Departament of Surgical Treatment of Congenital Heart Lesions
in Newborns and Children of a Junior Age

Chief – Yaroslav P. TRUBA, M.D., senior scientific fellow.

The main direction of the department work is surgical treatment of all types of congenital heart lesions.

At present time almost all types of existing cardiac surgery interventions in congenital heart lesions are implemented and performed in the department.

600-700 operations are performed in the department annually.

Scientific interests of the department are reconstructive valvesparing operations in Ebstein anomaly, elaborations of new methods of a surgical treatment of congenital heart lesions, which are accompanied by a high pulmonary hypertension, surgical treatment of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.