DIVISION OF ARTERIAL PATHOLOGY SURGERY

The Division of arterial pathology includes two departments- Department of surgery of great and peripheral arteries (headed by V.G. Papitashvili, MD) and Department of surgery of aortic arch branches (headed by N.A. Darvish).

• open and hybrid surgery of the thoracoabdominal aorta (thoracic and abdominal aorta endoprosthetics, hybrid interventions for aortic dissection, operations under cardiopulmonary bypass);
• surgical treatment of congenital anomalies of the arch and descending aorta;
• open and endovascular interventions in patients with atherosclerotic lesions of the aortic arch branches;
• open and hybrid surgical interventions for atherosclerotic lesions of the arteries of the lower extremities, including lesions leading to the development of critical ischemia;
• issues of vital organs protection during surgical interventions;
• the study of operative risk factors in repeated operations on the aorta and its branches with the development of measures for their prevention;
• the use of angiogenesis stimulators (autologous progenitors of CD 133+ endothelial blasts and “Angiostimulin”, a gene medication of vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF 165) in vascular surgery;
• new approaches to the treatment of multifocal atherosclerosis associated with the widespread introduction of hybrid surgery and the use of traditional and endovascular methods of treatment.