2024 – present

Cardiology subspecialist at the “Zan Mitrev” Clinical Hospital – Skopje

2022 – present

Docent at the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the Goce Delchev University in Shtip

2018 – 2023

Head of the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Department, University Clinic for Cardiology, Skopje

2018 – 2024

Cardiology subspecialist at the University Clinic for Cardiology, Skopje

2010 – 2018

Cardiology subspecialist at Sistina – Acibadem Clinical Hospital, Skopje

2009 – 2010

Cardiology subspecialist at “SUNCE” Zagreb, Republic of Croatia

1997 – 2009

Employed in the University Clinic for Cardiology, Skopje

2019

Training course in complex peripheral invasive procedures, Salzburg, Austria

2018

Training course in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), Budapest, Hungary

2010

Graduate course in peripheral Doppler sonography, University Clinical Hospital “Dubrava”, Zagreb, Croatia

2000

Interventional cardiology training, Department of Interventional Cardiology, “Ospedali RIuniti di Bergamo” Bergamo, Italy

Non-invasive procedures

– Transthoracic echocardiography
– Doppler of arterial circulation of the neck and extremities
– Coronary stress test
– 24-hour ECG and ABP monitoring
– Spirometry

Invasive procedures

– Coronarography and heart catheterization (invasive diagnostics)
– Peripheral angiography
– Stenting of coronary arteries
– Stenting of carotid arteries and peripheral arteries
– Transcatheter replacement of aortic valve (TAVI procedure)
– Implantation of temporary pacemaker
– Pleural punction

1. Rambabova-Bushljetikj I, Metzger J, Siwy J, Dohcev S, Bushljetikj O, FIlipce V, Trajceska L, Mischak H, Spasovski G. Association of the chronic kidney disease urinary proteomic predictor CKD273 with clinical risk factor of graft failure in kidney allograft recipients. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2021: https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfab297.

2. De Luca G, Cercek M, Okkels Jensen L, Bushljetikj O, Calmac L, Johnson T, Gracida Blancas M, et al. Impact of renin-angiotensin system inhibitors on mortality during the COVID Pandemic among STEMI patients undergoing mechanical reperfusion: Insight from an international STEMI registry. Biomed Pharmacother. 2021 Jun;138:111469. doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111469

3. Mitevska I, Bushljetikj O, Grueva E, et al. Delayed Presentation of Acute ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated with Heart Failure in the Period of COVID-19 Pandemic – Case Report. Clin Case Rep Open Access. 2020;3(2):147.

4. Bushljetikj O, Georgievska-Ismail L. Comparison of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in Determination of Left Ventricle Volumes and Ejection Fr action in Adult Population. Prilozi (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki). 2017 Dec 1;38(3):105-112.

5. Bushljetikj O (1), Zafirovska Taleska B (1), Zimbakov Z (1), Arnaudova Dezulovic F (1), Rambabova-Bushljetik I (2), Spasovski G (2). HIGH RISK PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION OF LEFT MAIN BIFURCATION STENOSIS IN A PERITONEAL DIALYSIS PATIENT. CONTRIBUTIONS. Sec. of Med. Sci., XLII 2, 2021 MASA

6. Bushljetikj О (1), Ljubica Georgievska-Ismail Lj (2). CORRELATION OF MEASUREMENT OF LEFT ATRIAL VOLUMES WITH TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN ELDERLY. Physioacta 2018;12(2):63-71.

7. Bushljetikj O, Zdravkovski I, Manev N, Zimbakov Z. CAROTID ARTERY STENTING OF INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY “NEAR OCCLUSION” STENOSIS – CASE REPORT. JMS 2021; 4(1):145-149

8. Saso Dohcev, Sotir Stavridis, Aleksandar Trifunovski, Dimitar Trajkovski, Oliver Bushljetikj, Goce Spasovski. COVID infection as devastating post-translpant complication. BANTAO Journal 2020;18(1):43-47

9. Elena Grueva Nastevska, Irina Kotlar, Elma Kandic, Vladislav Gruev, Ana Chelikikj, Emilija Lazarova, Irena Mitevska, Oliver Busljetic. Fulminant Myocarditis in COVID-19 – case report. Macedonian Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Mac.Pharm.Bull.) 2021. 67(1)

10. Frosina Arnaudova Dezhulovikj, Savetka Paljoskovska Jordanova, Danica Petkovska Spirova, Oliver Busljetic, Zan Zimbakov. Deep vein thrombosis of the upper extremities due to sport injury – a case report. Mak Med Pregled 2021;75(1):97-101.

11. D Kitanoski, A Postadzhhiyan, V Velchev, N Stoyanov, Z Zimbakov, I Spiroski, S Kedev, O Busljetik. Distal Radial Access. Occlusion of the radial artery after percutaneous coronary intervention with radial access. Bulgarian cardiology tom XXVII, 2021, No 4.
Doi: 10.3897/bgcardio.27.e76435

12. Zan Zimbakov, Oliver Busljetik, Silvana Jovanova. ASSOCIATION OF NOS3 GENE POLYMORPHISM rs1799983 WITH IN-STENT RESTENOSIS OF CORONARY ARTERIES. Journal of Morphological Sciences. JMS 2022;5(1):96-102

13. Darko Kitanoski1, Arman Postadzhiyan, Vasil Velchev, Nikolay Stoyanov, Zhan Zimbakov, Igor Spiroski, Oliver Bushljetikj, Hristo Pejkov, Jorgo Kostov, Oliver Kalpak, Igor Zdravkovski, Ivan Vasilev, Hayber Taravari, Aleksandar Jovkovski, Marija Vavlukis, Sasko Kedev, Biljana Zafirovska. Comparison of distal radial with conventional radial access in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Interv. Cardiol. (2021) 14,1: 449-453

• European Society of cardiology
• Croatian Cardiological Society
• Association of Cardiologists of the Republic of North Macedonia

   

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