Science and research
Research Focus
Diabetes mellitus as a cardiovascular risk factor
Molecular markers for the prediction of heart failure in obesity and diabetes mellitus
Resistance to antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome and diabetes mellitus
Resistance to non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation and diabetes mellitus
Risk factor stratification in patients with ischemic heart disease undergoing selective coronary angiography and interventional treatment
Adipokines as risk markers of cardiovascular diseases
Metabolic syndrome and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular complications. The obesity paradox
Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome
Obesity and molecular-genetic markers of cardiovascular and metabolic risk. Prediabetic states and subclinical inflammatory response
Metabolic syndrome and risk of venous thromboembolism
Metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus, and the risk of cancer
Diagnosis of early and late endothelial dysfunction, thrombocytopathy, coagulation and fibrinolysis disorders in diabetes mellitus, prediabetic states, and metabolic syndrome
Diagnosis of autoimmune type 1 diabetes mellitus using genetic and immunological markers
Hypoglycemia as a novel cardiovascular risk factor
Prevalence of hypoglycemia in hospitalized patients
Hypoglycemia as a limiting factor in the intensification of diabetes mellitus treatment
Hypoglycemia, CNS microvascular dysfunction, and cognitive impairment
Diagnosis of hypoglycemia unawareness
Post-transplant diabetes mellitus
Disorders of bone metabolism in patients with obesity, diabetes mellitus, and metabolic syndrome; interventional treatment with active vitamin D
Investigation of mineral-bone disease markers in diabetic nephropathy
Diagnosis of endothelial dysfunction, thrombocytopathy, and hemostatic and fibrinolytic abnormalities in diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome
Metabolic syndrome in patients with pulmonary embolism
Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome
Diagnosis of autoimmune type 1 diabetes mellitus using genetic and immunological markers
Metabolic and immunological aspects of cardiac cachexia, nutritional support in patients with cardiac cachexia
Unique Methods
Assessment of counter-regulatory hormone response to hypoglycemia using clamp techniques
Investigation of insulin resistance using molecular markers and hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp diagnostics
Molecular characterization of metabolic syndrome
Analysis of adipose tissue hormones
Diagnosis of endothelial dysfunction, thrombocytopathy, hemostasis and fibrinolysis disorders in metabolic syndrome using molecular markers
Diagnosis of autoimmune diabetes mellitus using specialized immunological testing
Diagnosis of calcium metabolism disorders in diabetic nephropathy
Key Achievements
Diagnosis of hypoglycemia unawareness using clamp methods
Diagnosis of insulin resistance via clamp techniques and molecular markers
Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome in the Slovak Republic
Diagnosis and prevalence of adult-onset autoimmune diabetes (LADA) in the Slovak Republic
Establishment of early insulin treatment indication criteria
Diagnosis of early and late endothelial dysfunction, thrombocytopathy, coagulation, and fibrinolysis disorders in diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome
Assessment of von Willebrand factor and soluble thrombomodulin to distinguish endothelial activation from damage
Diagnosis of local intestinal immunity using CD markers in biopsy samples assessed by flow cytometry in inflammatory bowel disease
Determination of the extent of intestinal inflammation using labeled leukocyte imaging (HMPAO-lymphocytes)