Over 3,000 people in Armenia underwent free vascular stenting
10.03.2017,
16:16
Over the past two years, more than 3,000 patients underwent free vascular stenting, Armenia’s chief cardiologist Hamlet Hayrapetyan told a news conference today.
YEREVAN, March 10. /ARKA/. Over the past two years, more than 3,000 patients underwent free vascular stenting, Armenia’s chief cardiologist Hamlet Hayrapetyan told a news conference today. A government-funded program of urgent vascular stenting in the aftermath of an infarction was introduced in January 2015.
"The program is highly efficient. In some cases, more than one stent was installed. The patients who underwent stenting are under the control of the clinics within six months after the operation," Hayrapetyan said.
He said ten clinics - eight in Yerevan, one in Goris and another one in Gyumri are involved in the program.
According to official statistics, non-communicable diseases account for 90% of all deaths in the country, of which exactly half are deaths caused by cardiovascular diseases. Hayrapetyan said the program has cut the death rate from cardiovascular diseases, while the mortality rate among stented patients is no more than 3-4%, as much as in developed European countries.
He said this program will continue. “We periodically summarize medical and health data, as well as omissions and errors committed by medical personnel," Hayrapetyan added. -0-
"The program is highly efficient. In some cases, more than one stent was installed. The patients who underwent stenting are under the control of the clinics within six months after the operation," Hayrapetyan said.
He said ten clinics - eight in Yerevan, one in Goris and another one in Gyumri are involved in the program.
According to official statistics, non-communicable diseases account for 90% of all deaths in the country, of which exactly half are deaths caused by cardiovascular diseases. Hayrapetyan said the program has cut the death rate from cardiovascular diseases, while the mortality rate among stented patients is no more than 3-4%, as much as in developed European countries.
He said this program will continue. “We periodically summarize medical and health data, as well as omissions and errors committed by medical personnel," Hayrapetyan added. -0-
