The final of II All-Russian Student Competition in Cardiovascular Surgery with international participation took place late in May in St. Petersburg. It was aimed at bringing together young scientists, residents and high school students from all over Russia and abroad. 9 teams from Barnaul, Cheboksary, Kursk, Ryazan, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Smolensk and other cities took part in the competitive program.

Our gifted and talented students Mikhail Athinov, Evgeny Budakyants, Artem Sagirov, Alexandra Prints and Sabina Akhmedova represented our university.
The participants had to perform the following surgical interventions:

• heart transplantation;
• coronary artery bypass;
• grafting, posterior mitral valve flap plastic surgery, suture annuloplasty of the mitral valve by Batista;
• bypass surgery of the descending aorta.

Our students became the absolute winners of the competition within the framework of Almazov Youth Medical Forum 2022. It should be mentioned that our students demonstrated the results of their theoretical and practical training by working as an efficient team.

We congratulate the guys on their victory and wish new success and achievements!