[Planning advanced research in the framework of goal-oriented scientific programs and their role in the development of cardiovascular surgery in the Russian Federation].

The role of goal-oriented scientific programs in the development of cardiovascular surgery is illustrated including its early and mature periods. Conceptual planning of such programs and their importance for the elaboration of new promising methods of diagnosis and surgical treatment of cardiovascular pathology are analysed in the context of organization of modem high-technology cardiosurgical care.