At the Heart Institute of Ministry of Health of Ukraine the annual scientific and practical seminar “Myocardial infarction and heart failure” was held on December 1, 2016 by the Department of functional diagnostics NMAPE named after P.L. Shupyk together with the Heart Institute with the assistance of the Department of Health of the KSCA and the participation of relevant departments.

The moderators of the seminar were: head of the department of functional diagnostics Professor Oleg Zharinov, Head of the Department of Cardiology and functional diagnosis Professor V. Tseluyko and head of the department of radiation diagnostics FPDO LNMU named after Danila Galitsky Professor Yuri Ivaniv.

The seminar was attended by more than 200 cardiologists, internists, cardiac surgeons, intensive care specialists, anesthetists, doctors of functional diagnostics of different regions of Ukraine. This seminar always attracted a lot of attention of practitioners because of great medical and social significance of the problem and the rapid evolution of the existing approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary syndromes.

The subjects of the first meeting covered aspects of surgical, endovascular and medical treatment of myocardial infarction, postinfarction patients doing. Prof. V. Tseluyko -the main regulations of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine for the treatment of myocardial infarction, heads of the Heart Institute departments Gavrila Kovtun and Andrey Khokhlov – current recommendations and own experience in treating patients with acute coronary syndromes, professor Oleg Zharinov – Place of dual antiplatelet therapy in post-MI patients, Professor of Diabetology NMAPE named after PL Shupyk L. Sokolova – Modern standards of prevention of cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes.

The second session was devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure. Professor Yuri Ivanov paid attention on the features of diagnostics of congenital heart disease in adults, professor Oleg Zharinov – Indications for myocardial revascularization in patients with heart failure, professor L. Voronkov (Institute of Cardiology Strazhesko of Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine.) – The basic provisions of European recommendations for the treatment of heart failure in 2016.

During the seminar a meeting of heads of specialized departments was held.