Minister of Health Viktor Liashko announced support for the energy resilience of the capital's Center for Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery and the implementation of new heart treatment technologies, reports UNN.
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During the meeting, Minister Liashko and the head of the Center for Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Heorhiy Mankovskyi, discussed specific solutions for providing the medical facility with alternative sources of electricity and heat supply, which will allow for continuous operation of critically important units and guarantee patient safety even during periods of complete power outage.
A separate block of the meeting was dedicated to discussing the development of high technologies in medicine. In particular, a unique project for Ukraine to create a Center for Interventional Pediatric Radiology and the implementation of modern technologies for invasive treatment of terminal heart failure in children and adults.
Reference: what the Center for Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery does
The Center for Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery is a leading highly specialized institution that performs the largest number of surgical and interventional procedures in Ukraine for the most complex congenital heart defects in children — starting from the first days of life.
Every year at the Center for Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery: over 40,000 consultations; 3,000 coronarographies for adult patients; 2,000 diagnostic angiographic studies in children with the possibility of simultaneous intervention; 2,000 invasive arrhythmological procedures; 2,500 comprehensive cardiological check-up programs; 2,000 operations in children and 1,500 operations in adults.
The Center for Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery is the only institution in Ukraine where neocuspidization of the aortic valve is performed (30 interventions per year), and total prosthetics of the arch and thoracoabdominal aorta have been initiated (5 operations per year). The Center performs LVAD implantation and operates the only 3D-thoracoscopic minimally invasive cardiac surgery department in Ukraine.
The Center thanked the Ministry of Health of Ukraine for its support and emphasized that the continuous operation of the medical facility during the war is possible thanks to the protection and resilience of the state and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.