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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.

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.

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.

First in the History of Ukraine Heart Transplantation for a Child!

September, 21, 2021

This is a unique operation for our country and an extremely important page in the history of cardiac transplantation. The patient is a 13-year-old boy Maxym from the Volyn region, whose condition was critical. The transplant was successful. The child got a chance for long and happy life.

Sixth Heart Transplant at the Heart Institute

September, 3, 2021

On the night of September 3, 2021, a heart transplant was performed at the Heart Institute. This is the sixth transplant in our clinic and the second in the last three days.