News

Scientific and practical seminar “Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure. News of Cardiology in 2018” at the Heart Institute

November, 30, 2018

On November 30, 2018, the scientific and practical seminar “Myocardial infarction and heart failure. News of Cardiology in 2018 ” was held at the Heart Institute with the active participation of departments of functional diagnostics, cardiosurgery, X-ray and intravascular and extracorporeal technologies of  the Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education ((NMAPE) and with the assistance of the departments of public health of the Kyiv City State Administration and Kyiv Regional State Administration.

Professor Borys Todurov for the fourth time implanted a mechanical heart

November, 20, 2018

On November 21, 2018, another procedure of the implantation of the mechanical heart took place at the Heart Institute. The implantation was carried out by a team of specialists under the lead of the Director of the Institute, Professor Borys Todurov. This is the fourth implantation of mechanical heart in Ukraine and the second one this year.

Implantation of Mechanical Heart at the Heart Institute

October, 12, 2018

On October 12, 2018, at the Kiev Heart Institute, a third time in Ukraine, a patient with a diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy was implanted with a mechanical heart developed by the German company Berlin Heart.

Conference “New Technologies in Cardiac Surgery” in Kiev

October, 4, 2018

On October 4, 2018, within the framework of the 27th International Medical Exhibition “PUBLIC HEALTH 2018”, the Conference “New Technologies in Cardiac Surgery” organized by the Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine was held in Kyiv.

The world’s first Visone® implant is a promising start

September, 28, 2018

“Thanks to the efforts of a team of researchers from the Heart Institute, we conducted the world’s first implantation of the Visone system we have developed and we intend to further demonstrate the benefits of asymptomatic  diaphragm stimulation (ADS) in patients with heart failure and lowered ejection fraction,” President and Chief Executive Officer of VisCardia Inc. Peter Bauer underlined in a report on the XIX national Congress of cardiologists of Ukraine, held in Kyiv on September 26-28.

Thrombectomy on premature newborn weighing less than 1800 g

September, 26, 2018

A newborn from Zhytomyr Oblast, delivered a month ago at the 29th week of pregnancy with a weight of 1,400 g, was taken to the Heart Institute by an Ambulance with a diagnosis of subtotal thrombosis of the right atrium and floating thrombus of the left atrium.

Scientific-Practical Conference “Venous Thromboembolism: New Approaches to Diagnostics and Treatment”

September, 13, 2018

On September 13, 2018, in the Kiev Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the first in the new academic year registered scientific-practical conference “Venous Thromboembolism: New Approaches to Diagnostics and Treatment” took place. The idea of the conference was to discuss current guidelines for the diagnostics and treatment of venous thrombosis, pulmonary emboli, and post-thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.