CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY: CONDITORES ET COLLEGIS PRO SEXAGINTA ANNIS
The lecture reviews the scientific schools created by the outstanding surgeons of the country: A.N. Bakoulev, E.N. Meshalkin, V.I. Burakovskiy, etc. The discoveries and achievements in cardiac surgery are described, allowing at present to successfully operate on patients with all known types of cardiovascular diseases. And not only surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal circulation is performed, but also endovascular and hybrid procedures. It is noted that cardiac surgery became the foundation for such specialties as interventional cardiology, interventional arrhythmology, minimally invasive surgery, hybrid surgery, transplantology; the assisted blood circulation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, implantation of artificial ventricles of the heart have been developed. The relevant aspects of cardiovascular surgery including clinical and methodological problems are listed. The diverse research and clinical activities are presented, undertaken by the specialists of A.N. Bakoulev SCCS as the leading organization of cardiac surgery profile in the country.