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Stratifying Aneurysm of the Thoracic Aorta, Type B

April, 21, 2021

A hybrid surgery was performed at the Heart Institute on a patient with acute thoracic aortic dissection. The peculiarity of this pathology was that in this case the bleeding from a ruptured aorta had evolved.
The team of the Heart Institute translocated the left subclavian artery to the unaffected area of ​​the aortic arch and implanted an endovascular endoprosthesis for the thoracic aorta.

TAVI Performed on 80-Year-Old Patient after COVID-19

April, 7, 2021

Andriy Khokhlov and a team of doctors performed transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) at the Heart Institute. The complexity of the situation was that the elderly patient was 80 years old, also, the patient was diagnosed with COVID-19.

Heart Transplantation in Zaporozhye

March, 17, 2021

A 38-year-old man had a heart transplant last night in Zaporizhia. Prof. Borys Todurov took part in the surgery with a team of doctors from the Heart Institute and colleagues from Zaporizhia. The operation lasted a total of about 7 hours.

Ukrainian Cardiac Surgery School is now in Uzbekistan

February, 26, 2021

From February 18 to 25, 2021, a team of doctors from the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine led by Prof. Borys Todurov shared their experience in Uzbekistan at the invitation of colleagues from the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Cardiology in Samarkand.
The trip was very intense, rich and bright.

Third Heart Transplant at the Heart Institute

February, 18, 2021

The whole team of the Heart Institute is excited – another heart transplant took place tonight, which was flawlessly performed by the team headed by Gavril Kovtun, Head of the Human Organ and Tissue Transplant Department of the Heart Institute

Mechanical Heart Saved Patient’s Life

January, 26, 2021

The surgery was complicated. The mechanical heart was not sutured to the normal myocardium: the patient had a thinned and not sufficiently dense aneurysm, so first a tricuspid valve plastic surgery and resection of a giant postinfarction left ventricular aneurysm were performed, and then a mechanical heart was sutured to the remains of the aneurysm.

Scimitar Syndrome – New Approach to Treating Unique Disease in the Heart Institute

January, 12, 2021

With this operation, the specialists of the Heart Institute continue to introduce cosmetic accesses in patients with congenital heart defects. The method has significant advantages: it reduces the risk of complications, shortens the rehabilitation period, and in the long run, the results of the cosmetic intervention are much more effective.