Department of obstetric cardiology and cardiac surgery

The multidisciplinary team for obstetric cardiology and cardiac surgery (pregnancy heart team) has been operating since 2013.

The main goal of the team’s work is expert examination and treatment of pregnant women and parturient with cardio-vascular pathology, as well as patients of childbearing age planning pregnancy.

Department specialists:

Director of the Institute Academician Lazoryshnets Vasyl Vasyliovych
Leading researcher, Doctor of Medicine. Davydova Yulia Volodymyrivna
The chief physician of the Institute PhD Siromakha Serhii Olehovych
Obstetrician-gynecologist Ellegina Angela Mykhailovna

Permanent consultants of the department:

Docent of NSU named after O.O. Bogomolets, Ph.D. Lymanska Alisa Yuryivna
Professor Lukyanova Iryna Serhiivna
Obstetrician-gynecologist Kravets Olha Mykhaylivna
Obstetrician-gynecologist Naumchyk Alyona Mykolaivna

Specialists of the department actively cooperate with the European Society of Cardiology, forming the latest approaches to the medical support of patients with critical cardiac pathology.

The main directions of scientific research:

Tactics of treatment and medical support of pregnant women with PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES
Tactics of treatment and medical support of pregnant women with AORTIC PATHOLOGY
Tactics of treatment and medical support of pregnant women with CONGENITAL and ACQUIRED defects of the heart and blood vessels
Tactics of treatment and medical support of pregnant women with HEART RHYTHM DISORDERS
Tactics of treatment and medical support of pregnant women with MYOCARDIAL PATHOLOGY
Tactics of treatment and medical support of pregnant women with VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM

During their work, specialists of the department, together with cardiologists of the institute’s consulting polyclinic, provided outpatient support to 5,204 pregnant women, 193 HIGH RISK pregnant women received inpatient treatment.

On the basis of the department during this time, it were performed