July 25, 2019, the world’s smallest pacemaker Micra Medtronic was implanted at the Heart Institute of Heart of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine to the patients from Kyiv (67 years old) and Sumy (56 years old) diagnosed with a permanent form of atrial fibrillation, a bradysystolic variant.

July 15, 2019
Cardiovascular surgeon Andriy Khokhlov (the Heart Institute) received an international certificate of authorization for independent interventions in inoperable or operable patients with an extremely high risk of aortic stenosis.

On July 3, 2019, a team of experts from the Heart Institute visited the Sumy Regional Cardiology Center, where a consultative reception of patients with heart pathology was conducted. The specialists of the Institute also held a master class for local interns.

20-06-2019
5 – 20 June 2019, courses on “Treatment of patients before and after cardiac surgery” were conducted on the basis of the Kozyatyn Central District Hospital, with the participation of specialists from the Heart Institute as teachers.

On June 14, 2019, at the Heart Institute, at the Blood Transfusion Department (headed by Victoria Gorobets) was solemnly celebrated the World Donor Day.

June 7-9, 2019, the Baku Heart Days International Congress, organized by the Azerbaijan Society for Cardiovascular Surgery took place on in the capital of Azerbaijan. Professor Borys Todurov presented scientific achievements of the Heart Institute, Kyiv, in his report “Aortic Valve Neocuspidization: short- and mid-term results of Single Center experience”.

On June 7, 2019, a team of doctors from the Heart Institute (Olena Dudko, Tetyana Bilyk, Volodymyr Vashkeba, Andriy Markovets) conducted an examination of patients at the Kolomyia City Center for Primary Health Care.

On May 31 – June 1, 2019, a team of the Heart Institute’s doctors took part in the 6th Krakow Workshop on Congenital Heart Defects.

On June 1, 2019, the Ukrainian-French Scientific and Practical Workshop on Doppler-Echocardiographic Diagnostics “The Generalized Systemic Echo-Tomography of the Heart. Identification of the main anatomical structures” was held at the Heart Institute.

On April 22 – April 24, 2019 a unique multidisciplinary master-class on the diagnosis and modern treatment of heart failure for seven young cardiologists from Kyiv was held. The initiators of the unique educational project were the employees of the Heart Institute and located on its clinical base departments of the National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education named after P. Shupyk.