News

The Heart is Beating Again

September, 1, 2021

Tonight at the Heart Institute another person got a second chance at life. A heart transplant was performed on a 38-year-old man with a fourth blood type, which is quite rare. The transplant took 2 hours 5 minutes of ischemic time.

Heart Surgery for a Baby of a Couple from France

July, 5, 2021

Recently, doctors at the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine saved the life of a little French citizen who was only two days old. The girl had a rare pathology – transposition of the main vessels and a ventricular septal defect (dTMA + VSD).

Online Webinar on Modern Aspects of Thrombosis and Embolism Prevention

July, 1, 2021

The purpose of the three-hour multidisciplinary webinar was to acquaint physicians of various specialties with changes in approaches to the stratification of the risk of thromboembolic complications and antithrombotic therapy in patients with cardiovascular disease.

Implantation of a Micra Miniature Pacemaker in a Patient with Heart Failure

June, 30, 2021

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Recently, at the Heart Institute, another implantation of a Micra miniature pacemaker by Medtronic was performed.
The operation was performed by the Head of the Department of Cardiac Arrhythmias, interventional arrhythmologist Oleksandr Grytsay. He is the only doctor in Ukraine who performs these operations.

Heart Transplant for Yuri Goryachy

June, 9, 2021

Last night, on June 8, 2021, at the Heart Institute another transplant took place for our 60-year-old patient Yuriy Goryachy from the Vinnytsia region, otherwise, his life was in danger. 5 years ago Yuriy suffered a heart attack, stenting, and eventually implantation of a pacemaker.

Ukrainian Cardiac Surgery School Is Now in Kyrgyzstan

May, 23, 2021

From May 18 to 23, 2021, a team of doctors from the Heart Institute led by Borys Todurov shared their experience in Kyrgyzstan at the invitation of colleagues from the Research Institute of Heart Surgery and Organ Transplantation of the Ministry of Health in Bishkek. We are always happy to share our achievements and experience with other doctors.

Implantation of the Evolut R 34 Valve

April, 28, 2021

A team of doctors of the Heart Institute implanted an Evolut R valve in an 83-year-old patient with critical aortic stenosis and a gradient on the valve of 120 mm Hg. This is the largest size of prosthesis that currently exists.