Department of cardiology

The post graduate department of cardiology of YSMU was founded in 2011. During 2011-2018 the head of the department was academician K.G. Adamyan.  Since 2018 the head of department is professor, DSc H.G. Hayrapetyan. H.G. Hayrapetyan is an honored fellow of European Society of Cardiology /FESC/,  member of  numerous prestigious editorial groups and councils, Chief of Cardiology Center at Erebouni medical center, Chief cardiologist of the  Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Armenia, the president of Armenian Cardiologists Association(since 2021).

 The department has two clinical bases: Erebouni and Yerevan medical centers, with the following sub departments: urgent cardiology department-intensive care unit, arrythmology and interventional cardiology departments. The hospitals are saturated with contemporary diagnostic opportunities to diagnose cardiovascular diseases, which include laboratory and imaging methods. Patients with acute and chronic ischemic disease, arterial hypertension, acute and chronic heart failure, arrhythmias, non-ischemic heart diseases are treated in an aforementioned departments. Cardiovascular invasive operations are performed in here: coronary angiography, central and peripheral vascular angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention, stenting and balloon dilation of pulmonary artery and its branches, invasive aortic valve replacement, chemoembolization of inner organs /liver, uterus, prostate/, the full spectrum of invasive arryhtmology procedures.

The department is famous of its contemporary diagnostic, therapeutical and preventive methods and of the implementation of the newest  educational programs in and outside of Armenia. The teaching is provided not only with lectures and practical lessons, but also with the use of modern tools, such as online seminars/Zoom/ and video lectures on youtube.

The duration of clinical residency of a specialty “cardiologist” is 3 years. Three year program of specialization of cardiologists and the professional certification plans for doctors and nurses have been established.  In the study plan of specialization and improvement the following are included: generally used diagnostic methods in cardiology (electrocardiogram, echocardiography, Holter monitor, exercise and pharmacological stress tests, invasive methods), pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases and the clinical pharmacology in the treatment of the patients with cardiovascular diseases.

In the department postgraduate specialazation of the following spheres are being organized: interventional cardiology, intensive cardiac care, invasive arrythmology, echocardiography.

The department successfully organizes educational programs in the provinces of RA, creates educational textbooks, translates and adapts international guidelines.

The spheres of scientific publications in the department are:

• The pathophysiological mechanisms of development of heart failure in myocardial infarction. (K.G. Adamyan, A.L. Chilingaryan, L.G. Tunyan),
• The processing and insertion of new prognostic markers for myocardial infarction /clinical and echocardiographical/ (H.G. Hayrapetyan, K.G. Adamyan, I.A. Arakelyan, M.L. Tadevosyan)
• Updated strategy of selection of the intervention method in myocardial infarction  (G. Hayrapetyan, V.R. Ter-Grigoryan, A.A. Tsaturyan)
• The processing of the new approach to diagnosis and treatment of chronic heart failure (G. Hayrapetyan, F.I. Muradyan, K.K. Azaryan)
• Processing of prognostic markers and treatment characteristics in patients with myocardial infarction and CRD (G. Hayrapetyan, F.I. Muradyan)
• The impact of meterological values on the cardiovascular parameters (G. Hayrapetyan, A.R. Tavaratsyan)
• Evaluation of learning curve and safety aspects of phased radiofrequency ablation procedures for pulmonary vein isolation in atrial fibrillation (D. Martirosyan)
• Atrial fibrillation. The characteristics of remodeling of the heart, diagnosis, the role of inflammation markers and fibrosis in atrial fibrillation, new approach to the etiology and treatment (V. Grigoryan, K.G. Adamyan, L.G. Hazarapetyan),
• Inflammatory and ischemic etiologic mechanisms of ventricular rhythm alterations (V.Grigoryan),
• Our members have been participating in the process of making international guidelines of European society of cardiologists (ESC) as the representatives of an Armenian Cardiologists association: H.G. Hayrapetyan, 2016-2023, A.L. Chilingaryan, S.V. Grigoryan, 2019-2020, L.G. Hazarapetyan, 2023.

• Our workers are participating in many local and international multicenter clinical trials (acute and chronic coronary artery disease, acute myocardial infarction, acute and chronic heart failure, arterial hypertension, chronic renal disease).
• The scientific publications of the department are actively presented in international licensed journals.
• Members of the department are actively attending, preparing poster and verbal presentations in symposiums of European society of cardiology /ESC/, also HFA, ACVC, EHRA, EAPC and other international organizations.

Workers of the department have scientific-medical cooperation with:

• The cardiology department of Georges Pompidou European Hospital of Paris
• Scientific Medical Research Center of Cardiology after E.I.Chasov
• The National Medical Research Center of Surgerynamed after A. Vishnevsky
• Medical academy of Saint Petersburg
• European Heart Journal
• International vocational associations; ESC, ESH, EHRA, EAPC, ACVC, HFA, EACVI
• Armenian cardiologists association
  • Head of chair, professor H.G. Hayrapetyan(FESC) is the president of the association since 2021. He’s also the head of the working group of “Acute cardiac pathologies”
  • Professor of the department A.L. Chilingaryan (FESC) is the head of the working group of “Cardiac imaging methods”
  • G. Hayrapetyan, A.L. Chilingaryan, S.V. Grigoryan, L.G. Hazarapetyan, L.G. Tunyan are the members of the presidency of Armenian cardiologists association.