The persons who suffer from vascular diseases, thromboses or arteriovenous malformations will be diagnosed and treated at the National Clinical Hospital in Chisinau, where a last-generation angiograph was recently installed.
Contacted by IPN, the institution’s head Sergiu Popa said that it is one of the most modern information storing devices. The examination results are storied on CD and/or radiological film. The results will be analyzed both by the angiographic specialist and by the family doctor. The angiograph costs €1.6 million. The specialists who will work with it have been trained at a number of medical institutions aboard.
An angiogram is an imaging test that uses x-rays to view blood vessels. Physicians often use this test to study narrow, blocked, enlarged, or malformed arteries or veins in brain, heart, abdomen, legs and other parts of the body. A long, thin, flexible tube called a catheter is used to administer the x-ray contrast agent at the desired area to be visualized.
The angiograph also enables to perform minor surgeries, in a programmed way and as an emergency. The waiting list for planned procedures will be drawn up depending on demand, while in emergencies the patients will undergo surgery immediately. The costs of angiographic operations are covered by the National Health Insurance Company. Those who do not have a health policy will pay for the operation out of their own
