Dr. Merujan Saghatelyan – Interventional cardiologist, MD, Head of the Department of Angiography and Intervention. Dr. Saghatelyan is specialized in Coronary, Peripheral Interventions and other related fields.  

Education and training

Dr. Merujan Saghatelyan graduated from the Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi (YSMU) in 1997 and the Residency of Cardiology of the same university in 2002. During the years of 2006-2009 Dr. Saghatelyan successfully completed several training and educational programs, such as: the Fellowship of Invasive Cardiology at Nork Marash Medical Center (NMMC), Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Therapeutics, the Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex, Moscow, Russia.    

Medical practice and relevant professional activities

Dr. Merujan Saghatelyan started his medical practice at NMMC in 2003, as a Clinical Cardiologist, then Invasive Cardiologist (since 2006), and Interventional Cardiologist (since 2008). Since 2012 Dr. Saghatelyan works in the EREBOUNI Medical Center as Interventional Cardiologist and Head of the Angiography Department.      

Main professional activities are related to the following fields:

• Coronary
• Peripheral Interventions
• Determination of chest pain reasons and location of vessels' thrombosis if there is
• Measurement of the oxygen concentration in intracardiac vessels blood - oximetry (assessment of hemodynamics)
• Measurement of intracardiac blood pressure
• Cardiac tissue biopsy
• Diagnostics of congenital anomalies (defects) of the heart
• Assessment of the contractile function of the heart
• Evaluation of the heart valves
• Contrast visualization of the aorta and peripheral vessels
• angiography of the aorta and its branches
• angiography of carotid and intracranial arteries
• angiography of renal arteries
• angiography of the arteries of the uterus
• angiography of the arteries of the upper and lower extremities
• Balloon dilatation and stenting of coronary arteries
• Ablation in cardiac arrhythmias
• Stenting of stenotic peripheral artery, including renal artery
• Embolization of arteries feeding the tumor
• Embolization of the uterine arteries in myoma
• Closing of the defects in the septum of the heart and in great vessels

Most of the endovascular interventions are painless. The main approach is the transradial access - through the radial artery, which reduces the rate of local complications after interventions, it is more comfortable and recovery takes less time. 

Rehabilitation after cardiac catheterization usually takes a few hours. In case of endovascular interventions (angioplasty and stenting) the hospital stay may take 2-3 days.

Membership 

Association of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Radiology of Armenia

European Society of Cardiology /EAPCI   

Publications    

TOPIC Syllabus: Tough and excellent cases: Primary PCI and CTO recanalization in a patient with heart failure, 2012

CRT Online: Interesting Cases 2014:CTO PCI and Unprotected LM angioplasty in post-CABG patient with failed grafts, 2014