March 31, a center of neuro-arterial surgery opened at Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU). RA President Serzh Sargsyan, state officials and high-ranking guests attended the ceremony of a unique center in the region.

“The center provides unique opportunity to diagnose all disturbances in cerebral arteries and cerebral vessels, reducing the risk of stroke,” YSMU head Gohar Kyalyan said adding that the center is donored by benefactor Nazar Nazaryan.

The center will operate in a separate radiological building supplied with up-to-date equipment, and its experts got training in the best world clinics, Kyalyan noted.

“One of the best computed tomography units (CT) in the world was delivered to Armenia,” center physician Harutyun Muradyan told NEWS.am-Innovations. According to him, it will enable avoiding use of invasive methods while examining the coronary vessels.

“During the coronary angiography the research with probe is carried out, whereas this device enables doing it by intravenous injection,” Muradyan said noting that the unit makes possible examination and get precise information on the state of coronary vessels.

It will also help to fully examine the heart and conduct all types of checkups with a 64-layer magnetic field, Muradyan emphasized.

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