For over a year, 40-year-old Valentyn fought the disease and waited for his new heart; for over a year, his older brother defended the hearts of Ukrainians, our hearts, in the war. He was by his side during the entire operation.
The implementation of the scientific program was made possible thanks to the efforts of department heads and leading specialists of the Heart Institute, teachers of the Department of Functional Diagnostics of the Shupyk National Institute of Health of Ukraine.
Our specialists did not stop and knew they would do everything to give the boy his chance at life. And it happened. For the first time during the war, the heart was delivered by helicopter from Vinnytsia.
The scientific program of the seminar included a consistent and comprehensive presentation of aspects of the pathogenesis of dyslipidemias, diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis and its complications in the practice of a cardiologist, functional diagnostics doctor, interventional cardiologist, and cardiac surgeon.
Senior Research Associate, Ph.D., perfusionist of the Heart Institute, Stepan Marunyak, reported on the Heart Institute’s experience in solving complex situations during the application of extracorporeal techniques with an emphasis on the removal of foreign bodies from the heart in combat trauma with the use of a pump oxygenator.
Professor Borys Todurov noted the importance of introducing modern educational programs in highly specialized aspects of cardiology, interventional cardiology, cardiac surgery, and related specialties.
The aortic valve replacement was performed to a patient with an advanced aortic heart defect, pronounced aortic stenosis, in Sumy on Vysyvanka Day.
This is a new advance in the development of the Heart Institute and Ukrainian transplantology itself. We are doing our best to increase the number of such operations in the future.
Doctors of the Heart Institute continue to hold the medical front in different corners of Ukraine, winning new victories in the fight for the healthy hearts of Ukrainians. Our Sumy colleagues’ close cooperation and trust provide new opportunities for developing cardiac surgery.
Every day our doctors aim to be the best in order to provide the best level of medical care in Ukraine. Behind this credo is the daily hard work and dedication of each of the Heart Institute’s employees.