Dr. Miqael Adamyan invasive cardiologist of Natali Pharm Malatia Medical Center  performed coronary angiography and stenting  under the presence of NEWS.am Medicine journalists. The fact that the patient needs urgent stenting became clear immediately during coronary angiography.

As the doctor explained, coronary angiography is a method of study of arteries – vessels feeding the heart; and it shows the state of coronary arteries and pathologies if any. This is an invasive method, in which through an artery in the thigh or arm a special catheter is introduced, the contrast agent is fed and the radiographing condition of the arteries is measured.

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After introduction of contrast agent the surgeon Mikael Adamyan evaluated the patient’s state.

«What you see now on the screen in a dark mesh, are the arteries feeding the heart, that we shoot from different sides to have a complete view. In this patient there is a 99% constriction of the supply side wall of the heart arteries due to a blood clot. It is fraught with myocardial contraction, and we urgently need this artery to be stented, "said the doctor.

As explained by Mikayel Adamyan, stent is a metal mesh installed on the cylinder, which is delivered to the sealed portion of the vessel with the help of the guide wire, after which the cylinder is inflated, and the mesh is disclosed.

And here is the final picture at the end of the operation: the vessel is fully open, the constriction no longer exists.