Dr. René G. Favaloro was responsible for standardizing and systematizing the technique of the coronary artery bypass grafting in the 1960s. Shortly afterward, this surgery would become one of the most practiced in the world, since it provided the possibility of prolonging and improving the lives of thousands of patients with severe coronary disease (atherosclerosis).
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Valvular interventions are one of the main reasons for which structural cardiology is practiced. Taking advantage of some of the recent methods created, such as 3D bioprinting and MitraClip® procedures, this new field is opening new doors in cardiology and cardiac surgery.
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Salvatore Tribastone, Chief Medical Officer, Director of the Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department at the Centro Cuore Morgagni of Pedara (Italy), Cardiac Surgeon
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The consultation includes the evaluation of patients requiring cardiac surgery and may be done at the Outpatient Clinics of the Morgagni Heart Center in Pedara (CT) or at the Medical Office in Marina di Ragusa (RG) upon prior reservation.
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Excess cholesterol in the blood can cause Stroke and myocardial infarction. It is one of the major risk factors for atherosclerosis, a pathological basis for the stenosis (narrowing) and the obstruction of the arteries (cerebral and coronary above all) through the atherosclerotic plaque that increases inside the vessels until the occlusion of the blood flow in the artery (infarction).
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