A year ago, the son passed a medical commission, to which he was sent to the military registration and enlistment office. The cardiologist found heart problems in her son and recommended that she come for an examination in six months. At the second consultation, Misha was diagnosed with a heart defect - an open ductus arteriosus. For some reason, doctors did not find a defect in his son in early childhood. Now Misha has developed complications: enlarged left ventricle, fluid in the lungs. Urgent surgery is needed, say experts from the Institute. N.M. Amosova. It can be performed endovascularly, using a "patch" - an occluder. The operation itself will be performed free of charge. But you have to pay for the occluder, and our financial situation does not allow us to do so. We ask for your help! Oksana Girenko, Kharkiv.
Head of the Department of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery. N.M. Amosova Yuri Panichkin (Kyiv): “Misha has already developed complications due to the late diagnosis of the defect. The boy needs to perform endovascular occlusion of the defect with an occluder.