New Heart Beats in the Chest of a 53-Year-Old Woman from Volyn
November, 22, 2021
Tonight, our doctors performed another heart transplant. Step by step heart transplantation is becoming the norm in Ukraine and we are very proud of it.
XIII Conference “Arrhythmology Days in Kyiv”
November, 19, 2021
The conference covered the most modern aspects of interventional arrhythmology and medical treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. More than 800 doctors of various specialties from all regions of Ukraine registered to participate in the conference.
Endovascular Closure of Paravalvular Fistula of Aortic Valve
November, 15, 2021
In January 2021, the Institute was visited by a 53-year-old patient for a routine examination after aortic valve grafting in 2002. He complained of shortness of breath during exercise, which has increased over the past 6 months.
Visit of Specialists of the Heart Institute to Kyrgyzstan
November, 12, 2021
On November 9-12, 2021, specialists from the Heart Institute performed operations at the Research Institute of Heart Surgery and Organ Transplantation in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Fifth Heart Transplant in a Month
October, 21, 2021
The fifth heart transplant of this month took place tonight at the Heart Institute. It was difficult because the patient has already undergone more than one heart operation. In 2004, he underwent implantation of an aortic valve prosthesis at the Institute, but 17 years later he needed a transplant. The operation lasted 1.5 hours, everything went well.
The Heart Institute’s Specialists Took Part in the Annual EACTS Congress
October, 16, 2021
The Heart Institute is a scientific institution. It is a pleasure to note the fact that the research work carried out within the walls of the Institute is gaining worldwide recognition and our doctors are invited to speak at the world’s leading scientific forums.
Surgery of the Baby Six Hours After Birth
October, 15, 2021
At the Heart Institute, a surgery was performed on the heart of little Maya 6 hours after birth with a diagnosis of critical aortic stenosis. We had known the girl’s mother much earlier, to whom Prof. Borys Todurov implanted an aortic valve prosthesis in 2004.
Kiev – Ivano-Frankivsk – Lviv – Heart Transplantation
October, 12, 2021
Kyiv — Ivano-Frankivsk – Lviv. For all – 7 hours on the road for heart collection and less than an hour for surgery. The recipient is a 29-year-old man, his condition after the operation is stable.
Third Heart Transplant in a Month at the Heart Institute
October, 3, 2021
A 62-year-old man’s life was saved last night thanks to a donor, a 38-year-old woman.
Endarterectomy of the Internal Carotid Artery and TAVI
October, 1, 2021
In practice, the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine sometimes has extremely difficult cases when patients have only one chance at life. And we use all the possibilities of our Institute to save them.