01-07-2021
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.
30-06-2021
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 Gritsay. He is the only doctor in Ukraine who performs these operations.
A total of 15 such devices have been implanted at the Heart Institute.
12-06-2021
Recently, as part of our Healthy Ukraine program, doctors from the Heart Institute – cardiac surgeon Yuriy Kharenko and functional diagnostics specialist Kristina Monastyrskaya – visited the Voznesensk City Center for Primary Health Care. 30 patients, 7 of them came from Mykolayiv, were examined and consulted.
10-06-2021
On June 10, 2021, a team of doctors from the Heart Institute visited Sumy for a consultative examination and consultations with residents of the city and region. Our doctors examined about 100 patients, both adults and children. The trip was organized with the assistance of the NGO “Oleksandr Yemets Charitable Foundation”.
09-06-2021
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.
Our patient received a new heart and a new life.
01-06-2021
As part of the Healthy Ukraine program, doctors from the Heart Institute visited Mariupol. Vasyl Karpenko, the head of the neonatal cardiac surgery department, and Olena Guryna, a cardiologist, examined about 40 children on the basis of the Child and Women’s Health Clinic, many of whom needed surgery.
24-05-2021
On the night of May 24, a heart transplant was performed at the Heart Institute. And it’s still a miracle!
A young 29-year-old man from Sumy region suffered from dilated cardiomyopathy and has been observed at the Heart Institute for 3 years.
23-05-2021
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.
May 18, 2021
Sviatoslav Nimchuk from Kyiv who had a heart transplant a little over a year ago visited the Heart Institute for another examination.
Cardiologist of the Organ Transplant Department Anna Melnyk and Head of the Department Gavrylo Kovtun testified that the heart works well while the patient himself talks about his excellent health and quality of life.
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.