echocardiography of tricuspid annular motion helps recognition of heart arrhythmias. EuroEcho 2019, Vienna.