On the initiative of Prof. Yu.M. Sokolova, in March 2002, the 1st Scientific and Practical Seminar "Interventional Cardiology and Coronary Heart Disease" was held in Kyiv. 35 specialists were present. The seminar became annual and turned into the main event in interventional cardiology of Ukraine - Kyiv Course on coronary revascularization. 220 participants attended the last pre-Covid XVIII Course, which was still held offline.

From the first course of TU in interventional cardiology, which was held on the basis of the National Institute of Cardiology named after M.D. Strazhesko started the systematic training of interventional cardiologists in Ukraine.

Creation of the Register of Percutaneous Interventions On April 12, 2010, the Ukrainian Register of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions began work, which includes all data on coronary interventions from most catlabs of Ukraine. The main data of the register are published annually and used for analysis by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. Currently, the registry stores data on more than 162,000 coronary procedures.

The Association of Interventional Cardiologists of Ukraine was established. The first president was Professor Yuriy Mykolayovych Sokolov. The Association's activities are aimed primarily at the development of reperfusion therapy for acute coronary syndrome, the education of doctors and the creation of a communication environment for interventional cardiologists. AICU worked in close contact with the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI).

In order to widely introduce reperfusion methods and improve the results of acute myocardial infarction treatment at the national level, the European Stent for Life initiative was introduced in Ukraine.

In order to develop reperfusion therapy for acute coronary syndrome at the national level, in November 2015, the Steering Committee "Stent for Life" was established in Ukraine with the participation of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

Thanks to the implementation of the principles of Stent for Life in Ukraine, the support of the authorities and the daily work of cardiologists, the number of primary stenting began to grow very rapidly, and with it the share of reperfusion therapy in acute myocardial infarction. In 2015, a reperfusion crossover took place in Ukraine. Primary stenting has become the dominant type of reperfusion of acute infarction.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine officially supported the development of "Regional Reperfusion Networks".

By orders of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine No. 2347 dated 27.11.2019 and No. 1574 dated 18.08.2020, the specialties "interventional cardiologist" and "cardiologist-electrophysiologist" were officially approved and included in the profession classification.