Emergency Surgical Services for Myocardial Infarction Expanded: Torosyan

Discussing the proposal by the Ministry of Health’s cardiac surgery consultant Gagik Heboyan, the "Stent for Life" program for emergency surgical services for acute myocardial infarction has been expanded.

This was reported by the Minister of Health of Armenia, Arsen Torosyan, on his Facebook page, continuing: The program now includes cases where the criteria-defined indicators are present, but after coronary angiography, it is deemed necessary to perform not coronary stenting, but aorto-coronary bypass urgently (within 48 hours).

The aorto-coronary bypass will be carried out under preferential conditions guaranteed by the state, within the framework of medical assistance and services, corresponding to the price set by the ministerial decree for the installation of one drug-coated stent in the coronary vessels.