One of Russia's leading specialists in endovascular surgery. He is an expert in the treatment of complex congenital heart defects, including those in critically ill newborns and infants. He is a pioneer in the development of 3D rotational angiography for congenital heart defects.

He has developed and implemented into clinical practice various aspects of balloon angioplasty and stenting in children with congenital heart disease. Dr. M.G. Pursanov has implanted 691 stents in 614 patients aged 6 hours to 36 years and annually performs over 200 closures of atrial and ventricular septal defects, as well as patent ductus arteriosus, using various occluders and coils.

Diagnostics and treatment
Performs:
heart valve surgery;
pacemaker implantation;
aortic bypass;
widening of a narrowed aorta using a metal frame (stenting);
heart transplantation.

EMS Clinic
2020 — present
Endovascular Surgeon
Morozov City Clinical Hospital
2018 — present
Endovascular Surgeon
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
2003 — 2018
Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
1988
General Medicine
Basic Education

A.N. Bakulev National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery
1990
Cardiovascular Surgery
Residency
A.N. Bakulev National Medical Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery
1993
Cardiovascular Surgery
Postgraduate Study

Over 600 scientific papers have been published in national and international journals, as well as in the proceedings of scientific conferences, symposia, and congresses on the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, including co-authoring chapters in five monographs.

Papers are presented annually at All-Russian Congresses of Cardiovascular Surgeons, scientific sessions, regional conferences, symposia on the diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, and various international congresses.