{"id":35969,"date":"2023-10-16T06:55:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T06:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.cardiacinstitute.bg\/?page_id=35969"},"modified":"2025-02-07T11:44:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T11:44:30","slug":"rheumatology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test.cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/hospitals-and-centers\/heart-and-brain-center-of-excellence-pleven\/clinics-and-departments\/rheumatology\/","title":{"rendered":"Rheumatology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[mk_page_section bg_color=&#8221;#1e73be&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;40&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;40&#8243; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=&#8221;h4&#8243; color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; size=&#8221;48&#8243; force_font_size=&#8221;true&#8221; size_tablet=&#8221;40&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;400&#8243; txt_transform=&#8221;uppercase&#8221; margin_top=&#8221;15&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; font_family=&#8221;Open+Sans&#8221; font_type=&#8221;google&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; animation=&#8221;top-to-bottom&#8221;]Rheumatology[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1697439323344{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]The Rheumatology Clinic of the Heart and Brain Hospital, Pleven offers qualified care to patients with a wide range of diagnoses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inflammatory joint diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, Bechterew&#8217;s disease, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatism and Reiter&#8217;s disease, as well as other reactive arthritis);<\/li>\n<li>Systemic connective tissue diseases (systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic scleroderma, vasculitis, polymyositis\/dermatomyositis, overlapping and autoinflammatory syndromes);<\/li>\n<li>Degenerative joint diseases (gonarthrosis, coxarthrosis, spondylarthrosis, etc.);<\/li>\n<li>Extra-articular soft tissue diseases: enthesopathies, tenosynovitis, periarthritis;<\/li>\n<li>Bone diseases (osteoporosis, Paget&#8217;s disease, algodystrophy, aseptic necrosis);<\/li>\n<li>Diseases caused by crystals (gout, pyrophosphate and apatite disease);<\/li>\n<li>Hypermobile syndrome and hereditary diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Examinations and consultations are available by appointment on 064 678 400.[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=&#8221;120&#8243;]\n<section class=\"content-area\">\n\t\t\n            <div class=\"cpt-cards column-four\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<article class=\"cpt-card employee-card\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n\t<link itemprop=\"sameAs\" href=\"https:\/\/test.cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/team\/nikolay-g-nikolov\/\"\/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/test.cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/team\/nikolay-g-nikolov\/\">\n\t\t        <picture class=\"thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/test.cardiacinstitute.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nikolay-g-nikolov-500x500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-employees-large size-employees-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.cardiacinstitute.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nikolay-g-nikolov-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/test.cardiacinstitute.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nikolay-g-nikolov-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.cardiacinstitute.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nikolay-g-nikolov-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/test.cardiacinstitute.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nikolay-g-nikolov-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/test.cardiacinstitute.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nikolay-g-nikolov.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" itemprop=\"image\" \/>        <\/picture>\n        <div class=\"cpt-card-content\">\n            <h2 itemprop=\"name\">Prof. Nikolay Nikolov, MD<\/h2>\n\t\t\t                <div itemprop=\"jobTitle\">rheumatologist<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t                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