The history and development of heart transplantation in Ukraine, along with the achievements of the Heart Institute in this field, were highlighted in a keynote presentation by the Institute’s General Director, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Professor Borys Todurov.
We met with the directors and heads of departments of the clinics. Prof. Borys Todurov read a report on the heroic work of Ukrainian doctors during the war and highlighted the truth about the events in Ukraine.
The Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine has once again made the impossible possible! This time, in the department of congenital heart disease, our team restored the joy of childhood and good health to 4-year-old Sofia. The young patient was diagnosed with a complex condition—supravalvular aortic stenosis, a severe narrowing of the […]
Sofiia Chaikovska was a keynote speaker in the Women in Transplantation session, where she shared her professional journey in surgery and discussed the challenges and achievements of the team working under wartime conditions.
We express our sincere gratitude to the EuroELSO team for the high level of organization and the opportunity to join the world’s leading experts and present our experience at the international level. The experience gained and new knowledge will be a significant contribution to the development of transplantology and extracorporeal technologies in Ukraine.
The main achievement is the start of a large research project on the preservation and transportation of donor hearts and cooperation in the field of graft biobanking. We express our sincere gratitude to Prof. Christine Falk and Prof. Fabio Ius for organizing the training and support.
Director of the Heart Institute, Prof. Borys Todurov, presented a report on the work of our team during the war and on the path of development of extracorporeal techniques at the Institute.
The conference became an important event in the cooperation of specialized departments where cardiology and functional diagnostics are taught.
The topics of the master class covered the most relevant aspects of the diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis, acute and chronic forms of coronary artery disease. All reports included a discussion of clinical examples and typical scenarios that may occur in the practice of a cardiologist.
A unique operation took place at the Heart Institute e – a 30-year-old patient underwent the first heart retransplant in Ukraine.