On October 25-26, 2019 the annual international scientific-practical conference "School of Arrhythmology" was organized by the main cardiac surgical medical institution of Kyrgyzstan - "Scientific Research Institute of Heart Surgery and Organ Transplantation" under the Ministry of Health of Kyrgyz Republic.

On October 25, head of endovascular surgery department Abai Turdubaev together with foreign specialists, performed demonstrative operations using innovative methods of treating heart rhythm.

The scientific program covering topic: “Clinical electrophysiology, catheter ablation and pacemaker for cardiologists and family doctors” was held on October 26, 2019 at the “Hyatt Regency” hotel.

The international conference was held with the participation of leading specialists from Germany (University Hospital "Ruhr"), Russia (Military Medical Academy named after S. M. Kirov), Georgia (High Technology Medical center) and Kazakhstan (Scientific Research Institute of Cardiology and Internal Medicine).

Lectors:

Phillipp Sommer - Head of the Heart Rhythm and Diabetes Department at the Ruhr Clinic (Bad Oeynhausen, Germany).

Maxim Viktorovich Didenko - Head of the Department of Surgical and Interventional Arrhythmology of the First Surgery Clinic named after P. A. Kupriyanov Military Medical Academy named after S. M. Kirov (St. Petersburg, Russia).

Alexey Viktorovich Sergeev - Head of the Department of Interventional Arrhythmology of the “Lapino” clinical hospital (Moscow, Russia).

Abai Kubanychbekovich Turdubaev - Head of the Department of Endovascular Surgery at the Scientific Research Institute of Heart Surgery and Organ Transplantation of the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan).

Aydin Akmatbekovich Saparbayev is a researcher in the laboratory of intraoperative diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias of the National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery named after A. N. Bakulev ”(Moscow, Russia).

The chief of the “School of Arrhythmology” Abai Turdubaev noted that the anatomical course on a real heart was a unique aspect of the event. Where all participants could touch and see for themselves, “how” and in ``what`` areas of the heart modern operations for the treatment of rhythm disturbances are performed.

During the conference, topical issues of the development of the arrhythmological service in Kyrgyzstan and in the world were presented and discussed.

Abai Turdubaev

SRI of Heart Surgery and Organs Transplantation, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Peer-review: Internal

Conflict of interest:  None to declare

Authorship:  A.T.

Acknowledgement and funding: None to declare