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Prof. Dr. Bojan Vrtovec (1972-2025)

We were deeply saddened to learn that Prof. Dr Bojan Vrtovec, one of the best and most respected cardiologists in Slovenia and beyond, passed away on Sunday, 12 January 2025. Prof Dr Vrtovec conducted pioneering scientific research in the field of advanced heart failure and heart transplantation.

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Prof. Dr. Vrtovec was internationally recognized scientist and exceptional medical doctor. For several years, he was head of the Clinical Department of Cardiology at the University Hospital of Ljubljana and head of the Advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation Programme at the Department of Internal Medicine of the University Hospital of Ljubljana. With his scientific enthusiasm and integrative approach, he has made Slovenia one of the best countries in the world in the field of heart transplant treatment.

Prof Vrtovec has worked excellently with Slovenia-transplant since the establishment of the institute. He has always supported the development of donor transplantation activities at the clinical level in a highly professional manner. As a representative of the Transplantation centre at the Ljubljana University Hospital, he has achieved changes in the Eurotransplant committees in the international arena that have led to successes at national level. He was an HU auditor for Eurotransplant since 2005, and a member of the Eurotransplant Thoracic Advisory Committee (EThAC) since 2018.

His death is a great loss for the family, for the patients and friends, it is a great loss for the entire Slovenian medical community and international research cardiology. Rest in peace.

Prof. dr. Bojan Vrtovec

Prof. dr. Bojan Vrtovec (Foto: UMC Ljubljana).

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