TAVI and 2-Сhamber Pacemaker for an 81-Year-Old Patient
July, 20, 2021
An 81-year-old patient with critical aortic stenosis recently applied to the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. However, an arrhythmia was also detected.
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Motivational Lecture by Prof. Borys Todurov at Kyiv Medical University
July, 13, 2021
13-07-2021
Young doctors are our future, and it is necessary to invest in the future, especially knowledge. That is why Prof. Borys Todurov is doing everything possible to share his professional skills with the younger generation of doctors.
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
2021-06-30
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.
Heart Transplantation to 29-Year-Old Patient from Sumy Region at the Heart Institute
May, 24, 2021
On the night of May 24, 2021, a heart transplant was performed at the Heart Institute. A young 29-year-old man from the Sumy region suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy and has been observed at the Heart Institute for 3 years. Transplantation was the only chance to prolong life. And so it happened.
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.
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.