The Nork-Marash Medical Center is a

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and

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facility in

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, focused on cardiac care. It is led by Dr. Hrayr (Hagop) Hovagimian, a

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from the

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and St. Vincent's Hospital,

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General information

The center consists of 3 basic clinical departments including the cardiothoracic surgery, adult cardiology and pediatric cardiology divisions. Along with traditional

open heart surgery Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to corr ...

, it covers also

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and

minimally invasive cardiac surgery Minimally invasive cardiac surgery, also known as MICS CABG (Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery/Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting) or the McGinn technique is heart surgery performed through several small incisions instead of the traditional open-hear ...

. Electrophysiological interventions and

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s used to be performed there, but arrhythmology team later moved to Erebouni Medical Center, becoming Arrhythmology Cardiology Center of Armenia under Smbat Jamalyan. Founded in 1994 with the help of the charity organizations of the

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, mainly from the

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and

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, Nork-Marash Medical Center became one of the leading hospitals in cardiac surgery in

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countries. Via its charity projects, the center has provided free cardiac surgical care for children from Russian Federation, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Syria. Dr. Raffi Qasabian, a prominent Australian-Armenian endovascular surgeon from

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, regularly visits NMMC, performing complex endovascular procedures.

References

External links

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"Armenian president visits Nork Marash medical center," April 4, 2012, on www.tert.am

"Armenia Fund’s Newly Built Zangezur Cardiology Center Will Save Lives in Southern Armenia, Karabakh," November 1, 2010, on www.asbarez.com

"Heart coronary catheterization and stents were for the first time implemented in Gyumri", January 25, 2013, on www.armenpress.am
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