XI Scientific-Practical Conference with International Participance “Days of arrhythmology in Kyiv” took place on November 21-22, 2019 in the Institute of Heart, Ministry of Healthcare of Ukraine. It was an extraordinary event for cardiologists, arrhythmologists, cardiac surgeons, teachers and fellows of our Academy. The aim of the yearly arrhythmologic forum is to improve knowledge of the physicians regarding contemporary diagnosis and interventional treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. More than 350 physicians from all-over Ukraine have been registered for the conference.

Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Roentgenendovascular and Extracorporeal Technologies Professor B. Todurov opened the conference. Head of the Department of Functional Diagnostics Professor O.Zharinov was a scientific moderator of the conference.

А special sign of the All-Ukrainian Association of Arrhythmology and Cardiac Electrophysiology “The Golden Stimulator” in year 2019 was awarded to the invited guest – Professor Marek Jastrzebski (Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland), one of the leaders of the European arrhythmology. Professor Jastrzebski provided a lecture on differential ECG-diagnosis of wide QRS complex tachycardias.

Physiologic cardiac stimulation, i.e. His bundle stimulation was a main topic of the conference. All participants had opportunity to watch online the procedure of electrode implantation into His bundle. Unique master-classes with anatomical practicum on biomedical materials were provided as well. The leading specialists from main arrhythmology centres of Ukraine took part in the conference. Professor O.Zharinov and docent V.Kuts provided a special interactive master-class on ECG-diagnosis of bradyarrhythmias.