Conferences

Sunday, the 18^th December, at 11:00, in the National Theatre's Black Box, a conference will take place on the theme: The Heartbeats' Story held by Prof. Dr. Eduard Apetrei. Ticket prices: 23 and 10 lei.

About the conference

"The heart, through its beats, applauds our existence, said Lucian Blaga. The heartbeats represent the heart's way to communicate with the entire body, through a certain language which is being decoded nowadays.

The first rhythm we hear is produced in our intrauterine life and it is the rhythm of the mother's heart. This rhythm is retained in our subconsciousness and is deposited in a certain part of the brain, this is the rhythm that will later on influence in some way or another our evolution.

Along the history, the heartbeats were interpreted in various ways. Today it is known that the number of heartbeats, in our entire lifetime, is genetically determined. If the heart beats slower (55 - 65 beats/minute) we have the chance to live longer". Prof.Dr. Eduard Apetrei

About Prof. Dr. Eduard Apetrei

University Professor of Cardiology

Cardiologist at the "C.C. Iliescu" Cardiology Institute Bucharest

Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Medicine Iaşi

Vice-president at the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Born on the 11^th October 1937, Blăgeşti, Bacău county.

Education: Ferdinand High School from Bacău, The Faculty of Medicine from Iaşi (1954-1960), courses and practical internships on cardiology in the country (1965-1966) and in various cardiology areas in France (1972), Finland (1972), Belgium (1972), England (1993), USA (1994).

Activity: Intern: Oneşti (1960-1964), secondary cardiologist (1965). From the year 1965 he activates in the Carol Davila University of Medicine, Bucharest: tutor, assistant, lecturer, reader (1991), professor (1993). He was the head of the cardiology clinic (1992-2003), PhD in Medicine (1973) cardiologist (1974), Visiting Professor at the Bowman Gray University, North Carolina (America) for three months (1994). Member in the European Committee specialized in cardiology (1995-2010), member in the European Committee for accreditation in echocardiography (2000-2005). Coordinating editor of the Romanian Cardiology Magazine (1991-2004), editor-in-chief of the Romanian Cardiology Magazine (from 2004).

Member in the editorial office committee of some medical magazines from our country and abroad. Competency area: cardiology, echocardiography, vascular Doppler.

Research: He studied cardiomyopathy, arterial hypertension, congenital diseases, valvulopathies and particularly echocardiographic changes in various cardiology areas. He has a substantial contribution in introducing echocardiography in Romania, organizing courses in the area before many other European countries, he wrote the first treatise on echocardiography from the country. The Cardiology Clinic received the title of Center of Excellence in the time he was the head of the clinic. He contributed to the development of the modern cardiology in Romania, continuing the work of his predecessors. From the year 1982 he is an in board member of the Romanian Society of Cardiology, secretary (1990-1994), and president (1994-1998) of this Society. Her organized and conducted innumerable European cardiology and echocardiography congresses with papers or conferences, moderating sessions. Member in the scientific committee of some European or global congresses, lector or moderator at international courses. National coordinator of seven multinational research contracts.

Publications: Author of 16 cardiology books. Among them we mention: Mechanophonocardiography (1977), Periferic Arteriopathies (1979), Ischemic cardiomyopathy (1981), Echocardiography (1990), Cardiologic News Reel (1998), Congenital Diseases (2001), Electrocardiography (2002), Echocardiography in images (2002), Cardiology - commented and illustrated cases vol. I - IV (2002-2005), Romanian Medical Encyclopedia from its origins to the present (2008). He wrote 32 chapters in treaties and monographies, more than 280 published papers. 

Affiliations: Member of the Medical Science Academy (vice-president from 2007), Fellow of the European Cardiology Society, member of numerous cardiology and echocardiography international scientific societies.

Presence in Who's who. Distinctions: The National Order - The Faithful Service with the Commander title; the Iuliu Haţieganu Award of the Romanian Academy, Honoured Citizen of the commune Blăgeşti, Honoured Citizen of the city Bacău.    

Translated by: Izabella Feher

MTTLC, Bucharest University