Marchenko Anton Ihorovych

Work experience: 6 years

Education:

• National Medical University named after O.O. Bogomolets;
• Kyiv Medical University, specialization "Surgery";
• 2023: received the specialization "Cardiovascular surgeon"

Membership in associations, societies; attending conferences, thematic improvement courses:

• member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (EACTS).

Scientific activity:

• 2019: senior laboratory assistant at the Department of Internal Medicine No. 2 of O.O. Bogomolets;
• over the past 5 years, co-author of more than 20 scientific publications in leading international and domestic cardiosurgical publications and multimedia resources, such as the European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Innovations: Technologies and Methods of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Journal of Visualized Surgery, CTSNet, Ukrainian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery and others Research covers the latest techniques of minimally invasive surgery, coronary artery bypass grafting and mitral valve replacement, ventricular septal defect detection during congenital heart surgery, and artificial blood circulation.

Teaching and / or lecturing:

• spreads his knowledge and experience on specialized multimedia platforms in the field of minimally invasive surgery, focusing on various aspects of treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery;
• endoscopic selection of conduits for minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery;
• mini-invasive interventions in children for the correction of congenital heart defects;
• mini-invasive plastic surgery or prosthetics of the aortic valve;
• mini-invasive plastic or mitral valve prosthetics;
• mini-invasive plastic or tricuspid valve prosthetics;
• minimally invasive combined interventions of coronary bypass and valvular heart disease correction;
• minimally invasive prosthetics of the ascending aorta.

Tell us about your professional interests other than your specialization:

• anesthesiology and intensive care of cardiac surgical patients;
• cardiology and interventional cardiology;
• methods of clinical visualization: radiological methods of diagnosis of the cardiovascular system, echocardiography, MRI of the heart.

Hobbies, favorite movies, books:

• "Most of all, I like walking with my dog. My favorite books: "Empire of Angels", "Following the call of the heart", "I know you are interested in the dark". The films "Interstellar", "Mr. Nobody" and the series "Black Mirror", "Game of Thrones" and others are fascinating.

Doctor's advice:

• "Patients often ask, 'What does the heart love, and how can it be helped?' to which there is a simple answer "the heart does not like excessive rest and excessive workload, so live in pleasure, walk more, watch your weight and blood pressure and your heart will be happy!"