Dr. Marek Krol, Heart Surgery - Katowice, Poland

About - Dr. Marek Krol

Position:

Head of Hospital Department – Specialist in Cardiology;

Vice-President of the Board of Directors

First Department of Cardiology and Angiology (Vascular Medicine)

Professional Experience:

  • Junior lecturer in the Third Clinic of Cardiology in the Medical University of Silesia - 1992
  • Diagnostic procedures in the Hemodynamic Laboratory in the Upper Silesian Medical Center in Katowice - 1994
  • Performed the therapeutic procedures being the first in Poland to introduce the access technique with the radial artery puncture method
  • Senior lecturer in the Third Clinic of Cardiology in the Medical University of Silesia
  • Hemodynamic duties in the First Department of Cardiology and Angiology (Vascular Medicine) of the Polish-American Heart Clinics
  • Coronary angioplasty procedures at Voivodeship Specialist Hospital in Lublin, Military Clinical Hospital in Wrocław, Voivodeship Specialist Hospital and Lower Silesian Specialist Hospital in Wrocław
  • Entered into the office of Head of the First Department of Cardiology and Angiology (Vascular Medicine) in Ustroń, component part of the Polish-American Heart Clinics

Accomplishments:

  • Dr. Marek Krol was the first in Poland to conduct a retrograde thrombendarterectomy procedure of the right coronary artery gaining access through collateral circulation vessels from the side of the left coronary artery.

Awards and distinctions:

  • Award from the Polish Cardiac Society for a publication in the European Heart Review - 2006
  • Award from the Minister of health for a publication in the Journal of American College of Cardiology - 2009

 

Education

Faculty of Medicine of the Medical University of Silesia Postgraduate internship in the Upper Silesian Medical Center in Katowice in 1991-1992 Invasive cardiology training course in the University Hospital in Worms, Germany Residency program in interventional cardiology in the Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud Post-graduate studies in interventional cardiology in the University of Val de Marne in Paris

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About Doctor

  • Medically reviewed by: Dr. Marek Krol
  • Address: Head Office American Heart of Poland Francuska street 34 , 40-028 Katowice
  • Speciality: Heart Surgery,
  • Associated Center: American Heart of Poland Medical Center
  • Languages: English
  • Degree: Head of Hospital Department – Specialist in Cardiology; Vice-President of the Board of Directors; First Department of Cardiology and Angiology (Vascular Medicine)
  • Focus Area: Dr. Marek Król | American Heart of Poland | Heart Specialist | Angioplasty | Katowice, Poland