Combat Injuries and Heart Attacks: BelSU Resident Wins Award at International Cardiology Congress

Alina Astanina, a resident in the Department of Innovative Medical Technologies at the Institute of Medicine of Belgorod National Research University (BelSU), received the award at the Young Scientists Forum “Cardiology. On the Pulse of the Times.” The forum was held as part of the 22nd International Burdenkov Scientific Congress, which commemorated the 150th anniversary of Academician Nikolai Burdenko, a towering figure in Russian surgery.

Astanina’s prize-winning report, “Myocardial Infarction in Combat-Injured Patients,” examined the use of endovascular techniques to treat heart attacks in patients already suffering from battlefield injuries. Her work offers compelling evidence that minimally invasive procedures can dramatically improve outcomes in some of the most challenging cases in emergency medicine.

Drawing on real clinical experience, the young researcher demonstrated how coronary angioplasty with stenting restored blood flow to the heart in difficult conditions, presenting case examples that underscored the real-world value of the approach.

The research was supervised by Oleg Starodubov, a senior lecturer in the same department, who emphasised the life-saving potential of these methods.