03-20-2023
Tonight, Prof. Borys Todurov performed a heart transplant in Zhytomyr. A very young girl with a rare fourth blood type received a new heart. We thank the team of doctors of the Heart Institute and the Zhytomyr Regional Hospital.
03-17-2023
The main goal of the annual conference was to acquaint practicing doctors with the modern possibilities of functional diagnostic methods in cardiology.
03-15-2023
A team of doctors lead by leading surgeon Mikhailo Zagriichuk, Head of the Kidney Transplantation and Hemodialysis Department at the Heart Institute recently performed an extremely complex high-tech surgical intervention – performed one of the most difficult operations in surgery – pancreaticoduodenal resection (PDR or Whipple’s operation).
03-13-2023
In Europe, cardiac surgery is rapidly developing towards valve-sparing reconstructive operations. Specialists of the Heart Institute under the leadership of Prof. Borys Todurov have the most experience in valve-sparing operations of the aortic valve. Our colleagues returned home with invaluable experience for saving Ukrainian patients and raising the status of our doctors internationally.
02-14-2023
Maksym Zaretskyi, arrhythmologist surgeon at the Heart Institute, recently held a master class on the implantation of a three-chamber CRT-P pacemaker for his colleagues on the basis of St. Martin’s Hospital in Mukachevo, Transcarpathian Region. An implantation of a three-chamber cardioverter-defibrillator CRT-D was also performed.
02-05-2023
In Europe, the trend of cardiac surgery is rapidly developing towards minimal invasiveness. It is nice to realize that this trend is supported by the same quality in Ukraine. Our colleagues returned home with invaluable experience for saving Ukrainian patients and raising the status of our doctors in the international arena.
02-03-2023
Alyona’s treatment was successful. She got rid of dialysis, is full of strength and energy, and smiles from happiness, and the team at the Heart Institute is happy that they were able to help!
01-30-2023
For the first time, a heart was transplanted in the Sumy hospital. Heart transplantation in Kyiv was not possible due to the fact that the organ could not be delivered to the capital because the ischemic time was too long. Therefore, the entire team of the Heart Institute and the recipient went to Sumy, where the second heart transplant of this year took place.
01-24-2023
60 children with congenital heart defects were examined. Recommendations for further observation and treatment are provided, and some children are referred for surgical correction. Cooperation in transplantation was also discussed.
01-23-2023
The team of the Heart Institute urgently left for Lviv to perform a heart transplant, while colleagues from Lviv performed lung transplantation from a posthumous donor.